Commons:Welcome, iCommoners
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This page is a guide for iCommoners who are participating in the iHeritage project and who are contributing their work to Wikimedia Commons.
For more information about this project see http://icommons.org/iheritage .
On the right you can explore the category tree for Category:South Africa.
What do I need to do to contribute?
[edit]- Sign up for an account
- Upload your work/s at the special iCommons upload form
- Be bold! This is a wiki, mistakes can easily be fixed.
- If you want, put this userbox on your user page, so people know you are part of the iCommons iHeritage project: {{Iheritage}}
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This user is part of the iCommons iHeritage project. |
- You can see who else has signed up here: Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:iheritage
Where can I see what has been contributed so far?
[edit]- Category:iCommons iHeritage
- This category has an RSS feed
- Also try searching using the Mayflower search engine
Where can I see my own uploads?
[edit]- Have a look in your Gallery. (There is a tab at the top of your user page called "Gallery".)
How can I insert my image in a Wikipedia article?
[edit]Edit the Wikipedia article (click an "Edit" link). Then put this: [[Image:Name of my iCommons image.jpg|thumb|This is a caption for my image]]
Any image uploaded here at Wikimedia Commons can be instantly and automatically used in any Wikimedia project, including all language Wikipedias. No extra work is needed, it should just work :)
Where can I get help?
[edit]- If you need help, post your question on this talk page.
- These users are administrators and can help you with anything you need:
- user:pfctdayelise: post on my talk page, or email me
- Digon3: post on my talk page, or email me