Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard

Thank you for offering to contribute an image or other media file for use on Wikipedia. This wizard will guide you through a questionnaire prompting you for ... Wikipedia:FileUploadWizard FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch WikimediafileuploadwizardShortcutWP:FUW ThankyouforofferingtocontributeanimageorothermediafileforuseonWikipedia.Thiswizardwillguideyouthroughaquestionnairepromptingyoufortheappropriatecopyrightandsourcinginformationforeachfile.Pleaseensureyouunderstandcopyrightandtheimageusepolicybeforeproceeding. Uploadyourownorafreelylicensedfile UploadstoWikimediaCommons Uploadanon-freefile UploadslocallytoWikipedia;mustcomplywiththenon-freecontentcriteria YoudonothaveJavaScriptenabled Sorry,inordertousethisuploadingscript,JavaScriptmustbeenabled.YoucanstillusetheplainSpecial:UploadpagetouploadfilestotheEnglishWikipediawithoutJavaScript. Youarenotcurrentlyloggedin. Sorry,inordertousethisuploadingscriptandtouploadfiles,youneedtobeloggedinwithyournamedaccount.Pleaseloginandthentryagain. Youraccounthasnotbecomeconfirmedyet. Sorry,inordertouploadfilesontheEnglishWikipedia,youneedtohaveaconfirmedaccount.Normally,youraccountwillbecomeconfirmedautomaticallyonceyouhavemade10editsandfourdayshavepassedsinceyoucreatedit. YoumayalreadybeabletouploadfilesontheWikimediaCommons,butyoucan'tdoitontheEnglishWikipediajustyet.Ifthefileyouwanttouploadhasafreelicense,pleasegotoCommonsanduploaditthere. Importantnote:ifyoudon'twanttowaituntilyouareautoconfirmed,youmayasksomebodyelsetouploadafileforyouatWikipedia:Filesforupload. InveryrarecasesanadministratormaymakeyouraccountconfirmedmanuallythrougharequestatWikipedia:Requestsforpermissions/Confirmed. Step1:Chooseyourfile File: Chooseafilefromyourcomputer.Maximumfilesize:100MB.Permittedfiletypes:png,gif,jpg,jpeg,xcf,pdf,mid,mp3,mpeg,mpg,ogg,ogv,opus,svg,djvu,tiff,tif,oga,flac,wav,wave,webm,webp. Step2:Describeyourfile Pleaseprovideaclear,descriptivenamebywhichyourfilewillbeknownonWikipedia.   ThisnamemustbeuniqueacrossthewholeofWikipedia,sopleasemakeitinformativeandeasytorecognize.It'snoproblemtouseafairlylongname.Itmayalsoincludespaces,commasandmostotherpunctuationmarks.Pleasealsonotethatfilenamesarecasesensitive(withtheexceptionofthefirstletter).Good:"CityofLondon,skylinefromLondonCityHall,Oct2008.jpg".Bad:"Skyline.jpg","DSC0001234.jpg". Sorry,afewspecialcharactersandcharactercombinationscannotbeusedinthefilenamefortechnicalreasons.Thisgoesespeciallyfor#  [ ] | : { } / and~~~.Yourfilenamehasbeenmodifiedtoavoidthese.Pleasecheckifitisokaynow. Thefilenameyouchoseseemstobeveryshort,oroverlygeneric.Pleasedon'tuse: Titlesthatconsistonlyofverygenericdescriptivewords(e.g."Sunset.jpg","Townhall.jpg") Titlesthatconsistonlyofaperson'sfirstorlastname,whenthatnameislikelytobesharedbymanyothers(e.g."John.jpg","Miller.jpg") Titlesthatconsistofmerenumbers,ofthekindoftenproducedbydigitalcameras("DSC_001234","IMGP0345"),orrandomstringslikethosesometimesfoundontheweb("30996951316264l.jpg") Existingfile.LastuploadedbyExampleuser. AfileofthisnamealreadyexistsonCommons! Ifyouuploadyourfilewiththisname,youwillbemaskingtheexistingfileandmakeitinaccessible.Yournewfilewillbedisplayedeverywheretheexistingfilewaspreviouslyused. Thisshouldnotbedone,exceptinveryrareexceptionalcases. Pleasedon'tuploadyourfileunderthisname,unlessyouseriouslyknowwhatyouaredoing.Chooseadifferentnameforyournewfileinstead. Ifyouwanttoreplacetheexistingfilewithanuncontroversial,improvedversionofthesamework,pleasegotoCommonsanduploaditthere,nothereontheEnglishWikipedia'slocalwiki. Afileofthisnamealreadyexists. Ifyouuploadyourfilewiththisname,youwillbeoverwritingtheexistingfile.Yournewfilewillbedisplayedeverywheretheexistingfilewaspreviouslyused.Pleasedon'tdothis,unlessyouhaveagoodreasonto: No,Idon'twanttooverwritetheexistingfile.Iwillchooseadifferentnameformynewfileinstead. Yes,Iwanttooverwritetheexistingfile.Myfileismerelyanew,improvedanduncontentiousversionofthesamework.Theolddescriptionpage,includingthesourceandcopyrightinformation,willstillbecorrectforthenewversionandcanremainthesame. Yes,Iwanttooverwritetheexistingfile,andIwillusethiswizardtoaddanewdescriptionandnewsourceinformationforit.Thepreviousversionwasmyown,orelseIhavemadesurethepreviousuploader(s)don'tobjecttothisreplacement. Pleaseprovideabriefdescriptionofthecontentsofthisfile.Thiswillbestoredanddisplayedaspartofthefiledescriptionpage.Itisimportantthatothereditorsareabletounderstandwhatthisfileisabout.   Whatdoesthisfileshow?Whatisitaphoto/diagram/recordingof?Itwillbehelpfulifyoualsoaddawikilinktothearticlewhereyouwanttouseit. Step3:Providesourceandcopyrightinformation Itisveryimportantthatyoureadthroughthefollowingoptionsandquestions,andprovideallrequiredinformationtruthfullyandcarefully. Thisisafreework.Icandemonstratethatitislegallyokayforanybodytouse,inWikipediaandelsewhere,foranypurpose. Thankyouforofferingtouploadafreework. Wikipedialovesfreefiles.However,wewouldloveitevenmoreifyouuploadedthemonoursisterproject,theWikimediaCommons. FilesuploadedonCommonscanbeusedimmediatelyhereonWikipediaaswellasonallitssisterprojects.UploadingfilesonCommonsworksjustthesameashere.YourWikipediaaccountwillautomaticallyworkonCommonstoo. PleaseconsideruploadingyourfileonCommons. However,ifyouprefertodoithereinstead,youmaygoaheadwiththisform.YoucanalsofirstusethisformtocollecttheinformationaboutyourfileandthensendittoCommonsfromhere. Copyrightstatus: Thisfileisentirelymyownwork.Iamthecopyrightholder.Imadethismyself,fromscratch,withoutcopyingorincorporatinganybodyelse'screativework,andIamwillingtoreleaseitunderafreelicense. Pleasenotethatby"entirelyself-made"wereallymeanjustthat. Donotusethissectionforanyofthefollowing: ascanorphotographyoumadeofapainting,drawing,printedpageorotheritemoriginallycreatedbysomebodyelse.Thecopyrightbelongstotheoriginalcreator,nottoyou. ascreenshotorotherkindofcaptureofavideo,computerscreen,TVprogrammeorotherkindofvisualmedia. apictureyoucreatedbymodifyingorcopyingsomeotherpictureorbycombiningseveralpreexistingpicturesmadebysomebodyelse. apicturegiventoyoubysomebodyelse. apictureyoufoundsomewhereontheInternet. Editorswhofalselydeclaresuchitemsastheir"ownwork"willbeblockedfromediting. Pleasedescribehowandwhenyoucreatedthisitem. How?   (e.g.:Whereandonwhatkindofoccasiondidyoutakethisphoto?Howdidyoumakethisdiagram?etc.) Date   (pleaseuseYYYY-MM-DDformatifpossible). Publication: Pleaseindicatehereifyouhavepreviouslypublishedthisitemelsewhere,e.g.onyourownwebsite,yourFlickrorFacebookaccount,etc.,providingalink. Itisimportantthatyouplacethisworkunderafreelicense,whichwillalloweverybodyelsetouseitforanypurpose,includingbothcommercialandnon-commercialpurposes,andtomodifyit.Thislicensewillbeirrevocable. Thisfilewasgiventomebyitsowner.ThecopyrightownerofthisfilehasgivenittomeforuploadingonWikipedia.Icanprovideevidencethattheyhaveagreedtoreleaseitunderafreelicense,forfreeusebyanybodyandforanypurpose. Pleasedescribewhoownsthisworkandhowyougotitfromthem. Owner/author: Dateofcreation: Source: Wheredidyougetthefilefrom?(e.g.availableonline;wassenttomepersonally…) Permission: Howdidyoureceivethepermission?(e.g.:bye-mail,personally,Iworkfortheowner…) Thecopyrightownerhaschosenthefollowinglicense: License: Other: Evidence: Thelicensestatementcanbefoundonlineat: ThelicenseagreementhasbeenforwardedtoWikimedia'svolunteerresponseteamat"[email protected]".OTRSticketreceived: Thelicensehasn'tyetbeenforwarded,butIwilldososhortlyorasktheownertosendit. Ihaven'tgottheevidencerightnow,butIwillprovidesomeifrequestedtodoso.Note:fileswithoutverifiablepermissionsmaybedeleted.Youmaybebetteroffobtainingproofofpermissionfirst. Thisfileisfromafreepublishedsource.Itookitfromawebsiteorotherpublishedsource,whereitsauthorhasexplicitlyplaceditunderafreelicense,allowingfreere-usebyanybody. Usethisonlyifthereisanexplicitlicensingstatementinthesource. Thewebsitemustexplicitlysaythattheimageisreleasedunderalicensethatallowsfreere-useforanypurpose,e.g.theCreativeCommonsAttributionlicense.Youmustbeabletopointexactlytowhereitsaysthis. Ifthesourcewebsitedoesn'tsaysoexplicitly,pleasedonotuploadthefile. Author/owner: Dateofcreation: Source: Forwebsources:pleaseprovidealinktothehtmlwebpagewherethefilecanbefound("http://....html"),notadirectlinktotheimagefileitself("http://....jpg").Forprintsources:providefullbibliographicinformation(author,title,publisher,year,page,etc.) Thecopyrightownerhaschosenthefollowinglicenseforthisfile: License: Other: Evidence: Providealinktowheretheauthorexplicitlysaysthatthefileisreleasedunderafreelicense.(ifnotvisibleonthesourcepageitself). ThisworkissoolditscopyrighthasexpiredThisisanoldphotograph,oraphotographicreproductionofanoldpainting,drawing,etc.Icanprovideenoughinformationaboutitsauthorandprovenancetoprovethatitisoldenoughforitscopyrighttohaveexpired.ItisnowlegallyinthePublicDomain. Originalauthor: Pleasenametheoriginalauthorofthiswork. Lifetime: Specifydateofdeath,ifapplicabletopublicdomainstatus.Inmanycases,weneedtobecertaintheauthordiedbeforeacertainyear,inmanycasesbefore1926. Originalpublication: Provideasmuchinformationaspossibleabouttheoriginaltimeandplaceofpublicationofthiswork.Forprintpublications:providefullbibliographicinformation. Dateofpublication: Providedateoffirstpublication,anddateofcreationifdifferent. Immediatesource: Stateexactlywhereyoufoundthisfile.Forwebsources:pleaseprovidealinktothehtmlwebpagewherethefilecanbefound("http://....html"),notadirectlinktotheimagefileitself("http://....jpg").Forprintsources:providefullbibliographicinformation(author,title,publisher,year,page,etc.) PublicDomainstatus: Thisworkisfreeofallcopyrightsbecause: Itwascreatedandfirstpublishedbefore1926andisthereforeinthePublicDomainintheUS. ItwasfirstpublishedoutsidetheUS,anditwasinthePublicDomaininitscountryoforiginbythe"URAAdate".Formostcountries,thismeanstheauthordied70yearsbefore1January1996,i.e.before1926.Pleaselookupthecopyrightrulesforthespecificcountryat[1]. ItwasfirstpublishedintheUSbefore1989,anditscopyrightexpiredbecauseitwaspublishedwithoutacopyrightnoticeand/orwithoutthenecessarycopyrightregistration.Pleaselookuptheexactrulesat[2]. Itscopyrightexpiredforsomeotherreason.[Pleaseexplainbelow]. Explanation: Pleaseprovideanyevidencenecessarytoverifythepublicdomainstatus. ThisfileisinthePublicDomainforsomeotherreason.IcandemonstratethatthisworkislegallyinthePublicDomain,i.e.nobodyownsanycopyrightsonit.Thismaybeforavarietyofreasons,forinstancebecauseitwascreatedbytheUSFederalGovernment,orbecauseitistoosimpletoattractanycopyright. PublicDomainmeansthatnobodyownsanycopyrightsonthiswork.Itdoesnotmeansimplythatitisfreelyviewablesomewhereontheweborthatithasbeenwidelyusedbyothers. Thisisnotforimagesyousimplyfoundsomewhereontheweb.Mostimagesonthewebareundercopyrightandbelongtosomebody,evenifyoubelievetheownerwon'tcareaboutthatcopyright.Ifitisinthepublicdomain,youmustbeabletopointtoanactuallawthatmakesitso.Ifyoucan'tpointtosuchalawbutmerelyfoundthisimagesomewhere,thenpleasedonotuploadit. Author: Pleasenametheoriginalauthorofthiswork. Source: Stateexactlywhereyoufoundthisfile.Forwebsources:pleaseprovidealinktothehtmlwebpagewherethefilecanbefound("http://....html"),notadirectlinktotheimagefileitself("http://....jpg").Forprintsources:providefullbibliographicinformation(author,title,publisher,year,page,etc.) Dateofcreation: PublicDomainstatus: Thisworkisfreeofallcopyrightsbecause: ItwascreatedbyanagencyoftheUSFederalGovernment.ThisdoesnotapplytomostUSstateandlocalagencies,nortogovernmentsofothercountries! Itisanofficialgovernmentalitem,suchasaflag,stateemblem,banknoteorpostagestamp,fromacountrywheresuchitemsareexemptfromcopyrightaccordingtolocallaw.Thisdoesnotapplytoallcountries,nordoesitusuallyapplytoallpublications!(Forinstance,itusuallydoesn'tapplytosimplepublicityphotographspublishedonagovernmentalwebsite.)Pleaselookupthecopyrightrulesforthespecificcountryinquestion.Ifthecountrydoesnothaveanexemptionrulethatappliestothisitem,goonwiththesectionfor"non-freecopyrightedworks"below.Explanation:Addanyexplanationorevidencenecessarytosubstantiateyourstatementabove.Citeandprovidealinktotherelevantlawifpossible. Itistoosimpletobeeligibleforcopyright.Thistypicallyappliesonlytographicsthatconsistsolelyofsimplegeometricshapesand/orafewlettersorwords,ortoitemssuchasmathematicalorchemicalformulae.Itmayapplytosomeverysimplelogosthatdonotcontaincomplexpictorialelements.Itneverappliestophotographs! ItisinthePublicDomainforsomeotherreason.Explanation: Thisisacopyrighted,non-freework,butIbelieveitisFairUse.IhavereadtheWikipediarulesonNon-FreeContent,andIampreparedtoexplainhowtheuseofthisfilewillmeetthecriteriasetoutthere. Pleaserememberthatyouwillneedtodemonstratethat: Thefilewillserveanimportantfunctioninaparticulararticle;(NFCC8) Itcannotbereplacedbyanyother,freeillustrationthatmightyetbecreated;(NFCC1) Itsusedoesnotnegativelyaffectthecommercialinterestsofitsowner(NFCC2) Therewillnotbemorenon-freematerialusedthannecessary.(NFCC3) Thisfilewillbeusedinthefollowingarticle: EnterthenameofexactlyoneWikipediaarticle,withoutthe[[...]]bracketsandwithoutthe"http://en.wikipedia.org/..."URLcode.Ithastobeanactualarticle,notatalkpage,template,userpage,etc.Ifyouplantousethefileinmorethanonearticle,pleasenameonlyoneofthemhere.Then,afteruploading,opentheimagedescriptionpageforeditingandaddyourseparateexplanationsforeachadditionalarticlemanually. Example–articleokay. Thisarticledoesn'texist! ThearticleExamplecouldnotbefound. Pleasecheckthespelling,andmakesureyouenterthenameofanexistingarticleinwhichyouwillincludethisfile. Ifthisisanarticleyouareonlyplanningtowrite,pleasewriteitfirstanduploadthefileafterwards. Thisisnotanactualencyclopediaarticle! ThepageExampleisnotinthemainarticlenamespace.Non-freefilescanonlybeusedinmainspacearticlepages,notonauserpage,talkpage,template,etc. Pleaseuploadthisfileonlyifitisgoingtobeusedinanactualarticle. Ifthispageisanarticledraftinyouruserspace,we'resorry,butwemustaskyoutowaituntilthepageisreadyandhasbeenmovedintomainspace,andonlyuploadthefileafterthat. Thisisadisambiguationpage! ThepageExampleisnotarealarticle,butadisambiguationpagepointingtoanumberofotherpages. Pleasecheckandentertheexacttitleoftheactualtargetarticleyoumeant. Non-freeuserationale Thisimageistheobjectofdiscussioninanarticle.Thisisacopyrightedartworkorphotograph,andtheimageitselfisthetopicofdiscussioninthearticle.Thediscussionisaboutthephotographorpaintingassuch,asacreativework,notjustaboutthethingorpersonitshows. Whichoftheseoptionsdescribesthisitembest? Whocreatedthiswork? Author/owner: Date: Source: Stateexactlywhereyoufoundthisfile.Forwebsources:pleaseprovidealinktothehtmlwebpagewherethefilecanbefound("http://....html"),notadirectlinktotheimagefileitself("http://....jpg").Forprintsources:providefullbibliographicinformation(author,title,publisher,year,page,etc.) Usage: Thearticleasawholeisdedicatedspecificallytoadiscussionofthisparticularphotograph/painting.(Itisnotjustaboutthepersonorthingshowninthepicture.) Thereisasubstantialamountofencyclopedicdiscussionofthisparticularphotograph/painting(notjustaboutthepersonorthingshowninit)inthisarticle.Theillustrationisspecificallyneededtosupportthefollowingpoint: Ifneitherofthesetwostatementsapplies,thenpleasedonotuploadthisimage. Thissectionisnotforimagesusedmerelytoillustrateanarticleaboutapersonorthing,showingwhatthatpersonorthinglooklike. Thisisadepictionofacopyrightedthree-dimensionalworkorbuilding,whichistheobjectofdiscussioninanarticle.Thisisaphotographorotherkindofdepictionofacopyrighted,three-dimensionalcreativework,suchasastatueorworkofarchitecture.Thearticlecontainsadiscussionofthatworkwhichrequiresillustration.Thephotographassuchisfree,orwasprovidedbythecreatorofthesculpture. Whichoftheseoptionsdescribesthisitembest? Firstdescribewhocreatedtheoriginalworkdepicted: Creator: Date: Usage: Thearticleasawholeisdedicatedspecificallytothiswork. Thereisasubstantialamountofencyclopedicdiscussionofthisworkinthisarticle.Theillustrationisspecificallyneededtosupportthefollowingpoint: Nowdescribewhocreatedtheimage: Author: Date: Source: Stateexactlywhereyoufoundthisfile.Forwebsources:pleaseprovidealinktothehtmlwebpagewherethefilecanbefound("http://....html"),notadirectlinktotheimagefileitself("http://....jpg").Forprintsources:providefullbibliographicinformation(author,title,publisher,year,page,etc.) Imagestatus Theimagewascreatedandpublishedbythesameauthorwhoalsoholdstherightstotheoriginalobject,andnoalternativedepictioncouldbesuitablycreated. Theauthoroftheimagehasreleasedthephotographicworkunderafreelicense,oritisinthepublicdomain:Namethelicenseordescribethepublicdomainstatus,addinganynecessaryevidencetomakethelicensingstatusverifiable. Thisisanexcerptfromacopyrightedwork.Thisisanexcerptfromacopyrightedwork,e.g.ascreenshotfromamovieorTVprogramme,apanelfromacomic,orasoundsamplefromasong.Itspresenceisneededtosupportapieceofexplicitcriticaldiscussioninanarticlerelatedtothatworkoritscreator(s). Whichoftheseoptionsdescribesthisitembest? Author: (author/copyrightowneroftheoriginalwork) Dateofcreation: Source: (whereexactlydidyougetthisfilefrom?) Pleaseexplainwhatexactlyinthearticleitisthatyouwanttoillustratewiththis.   Typically,theillustrationmustbeusedtosupportsomespecificissueofdiscussioninthearticle.Pleasebeconcreteandspecific.Don'tjustcopyboilerplatestatementsfromelsewhere.Stateclearly,inyourownwords,whatthisparticularfilewillbedoinginthisparticulararticle. Ifnecessary,pleaseexplainwhythispurposecannotbeachievedthroughtextalone.   Thisistheofficialcoverartofawork.Thisisthecoverordustjacketofabook,thecoverofaCDorvideo,theofficialreleaseposterofamovie,oracomparableitem.Itwillbeincludedasthatwork'sprimarymeansofvisualidentification,atthetopofthearticleaboutthebook,movie,etc.inquestion.Note:Ifyouplantouseitforanyotherpurposethanthis,pleaseticktheboxfor"othernon-freework"below. Whichoftheseoptionsdescribesthisitembest? Author: (author/copyrightowneroftheoriginalwork) Dateofpublication: Source: (whereexactlydidyougetthisfilefrom?) Thisimagewillbeshownasaprimarymeansofvisualidentificationatthetopofthearticlededicatedtotheworkinquestion.Astandardfairuserationalewillbeaddedthatmatchesthistypeofuse.Ifyouplantousethefileforanypurposeotherthanthis,pleasedonotusethissection,buttheonelabelled"othertypeofnon-freework"below. Thisisalogoofanorganization,company,brand,etc.ThisisanofficiallogoofanentitythatisthesubjectofaWikipediaarticle.Itwillbeincludedasthatentity'sprimarymeansofvisualidentification,atthetopofthearticleinquestion.Note:Ifyouplantouseitforanyotherpurposethanthis,pleaseticktheboxfor"othernon-freework"below. Whichoftheseoptionsdescribesthisitembest? Source: (whereexactlydidyougetthisfilefrom?) Thisimagewillbeshownasaprimarymeansofvisualidentificationatthetopofthearticlededicatedtotheentityinquestion.Astandardfairuserationalewillbeaddedthatmatchesthistypeofuse.Ifyouplantousethefileforanypurposeotherthanthis,pleasedonotusethissection,buttheonelabelled"othertypeofnon-freework"below. Thisisahistoricalportraitofapersonnolongeralive.Thisisahistoricalphotographorotherdepictionofapersonwhoisnolongeralive.Itwillbeusedastheprimarymeansofvisualidentificationofthatpersoninthearticleaboutthem. Deceasedsince: (Thistypeoffilecantypicallyonlybeusedwithpeoplewhoarenolongeralive.) Author: (Whomadethisimage?) Originalpublication: (Where,whenandhowwasthisimagefirstpublished?) Dateofpublication: Source: (Whereexactlydidyougetthisfilefrom?) Thisimagewillbeshownasaprimarymeansofvisualidentificationatthetopofthearticlededicatedtothepersoninquestion.Astandardfairuserationalewillbeaddedthatmatchesthistypeofuse.Ifyouplantousethefileforanypurposeotherthanthis,pleasedonotusethissection,buttheonelabelled"othertypeofnon-freework"below. Pleaseexplainwhyafreealternativetothisimagecannotbefound.   Forsubjectswhodiedrecently:haveyoumadeareasonableefforttofindpeoplewhomightpossessphotographsofthispersonandmightbewillingtoreleaseone?Forsubjectswholivedintheearly-to-mid20thcentury:haveyouconsiderediftheremightbeanolderphotographthathasfalleninthepublicdomain? Pleaseexplainwhyyouareconfidentthatouruseofthefilewillnotharmanycommercialopportunitiesofitsowner.   Wewilltypicallynotuseafileifitsownerhasapotentialcommercialinterestinitsuse,andifouruseofitwouldcompetewithitsoriginalmarketrole. Thisissomeotherkindofnon-freeworkthatIbelieveislegitimateFairUse.Thisisacopyrightedworkwhoseusedoesnotfallintoanyoftheclassesabove.IhavereadtheWikipediarulesonNon-freecontent,andIwillexplainhowthisfilemeetsallofthecriteriasetoutthere. Whichoftheseoptionsdescribesthisitembest? Author: (Whomadethisimage?) Originalpublication: (Where,whenandhowwasthisimagefirstpublished?) Dateofpublication: Source: (Whereexactlydidyougetthisfilefrom?) Pleaseexplainwhatexactpurposethisfilewillserveinthearticle.   Pleasebeconcreteandspecific.Don'tjustcopyboilerplatestatementsfromelsewhere.Stateclearly,inyourownwords,whatthisparticularfilewillbedoinginthisparticulararticle.Yourexplanationmustmakeitclearwhythearticlewouldbesignificantlyworseoffwithoutthisfile. Pleaseexplainwhythispurposecouldnotbeservedbytextalone.   Pleaseexplainwhythispurposecouldnotbeservedwithanalternative,freeillustrationthatcouldyetbefoundorcreated.   Forafiletobedeemedreplaceable,itisnotnecessarythatasuitablereplacementalreadyexists.Evenifitismerelypossiblethatareplacementcouldbecreated,wewillnotusethenon-freefile. Pleaseexplainwhyyouareconfidentthatouruseofthefilewillnotharmanycommercialopportunitiesofitsowner.   Wewilltypicallynotuseafileifitsownerhasapotentialcommercialinterestinitsuse,andifouruseofitwouldcompetewithitsoriginalmarketrole. Rememberthattheuseofnon-freefilesmustbeminimal.Thiscanmeanseveralthings: Don'tusemorefilesperarticle/topicthannecessary Don'tusethesamefileinmorearticlesthannecessary Don'tuselargerexcerptsofasingleworkthannecessary Don'tuseimagesofhigherresolutionthannecessary Inviewofthis,pleaseexplainhowtheuseofthisfilewillbeminimal.   Specialsourceandlicenseconditions(optional)   Anyfurtherrelevantinformationaboutthisfile?   Editsummary: Abriefdescriptionofwhyyouareoverwritingthisfile.Thiswillnotbesavedonthedescriptionpage,butwillbeshowninitsedithistory. Yes,IwantthisfiletobeimmediatelyavailableinallWikimediaprojects,inalllanguages.IwilluploaditontheWikimediaCommons.ClickingthisbuttonwillredirectyoutoapageonCommons.Thiswillonlyworkifyouarealreadyloggedinthere,whichislikelythecaseifyouhaveaunifiedaccount.Checkheretoseeifyouareloggedin. No,Iwanttouploadthisfilelocally.ThiswayitcanbeusedonlyontheEnglishWikipedia.WeurgeyoutouploadittotheCommonsunlessthereisaverygoodreasonforittostaylocal.OftensuchlocalfilesarecopiedtotheCommonsforuseelsewhereanddeletedlocally,requiringextraworkforothervolunteers.IfyoudonotwantyourfiletobecopiedtoCommonsanddeletedlocally,consideraddingthe{{Keeplocal}}tag. Resetthisformandstartover. Thisfiledoesn'tfiteitherofthecategoriesabove.Thisfiledoesn'tseemtofallintoeitheroftheclassesabove,orIamnotcertainwhatitsstatusis.Ifoundthisfilesomewhere,butIdon'treallyknowwhomadeitorwhoownsit. Well,we'reverysorry,butifyou'renotsureaboutthisfile'scopyrightstatus,orifitdoesn'tfitintoanyofthegroupsabove,then: Pleasedon'tuploadit. Really,pleasedon't.Evenifyouthinkitwouldmakeforagreatadditiontoanarticle.WereallytakethesecopyrightrulesveryseriouslyonWikipedia.Notethatmediaisassumedtobefully-copyrightedunlessshownotherwise;theburdenisontheuploader. Inparticular,pleasedon'tupload: anyfileyousimplyfoundonsomewebsite,withoutknowingwhoitsauthororcopyrightowneris. anyfileyoufoundsomewhere,evenifyouhavegoodreasontobelieveithasacopyrightownerwhowouldnotmindususingit,butyoudon'thaveanexplicitlicensingstatementfromthem. anyfilethatwasreleasedforpublicitypurposesbyitsownersbutdoesn'thaveafully-freelicenseforfreere-useforallpurposes. anyfilecreditedtoacommercialimageagency,suchasReuters,APorGettyImages.Suchfilesnormallycannotbeusedevenunderthe"FairUse"rules,exceptinrarecases. anyfilethatislicensedforuseexclusivelyonWikipedia,orisfreeexceptthatthefreelicenseexcludescommercialuse. Ifyouareinanydoubt,pleaseasksomeexperiencededitorsforadvicebeforeuploading.PeoplewillbehappytoassistyouatWikipedia:Mediacopyrightquestions.Thankyou. Preview(test) Thisisthedatathatwillbesubmittedtoupload: Filename: Editsummary: Text: Uploadinprocess Yourfileisbeinguploaded. Thismighttakeaminuteortwo,dependingonthesizeofthefileandthespeedofyourinternetconnection. Onceuploadingiscompleted,youwillfindyournewfileatthislink: File:Example.jpg Filesuccessfullyuploaded Yourfilehasbeenuploadedsuccessfullyandcannowbefoundhere: File:Example.jpg Pleasefollowthelinkandcheckthattheimagedescriptionpagehasalltheinformationyoumeanttoinclude. Ifyouwanttochangethedescription,justgototheimagepage,clickthe"edit"tabatthetopofthepageandeditjustasyouwouldeditanyotherpage.Donotgothroughthisuploadformagain,unlessyouwanttoreplacetheactualfilewithanewversion. Toinsertthisfileintoanarticle,youmaywanttousecodesimilartothefollowing: [[File:Example.jpg|thumb|right|insertacaptionhere]] Ifyouwishtomakealinktothefileintext,withoutactuallyshowingtheimage,forinstancewhendiscussingtheimageonatalkpage,youcanusethefollowing(markthe":"aftertheinitialbrackets!): [[:File:Example.jpg]] SeeWikipedia:Picturetutorialformoredetailedhelponhowtoinsertandpositionimagesinpages. ThankyouforusingtheFileUploadWizard.Pleaseleaveyourfeedback,comments,bugreportsorsuggestionsonthetalkpage. 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