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(The current list of proposed usability improvements includes 9 separate proposals concerning the text editor and the editing process, so this issue is not unknown in the Wikipedia community.) [1] There may be many people out there who would like to contribute but can't, perhaps especially women – Wikipedia is dominated by male editors. [2] [3]
If you are donating images or other non-text media, it is highly preferred that you follow Wikimedia Commons' media donation instructions. The following set of instructions should only be used if something on the Commons site does not suit you. Many people give Wikipedia permission to reuse their content (text, images, video, audio, etc.).
These images have very generic names, and are undesirable as names of actual files due to the risk of accidental overwriting should someone inadvertently choose the same generic name. The images themselves contain a message similar to the following one explaining not to use the name:
The use of images at Wikipedia is governed by Wikipedia:Image use policy. Most images and other digital media used by Wikipedia are free content , and are available at Wikimedia Commons . However, the English language Wikipedia, in agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation , also allows the use of non-free content, subject to some specific—and ...
John Seigenthaler, an American journalist, was the subject of a defamatory Wikipedia hoax article in May 2005. The hoax raised questions about the reliability of Wikipedia and other websites with user-generated content. Since the launch of Wikipedia in 2001, the site has faced several controversies. Wikipedia's open-editing model, under which anyone can edit most articles, has led to concerns ...
If you reuse images from Wikipedia, please be sure to respect the provided license and provide credit—usually to the photographer, not Wikipedia! We have more than 100 million media files. There are over 100 million media files on all Wikimedia projects as of January 2024—predominantly images but also sound files, animations, videos, etc.
Wikipedia does not accept material that claims "this can be used in Wikipedia, but not anywhere else or in derivative works." Also, because some derivative works may be commercial, we cannot accept materials that are licensed only for educational use or even for general non-commercial use.
To avoid accidental overwriting of images or other media, very generic filenames should not be used when uploading. For example, a picture of an album cover should not be given the name "File:Cover.jpg", as sooner or later someone else will try to do the same thing and overwrite the old image. The new image will then appear wherever the old one ...