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===Summary===
===Summary===
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* Images must be uploaded either [[Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard|to Wikipedia]] or to [[commons:Special:UploadWizard|Wikimedia Commons]] before they can be used.
* Images must be uploaded either [[Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard|to Wikipedia]] or [[commons:Special:UploadWizard|to Wikimedia Commons]] before they can be used.
* Wikipedia prefers free images that can be reused commercially and modified.
* Wikipedia prefers free images that can be reused commercially and modified.
* Sometimes non-free images may be used, but only in certain circumstances.
* Non-free images may sometimes be used, but only in certain circumstances.
* Wikimedia Commons only accepts free images, which can then be used by any of the other Wikimedia projects.
* Wikimedia Commons accepts only free images, which can then be used by any of the other Wikimedia projects.
* To use an image in an article, insert: <code><nowiki>[[File:Image name.jpg|thumb|Caption for the image]]</nowiki></code>.
* To use an image in an article, insert: <code><nowiki>[[File:Image name.jpg|thumb|Caption for the image]]</nowiki></code>.



===More detailed information===
===More detailed information===
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* [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]] (how to add images to an article)
* [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]] (how to add images to an article)


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Revision as of 05:15, 7 November 2021

Introduction
Adding images to Wikipedia

Uploading images
Worth a thousand words

Using an image
Adding it to an article

Summary
Review of what you've learned



Summary

  • Images must be uploaded either to Wikipedia or to Wikimedia Commons before they can be used.
  • Wikipedia prefers free images that can be reused commercially and modified.
  • Non-free images may sometimes be used, but only in certain circumstances.
  • Wikimedia Commons accepts only free images, which can then be used by any of the other Wikimedia projects.
  • To use an image in an article, insert: [[File:Image name.jpg|thumb|Caption for the image]].

More detailed information

Test what you've learned in a sandbox Test what you've learned in a sandbox