Help:Managing files

On you can upload certain types of files to the wiki. This is particularly useful for uploading images, which you want to place on an article, but you can also upload other types of files.

Supported media
The following file formats are supported:
 * .jpg or .jpeg : bitmap image compressed in the standard JPEG format (this lossy format is most suitable for photographs).
 * .png : bitmap image in the Portable Network Graphics format (specified by the W3 Consortium).
 * .gif : bitmap image in the legacy Graphics Interchange Format.
 * .svg : scalable image in the Scalable Vector Graphics format (specified by the W3 Consortium).
 * .ogg, .oga, .ogv : Ogg multimedia (audio or video) Not an image format, but treated similarly.
 * .pdf : multipaged documents in the Portable Document Format (initially specified by Adobe).

Upload a file

 * 1) Prepare the file for upload. Make sure the file is exactly as you want it.
 * 2) In the sidebar, under “”, click “.”
 * 3) Click “Browse” next to the “” to locate the file on your computer (the name of the “browse” button depends on your web browser).
 * 4) Change the “” to something descriptive, if necessary.
 * 5) Fill in the “,” if necessary.
 * 6) Click the “” button.

If it is a large file, you may need to wait several seconds for the upload to complete.

Using images and file description pages
After you've uploaded a file, you can use it in an article, with some special wiki syntax to create the link. See Help:Images.

Your file gets its very own “file description page” within the     namespace of the wiki. You should edit this page to provide more information about the file. For example, copyright issues, you should explain where you got the file from, and what its copyright status is, on the description page. Any other useful descriptive notes could also be added there.

List of files in the wiki
There are a number of special pages to help you view and manage files which have been uploaded. Go to “” (in the on the left) and then see...
 * Special:Newimages - If you just uploaded one, you will see it here.
 * Special:Imagelist - Shows all of the files.
 * Special:Unusedimages - Helps you track down files which might not be needed.

See Help:Special pages for details of the other information available here.