Spiders

[Cia]

Just because it's on Wikipedia doesn't mean that someone else didn't originally steal that photo and post it on there. That website is rife with bad data because anyone can post to it and not have to verify sources, technically. I'm not calling out any names, just reminding all members that images have owners too. Not everyone is okay with it being shared, unless it's purchased. 

[sandrewn]

Just the facts:

Arachnophobia -  fear of spiders.

Arachnophilia - love of spiders.

 

[Zombie]

On 5/11/2026 at 3:54 AM, Cia said:

Link to videos, link to images, link to websites. Make sure it's fair use. Thank you!

but aren’t these images in this thread (and other threads) “links”?

When members press the “Other Media” button the popup window says “Insert image from URL“

for example the image in this post from 28 February 2023 is from the source URL

if you ‘click’ on the image the link to the source is displayed:

https:// cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0481/4058/3069/files/ezgif-3-c8dbaeeed9eb_480x480.gif

 

“Insert image from URL” is the only ‘instruction/information that members see when they post in a thread using the “Other Media” button

 

On 5/12/2026 at 11:21 PM, Cia said:

Just because it's on Wikipedia doesn't mean that someone else didn't originally steal that photo and post it on there

so how should @Bill W or anyone else verify “that someone else didn't originally steal that photo and post it on (Wikipedia)”?

do posters need to retain verification records of posted links?

specifically, what records must be kept?