User talk:PalakShah92

Help me edit with images!
I would like to add images to a Wikipedia page. Is the only way for this by uploading images. If so, can you show me what to add to the edit section, in terms of what brackets to use, when to use the pipe symbol, etc. And the whole licensing for an image is throwing me off.

Is there a way to simply direct to a webpage and copy the image while still linked to the site (not having to download every image onto my computer then upload to Wikipedia Commons?

PalakShah92 (talk) 19:53, 15 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello. No, images need to be uploaded to Commons in order to be displayed in an article. You can't embed pictures hosted somewhere else, as this would lead to a multitude of possible problems. Implementing the images, once uploaded, usually uses the  brackets, however, it differs a bit depending on how you want to implement them. You can find tutorials and all you need to know at Images. Hope that helps! If you need any further assistance, please re-open the help tag. Cheers! ~ | twsx | talkcont | ~ 09:43, 16 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi PalakShah. To answer the second question first: no, it's not possible for Wikipedia to display an image that hasn't been uploaded to either Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia itself. Aside from technical restrictions, this also helps to ensure that images used here are compliant with copyright law and Wikipedia's image use policy.
 * In terms of uploading images, your account will need to be autoconfirmed before you can upload images to Wikipedia itself, although you can upload free images to Commons straight away. It's important to understand the distinction between free and non-free images here. Commons hosts images which are completely free to reuse (either released under a CC-BY-SA licence, which you can do with photos or pictures you created entirely by yourself, or in the public domain). Wikipedia hosts images which are available under fair use legislation (meaning that there is no conceivable free alternative with which to illustrate the article in question).
 * If the image you want to upload is free to reuse, you can upload it to Commons using the Commons Upload Wizard. If it's a non-free image like a company logo that meets all of the criteria at WP:FAIRUSE, then you would need to submit a request at Files for upload (or wait four days and make enough edits to become autoconfirmed, at which point you can use Wikipedia's own upload wizard). Make sure taht you have read and understood the image use policy first, though - it's complex, but because of the real-world legal ramifications, it's very important. Yunshui 雲 水 09:47, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * See User:Yunshui/Images for beginners for a quick and easy tutorial in how to use the images nce they're uploaded. Yunshui 雲 水 09:49, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

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