Help:Submitting Images for Approval

Images you would like to upload to the wiki must be submitted for approval by the wiki support team. This article gives you the steps to take to submit those images.

(If you are a long-time wiki contributor, you might be given  Reviewer rights that allow you to upload the image yourself. See  Uploading Images and Files with Reviewer Rights for those instructions .)

Submitting Images
This article will teach you how to get an image file approved and uploaded. If this is your first time, read this whole article before submitting an image file. After the submission is sent, you will be notified when and if it was approved and uploaded to the wiki.

Uploaded Image files that are approved are automatically added to image namespace rather than to any actual Wiki page. This namespace is much like a storage space for the images or files. You will be given a link to your image. You can then add information to the image file, or add it to a category, or add it to a Wiki page.

After Submitting Your Images
Step 11: Your image file will be sent to the FamilySearch Wiki support staff. Its a good idea to only send a few images at a time to keep track of what you send.

Step 12: An email will be sent from the FamilySearch Wiki support staff. This email will either state: 1) the image has been approved 2) request additional information in order that it might be approved or 3) give the reason the image was not approved. If approved, a link will be given to the image file. Also, a Case ID number will be given.

Once your image file has been approved, it will be uploaded to the FamilySearch Research Wiki. Do not be surprised if there are changes to the "official" name of the file. It is common to see plus signs, negative signs, and underlines instead of the original spaces. Also it is possible that the type of format for the image file may have been changed. Note the change of the file name for when you place it on a Wiki page. If you have problems getting the image to appear on the Wiki page, contact the support staff with the problem, using the email address given. Include the actual name of the image file and its Case ID number.

What do I do Next?
Step 13: An image file may be searched by name like any article in the Family Search Research Wiki. Type the keyword(s) into the search box and hit Enter or else click the Search button. A list of articles show, but look to the left and hit the Multimedia link. Now a list of image files show. Scroll down to the one you want.

Open your image file. The sections after the actual image and before the "File History" section can be edited by any contributor, other parts cannot. Add a "Summary" section explaining what your image shows. Then change the "License" section to include all the Categories where you feel your image may be useful. After you save the file, your changes will be part of the image file.

The category names will show up at the very bottom of the image file. Click on every category you placed your image in. For each category, scroll down toward the bottom where the images are located. Make sure that your image file is located there.

Step 14: You can now insert this image file into a wiki page.


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