MediaWiki:Uploadtext
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Use the form below to upload files. (To view or search previously uploaded images go to the list of uploaded files; uploads and deletions are also logged in the upload log.)
Please expect your file to be deleted on sight if you don't follow these rules:
- 1. Provide detailed information on the source of the file.
- If you made it yourself, say so. If you got it from the Internet, provide the URL.
- (Most images on the internet are copyrighted and are not appropriate for uploading to Wikipedia.)
- 2. Specify the licence of the file by selecting it from the drop-down list below.
- 3. Please use descriptive names. For example, instead of
IMG_2063.jpg
usepicture_New Zealand_from_space.jpg
orTe_Rauparaha.jpg
.
Users who upload content with false licence declarations, or who repeatedly upload images with no licence declaration, may be blocked.
To include the image in a page, use a link in the form
[[{{ns:6}}:file.jpg]],
[[{{ns:6}}:file.png|alt text]], or
[[{{ns:-2}}:file.ogg]]
for directly linking to the file.
If the image is available under a free licence or if you took the image yourself, please upload it to the Wikimedia Commons, a shared repository of content which can be used on all Wikimedia projects in all languages. Please upload all images under a free licence to Wikimedia Commons.
(You will need to create an account there as well. There are advantages in using the same login name.).
(You will need to create an account there as well. There are advantages in using the same login name.).