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The best place to upload most images is '''[[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]''', where they become part of a collection that can be used by Wikipedias in multiple languages, as well as our sister projects and the general public.

To upload images to Commons you can use the '''[[commons:Special:UploadWizard|Commons Upload Wizard]]''' tool, which will guide you through the process.

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If you upload an image here at the English Wikipedia, then it will be available for use on this site. However there are many other language versions of Wikipedia, as well as a variety of sister projects, which may also want to use your image. Therefore, it is generally better to upload your free images to '''[[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]''', a shared site where an image can be uploaded once and then used by any of these projects.

There is an important caveat: '''Commons accepts only freely licensed images'''. This means that you cannot upload most images found on the internet, as the vast majority of them are not free.

However, there are some circumstances in which Wikipedia can use '''[[Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria|non-free]]''' or '''[[fair use]]''' images. This is typically when an image's presence significantly increases readers' understanding of a topic, no free alternative is available, and its use does not negatively affect the commercial interests of its owner. Examples include movie posters, corporate logos, and screenshots of web pages.

There is an important caveat: '''Commons only accepts free images. It does not accept non-free or fair-use images.''' Images must also be free in both the country of origin and the United States.

To upload images to Commons you can use the '''[[commons:Special:UploadWizard|Commons Upload Wizard]]''' tool, which will guide you through the process.

To upload a non-free image, use the '''[[Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard|File Upload Wizard]]''', which will help you add all of the required information. A link to the wizard can be found under "Tools" at the left of the screen.

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