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This screencast walks through the basics of uploading images to Wikimedia Commons
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and adding them to Wikipedia articles.
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Take this article for example: secondary lens.
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It's a photography topic that doesn't have any photos. Let's fix that!
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We'll use an original image I made.
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To add it to the article, we'll need to upload it
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to Wikimedia Commons.
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First things first.
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Wikimedia Commons is only for original works you made yourself,
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works by others that were explicitly released under a Wikipedia-compatible license,
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or works in the public domain that aren't covered by anyone's copyright.
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To upload a file,
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go to commons.wikimedia.org.
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Be sure to log in if you aren't already logged in.
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You'll use the same account you have on Wikipedia.
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To get started, go to the Upload Wizard
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by clicking the "Upload file" link on the left.
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The first page of the wizard is a comic, featuring Puzzly!,
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which goes over what is allowed on Commons and what isn't.
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At the bottom of the comic, click next to get to the upload page.
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Clicking "Select a media file to donate" will let you find a file on your computer to upload.
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Once it uploads, you're ready to continue on to the license release.
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If it's your own work, just put in your name or username
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--however you want to be credited when people use the image--
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and press Next.
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Now it's time for the title of the image and the description.
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For the title
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put something concise, descriptive
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and specific enough to differentiate it from similar images.
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For the description,
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add as much detail as you can:
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where and how was the image made;
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what the subject is;
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and anything else a viewer might want to know about it.
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You can also add the image to one or more Wikimedia Commons categories
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-- try browsing similar images to find out what categories are appropriate.
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At this point, pressing Next will complete the upload,
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and the work should be available for use on Wikipedia.
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On the last page of the wizard, you'll find
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code for adding the work to a Wikipedia article,
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and a URL for getting to the file page,
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where you can edit the description or upload newer versions of the file.
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You can copy the wikicode
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and paste it into the article,
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and then add a caption.
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The basic format for putting an image into an article is like this:
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opening square brackets, then
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the name of the image file, then
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a pipe and the word thumb -- which puts it into the standard thumbnail format --
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then another pipe,
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and then the caption,
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which should make clear the connection with the accompanying article text,
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and then two closing squre brackets.
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Once you've added the image,
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put in an edit summary and save the page,
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and that's it!
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We've added a new image to Wikipedia.
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Thanks! Bye!