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[[File:Wikipedesketch.png|thumb|link=Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|alt=A cartoon centipede reads books and types on a laptop.|The Wikipede and the [[Help:Pictures|Picture Tutorial]]. ''([[:File:Wikipedesketch.png|image credit]])'']]
'''Welcome!'''

Hello<noinclude>, Jimbo,</noinclude><includeonly>{{{{{|safesubst:}}}#if:{{{{{|safesubst:}}}IsIPAddress|{{{{{|safesubst:}}}BASEPAGENAME}}}}||, {{{{{|safesubst:}}}BASEPAGENAME}},}}</includeonly> and [[Help:Getting started|welcome]] to Wikipedia! I have {{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />#ifeq:{{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />Yesno|{{{newuser|no}}}}}|yes|created your account through the [[WP:ACC|account creation process]]|noticed that you are fairly new}}! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. I also see that {{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />#ifeq:{{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />Yesno|{{{newuser|no}}}}}|yes|you have|some of '''[[Special:Contributions/{{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />BASEPAGENAME}}|your recent edits]]'''{{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />#if:{{{art|}}}|, such as the ones to the page [[:{{{art}}}]],}} show}} an interest in the use of images and/or photos on Wikipedia. 

Did you know that ...
* ...Wikipedia has a very stringent [[Wikipedia:Image use policy|image use policy]]?
* ...most images from Flickr, online news websites, and other web sources are [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|copyrighted]]?
* ...Wikipedia takes [[Wikipedia:Copyright violations|copyright violations very seriously]]?
* ...freely-licensed images should be uploaded to [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], a central location for images where they can be used on all Wikipedia projects?
* ...we recommend that [[Wikipedia:User access levels#New users|new users]] use our [[Wikipedia:Files for upload|"files for upload" process]] – at least until you get the hang of things?

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the '''[[Wikipedia:Teahouse|Teahouse]]''', where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type '''{{Tlc|Help me}}''' on your talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:
* [[Wikipedia:Five pillars|The five pillars of Wikipedia]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|Contributing to Wikipedia]]
* [[Help:Editing|How to edit a page]]
* [[Help:Contents|Help pages]]
* [[Help:Introduction|Introduction]]
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]! Please [[Wikipedia:Signatures|sign your name]] on talk pages using four [[tilde]]s (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out [[Wikipedia:Questions]] or ask me on {{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />#if:{{{notalk|}}}|[[User talk:{{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />REVISIONUSER}}|my talk page]]|my talk page}}. <!-- Template:Welcome-image --> Again, welcome!&nbsp; ~~<noinclude />~~</div><noinclude>
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