Forum:Image Copyright Assistance.

Hello,

As an admin of the Galaxy On Fire Wiki, we have recently have begun to create a better copyright and integrity policy. We have contacted the creator of the Galaxy on Fire game, Fishlambs GmbH, and they replied

"namj13,  We have been discussing the topic at our latest meeting and you are able to use any images from our open websites (screens, images, videos, etc..). For us it is quite important to mark any Fishlabs related content (mostly images and screens) with the following sentence: "© 2012 FISHLABS Entertainment GmbH"."

Is it possible to mass edit photos on the wiki, or to change the copyright status to a custom status similar to protected in which the copyright text is listed?

Thanks

Namj13 (talk) 20:44, September 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * You can create a new template to put on the page of each file. There's no way to add it to several pages at once except to reupload, though someone with a bot can add the template to existing pages. I'm not sure how to edit the license dropdown menu (if it's even possible). I am not me (talk) 23:08, September 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * How would I go about creating such a bot? I'm not really good with that kind of stuff.
 * Namj13 (talk) 01:51, September 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * You could use pywikipediabot, which can easily be adapted to other wikis besides Wikipedia; many people, including myself, use it on various wikis on Wikia. If you don't use Linux or Mac OS X, however, it can be a little tricky to get working. I'd be happy to do the job myself if you wish. I am not me (talk) 02:10, September 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * Would this blanket edit all the pictures or could be select which ones to edit or not to edit?
 * Namj13 (talk) 19:42, September 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * Unless you already have a list of the affected images, that's pretty much the only effective way to do it. If you know of specific images that aren't affected, they can be removed from the list. I assume the vast majority of the images on the wiki would require this tag. I am not me (talk) 22:51, September 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * I personally find AutoWikiBrowser easier to use. You have to login to use it and login as an admin to use auto-save (otherwise you have to click save for every page) Iggyvolz (Message Wall) 20:59, September 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * Copyright license dropdown is at MediaWiki:Licenses. Lunarity 11:06, September 12, 2012 (UTC)