[Wikipedia-l] How do I add a photo/image to an entry?

[Brion VIBBER]

Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
> I've got some fairly good photos of Australian native plants etc that I
> want to add to the appropriate entries, but I don't have a clue how to
> do it.

First, if necessary crop & size the photos to an appropriate size for 
the web. Save as a JPEG file; if you want, tweak the compression 
settings to achieve a nice balance between small file size and good 
image quality. The file name should preferably be reasonably descriptive 
(say, the name of the plant) but not too long; try to avoid funny 
characters or punctuation beyond ".", "_", and "-".

Now, go to the Upload page: http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/special:Upload 
and follow the directions there to upload the file to the server. In the 
"description" box, you might mention which article you plan to use the 
image in.

Once the file is successfully uploaded, find it in the list on the 
upload page or the uploads log (the upload page is sorted oddly, so it's 
easier to find your file in the log -- [[log:Uploads]]). Click on the 
name of your file, and if everything has gone well, you should be 
greeted with your picture.

In your browser's location bar there should now be the URL for the image 
(something like http://www.wikipedia.com/upload/someimage.jpg). Copy 
that URL, and paste it into an article at the point where you want the 
picture to appear.

That ought to do it...

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)