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An existing English Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons image can be inserted into a page with the basic wikitext [[File:...|thumb|Caption text]]. [a] Using thumb generates a thumbnail picture, typically sized differently from the original image.
To add a new image (or another type of media file) to the page, click the "Images and media" icon (a picture of mountains) in the "Insert" menu. The image will be added wherever your cursor is. Clicking the "Images and media" icon opens a dialog that automatically searches Wikimedia Commons and your local wiki for media files related to the ...
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}}.
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.
When you insert a new image, or double-click on an existing image in an article, a dialog box will open, where you can add details about the image and change its settings. A good caption explains the image so that readers understand what they're looking at.
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(More on the "other optional stuff" in a moment.) Add an edit summary, do a quick preview, and save the page. The software assumes that the image name you add to an article refers to one at the English Wikipedia, if one exists there. If the English Wikipedia doesn't have an image with that name, the software looks at Commons.
Adding an image to an article is easy! Find the picture you want by browsing through the images on Wikimedia Commons. There is a search box to help you find the image you are looking for. If the search term you use does not produce results you like, pick a variant term (e.g., if "protest" does not return many pictures, try "demonstration").