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Credit for Artists and Photographers
Malabarista - now with added pony Started conversation Jun 16, 2009
Can we consistently have credits for community pictures, please?
For one thing, it's only fair. 
For another, it would help with the new Picture Library I'm trying to put together 
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Credit for Artists and Photographers
The H2G2 Editors Posted Jun 16, 2009
Gosh yes, Malabarista! It's definitely only fair!
We do intend to be consistent; please do let us know if we've missed any out and we'll get them changed. (Of course the credit is invisible on an Entry until it's gone live). We do apologise for any we've missed. 
Credit for Artists and Photographers
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 16, 2009
It's a little inconsistent - sometimes it's "Artwork supplied by", sometimes it's "Artwork created by", sometimes it's "Illustration by".
Occasionally, there's an "Artwork by Community Artist:" and just a name, usually it's Community Artist XXXX, or just a name... 
Are these all being done manually? 
That sounds like a lot of work!
These are mine that didn't get credited:
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A36353126
Haven't found any others yet, but that's because I've been looking for them by typing the name of the Artist into the search box... I know it's been an issue for a few people.
Credit for Artists and Photographers
The H2G2 Editors Posted Jun 17, 2009
We've added those credits now Mal - apologies for missing them first time round.
Credit for Artists and Photographers
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 17, 2009
No problem - thanks! 
Credit for Artists and Photographers
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 17, 2009
Here are some more uncredited ones:
A41604923 Hammock
A2672011 Spiderman
A5168504 Adventures of Richard Hannay
A5718486 John Wyndham
A713882 "Porridge"
A138269 Dodo
No idea whose they are, though 
Credit for Artists and Photographers
Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Jun 19, 2009
Some illustrations were done by staff-members. Porridge was done by one of the in-house artists, I seem to remember. I did Spider-Man, Richard Hannay and (I think) the Dodo.
Credit for Artists and Photographers
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 19, 2009
Great, thanks! I'll put those three on the list 
Do you know anything about these, while we're at it? 
A12736424 Salford, Uncredited
A13199484 Mythical Creatures, Uncredited
A13346633 Water Towers, Uncredited
A11132696 Screen-readers and Speech Synthesisers, Uncredited
A8247864 Caryl Chessman, The Red Light Bandit, Uncredited
A7078827 Geolocation Code in Webpages, Uncredited
Credit for Artists and Photographers
Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Jun 24, 2009
Salford was from the BBC photo archives, so doesn't need a credit, and Geolocation was mine. I think Screen-readers might have been mine too, but I'm not 100%.
Credit for Artists and Photographers
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 24, 2009
Thanks. The Salford one looked like a computer rendering to me, so I wasn't sure.
I'll add your geolocation one.
Know anything about these?
A3632005 Dreams
A3851066 US History
A3994383 Aye-Aye (Jimster?)
A3507879 Queen (Jimster?)
A4075030 Trombone Shot
A3641708 Foulke
A3502568 Kate Bush
A3599355 Interrobang
A3332233 Calendar (Jimster?)
A3474083 Possessed Bear
A3421045 Computer Animation (stock image?)
A3420505 Churches And Cathedrals (stock image?)
Credit for Artists and Photographers
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 24, 2009
Oh, and these
A19645220 Colonoscopy
A19441253 Gambia
A22548684 Finnish
Surprisingly few, actually, everyone was acting like it was a major problem!
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Credit for Artists and Photographers
- 1: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jun 16, 2009)
- 2: The H2G2 Editors (Jun 16, 2009)
- 3: Elentari (Jun 16, 2009)
- 4: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jun 16, 2009)
- 5: The H2G2 Editors (Jun 17, 2009)
- 6: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jun 17, 2009)
- 7: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jun 17, 2009)
- 8: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Jun 19, 2009)
- 9: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jun 19, 2009)
- 10: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Jun 24, 2009)
- 11: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jun 24, 2009)
- 12: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jun 24, 2009)
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