Overview
Generated images can help a page feel inviting or illustrate a learning mood, but they are not photographs, reconstructions, citations, or proof. The site should label generated or decorative images plainly and keep historical claims tied to sources.
What this helps you learn
- Generated backgrounds can support orientation, mood, and navigation.
- A generated image can be appropriate when it is not used to prove a specific event, person, artifact, or appearance.
- Visual polish should make evidence labels easier to see, not replace them.
Careful claims
- Do not use generated images as historical reconstructions unless the reconstruction process is sourced and labeled.
- Do not imply a generated person, site, artifact, or scene is archival evidence.
- Do not use generated images for sacred, funerary, living-person, or identity-sensitive material without owner review.
Research path
- Use captions such as "illustrative background" or "visual learning aid."
- Pair every visual claim with a source trail.
- Route sensitive visuals through Source Review before publication.
Evidence note: This starter entry is educational. Add sources, dates, maps, Community Notes, and Fact Checks as research develops.