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Freebase Contribution Guidelines
Please do contribute to Freebase. You can upload data, add pieces of information ad hoc, edit entries that are inaccurate or incomplete and participate in discussions. Just bear in mind a few...
Loading Data and Contributing Large Datasets
If you have a large amount of data that you want to load into Freebase you should first have a schema designed for it. The Beginner's Guide to Creating Schemas is a good place to start if you haven't...
Is That Appropriate Content?
or Freebase is open to all kinds of user-contributed content, from discussions of the most esoteric aspects of schema and property creation to topics about your favorite bands. Occasionally,...
Uploading Images under CC-BY
When you upload an image to Freebase, one of the license options is Creative Commons (by) aka CC-BY. CC-BY is a type of license that allows the distribution of content and...
What is Public Domain?
When you upload media content like images to Freebase, you're asked to indicate whether it's available for distribution under a license like CC-BY, or whether it's available under public domain or...
What is Fair Use?
Fair use refers to the reproduction of copyrighted works (such as written works, photographs, graphical images, sound recordings, and artworks) or portions of copyrighted works for scholarly or...
How to Attribute Topic Descriptions to Wikipedia
Under the terms of our licensing policy, we ask that anyone using a topic description that originates from Wikipedia to attribute that description to Wikipedia. You can find out whether a description...
How to Provide Proper Attribution for Images
Though the information in Freebase is free for anyone to use, our licensing policy requires that you provide attribution to Freebase for any Freebase data that you use, and, in the case of images...
Why is my personal information in Freebase?
Freebase is a collection of all kinds of information, including information about people, companies, and so forth. We gather information from a range of sources, including online databases,...
How to request removal of copyright images
Freebase takes copyright seriously, and will promptly respond to requests to take down copyright images (or other content) at the request of the copyright holder.Images in Freebase are imported from...