@Phumelele Madikane First, you log into Wikimedia Commons with your Wikipedia account. Wikimedia Commons is a sister site to Wikipedia; if you have a Wikipedia account, you have a Commons account, and vice versa.
Then, you go through the upload wizard, making sure the photo actually qualifies for inclusion on Commons. Basically, in theory, if anyone can put the image on a t-shirt and sell it, it can be uploaded to Commons.
If the photo doesn't qualify for inclusion on Commons, then I suggest going through the tutorials I've linked to on your talk page to get some experience and intuition as to what Wikipedia has in both images and text. After a few days, you might be able to upload what's called a "fair use" image on Wikipedia, but fair use images are very, very rare here. I dream of horses(Hoofprints)(Neigh at me) 17:58,
@Lilly is cool You know, there's typically a phase where people don't need a mentor, but they aren't a mentor themselves yet. Also, I'm still around if you happen to need help. Just in case. I dream of horses(Hoofprints)(Neigh at me) 15:22, 2 May 2024 (Fixed borked date at 17:28, 2 May 2024 (UTC))[reply]
Well... I did not know that there was a "in between phase"... 😐 Lilly is cool (talk) 19:39, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have a question I don't know why the timer clock thingies at the end of the messages are set to a 24 hr clock Lilly is cool (talk) 19:46, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I'd like to translate a Wikipedia page (a task directly asked me from the owner of the page), but I watched a tutorial and it says that it is a tool available only for who's already made 500 edits and whose account is over 30 days old. The deadline for my task is before the end of this month though, is there some way to translate pages anyway even if I my account is a newborn? Thank you! --Milena Buffoni (talk) 18:28, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Milena Buffoni Hey. It's a good thing you asked about this. The answer to your question is basically, no it's not possible to use the tool you want to use with a new account. Also, there are some things you need to know:
You need to disclose you are editing Wikipedia as part of a paid job. This is particularly true since your question is going to get archived at some point (hypothetically, this could happen in a few days!). Put a disclosure on your user page.
It's incredibly difficult to write an article. In your situation, it's nearly impossible to write with the clinical tone needed for an encyclopedia. After you put your disclosure on your userpage, you can write a draft at articles for creation. When you are finished with the translation, you can submit the draft for review by a more experienced Wikipedian.
Hi, thanks for the informations, but no one is paying for doing this, I’m volunteering to do so, it’s just that I’d need to do it as soon as possible, before the European elections. Anyways, thank you.. 62.19.19.233 (talk) 21:33, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Milena Buffoni If this is a literal volunteer job, then it might be a gray area and you should probably go ahead and disclose to be on the safe side. If this is more something you're doing for a friend, you don't have to disclose, but disclosure is still the most ethical course of action.
