Wikipedia:Uploading images

Before uploading images at Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard, make sure you read and follow the image use policy. Most images you might find on the Internet are ... Wikipedia:Uploadingimages FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch FormoreinformationonmultimediaonWikipediaingeneral(images,soundfiles,etc.),seeWikipedia:Media. WikipediainformationpageThisisaninformationpage.ItisnotoneofWikipedia'spoliciesorguidelines,butratherintendstodescribesomeaspect(s)ofWikipedia'snorms,customs,technicalities,orpractices.Itmayreflectvaryinglevelsofconsensusandvetting.ShortcutsWP:UPIMAGEWP:UPIMGWP:UPI Newhere?Welcome!TherearesimplifiedversionsofthispageatHelp:IntroductiontoimageswithWikiMarkupandHelp:IntroductiontoimageswithVisualEditor. AWikimediaFoundationbrochureinPDFformthatintroducesnewcomerstoWikimediaCommonsandhowtheycancontributetoit. UploadingimagestoWikipediaisamatterof: clearlyestablishingthatthecopyrightstatusofeachintendeduploadisappropriateforafree-contentencyclopedia;andthen uploadingtheimagewithclearlabelingastoitsoriginandcopyrightstatus. IfyouwanttouploadmultipleimagesusingtheNewwizard,clickhere. Unfortunately,largenumbersofimagesareremovedfromWikipediawithinhoursordaysofbeinguploadedduetoinappropriate,insufficientorinaccuratecopyrightinformation.Bydiligentlycompletingtheabovesteps,youcansaveyourselfandothersagreatdealoftimeandensurethatwhateveryouuploadwillremainapartofWikipedia'sknowledgebase. Hereisabriefsynopsisoftheimagerequirements: Allowedcopyrightstatusesinclude(indescendingorderofdesirability): Publicdomain(expiredcopyrightorpublicfrominception)(seehere) OneofvariouslicenseslistedinthisWikipediaresourcepage ClaimedasfairuseunderWikipedia'snon-freecontentguidelines Ifyouuploadafilewitha"fairuse"designation,besuretorelyoncompetentcopyrightlawauthority;ifthereisanyquestionaboutitsstatus,youarelikelytoberequiredtodefenditsongoinginclusioninWikipediainatimelymanner.ImagesuploadedthatfailtomeetthecriteriaspecifiedbyWikipediawillbepromptlyremoved.Pleasedon'ttakeremovalofanimagethatisnotproperlydocumented,toolargeinsize,orpotentiallyoffensivetootherspersonally.Wikipediaservesthewidestofaudiencesandassuchmustbeexemplaryinitshandlingofsensitivethingslikeimageryoflivingpersons.Inadditiontorelyinguponcompetentauthorityregardingcopyrightstatus,werecommendrelyingupongoodcommonsensewhenconsideringwhetheranimageofalivingpersonmightbeconsideredoffensivebythemorothers.Itmaybeadvisabletosidewithcaution,ratherthanwithhumororwhimsy(e.g.,asafanordetractorofafamousartistorasapoliticalopponentofapublicfigure). BeforeuploadingimagesatWikipedia:FileUploadWizard,makesureyoureadandfollowtheimageusepolicy.MostimagesyoumightfindontheInternetarecopyrightedandnotappropriateforuploadingtoWikipedia.Ifyoudidnotcreatetheimage,orifyouareunableorunwillingtoverifyitscopyrightstatus,donotuploadtheimage.Also,inthecasesofimageswheretheirownershavestipulatedtheybeusedfornon-commercialpurposesonly,undernewguidelinessuchimagesmaynolongerbeuploadedintoWikipediaexceptbytheexpresspermissionofthoseowners.(Considerthispolicyposition.)Forhintsonhowtofindimagesappropriateforuploading,seethefindingimagestutorial.ItmightalsobehelpfultoreadWikipedia:Preparingimagesforupload. WikimediaCommonshasmediarelatedtoCommons:Firststeps/Uploadform. Contents 1Stepsinuploadinganewimage 1.1Determinecopyrightstatus 1.1.1Copyrightedimageswithnolicense 1.1.2Freelicenseandpublicdomainimages 1.1.3Fairuseimages 1.2Proceduretoupload 1.3Fileformats 1.4Filenames 2Findpreviouslyuploadedimages 2.1Reuploadexistingimage 3Addingimagestoarticles 4Technicalaspects 5Minihow-to 5.1Filedescriptionpage'sSummarymark-uptext 5.2Submittingtheinformation 5.3Examples 6Multiprojectupload 7Seealso 8Notes Stepsinuploadinganewimage Determinecopyrightstatus ForuploadstotheEnglishWikipedia,youmustfirstfindoutwhethertheimageislegalintheUnitedStates(wheretheWikipediaserversarelocated).Becauseofcopyrighttreaties,thismayadditionallyrequireyoutoverifytheimage'scopyrightinitssourcecountry.(AcomprehensiveexplanationofthisisatWikipedia:Non-U.S.copyrights,andsimplechartsofcopyrightdurationcanbefoundatWikipedia:CopyrightsituationsbycountryandCommons:Licensing.)Foryourownprotection,youshouldalsoconsiderwhetheryourowncountry'scopyrightlawsimposeanyrequirementsonyou,theuploader. Next,determinewhichImagecopyrighttagisapplicableforyourimagefile. Copyrightedimageswithnolicense Iftheimagehasnotbeenreleased(toyourknowledge)underalicenseandisstillundercopyright,youmustgainpermissiontousetheimagefromthecopyrightholder. YoucantrythestandardformatWikipedia:Declarationofconsentforallenquiriestoattempttogainthatpermission(andifsuccessful,tagtheimagewith{{Permissionpending}}whentheuploadprocedureiscompleted). Alternatively,youcanaskthecopyrightholdertopostanoticeonthewebsitewheretheimageoriginated[Note1]statingthatitisreleasedunderanappropriatefreelicense(suchasthese;CCBY-SA4.0issimplest,becauseWikipedia'stextalreadyusesthatlicense). Freelicenseandpublicdomainimages If,afterlookingovertheWikipedia:CopyrightandImagecopyrighttagspages,youdeterminethattheimageispublicdomainorotherfreelicense(e.g.CreativeCommons),thenyoumayuploadittoWikimediaCommons.Thisisasharedrepositoryforimagesandothermediafiles.ImagesuploadedtoWikimediaCommonscaneasilybeusedhereonEnglishWikipediaaswellasbyotherlanguageWikipediasandSisterprojects(the[[File:]]tagwillfindWikimediaCommonsimagesasiftheywerestoredonWikipedia).AnotheradvantageofWikimediaCommonsisitscategorysystemthathelpstoorganizeandmakeimageseasytofind.AnimportantcaveattoWikimediaCommonsisthattheydonotacceptfairuseimages. SeeFirststeps/UploadformforfurtherinstructionsonuploadingtoCommons.MoregeneralhelpcanbefoundatWikimediaCommonsHelp. Fairuseimages Mainpage:Wikipedia:Non-freecontent Iftheimageyouwishtouploadisnotunderafreelicense,butmeetsallofWikipedia'sfairusecriteria,thenyouarepermittedtouploaditdirectlyintotheEnglishWikipediawithafairuserationale.KeepinmindthatitisnotpermittedtouploadfairuseimagesintoWikimediaCommons,butitispermittedtodosointoEnglishWikipedia.Inadditiontofairuseimages,itispossibletouploadanyimagedirectlytoWikipedia;though,doingsolackssomeadvantagesofCommons. Proceduretoupload Onlyloggedinuserswithautoconfirmedaccountscanuploadimages(meaningthattheaccountmustbeatleastfourdaysold,andtheusermusthavemadeatleasttenedits).Ifyoudonothaveanaccount,oryouhavenotbeenautoconfirmedyet,pleaseseeWikipedia:Filesforupload. YoucanuploadanimagebyusingtheUploadfilelinkontheleftsideofthemainpageundertheheading'Contribute'(whichisalinktoSpecial:Upload).Onmostbrowsers,youwillseea"Browse..."button,whichwillbringupyouroperatingsystem'sstandardfileopendialog.Choosingafilewillfillthenameofthatfileintothetextfieldnexttothebutton.Youmustalsochecktheboxaffirmingthatyouarenotviolatinganycopyrightsbyuploadingthefile.Pressthe"Upload"buttontofinishtheupload.ThismaytakesometimeifyouhaveaslowInternetconnection. Notethatsomelicenses,suchastheCreativeCommonsAttributionShareAlikeLicensev.2.5,requirethatlicenseesattributetheworkasspecifiedbythecopyrightholder.Afteruploading,youmayneedtomanuallyeditthe"Licensing"section.Forthisexample,youwouldaddthecorrectattributionasaparametertothe{{Cc-by-sa-2.5}}template,whichwouldthenappearas{{Cc-by-sa-2.5|Attribution}}. Fileformats CertainfileformatsarenotacceptedonWikimediaProjects,andmayneedtobeconvertedtoasupportedfreeformatpriortouploading.Additionally,somefiletypesproducebetterresultsthanothers.Formoreinformationonpreferredfileformatsacceptedforsound,videoandimagefilesatWikimediaCommons,seeCommons:Filetypes. Filenames Somefilenames(suchashighlygenericfilenamesproducedautomaticallybydigitalcameras)aredisallowed,andattemptingtousethemwillgenerateanerrormessage.[Note2] Examplesofgoodfilenames: "CityofLondonskylinefromLondonCityHall-Oct2008.jpg" "KDEKickerconfigscreenshot.png" "1863MeetingofSettlersandMaorisatHawke'sBay,NewZealand.jpg" "Polyhedronwithnovertexvisiblefromcenter.png" "TheConsecrationOfKingSinhala-PrinceVijaya(DetailFromTheAjantaMuralOfCaveNo17).jpg" "SirJohnBetjeman(1906-1984).jpg" Examplesofbadfilenames: "Image01.png" "Joe.jpg" "DSC00001.JPG" "30996951316264l.jpg" "th.jpg" "download.jpg" "images.jpg" "download.png" "images.png" "balls.png" Formoreinformation,pleaseseeWikipedia:Imagefilenames. Findpreviouslyuploadedimages TovieworsearchimagespreviouslyuploadeddirectlytoEnglishWikipedia,gotothelistofuploadedimages. Uploadsanddeletionsareloggedontheuploadlog. ManyimagescanbecategorizedinoneofthesubcategoriesofCategory:WikipediaimagesbysubjectoritsparentcategoryCategory:Wikipediaimages.Youmaywanttochecktheretoseeifanimagealreadyexistsandhasbeencategorized.Youmightneedtopokearoundthecategoryhierarchyabit. Pleasenotethataswithwikipages,othersmayeditordeleteyouruploadsiftheythinkitservestheencyclopedia,andyoumaybeblockedfromuploadingifyouabusethesystem. Reuploadexistingimage Toreuploadanexistingimage,forexampleaninfographicbasedonolderdata,gotothatimagefiledescriptionpageandfindthelinkthatsays"uploadanewversionofthisfile",whichopensawizardtouploadthenewversion.Describeonlythechangesthatyouhavemadetothefile,asthegeneraldescriptionofthefile(includinglicensing,etc.)willremainfrombefore.Thenewversionwillnowautomaticallybeaccessedbythepagesthatlinktothefile,butwillkeeptheoldversioninthe"FileHistory"sectionofthefiledescriptionpage. Ifyoucannotfindthelinkto"uploadanewversionofthisfile"it'spossiblethatyouarenotlookingattheoriginalsourcepageofthefile.ItiscommonforfilestobehostedattheWikimediaCommons,eventhoughtheyhaveanEnglishWikipediainfopageinwhichcaseyou'llhavetofindthefilethere(anoticeshouldbeprovidedthatthefileishostedonWikimediaCommonsandwilllinktothefile's"descriptionpagethere")whereyoucanreuploadthefile.ChangestotheWikimediaCommonsversionofthefilewillbeseeninallWikipediareferencesaswell. Afterreuploadinganimagetothesameimagenameyouoftenneedtobypassyourbrowsercachetoseethenewimage.Thisalsofixestheodditythatthenewimagemightshowontheimagepage,butwiththeoldimagesize.Sometimesafteruploadinganewversionofanimagethethumbnailsinarticlesstillshowtheoldimageevenifyouhavebypassedyourbrowsercache(whichisespeciallyuglyifthenewimageisofadifferentsize).Thenyouneedtopurgetheimagepage.SeeWikipedia:Purge#Forimagesforhowtodothat. Addingimagestoarticles Theprocedureforaddingimagestoarticlesisthesame,regardlessofwhethertheimagewasuploadedtoCommonsordirectlytoEnglishWikipedia.Tomakeyouruploadedfileappearinanarticle,youneedtoinsertit:editthearticleandaddthesyntax [[File:Imagename|thumb|Caption]] whereyouwantthefiletoappear. Important:Imagenamesarecase-sensitive.Forexample,ifanimageiscalledPicture.jpgthenneitherpicture.jpgnorPicture.JPGwillfindit. SeeHelp:Visualfilemarkupforfurtherinstructions. Technicalaspects Mainpage:Wikipedia:Imageusepolicy§ Format ThepreferredformatsareJPEGforphotographicimages,SVGfordrawingsandline-artillustration,PNGfornon-vectorgraphiciconicimages,OggVorbisforsoundandOggTheoraforvideo. Pleasenameyourfilesdescriptivelytoavoidconfusion(seebelow). Toincludetheimageinanarticle,usealinkintheform [[File:filename.jpg]]or[[File:filename.png|alttext]]or[[File:filename.ogg]]forsounds. Toincludeanimageasa thumbnail,use[[File:filename.jpg|thumb|Caption]]. Minihow-to TheUploadFileScreen,whichyouwillfindatSpecial:Upload,hasthreefields: TheSourceFilenamefieldhasabrowsebuttonthatletsyouchooseafileonyourcomputer. TheDestinationFilenamefieldwillcontainthefilenamethatlinkstoyourimagefromaWikipediaarticle.IfJavaScriptisenabled,itwillbesetautomaticallytothefilenamethatyouenteredintheSourceFilenamefield,butitmaybechangedtoanyvalidnameyouwish;seeWikipedia:Imagefilenamesforguidanceonchoosingagoodname.Fortheconvenienceofnon-JavaScriptusers,ifthedestinationfieldisleftblank,theSourceFilenamewillbeused. TheSummaryfieldiswhereyouenterthetextthatwillappearbelowtheimageonitsimagepage.YoucanuseWikimarkupandTemplate:Informationwithinit.Inthisfieldyoushouldwriteabriefdescriptionofwhattheimageis,itssource,andthelicenseunderwhichyouareuploadingit. Filedescriptionpage'sSummarymark-uptext HereisanexampleSummary(includingexplanationsoftheTemplate:Informationparameters)thatyoucancopyandpastewhenyouuploadthefileorrefertowhenyoueditanyfileSummarythatneedscorrection: {{Information |Description=Whatcanyousee/hear? |Source=self-madeorURL,ifexistentnameofinstitutionandsuchthingsascatalognumbersorsimilar |Date=dateimagewascreatedand/orreleased;toavoidmisunderstandingswithdifferentdateformats,spelloutthemonth(e.g.created2.Oct.1999),useISO8601notation(e.g.1999-10-02),orfornewself-madeworks,use~~~~~(5tildes)toinsertthecurrentdate |Author=firstandlastnameoftheauthor(incaseofself-madeworksadditionally~~~)and/orthenameoftheinstitution |Permission=Shortquoteofthepermissionofthecopyrightowner(iftoolongshortenedwithlinktolongversion). |other_versions=WikilinktootherversionsiftheyexistwithintheWikimediaCommons(e.g.ablackandwhiteversionofacolorimage) }} Asforthedescriptionofthecontent,ifit’sanartwork,pleaseprovidebriefhistoricalbackground;incaseofscientificdata,abriefscientificabstractofthefile.Ifyouhavedetailedinformationabouttheimage,forexamplethenameofthespeciesorthesizeoftheobject,pleaseaddit.Especiallywithmineralimages,includingthesizeishelpful. Reminder:Ifyoucreateimagestouploadthatneedtoshowthesizeofadepictedobject,imageswitharulerarebetterthanimageswithacoinorsimilaritem,sincenoteveryonehasaccesstothesametypeofitem.Itwillalsohelpyouenterthecorrectsizeinthedescription. Submittingtheinformation Afterenteringtheinformation,submittingitwilluploadtheimageandsavethesummary.Thereisnopreview,asthereisforeditingarticles.Nevertheless,theSandboxorauserpagecanbeusedtoviewandeditsummariesbeforetheimageisuploaded,andafteruploading,youcanstillclicktheeditbuttonandmakechangestothesummaryandthelicense,ifyouhavemadeamistake. IfthereisalreadyafilethatwasuploadedwiththeDestinationFilenameyouchose,thenyouaregiventheoptionstosaveanywayandoverwritetheoldfile(althoughitwillremainintheimagehistory)orreturningtotheuploadformandenteringadifferentfilename. Examples Forexamplesonhowtouploadimagesandusethistemplatelookatthefollowingimages: Image:QalaunMosque1.jpg Image:Cloncurrysunset.JPG Image:Angel1.jpg Multiprojectupload Mainpage:Wikipedia:MovingimagestoCommons AlthoughitispossibletouseoneimagewithinseveralWikipediaarticles(ofthesameWikimediaproject),itisnotpossibletouseanimageuploadedtooneWikimediaproject(bothsisterprojectslikeWikisourceandotherlanguageWikipedias)inanotheronewithoutre-uploadingitineachoftheseprojects.Forthisreason,allfreeimagesshouldbeuploadedtoWikimediaCommons,wheretheywillimmediatelybeaccessiblefromallWikimediaprojects.NotethatCommonsonlyacceptsfreeimages(publicdomainorlicensedunderafreelicense).Iftheimageisfairuse,youcan'tuploadittoCommons,soitwillhavetobeuploadedseparatelytoeveryprojectthatusesit.[Note3]TouploadtheimageexistingonWikipediatoanotherprojectyouwillneedtodownloadtheimagetoyourowncomputer(oftenrightclickingonitwillgiveyouthisoption),andthenre-uploadthattotheplaceyouwanttheimagetobecopiedto.Interlanguagelinkscanbeaddedbetweenthetwo. Ifthisistooconfusing,justtagitwith{{CopytoWikimediaCommons}}.Thisaddsanoticesaying"ThisisacandidatetobecopiedtotheWikimediaCommons"tothepage;thensomeonewillmoveitforyouandremovethetag.Thiscategoryhasasignificantbacklogthough,soitmaybebetterjusttomoveityourself. Seealso Wikipedia:Images Wikipedia:Imageusepolicy Wikipedia:Imagesandmediafordeletion Wikipedia:Featuredpictures Wikipedia:Captions meta:Sharingimagesacrossprojects Requestingafreephoto –"How-To"guideforacquiringfreeimages(5steps).Moreusefulfornoviceeditorsstillgainingexperiencewithcopyrightlicensesanduploadingfreeimages. Notes ^Itmustbeclearthatthenoticewaspostedbythecopyrightowner,sositesthatareclearlyprofessionalinnaturearemorelikelytobeacceptedasproofoflicense.Simplyhostingcontentyourselfwithafalsedeclarationisnotacceptable,andmayresultinWikipediacommunitysanctionsagainstyou,inadditiontopersonalliability. ^SeeWikipedia:Imagefilenames#Disallowedimagenamesforhowtodisallowfilenames. ^SomeWikipedias,mostnotablytheGermanWikipedia,donotpermitfairusecontenteither.YoushouldverifythelocalpolicybeforeuploadingtootherWikimediasites. vteWikipediatechnicalhelpGetpersonaltechnicalhelpattheTeahouse,Helpdesk,Villagepump(technical),talkpagesorIRC.Generaltechnicalhelp Browsernotes Bypasscache Keyboardshortcuts Editing CharInsert Editconflict Edittoolbar Reverting Howtocreateapage IRC Tutorial Mobileaccess Multilingualsupport Pagehistory Pageinformation Pagename Help Printing Softwarenotices Editnotice SpecialCharacters Entering Useraccesslevels VisualEditor Help Specialpage-related Specialpagehelp Editfilter Emailingusers Loggingin Resetpasswords Logs Movingapage Fixingcut-and-pastemoves Non-adminandadmin-onlypagemoves Notifications/Echo FAQ PageCuration Pageimport Pendingchanges Randompages Recentchanges Relatedchanges Searching Linksearch Tags Usercontributions Watchlist Whatlinkshere Wikitext Wikitext Cheatsheet Columns Line-breakhandling Lists Magicwords Forbeginners Conditionalexpressions Switchparserfunction Timefunction Redirects SectionsandTOCs Tables Introduction Basics Advancedtableformatting Collapsing Conditionaltables Sorting Usingcolours Linksanddiffs Links Interlanguage Interwiki Permanent Diffs Simplestdiffguide Simplediffandlinkguide Completediffandlinkguide Colontrick Linkcolor Pipetrick URLs Mediafiles:images,videosandsounds Mediahelp Files Creationandusage MovingfilestoCommons Images Introductiontoimages Picturetutorial Preparingimagesforupload Uploadingimages Optionstohideanimage Extendedimagesyntax SVGhelp Gallerytag Graphicstutorials Basicbitmapimageediting Howtoimproveimagequality GraphicsLabresources Soundfilemarkup Visualfilemarkup Othergraphics Familytrees Graphsandcharts Howtocreate Barcharts Toscalecharts Mathformulas Mathsymbols Musicalscores Musicalsymbols Timeline EasyTimelinesyntax WikiHierosyntax TemplatesandLuamodules Templates Advancedtemplatecoding Templatedocumentation Templateindex Templatelimits Templatesandboxandtestcases Citationtemplates Luahelp Luaproject Resources Todo Substitution Purge Jobqueue Transclusion Labeledsection Costsandbenefits GuidetoScribbling Datastructure Namespaces Main/Article Category Draft File Filedescriptionpage Help Portal Project/Wikipedia Talk Archiving Simple Template User Userpagedesign MediaWiki Bugreportsandfeaturerequests TimedMediaHandlerextension Module Special HTMLandCSS CascadingStyleSheets HTMLinwikitext CatalogueofCSSclasses Common.jsandcommon.css UserCSSformonospacedcodingfont Classesinmicroformats Markupvalidation Spantags Usefulstyles Customisationandtools Preferences Gadgets Skins Citationtools Cleaningupvandalismtools Customizingwatchlists Hidepages IRCScripts Userscripts Guide Techniques Userstyle Tools Alternativebrowsing Browsertools Editingtools Navigationshortcuts Optimumtoolset WikimediaCloudServices BetaFeaturesatMediaWiki Automatedediting AfChelperscript AutoWikiBrowser Bots Creating history HotCat Huggle Navigationpopups RedWarn Twinkle WPCleaner Inactive igloo STiki Seealso:Category:Wikipediahow-to Category:WikipediainformationpagesFurthernavigationat:Helppages Administrators Accessibility Accounts Bots Referencing Citationmetadata Templates Userscripts Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Uploading_images&oldid=1081169563" Categories:WikipediainformationpagesWikipediafeaturesHiddencategories:Wikipediasemi-protectedprojectpagesProjectpageswithshortdescriptionWikipediaimagehelp Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ProjectpageTalk English Views ReadViewsourceViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects WikinewsWikisourceWikiversityWikivoyage Languages বাংলাCatalàČeštinaCymraegDanskEuskara한국어BahasaIndonesiaລາວLatinaMagyarМакедонскиမြန်မာဘာသာ日本語NorskbokmålNorsknynorskଓଡ଼ିଆPortuguêsSlovenčinaSlovenščinaکوردیСрпски/srpskiSvenskaТатарча/tatarçaతెలుగుไทยTürkçeУкраїнськаTiếngViệt Editlinks