Help:Managing files

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If file uploads are enabled, 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 file.

Contents 1 Upload a file 2 Using Images and Image Description Pages 3 Using PDF Files 4 Listing files in the wiki

Upload a file

1. Prepare the file for upload. Make sure the file is exactly as you want it. Think about how big the file is.
2. In the sidebar, under toolbox, click "Upload file"
3. Next to the Source filename, click Browse to locate the file on your computer.
4. Change the Destination filename to something descriptive, if necessary.
5. Fill in the Summary, if necessary.
6. Click the Upload file button.

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

Using Images and Image Description Pages

After you've uploaded an image, you can use it in an article, with some special wiki syntax to create the link. See Help:Images.

Your image file gets its very own 'Image Description Page' within the wiki (even if it isn't an image). You should edit this page to provide more information about the file. For example, many wiki projects are quite sensitive to copyright issues, and so 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.

Using PDF Files

You can upload PDF files in the same way as you upload image files. However, you cannot embed a PDF file into a page, you can only link to it. After you have uploaded the file, you can link to it using this simple syntax:

[[Media:filename.pdf|Download PDF file]]

So, it the uploaded file name is Report-2008.pdf, you can link to it using this instruction anywhere in the text of the page:

[[Media:Report-2008.pdf|Download 2008 report (pdf)]]

This instruction will create a direct link to the file, so clicking it will open the PDF document (not the file description page). If you want the link to take to the file description page, the following instruction should be used:

[[Image:Report-2008.pdf]]

In this case, however, you can't specify the custom text for the link, the link will always read Image:filename.pdf.

Listing files in the wiki

There are a number Special Pages to help you view and manage files which have been uploaded. Go to 'Special Pages' (in the toolbox on the left) and then see...

• Gallery of new images - If you just uploaded one, you will see it here.
• File list shows all of the files
• Unused images helps you track down files which might not be needed.