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Upload Images to Commons

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  1. Go to Upload or First steps to start.
  2. Click the "Upload File" link on the left, and put the following info in the Summary block:
{{location dec|38.894246|-76.974332}}
{{Information
|Description=Photo of Bryan Arguez taken by me at RFK Auxilary Field, Washington, DC during a Major League Soccer (MLS) Reserve match between D.C. United and Houston Dynamo.
|Source=self-made
|Date=2007-mm-dd
|Author= [[User:Xsmith|]]
}}
[[Category:Soccer players from the United States|Arguez, Bryan]]
[[Category:1989 births|Arguez, Bryan]] 

Talk Page Comments

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The preceding unsigned comment was added by uname (talkcontribs) 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> ~~~~~


Undo Vandalism

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

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Images

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image use policy, fair use guideline, Wikimedia Commons

Style

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[]

Citations

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

<ref name="anchorName">{{cite web 
| author=Doe, John
| coauthors= 
| title=Title 
| url=http://www.example.com 
| work=example.com
| accessmonthday=1 June
| accessyear=2008 }}</ref>
<ref name="anchorName"/>

List of Policies

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Wikipedia:List of policies

Soccer Infobox

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{{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 = ~~~~~
}}

Persondata

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<!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] -->
{{Persondata
|NAME=Magellan, Ferdinand
|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Magalhães, Fernão de (Portuguese); Magallanes, Fernando de (Spanish)
|SHORT DESCRIPTION=Sea explorer
|DATE OF BIRTH=Spring [[1480]]
|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Sabrosa]], [[Portugal]]
|DATE OF DEATH=[[April 27]], [[1521]]
|PLACE OF DEATH=[[Mactan Island]], [[Cebu]], [[Philippines]]
}}

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