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==={{Anchor|Album cover}} cover=== | ==={{Anchor|Album cover}} cover=== | ||
An image of the official front cover of the original version of the album (or a reissue, if no original cover can be found) should be included at '''cover'''. However, unless the album cover is represented by a free image, the cover art should not be included when the infobox is used in an article whose primary topic is not the album itself, such as a musician's biography of discography. Album cover artwork may be scanned, or downloaded from another site such as AllMusic or Amazon.com. Note that whether you scan one yourself or copy it from another site, when uploading an image, you must tag it properly and follow [[WP:NFC|non-free content usage]] guidelines where they apply. Whenever possible, prefer a version without | An image of the official front cover of the original version of the album (or a reissue, if no original cover can be found) should be included at '''cover'''. However, unless the album cover is represented by a free image, the cover art should not be included when the infobox is used in an article whose primary topic is not the album itself, such as a musician's biography of discography. Album cover artwork may be scanned, or downloaded from another site such as [[AllMusic]] or [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com]]. Note that whether you scan one yourself or copy it from another site, when uploading an image, you must tag it properly and follow [[WP:NFC|non-free content usage]] guidelines where they apply. Whenever possible, prefer a version without [[sticker]]s (like Parental Advisory, "As seen on TV", etc.) to display the artwork as intended by the artist. If you cannot find a cover image, just leave this field blank. | ||
* [[Special:Upload|Upload]] a copy of the album cover (as a non-free image under fair use if necessary). The image will display in the infobox in its real size, capped by the value of the user's "Thumbnail size" parameter in their [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|appearance preferences]], or the default (currently 220px) for non logged-in readers or users who have not set a different preference. To satisfy [[WP:IMAGERES|non-free use criteria]], the total number of pixels in the uploaded image for any [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|non-free]] image (i.e. the width in px × the height in px) should not exceed 100,000{{snd}}square images should therefore not exceed 316px (300px is a common choice for square album covers). | * [[Special:Upload|Upload]] a copy of the album cover (as a [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|non-free]] image under [[fair use]] if necessary). The image will display in the infobox in its real size, capped by the value of the user's "Thumbnail size" parameter in their [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|appearance preferences]], or the default (currently 220px) for non logged-in readers or users who have not set a different preference. To satisfy [[WP:IMAGERES|non-free use criteria]], the total number of pixels in the uploaded image for any [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|non-free]] image (i.e. the width in px × the height in px) should not exceed 100,000{{snd}}square images should therefore not exceed 316px (300px is a common choice for square album covers). | ||
* On the [[Help:Image page|image description page]], use the {{tl|Non-free album cover}} [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|image copyright tag]] if it is non-free. Selecting "Album or single cover" from the pulldown list on the image upload page will accomplish this. | * On the [[Help:Image page|image description page]], use the {{tl|Non-free album cover}} [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|image copyright tag]] if it is non-free. Selecting "Album or single cover" from the pulldown list on the image upload page will accomplish this. | ||
* Add a detailed [[Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|non-free use rationale]] for each use of the image if it is non-free. You can use the {{tl|Non-free use rationale album cover}} template. | * Add a detailed [[Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|non-free use rationale]] for each use of the image if it is non-free. You can use the {{tl|Non-free use rationale album cover}} template. |