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One of the most striking features of Wikipedia articles is that most articles include at least one image. Editors have added those images, one by one, and now an article without at least one illustration seems incomplete.
This chapter shows you how to upload an image for use in a Wikipedia article. Until you get an image off your computer and onto a server that Wikipedia uses, you can't use that image in an article. This chapter also shows you how to place an image in an article, after you or someone else has uploaded it.
Note:
In Wikipedia (and in this chapter), the word "image" doesn't just mean a photo; it can be a map, a drawing, a chart, or even an animated gif. "Photo" refers only to an image taken by a camera.