News Images

[Touzen]

With the return of images on a larger scale as part of national news RP, I have to once again remind members that only open source/free images, such as those found on wikimedia and assigned with the respective tags on their info page, are allowed to be used on this website. Due to the copyrighted nature of images from major news sources and image agencies, these images may not be used on the forum due to the punitive handling of German law regarding these matters, easily resulting in considerable fines exceeding thousands of €. I ask everyone to review their posts in recent months for images that potentially fall under this policy and if applicable remove them. In a few days I will then proceed to remove remaining offending images myself.

Thanks for your help in upkeeping the policy and keeping the forum within the scope of the law and me safe!

 

[Touzen]

Also I would like you to keep in mind that many old images from around the period of our RP have had their copyright expire by now, so the issue of image usage is primarily about more recent images, so in the case of our RP likely recent images of politicians or from parliament sessions or landscapes - in short, upholding the policy should be easy for most of us.

 

[Thaumantica]

For those looking for options:

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[Danmark]

This might also be useful:

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[Free Cities League]

can't see any images, and I've installed greasemonkey. any idea of what's going on?

 

[Havenshire]

I only largely use images from 1920s and 1930s british politics, and then only on the wiki. I, like Boganhem, have had trouble seeing any images posted by myself on the forum, so I tend not to bother.

 

[Hanseatic Republics]

You need to make sure the greasemonkey code is correct. I remember Aus couldn't get it to work either, until I let him copy pasta mah code. Something is wrong with the current code so that it doesnt work. I'll post it out there for all to see when I get home. —I'd do it now in case you're wondering, but I this iPad thing don't do greasemonkey.

 

[Hanseatic Republics]

Here is a copypasta of my greasemonkey code. Put this into your greasemonkey and it should work.

// ==UserScript==
// @name           NSEurope Image Enabler
// @namespace      http://userscripts.org/users/161086
// @description    Displays links to images as actual images on the forums, bypassing the restrictions on images in posts. Shamelessly ripped from the Argomir Bethesa Forums Script.
// @include        http://www.ns-europe.eu/*
// @include        http://www.ns-europe.eu/forum/*
// @include        http://www.ns-europe.eu/wikim/*
// @include        http://ns-europe.eu/wikim/*
// @include        http://ns-europe.eu/*
// @include        http://ns-europe.eu/forum/*
// @include        http://ns-europe.eu/showthread.php?*

// ==/UserScript==

function getIMGWidth(imgSrc){
    var newImg = new Image();
    newImg.src = imgSrc;
    var width = newImg.width;
    return width;
}

function importImages(){
    var maxWidth = 768;        // RResizes images wider than the specified value. Change to something more to your likings if you find the images too small/large.
    
    var idCount = 0;    // Currently not used, but will be implemented later
    var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
    if(links != null){
        for(i=0;i<links.length;i++){
            var link = links[i];
            var temp = link.href;
            var text = link.innerHTML;
            temp = temp.toLowerCase();
            temp = temp.slice(-4);
            if(temp == '.jpg' || temp == '.png' || temp == '.gif'|| temp == '.bmp' || temp == '.svg'){
                if(getIMGWidth(link) > maxWidth){
                    link.innerHTML = '<img src="' + link.href + '" width="' + maxWidth + '" id="img' + idCount + '" title="' + text + '">';
                    idCount = idCount + 1;
                }
                else{
                    link.innerHTML = '<img src="' + link.href + '" id="img' + idCount + '" title="' + text + '">';
                    idCount = idCount + 1;
                }                    
            }
        }
    }
}

function insertCredits(){
    footer = document.getElementById("copyright");
    footer.innerHTML = footer.innerHTML + "<br>BGS Forum Image Enabler script for Greasemonky by <a href=http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/user/541071-argomirr/'>Argomirr</a><br>Thanks for using!";
}

importImages();
insertCredits();

 

[Clarenthia]

This code worked for me, however, it now blocks images on say wikipedia and the such. Any fix for this?

 

[Hanseatic Republics]

Images from wikipedia aren't supposed to work afaik. If they are part of wiki commons though just upload them to something acceptable like photobucket or something.

 

[Hanseatic Republics]

With the move to the new URL address, you might note that your greasemonkey script no longer works. I've got the fix for you.

// ==UserScript==
// @name           NSEurope Image Enabler
// @namespace      http://userscripts.org/users/161086
// @description    Displays links to images as actual images on the forums, bypassing the restrictions on images in posts. Shamelessly ripped from the Argomir Bethesa Forums Script.
// @include        http://www.ns-europe.eu/*
// @include        http://www.ns-europe.eu/forum/*
// @include        http://www.ns-europe.eu/wikim/*
// @include        http://ns-europe.eu/wikim/*
// @include        http://ns-europe.eu/*
// @include        http://ns-europe.eu/forum/*
// @include        http://ns-europe.eu/showthread.php?*
// @include        http://www.europe-game.eu/*
// @include        http://www.europe-game.eu/forum/*
// @include        http://www.europe-game.eu/wikim/*
// @include        http://www.europe-game.eu/showthread.php?*
// @include        http://europe-game.eu/*
// @include        http://europe-game.eu/forum/*
// @include        http://europe-game.eu/wikim/*
// @include        http://europe-game.eu/showthread.php?*

// ==/UserScript==

function getIMGWidth(imgSrc){
    var newImg = new Image();
    newImg.src = imgSrc;
    var width = newImg.width;
    return width;
}

function importImages(){
    var maxWidth = 768;        // RResizes images wider than the specified value. Change to something more to your likings if you find the images too small/large.
    
    var idCount = 0;    // Currently not used, but will be implemented later
    var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
    if(links != null){
        for(i=0;i<links.length;i++){
            var link = links[i];
            var temp = link.href;
            var text = link.innerHTML;
            temp = temp.toLowerCase();
            temp = temp.slice(-4);
            if(temp == '.jpg' || temp == '.png' || temp == '.gif'|| temp == '.bmp' || temp == '.svg'){
                if(getIMGWidth(link) > maxWidth){
                    link.innerHTML = '<img src="' + link.href + '" width="' + maxWidth + '" id="img' + idCount + '" title="' + text + '">';
                    idCount = idCount + 1;
                }
                else{
                    link.innerHTML = '<img src="' + link.href + '" id="img' + idCount + '" title="' + text + '">';
                    idCount = idCount + 1;
                }                    
            }
        }
    }
}

function insertCredits(){
    footer = document.getElementById("copyright");
    footer.innerHTML = footer.innerHTML + "<br>BGS Forum Image Enabler script for Greasemonky by <a href=http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/user/541071-argomirr/'>Argomirr</a><br>Thanks for using!";
}

importImages();
insertCredits();

 

[Ashkelon]

What if I go out of my way to get permission from the owner(s) of the images, and they grant me that permission? I intend to put any required credits in the same post as the image in question.

 

[Free Cities League]

and now the address has changed again, there should be a new code, right?

 

[Free Cities League]

nevermind, I saw the last code had the new address already

 

[Ashkelon]

So umm... to the folks who're up with monarchies... Can any of you recommend a good unused Queen with photos I can use? Been looking through the commons for hours. Either they don't have good photos, or look so familiar I could swear somebody's already using their likeness for their own monarchs.

Right now I'm considering Alice of Battenberg or Alice Duchess of Gloucester but I think they might already be in use.

 

[Hanseatic Republics]

Neither of them look recognizable to me in terms of usage on the forum.

 

[Ashkelon]

Alright. Thanks a bunch!

 

[Havenshire]

Been looking for good archives of public domain images. Not sure how strictly they need to be public domain, but this archive is free to use for non-commercial purposes, provided the photographer is credited. These images are all from the Korean War, and should be useful in the ongoing Yujin conflict. I'll try to find some Chinese Civil War/WW2 archives, for Vangala/SE Asia War use, and maybe afterwards try and find some more general ones for the west if anyone's interested.

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Please credit Department of Defense and photographer (see attached captions.) When posting/using.


These ones are from the Pacific Theatre of WW2, and are all copyright-free AFAIK.

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I'll keep looking for Chinese Civil War stuff, and with luck maybe some Malayan Insurgency or French-Viet War photos aswell, for those of you who fancy colonial scraps, perhaps over Siyang or something.

 

[Ashkelon]

Korean War? Oh man, this is perfect! Thanks, Vex!

 

[Potenza]

Been looking for good archives of public domain images. Not sure how strictly they need to be public domain, but this archive is free to use for non-commercial purposes, provided the photographer is credited. These images are all from the Korean War, and should be useful in the ongoing Yujin conflict. I'll try to find some Chinese Civil War/WW2 archives, for Vangala/SE Asia War use, and maybe afterwards try and find some more general ones for the west if anyone's interested.

You must be registered for see links

Please credit Department of Defense and photographer (see attached captions.) When posting/using.

Preps!