How you upload an image will depend on whether it’s your own work, or someone else’s.

In all cases, go to commons.wikimedia.org first, and make sure you are logged in. Click the Upload button (or "Upload file" from the left-hand sidebar).

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If you find an image through Openverse

Download the image, make a note of the author, and a link to the original source.

• Select "This file is not my own work" when you begin your image upload.
• Give the name of the source of the image (a direct link is preferred).
• Name the original creator of the image (this can be an agency or organization).
• Beneath that, carefully select the source of the image from the options provided, and select the license that matches the way the image is shared.

If you can't answer these questions, it may mean the image isn't appropriate to use. Never try to work around these questions by claiming an image is yours if it isn't. That's a copyright violation.

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If the work is your own work

If you took a photo of a landscape, person, or non-copyrighted object, that photo is "your own work." Screenshots of copyrighted content are not your own work, nor are images you took of a book page.

Select “This is my own work,” and enter your username in the blank space. That’s all there is to it!