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.

Note: If you are a long-time wiki contributor, you may have be given Moderator rights that allow you to upload the image yourself. See the wiki article, Uploading Images and Files with Moderator Rights for those instructions.

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

Uploaded Image files that are approved are automatically added to the wiki, but are NOT added to an actual Wiki article. Once it has been approved and uploaded, a link to your image will be sent to you. You can then add additional information to the image file, add 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 and keep track of what you send. If they get "lost," you will only have a few to resend.

Step 12: An email will be sent from the FamilySearch Wiki support staff. This email will either: 1) state the image was not approved and give the reason 2) request additional information in order that it might be approved or 3) state the image has been approved, in which case you will be given a link 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 instead of the original spaces. Also it is possible that the type of format for the image file may also have been changed. This new official name must be used 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 official 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 FamilySearch 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, add categories you feel are appropriate for your file. If you do not add a category, Wiki Support Staff will do so for you. Then save the image file.

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