User talk:Carole1257

Hi - Thanks for your edit to Vitus Bering. I noticed that in your edit summary, you mentioned that you would like to add a photo of the "real" Bering, but were unsure how to go about it. There are a couple of different stages to adding a photo to any Wikipedia article:
 * 1) Determine the license which applies to the image. For example, a reproduction of an image made in Bering's lifetime may fall into the public domain. If you are unsure what license applies, you can ask at the Media Copyright Questions page.
 * 2) Upload the image. There are instructions available at this page. You aren't able to upload images to Wikipedia until you have made 10 edits (you can see your edits here), and your account is 4 days old. However, if the image is classified as "free" (public domain, for example), you can upload it to our sister site, Wikimedia Commons, even if you have a new account. If it is uploaded to Commons, it can be used by any of the 267 Wikipedia editions in various languages, including here at the English Wikipedia. You can upload images by clicking the "Special:Upload" link either here or on the Commons website.
 * 3) Remember to add the appropriate licensing information! If there is no license stated, there is a risk that the image will be deleted.
 * 4) Add the image to the Vitus Bering article. You can find instructions on adding an image here. In this case, you can replace the name of the image currently in the article with the name of the image you have uploaded. It might be useful to place the old image somewhere else in the article, mentioning the historical misunderstanding over who the image was.

I also wanted to ask a favour - I came on the article at random, and don't know anything about the subject other than what I've read there. I was wondering if you could add a reference (book, newspaper, journal paper etc.) for the information you added, or is the source already mentioned in the section at the bottom? I think it would be good to point readers to the original source for more information.

It can seem a bit complicated at first, but hopefully, I haven't made it sound too bad. It actually takes longer to describe the process that it takes to perform it! If you have any problems with anything, there are always experienced editors at the Help Desk to answer your questions, or you can let me know if there's anything I can help you with. I will leave some links below which might be helpful to you. Thanks again for your work! -- Kateshort forbob  13:31, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

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