Vanndril said:
Neither, indeed. If you end up using a manip, though, it might do you well to give credit to the manipper for the image editing he/she did.
Definitely. In the same way, if you know the name of the artist whose pic you're captioning, it's a good idea to tag him/her as well. (And if you're captioning a pic from here, you could copy the tags that are already there).
I've actually been thinking about this recently. I've been meaning to ask Mindwipe how this would be handled in tags. Would there be two _(manipper) tags? Would there be a new tag, such as _(captionist)?
I'm not sure about adding a new tag for this. For the time being, I'd just use two manipper tags. I think we already have a pic that does this.
In any case, just make sure whatever image you use isn't obviously locked behind a paywall (aka. from a paysite or paying-members-only section of a site). If eludes to the fact that it is a "private" or "pay-only" in the pic (such as a do-not-redistribute watermark) then, chances are, it'll be removed.
One of my more popular manips! Gone! T_T (But my newer ones seem to be doing just as well.)
Speaking of, Vanndril pointed out to me that my quote from a month ago isn't exactly correct anymore. Funny how things can change.