User:Xsmith/Howtos

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[edit] Upload Images to Commons

  1. Go to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:First_steps to start.
  2. Click the "Upload File" link on the left, and put the following info in the Summary block:
{{Information
|Description=Photo of -- taken by me at --. 
|Source=own work
|Date=2006-08-20
|Author=[[User:Xsmith|Doug Smith]]
|Permission=Dual-licensed under the GFDL and CC-By-SA-2.5, 2.0, and 1.0
|other_versions=-
}}
[[Category:Images of People]][[Category:Soccer players]][[Category:Soccer in the United States]]

In the Licensing pull-down, select: “Own work, copyleft. Multi-license with GFDL and Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-2.5 and older versions (2.0 and 1.0)”

[edit] Talk Page Comments

The preceding unsigned comment was added by uname (talk • contribs) date

— <small>The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:uname|uname]] ([[User talk:uname|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/uname|contribs]]) date </small>
—- Xsmith (talkcontribs) 01:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
: —- ~~~ <small>([[User talk:Xsmith|talk]]•[[Special:Contributions/Xsmith|contribs]])</small> ~~~~~


[edit] Undo Vandalism

Using Popups, point to the version BEFORE the vandalism, and click the |RV|.

[edit] Edit

[edit] Images

image use policy, fair use guideline, Wikimedia Commons

[edit] Style

==See also==
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[]

[edit] Citations

style guide, guide examples, templates, quick reference, {{Cite web}}

<ref name="anchorName">{{cite web 
| title=Title 
| url=http://www.example.com 
| accessmonthday=29 January 
| accessyear=2007 }}</ref>

[edit] List of Policies

Wikipedia:List of policies

[edit] Soccer Infobox

{{Football player infobox| playername= Brian Carroll
| image = [[Image:BrianCarroll.jpg]]
| fullname = Brian Michael Carroll
| nickname = 
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1981|7|20}} 
| cityofbirth = [[Springfield, Virginia|Springfield]], [[Virginia|VA]] 
| countryofbirth = <BR>[[United States]]
| currentclub  = [[D.C. United]]
| clubnumber = 16
| position = [[Striker]][[Midfielder]][[Defender (football)|Defender]][[Goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears = 
| youthclubs = 
| years = 2003- <br>
| clubs = [[D.C. United]] <br>
| caps(goals) = 82 (1)
| nationalyears = 2005-
| nationalteam = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = 4 (0)
| pcupdate = ~~~~~
| ntupdate = ~~~~~
}}