Forum:Upload text issue

Hi, I'm an administrator at the StarCraft Wiki. Recently preview information about a new expansion was released, and tons of people are editing the wiki. That's great news. The text edits are fine. Images... not so much. A lot of of people are uploading images without sourcing, which is not following the image policy.

We do have upload text, which you can see here. And some people see it, namely, anyone who uses Special: Upload. The list of requirements is long, and realistically most editors never read that. However, if they break any policy except sourcing, that can be fixed. (If they don't name it right, we can rename the image, for instance. If they don't add a copyright tag, we can add one.)

However, nearly every wiki page has that "4,212 photos on this wiki" thing with the "add a photo button" on it. This is what contributors see:

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Not only do they not see the scary red text, they don't even see the part where they can add a copyright tag. That's something I want to change, first, by not allowing anything to be hidden, and second, showing the scary red text or perhaps simply redirecting them to Special: Upload. I don't know which mediawiki page the "add a photo button" stuff is hidden under, or even if that can be changed, but I need to fix this to avoid turning the wiki I administrate into a copyright violation.

By the way, I did look at Forum:Preload template when uploading file first, but it's old, and only refers to the text on Special: Upload. PSH aka Kimera 757 (talk) contribs) 13:39, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * On this issue, it's very unfortunate - and I'm not sure what the solution would be, you can't change the skin, as that would violate Wikia's Terms of Use.
 * The Call of Duty Wiki seems to have gotten arround the attribution problem by coding a script to quickly license the page, that means that a recentchanges patroller can easily add a license to an image that doesn't have one, modifying that might be a solution. You might also want to notify users of untagged images, and tell them that they'll be deleted unless copyright tags can be established. Both of these aren't good solutions, the special:upload solution is much better.  Random Time  13:48, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Here's a simple JQuery script that should force the add photos button to goto Special:Upload:

$(".upphotos").click(function {    window.location = '/wiki/Special:Upload';    return false;  });
 * It works on my test wiki and global js, so it probably should work anywhere. (Not responsible if it breaks anything though lol) Edit: On firefox it still seems to load the popup first, but it'll redirect after that. - Tjcool007 (Talk / Contribs) 15:31, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * There's an alternate way to do this. Since the button itseld is already a link to Special:Upload, just prevent the event to be fired. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 16:38, June 3, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much for these solutions. I'm going to wrap my head around them and figure out which one I'll use. PSH aka Kimera 757 (talk) contribs) 17:27, June 3, 2011 (UTC)

Irony, or Not
Irony: This particular wiki here doesn't have Special: Upload! I couldn't find this wiki's image policy, and those images I uploaded for this forum post are probably violating this wiki's image policy. I suppose that actually supports my point; how can I know a wiki's image policy if I can't easily find it. PSH aka Kimera 757 (talk) contribs) 13:39, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * I beg to differ  Random Time  13:40, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * I see the note on my user page, saying I hadn't violated the image policy. That was a bit surprising to me :) PSH aka Kimera 757 (talk) contribs) 13:44, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Image policy is often located in the place where the user can upload files. Unfortunately, the oasis skin does not provide any way to properly display the image policy to the user, since Special:Upload is, in fact, hidden from that skin and it offers other tools for quickly uploading files circumventing that. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 16:34, June 3, 2011 (UTC)