Image sourcing is mandatory
[edit]- From WP:V
- "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth" (emphasis original)
- From WP:IUP
- Nutshell statement: "fully describe images' sources and copyright details on their description pages" (emphasis mine)
- Requirements: "Always specify on the description page where the image came from (the source) and information on how this could be verified" (emphasis mine)
- Adding images: "Before you upload an image, make sure that ... you can prove that the image is in the public domain" (emphasis mine)
- From WP:AGFC
- Good faith and copyright: "Editors have a proactive obligation to document image uploads, etc."
- "In 2008, aluminum recovered from purchased scrap was about 3.6 million tons"
- Source: USGS
- "In 2008, aluminum recovered from purchased scrap was about 3.6 million tons"
- Source: Bray, E. Lee (January 2009). "Mineral Commodity Summaries: Aluminum" United States Geological Survey, p. 18