Help:Upload and add image to the page

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<<introduction>> To add an image to the page it needs first to be uploaded to the SurveyWiki database.

Uploading an image

Only logged-in users can upload images to SurveyWiki.
Uploaded image type can by one of png, gif, jpg, jpeg, svg and its size must be less than 2Mb.
After uploading the image it gets its own page on File:<Destination filename> address.

Uploading of the first version of the image

To upload file to the database use Special:Upload page and fill in the form. Link to this page can be found either under Wiki tools -> Upload file or Navigation -> Special pages -> Media reports and uploads -> Upload file. Both Wiki tools and Navigation are in the upper left part of each page but their exact position depends on the skin being used.

<<Description of upload page and fields to filled in.>>

Own work

<<Info about free choice of the license from the list.>>

Third party work

<<Info about what is allowed to upload and what is not. What license to use depends on what is the third party image licensed. Importance of stating author, title, source, etc.>>

Uploading of new version of the image

<<Info on how to get to uploading of new version of image (from image page). Description of upload page and fields to filled in. Info about uploading only images with the same title, author and license as the first version.>>

Licenses in SurveyWiki

SurveyWiki allows for use several licenses when uploading images. They are:

Adding the image to the page

<<describe process of adding the image to the page>>