Commons:Welcome, iCommoners

Start here! :)

This page is a guide for iCommoners who are participating in the iHeritage project and who are contributing their work to Wikimedia Commons.

For more information about this project see http://icommons.org/iheritage .

On the right you can explore the category tree for Category:South Africa.

What do I need to do to contribute?

Sign up for an account
Upload your work/s at the special iCommons upload form
Be bold! This is a wiki, mistakes can easily be fixed.
If you want, put this userbox on your user page, so people know you are part of the iCommons iHeritage project: {{Iheritage}}

This user is part of the iCommons iHeritage project.

You can see who else has signed up here: Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:iheritage

Where can I see what has been contributed so far?

Category:iCommons iHeritage
This category has an RSS feed
Also try searching using the Mayflower search engine

Where can I see my own uploads?

Have a look in your Gallery. (There is a tab at the top of your user page called "Gallery".)

How can I insert my image in a Wikipedia article?

Edit the Wikipedia article (click an "Edit" link). Then put this: [[Image:Name of my iCommons image.jpg|thumb|This is a caption for my image]]

Any image uploaded here at Wikimedia Commons can be instantly and automatically used in any Wikimedia project, including all language Wikipedias. No extra work is needed, it should just work :)

Where can I get help?

If you need help, post your question on this talk page.
These users are administrators and can help you with anything you need:
- user:pfctdayelise: post on my talk page, or email me
- Digon3: post on my talk page, or email me