Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast/Scripts/Images

How to upload an image and place it in an article

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Uploading an image in four (not quite easy :/ ) steps:

Choose an image
- Image needs to be ~~"free"~~ "open"
  - Meaning of "free" has to be clear about copyleft, hence note "open" instead
  - If it's yours, you can make it free, it's yours to do whatever you want with
  - If not, you need to be sure it's already free
  - Ignore the fair-use case? Complicated, but relevant to wikis where it's applicable.
Go to upload page
- Select file on your computer
- Fill in applicable license. If yours and not sure, CC-BY-SA a safe bet, same as for your text contributions
- Fill in template with information about it:
  - Information in template goes after each |parameter=
  - A basic description: who, what, where, when, perhaps how
  - Who made it (if you, write your name the way you want to be credited!)
  - What license
  - Any special notes
Hit the upload submit button
- Edit as necessary, whenever
Include your image in an article using [[File:Example.png|thumb|I can has a caption]]
- Only go into easy "thumb" method, image syntax is confusing!

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