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    • Davit1985
      Davit1985 last edited by

      Hi, I am writing my first blog post and I have downloaded 9 images from Wikipedia, After reading the confusing legal stuff, I am under the impression that all those images are allowed to be used  for other purposes with citing/ giving credit to the owner. At least the ones I download the author said its ok to use them anywhere, for anything

      So how do i do that? Should I have something like this: Image,  underneath--  image credit to xyz (link to Wikipedia page where i downloaded the image)  ???

      Thanks for you time and explanation.

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      • LesleyPaone
        LesleyPaone last edited by

        The images on Wikipedia are actually Wikimedia images and covered under the creative commons rules. You can read more about the required attribution here, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Credit_line

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