User talk:Tedwilliamson14

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Please help me with... I was wondering how I could add a picture to a page. I read about it on here but didn't quite understand it. Thanks

Tedwilliamson14 (talk) 22:45, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi! In order to add a picture to a Wikipedia article, the image first has to be uploaded either here or on the Wikimedia Commons. A lot of factors come into play. Essentially, the image has to either be freely licensed by its copyright holder (meaning they've agreed that anyone can use the image for any reason, including commercial purposes), or eligible for use under a claim of fair use (things like company logos, book covers, etc usually fall under this). Can you provide me with some more information about which page you'd be adding the image to and what the source of the image is? You could also post a request on Files for upload where another reviewer or I will review the request. I'll keep an eye on this page, though, so feel free to reply here. Cheers, Nick&#8288;—&#8288;Contact/Contribs 23:26, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * If the article is already uploaded, put filename with extension replacing all the fields with what you actually want. Alternatively, you can enable the Visual editor in Preferences -> beta. I must admit I use it for inserting images since it handles it quite nicely. Hope that helps! Happy Squirrel (talk) 23:31, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

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I was going to put a picture on the Asian Giant Hornet page of the insect. I went through google images and I didn't really know if I could just upload any picture on here, I found some pictures on random articles and such.

Tedwilliamson14 (talk) 23:39, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The article Asian giant hornet already has several freely licensed images of the insect, all of which have been uploaded on the Commons. In fact, you can find even more by going to commons:Category:Vespa_mandarinia. It is almost certain that any new pictures you find online in random articles are copyrighted and not freely licensed, so we wouldn't be able to use them. The images we use are usually images taken by Wikimedia volunteers who agree to freely license their work so we can use them in our articles. Most people who publish their photos online don't agree to do that, so images found online are assumed to be copyrighted unless proven otherwise. --Nick&#8288;—&#8288;Contact/Contribs 23:48, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Okay, thank you for your assistance.