User:Xeverything11/Upload Images to Wikimedia Commons: Difference between revisions
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Created page with "== Steps == === Desktop === # '''Go to https://commons.wikimedia.org.''' This will be taken to Wikimedia Commons. # '''Create an account.''' Click the "Create account" at top-right corner of the website. Enter a username and password, and, optionall, your email address. Verify it's you by enter the text as show in CAPTCHA image. Click {{macbutton|Create your account}} to create your account. #* If you have an account, log in by typing your username and password, and clic..." |
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# '''Go to https://commons.wikimedia.org.''' This will be taken to Wikimedia Commons. | # '''Go to https://commons.wikimedia.org.''' This will be taken to Wikimedia Commons. | ||
# '''Create an account.''' Click the "Create account" at top-right corner of the website. Enter a username and password, and, | # '''Create an account.''' Click the "Create account" at top-right corner of the website. Enter a username and password, and, optionally, your email address. Verify it's you by enter the text as show in CAPTCHA image. Click {{macbutton|Create your account}} to create your account. | ||
#* If you have an account, log in by typing your username and password, and clicking {{macbutton|Log in}}. | #* If you have an account, log in by typing your username and password, and clicking {{macbutton|Log in}}. | ||
# '''Click {{macbutton|Upload}}.''' This will be directed to Upload Wizard. | # '''Click {{macbutton|Upload}}.''' This will be directed to Upload Wizard. | ||
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#* Works that you created yourself are generally OK to upload to Wikimedia Commons. | #* Works that you created yourself are generally OK to upload to Wikimedia Commons. | ||
#* Works downloaded from the internet are generally not OK to upload. | #* Works downloaded from the internet are generally not OK to upload. | ||
#** One exception is old works, usually | #** One exception is old works, usually more than 100 years old or more. | ||
# '''Select files.''' Click the {{macbutton|Upload media files to share}} button; this will open the file selection window. In the window, select files. | |||
Latest revision as of 06:14, 29 April 2025
Steps[edit | edit source]
Desktop[edit | edit source]
- Go to https://commons.wikimedia.org. This will be taken to Wikimedia Commons.
- Create an account. Click the "Create account" at top-right corner of the website. Enter a username and password, and, optionally, your email address. Verify it's you by enter the text as show in CAPTCHA image. Click Create your account to create your account.
- If you have an account, log in by typing your username and password, and clicking Log in.
- Click Upload. This will be directed to Upload Wizard.
- Review what can you upload. Once read, click the blue Yes button.
- Works that you created yourself are generally OK to upload to Wikimedia Commons.
- Works downloaded from the internet are generally not OK to upload.
- One exception is old works, usually more than 100 years old or more.
- Select files. Click the Upload media files to share button; this will open the file selection window. In the window, select files.
