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This page is a guide to upload media files to [[SmashWiki]].
This page is a guide to upload media files to [[SmashWiki]].


#Go to [[Special:Upload]]. It also appears at the toolbox to the left, as "Upload file".
#Go to [[Special:Upload]]. It also appears at the toolbox to the left, as "Upload file".
#Click the "browse" button, and select the image you want to upload.
#Select the file you are uploading.
##If you are uploading an image from your computer, click the "browse" button, and select the image you want to upload.
##If you are uploading an image from its URL, enter the URL in the appropriate box.
#In the "destination filename" box, write what you want the image to be named. Remember to write the valid filename extension.*
#In the "destination filename" box, write what you want the image to be named. Remember to write the valid filename extension.*
#Write the summary in the big box. This will show up in the recent changes, and in the page. Here should be where you got it from and so on.
#Write the summary in the big box. This will show up in the recent changes, and in the page. Be sure to include where you got the file from, what it depicts, etc.
#Check "watch this page" if you want to know when someone changes this page. Check "ignore any warnings" if you don't care about the warnings.
#Check "watch this page" if you want to know when someone changes this page. Check "ignore any warnings" if you don't care about the warnings.
#Choose a valid license.
#[[Help:Image copyright tags|Choose a valid license]].
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Valid filename extensions are .jpg or .jpeg for photographs, .png and .gif for computer art, and .gif for animation and transparency.


<nowiki>*</nowiki>Valid filename extensions include .png, .gif, .jpg, .webp, .svg, .ogg, .ogv, .oga, .flac, .opus, .wav, .webm, and .mp3.
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[[Category:Help|Uploading media]]
[[Category:Help|Uploading media]]

Latest revision as of 12:51, August 8, 2022

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This page is a guide to upload media files to SmashWiki.

  1. Go to Special:Upload. It also appears at the toolbox to the left, as "Upload file".
  2. Select the file you are uploading.
    1. If you are uploading an image from your computer, click the "browse" button, and select the image you want to upload.
    2. If you are uploading an image from its URL, enter the URL in the appropriate box.
  3. In the "destination filename" box, write what you want the image to be named. Remember to write the valid filename extension.*
  4. Write the summary in the big box. This will show up in the recent changes, and in the page. Be sure to include where you got the file from, what it depicts, etc.
  5. Check "watch this page" if you want to know when someone changes this page. Check "ignore any warnings" if you don't care about the warnings.
  6. Choose a valid license.

*Valid filename extensions include .png, .gif, .jpg, .webp, .svg, .ogg, .ogv, .oga, .flac, .opus, .wav, .webm, and .mp3.