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{{PD Help Page}}
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If file uploads are enabled, you can upload certain types of files to the wiki. This is particularly useful for uploading images which you want to place on a page, but you can also upload other types of files.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">To enable this feature, you may need to [[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuring file uploads|configure file uploads]].</span>

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==Upload a file==
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# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Prepare the file on your computer in its final format. Make sure the file is exactly as you want it.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">In the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Navigation#Sidebar|sidebar]], under <code>{{lcfirst:{{int|toolbox}}}}</code>, click <code>{{int|upload}}</code>.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Click "'''Browse'''" next to the <code>{{int|sourcefilename}}</code> to locate the file on your computer.  (The "browse" button may have a different label depending on your web browser).</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Change the "'''{{int|destfilename}}'''" to something descriptive, if necessary.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Fill in the "'''{{int|filedesc}}'''", if necessary.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Click the "'''{{int|uploadbtn}}'''" button.</span>

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If it is a large file, you may need to wait several seconds for the upload to complete.
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== File description page ==
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Each file gets its very own “file description page” on the wiki.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The page name will be <code>{{ll|Help:Namespaces|{{ns:image}}}}:</code> followed by the destination filename you provided.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">You can edit this page to provide more information about the file.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">For example, many public wiki projects are quite sensitive to copyright issues, and so you should explain on the description page where you got the file from, and what its copyright status is.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Any other useful descriptive notes could also be added there.</span>

<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Viewing the file description page shows:</span>

# '''<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Displayed image</span>''' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The uploaded image or file is displayed here. Just below the image, the image resolution size is specified, an option to view the image as a full preview is also available.</span>
# '''<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Content</span>''' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The wikitext of the image page itself is rendered here, between the image and the file history.</span>
# '''<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">File history</span>''' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This includes the date and time the image was uploaded. When a new version of the image is uploaded, you can view the history of the previous image.</span>
# '''<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">File usage</span>''' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This outlines the pages in the wiki where the image was referenced.</span>
# '''<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Global file usage</span>''' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">On Wikimedia Commons (or other wikis using the {{ll|Extension:GlobalUsage|GlobalUsage}} extension), there is a separate section for usage of the image on other wikis.</span>
# '''<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Metadata</span>''' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This outlines any [[w:Image metadata|metadata]] displayed in the image.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Metadata is normally added from the device where the image originated from.</span>

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=== Shared description pages ===
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If the image comes from another wiki, then the content of the local description page is concatenated with the description page on the shared wiki, with an additional message announcing the file is shared.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This is [[MediaWiki:Sharedupload]], and appears on this wiki as:</span>

{{int|Sharedupload|2=<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">the source wiki</span>}}

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Any {{ll|Help:categories|categories}} the image page on the source wiki is in are ignored, and any links it has still point to the source wiki rather than the wiki the image is rendered on.
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=== Editing a description page ===
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">When you edit a description page, you're editing the page's content, not the image itself.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The '''edit history''' tracks changes to the page's content (text, descriptions), not the image file.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Image history''' records updates to the image itself, like new uploads, and it is displayed in the "{{int|filehist}}" section of the page.</span>

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When previewing edits, the preview shows only text changes, not the image, its history, or links.
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To change an image, go to the "{{int|filehist}}" section and upload a new file. You can't modify the image through the edit page.
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=== Categorizing images ===
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If an image page is added to a category, the image is added to the category normally.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Images appear in categories in their own section, complete with thumbnails and names, and they don't count toward the total number of pages in that category.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This setup makes it easier to view and manage images independently of articles, without cluttering the main category.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">To categorize a new image, you don't need to edit the page—just add the category tag in the upload summary, and it will automatically be included in the correct category.</span>

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=== Protection ===
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">When {{ll|Help:Protection|protecting}} a file description page, there is a separate option to protect the page against uploads.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If an image is used on a page with {{ll|Manual:Administrators#Protection|cascading protection}} enabled, the protection applies to both editing the page content and to uploading new versions.</span>

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== Using the file ==
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">After you've uploaded a new file, it doesn't automatically appear on any page -- not even the page you were on when you clicked on the <code>{{int|upload}}</code> link.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">You must decide on which pages of the wiki you want it to appear.</span>

<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">You can embed pictures and other images in a page.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">For instance, you may have uploaded a person's picture and want that picture to appear alongside the text on a page about that person.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">For information on how to embed an image, see {{ll|Help:Images}}.</span>

<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Some files may be of a type that cannot be embedded in a page (for example, a spreadsheet -- assuming the wiki allows such file types to be uploaded at all).</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Or the file may be an image that is so large it's only useful on its own page (for example a detailed map).</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Or you may simply be wanting to refer the readers to where they can download or replace the file.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">In each of these cases you don't want to embed the file in another page; you just want the page to have a link to the file description page (or to the file itself).</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">For information on how to link to a file, see {{ll|Help:Linking to files}}.</span>

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== List of files in the wiki ==
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There are a number of special pages to help you view and manage files which have been uploaded. Go to "{{int|specialpages}}" (in the {{lcfirst:{{int|toolbox}}}} on the left) and then see...
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* [[Special:Newimages|{{int|newimages}}]] – <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If you just uploaded one, you will see it here.</span>
* [[Special:Imagelist|{{int|listfiles}}]] – <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Shows all of the files.</span>
* [[Special:Unusedimages|{{int|unusedimages}}]] – <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Helps you track down files which might not be needed.</span>

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See {{ll|Help:Special pages}} for details of the other information available here.
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* The {{ll|Extension:Attachments|nsp=0}} extension can be used to attach files to pages.
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