Academic Kids:Images
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Wikipedia contains many thousands of images. There are photographs, drawings, diagrams, maps and even works of art (see Wikipedia:list of images for galleries of public domain or otherwise freely redistributable images organized by category). Many of these images are photographs taken by Wikipedians, others are found on the Net (http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en). Whatever the source, before you upload any image make sure you read the image use policy.
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Taking pictures
You can take a picture with your digital camera or mobile phone with integrated digital camera and upload the image.
Finding images
An extensive list of public domain image resources by topic is at Wikipedia:public domain image resources. Useful general purpose image search engines include Google images (http://images.google.com) and YotoPhoto (http://www.yotophoto.com).
If you can't find a suitable image, you can make a request Wikipedia:Requested pictures so that another contributor might find or create a suitable image.
Uploading images
When uploading photographs you made yourself, make sure your image looks as good as it can.
Once you have uploaded your image there is a little housekeeping to be done. You should edit the description page and make sure the copyright status of the image is clearly stated. To simplify this, consider using one of these copyright tags.
See Commons, to upload the image to Wikimedia Commons, so you can use in Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects too.
Using images
To incorporate your image in an article you need to use the image markup. And remember those who use the alternative text. (You can also use the HTML markup guidelines if the need arises.) Be sure to write a good caption for your new image.
Requesting images
If you cannot find a free image, you can do a picture request
External links
You can use external links to images in Wikipedia articles.
Other
Eventually some of the images reach the end of their life cycle. They may be superseded or replaced by an image with a friendlier copyright policy. If you come across an image that needs to go, then list it on Wikipedia:Images for deletion.
If you have contributed or found an image that stands out from the crowd, you are invited to nominate it for inclusion on the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list.