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[http://commons.wikimedia.org Wikimedia]

This is probably the best place to start.  You will find diagrams as well as photos and art.  And everything is free.

You need to know 2 things.

1) If it says Public Domain, it is free from copyright and safe to use

2) If it says Creative Commons, it means you have to acknowledge the photographer/artist on the same page you use it (also called Attribution), but it is still free to use.

Paintings are a great way to illustrate the pages and nearly all will be free to use.  I have put one from Wikimedia in the Breastfeeding categories page - brightens it up nicely.  I hope to add pictures or photographs to ALL our pages.

How to do it:

Download>Full Resolution>Right click and Save Image (or whatever you normally do to your computer)

Upload as usual. 

(NB "Use This File On A Wiki" icon gives you the shortcut link for your page you are editing)


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These are some of the sites I recommend for free photos to use with the wiki.  I have chosen those that you can go straight in and download from - a lot of others want you to register and all sorts, so these below are nice and easy and free from all that nonsense.

[http://www.unprofound.com/ unprofound.com]

[http://morguefile.com/ morgueFile]

[http://www.photogen.com/ photogen]  (very limited stock, but easy to download etc)

[http://www.kozzi.com/ kozzi]

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And here are a few that you must sign up for, but are still free and easy to use

[http://www.stockfreeimages.com/ stockfreeimages]

[http://www.everystockphoto.com/ everystockphoto]