Help:Uploading Images

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[edit] Uploading Images

Click the image to view its image description page, which includes copyright information.
Click the image to view its image description page, which includes copyright information.

To use an image in any module or other Wikibooks page, you must upload the file to English Wikibooks or to Wikimedia Commons.

If you have an image file with a free license acceptable to Wikimedia Commons, you can upload it to either place. If it is a fair use image acceptable under the Fair Use Policy, you can only upload the image to Wikibooks. Commons does not allow fair use images. Do not upload an image to Wikibooks if that same image, or a suitable replacement is available at Commons. Such duplicates may be deleted from our server as described below.

[edit] Before you upload an image

Wikimedia Commons contains so many media files that it is highly possible that image you want to use has already been uploaded. Try searching Commons before you upload any files. If you cannot find the image you're looking for, and if the licence of your image is compatible with Commons, please upload it there. Usually only "fair use" images should be uploaded to Wikibooks.

[edit] File types

There are many acceptable file types, but the most common are GIF, PNG, JPG, and SVG. The filename should end in ".gif", ".png", ".jpg", or ".svg" respectively. The server automatically renders SVG images into PNG; thus, you can upload SVG images without requiring your readers to add SVG support to their browser.

[edit] Acceptable licenses

  1. Ensure the file license is a free license compatible with the licenses acceptable to Wikimedia Commons or that fair use applies.

[edit] Upload an image to English Wikibooks

  1. You have to log in to upload files. Creating an account only takes a few seconds, and is free.
  2. Please do not upload any images from other Wikimedia projects (including Wikipedia) to Wikibooks. We should not create redundant copies, if you want to use an image from, for example, Wikipedia, upload it to Commons. See Move an image from other project to Commons section.
  3. Upload your file.
    • Describe your file; give the source of the image (preferably a URL). If you made the image and own the copyright, say so.
    • Choose the correct license or fair use option from the menu. This automatically inserts a image copyright tag such as {{cc-by-sa-2.5}}, {{GFDL}}, or {{screenshot}}.

[edit] Upload an image to Wikimedia Commons

If you are not familiar with Commons already, read their first steps at Commons. Note that your Commons account is separate from your Wikibooks account, though you might want to use the same username.

Commons does not allow fair use images.

[edit] Move an image from Wikibooks to Commons

If the license is acceptable to Commons, any user can upload the image to Commons, then mark the redundant copy at Wikibooks with {{nowcommons|Image:name of file at Commons.png}} or {{nowcommons}} if the filename is the same. You will have to create a separate user account at Commons.

Administrators of Wikibooks can follow the procedure at Category:NowCommons to delete such images.

[edit] Move an image from other project to Commons

If you find any image useful for your book at other Wikimedia projects, do not upload it here, instead upload it to Commons if the image license allows for it. The procedure is exactly the same, although you will need to create an account at Commons. Remember to also copy the image description to Commons and provide infomation on the authors. It's also good to place the image in a category. After you have uploaded the image, insert {{NowCommons|Image:name of file at Commons.png}} or {{NowCommonsThis}} on the image page of the Wikimedia project you copied the image from.

[edit] Image deletions

All images must have a valid image copyright tag. Otherwise, any user can add {{subst:nld}} which looks:

This image or media file uses a non-free license and/or is missing important copyright information. After April 18, 2006 this file will be deleted, unless both the copyright holder grants permission to use their work under an acceptable license and the missing information is added. Once fixed this template may be removed.

Please consider notifying the uploader on their talk page about this issue with:

{{subst:Image copyright|Image:Uploading Images|~~~~}}


The warning includes the current date. Seven days later, an administrator can delete the image, unless someone puts a correct image copyright tag on the image.

Uploading images without license despite being warned may result in temporary block. See Wikibooks:Media for more information.

[edit] Copyright violations

Images found to be a copyright violation should be tagged with {{copyvio|http://source.of/the.image}}. Any user can send a Wikibooks:Boilerplate request for permission to the author of the image to request licensing it under a free license. If the status of the image is not confirmed in 7 days, the image will be deleted.

Users who are notorious copyright violations uploaders might be blocked by administrators.

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