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'''[[Commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]''' storedstores images so that they can be used on Wikipediadifferent inlanguage differentversions of languagesWikipedia, as well as a variety ofby sister projects, whichof may also want to use the imageWikipedia.

To '''upload''' a new image, first activate VisualEditor by clicking "edit source" at the top of an article.

Once the VE toolbar has appeared, click the {{menu icon|Insert}} menu and choose the "MediaImages and media" option. toThat openopens a dialog box. This boxwhich allows you to upload and use images.

To '''upload''' a new image, first activate VisualEditor by clicking "edit" at the top of an article.

Once the toolbar has appeared, click the {{menu icon|Insert}} menu and choose the "Media" option to open a dialog box. This box allows you to upload and use images.

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You need to add a description so that anyonesomeone else wantingwho might want to use itthe image on another page can understand what the image is about. This description can be more detailed than you'd use in an article because it's just stored with the image on the Commons. AddingYou itcan toalso assign categories willto the image, to help people find it.

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You need to add a description so that anyone else wanting to use it on another page can understand what the image is. This description can be more detailed than you'd use in an article because it's just stored with the image on the Commons. Adding it to categories will help people find it.

Clicking "Save" will upload your new image onto the Commons and then insert it into the article!

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<small>'''Important caveat''': Images on Wikimedia Commons must not be copyrighted by anyone other thenthan the uploader, and when they are uploaded they arebecome free for anyone to use when attributed ([https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative commons license]). If you don't own the copyright for the image, but believe that uploading it would be '[[WP:fair-use|fair-use]]', the image canshould instead be [[Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard|stored on Wikipedia using the File Upload Wizard]], insteadnot ofon the Commons. For more information, see [[Help:Introduction to images with Wiki Markup/3|Help:Introduction to images with Wiki Markup]].</small>

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