Help:File description page: Difference between revisions

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The following are examples of different types of files:

*[[:File:Leucospermum cultivar Edit.jpg|Image example]]

*Video example

*[[:File:Russian national anthem at Medvedev inauguration 2008.ogg|Video example]]

*[[:File:Edison cylinder Lost Chord.ogg|Sound example]]

*[[:File:Abroad - 1882.djvu|Mixed content example (DjVu in this case, but could also be PDF)]]

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===Copyright information===

All files must be provided with copyright information. This includes the author, the file's source and the file's license. All files must either be freely licensed or suitable for "[[Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|fair use]]" (a low resolution image or only part of a song for example). You should choose the most appropriate tag from [[Wikipedia:File copyright tags]]. Please be aware that the copyright holder (the original creator of the file, their employer, or an official designee), not the uploader, decides on the licensing for the image, and that "fair use" of non-free files has a specific definition. Please read [[Wikipedia:Copyrights]], [[Wikipedia:Image use policy]], [[Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|Wikipedia:Fair use guideline]], and [[Wikipedia:Non-free content]] for information about what images are acceptable to upload. If you have a question about a specific image, you can ask at [[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions]].

===Relevant links (internal)===

Example:

* ''See also: [[Flag of the United Kingdom]]''

===Other versions===

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===Wikimedia Commons===

Files available on Wikipedia can be stored on Wikipedia or on [[Wikimedia Commons]]. If a file is stored on Commons the following message will be shown on the file's description page:

{{MediaWiki:Sharedupload-desc-here}}

Any edits to the file's description page should be made on Commons, except in special circumstances, such as indicating the file has reached featured status on Wikipedia. To edit the Commons description page click on the "description page there" link. Like Wikipedia, anyone can edit the Commons. An account is not required.

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===What happens when you upload===

The description text you supply during the upload process becomes the initial text of the image description page. (It also becomes the [[Wikipedia:Edit summary|edit summary]] for the initial version of the file.)

===Inter-language coordination===

On Wikipedia, please avoid adding a description in a language other than English. Instead, use [[Wikipedia:interlanguage links|interlanguage links]] to link to the image description page on the appropriate-language wiki, where you should upload a second copy of the image for local use.

On Commons, a translation may be added to the description page.

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===Categorizing files===

Files can be in the same category as other pages, but are treated separately: on the category page they are not included in the count of articles in the category, and they are displayed in a separate section, with for each a thumbnail and the name, see [[Help:Category#Category_pages|category page]]. A file category is typically a subcategory of the general category about the same subject, and a subcategory of a wider file category. On [[Wikimedia Commons]] there are essentially only files.

For categorizing a new file, the file page does not even have to be edited: the category tag can simply be put in the [[Help:Edit summary#File_upload_summary|upload summary]]. Many images can be categorized in one of the subcategories of [[:Category:Wikipedia images by subject]]. You might need to poke around the category hierarchy a bit to find the right place.

===File page ___location===

In English Wikipedia, the file page for a media file named <var>F</var> is at &lt;<nowiki>http</nowiki>://{{SERVERNAME}}/wiki/File:<var>F</var>&gt;, and it can be accessed using the [[WP:MARKUP|Wiki markup]] <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>:FileFille:<var>F</var>]]</code>. A media file's name can be determined from its [[URL]]: it is always the URL's last or second-from-last component. For example, a flag image [[Image:Flag of France.svg|x12px|border|link=|alt=]] might have the following URL:

: <span class="plainlinks">&lt;<nowiki>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/18px-Flag_of_France.svg.png</nowiki>&gt;</span>

This URL's second-from-last component is "Flag_of_France.svg", so the corresponding file page is ''[[:File:Flag_of_France.svg]]''.

The URL of an image can often be determined by asking a browser to display the image's properties, and similarly for other media files. Sometimes, however, you may need to view the [[HTML]] of the page containing a media file to determine the file's URL. For example, in standard browsers the default English Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Skin|skin]] displays at upper left a puzzle-globe image, which takes you to the [[Main Page]] if you click on it; to find this image's file page, look in this page's HTML for the following:

: <nowiki><a style="background-image: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Wiki.png);" href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page"></a></nowiki>

This HTML contains a URL whose last component is "Wiki.png", and the corresponding file page is therefore ''[[:File:Wiki.png]]''.