MediaWiki:Uploadtext/fromflickr

This form is only for uploading work found on Flickr created by someone else (not you). To upload work from somewhere other than Flickr, please use a different form. The statement "This photo is public" does not say anything about copyright. It only says that the photo is publicly viewable. The license logo and link are located under the "Additional Information" heading. Please also see our guide about uploading Flickr images, which ones are permitted, and our additional caveats. If you need live help, feel free to ask it at Commons:Help desk. Flickr images have 7 different license options. There is also a public domain collection, Flickr: The Commons, uploaded by participating organizations. 2 of the 6 Creative Commons (CC) licensing options are OK here:
Flickr image info License License tag Some rights reserved Attribution {{Cc-by-2.0}} Some rights reserved Attribution-ShareAlike {{Cc-by-sa-2.0}} Public domain Public Domain Dedication (CC0) {{Cc-zero}} United States government work US government work {{PD-USGov}}, Category:PD-USGov license tags No known copyright restrictions Unclear {{Flickr-no known copyright restrictions}} Preferably add a tag like {{PD-old-70}} or {{PD-US-expired}} No rights reserved Public Domain {{PD-author}} or {{PD-copyright holder}} (retired by Creative Commons) Public domain Public Domain Mark (PDM) {{PD-old-70}}, {{PD-US-expired}}, USGov, etc. when labeling existing public domain works {{PDMark-owner}} when Flickr uploader is clearly the copyright holder, and not yourself {{Cc-zero}} when Flickr uploader is clearly yourself, better to also do convert on Flickr All rights reserved None NOT OK Some rights reserved Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs NOT OK Some rights reserved Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike NOT OK Some rights reserved Attribution-NonCommercial NOT OK Some rights reserved Attribution-NoDerivs NOT OK	The icon "BY" means the image license requires attribution, as in an image is "BY" a certain person. SA is for "Share Alike". Licenses with NC ( - non-commercial use only) or ND ( - no derivative works) are not OK here. If the image is not OK, consider asking the author to release their work under a free license such as CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution license), or CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike). See also Commons:OTRS.
Flickr can search its images by license. Click the "see more" links for each license. See the advanced search also. The Creative Commons search options are at the bottom. Below the Information template, insert some categories that describe the content shown in the work. Fill in the description. Change the destination filename to something descriptive and meaningful. Be sure to upload the 'Original' version of the image, nothing smaller! Keep in mind that Flickr users often don't know about copyright. If it is suspected that they are not the author of the work, it may be deleted here. Do not upload images from Flickr users listed on Commons:Questionable Flickr images.

Alternate methods

It is now possible to upload images directly from Flickr through the Upload Wizard. You will still need to specify the name, date, description, and categories. If the image is OK, you can use Flinfo tool to extract the summary information and paste it into the simple upload form. Magnus Manske's bot uploads and checks the license from this upload page. It can also be used from search or as a button on Flickr. File description pages should be edited for clarity after upload.