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Don't try to save disk space on the images server by giving up useful information. Keep the source: If the image was generated from data (e.g. a graph in Microsoft Excel), the data and file (e.g. spreadsheet) should be included so new data can be added to the graph, and/or the source of the data should be cited.
image is the name of the image, abc.jpg, xpz.png, 123.gif, etc. Do not include the File: or Image: prefix, do not enclose the name in [[brackets]], but do remember to include the filename extension. image_upright should normally be left blank, so that the size defaults to the size set in a user's preferences.
Normally a picture links to its image page, which describes the image, who created it, and links to the original image at full resolution. This is usually best for the reader, and is often required by the uploader's choice of a CC-BY-SA license for the image.
If you can't find this, try right-clicking on the image (Control + click on a Mac) and choosing Copy image address or Copy image location. If your copyright-free image is already available online and you have documented permission or a license from the image owner to use it, you can often copy the image's URL by right-clicking on the image in ...
After the image is uploaded, click the "Use this file" button at the top of the image page (with the W) and copy the "thumbnail" code. To add the image to your user page you just need to replace {{New user bar}} with {{New user bar|image=PASTE THE IMAGE CODE HERE}} .
It also lets you replace non-free and placeholder images. Review the lists of places that have free or public domain images, to see if one seems like a good candidate for what you're looking for. See the pages Wikipedia:Free image resources (shortcut: WP:FIR) and Wikipedia:Public domain image resources (shortcut: WP:PDIR).
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do not use this form for images found somewhere on the internet or created by someone else. If you are prepared to do this, and are logged in to your Wikipedia account, click here Before you can upload images you will need to register an account .