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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.
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Once the VE toolbar has appeared, click the {{menu icon|Insert}} menu and choose the "Media" option. toThat openopens a dialog box.This boxwhich 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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<small>'''Important caveat''': Images on Wikimedia Commons must not be copyrighted by anyone other then 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 be [[Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard|stored on Wikipedia]], insteadnot ofon the Commons.</small>
