Editing Openai/6919cf2b-44b0-8009-b3bb-8edf9b93c11c (section)

=== Assistant: Yes — absolutely. ===
Yes — absolutely. On Wikimedia Commons, whenever you upload a derivative work, you must provide a link to the original file in the Source field.

Here’s why and how:

===== ✅ Why include the original file =====
* It gives proper attribution to the original author (required by CC BY-SA).
* It shows the work is a derivative, not entirely your own.
* It allows others to verify the license and see the original version.

===== ✅ How to include it =====

In the Source field, write something like:

<syntaxhighlight>Adapted from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OriginalFilename.jpg<ref>{{cite web|title=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OriginalFilename.jpg|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OriginalFilename.jpg|publisher=commons.wikimedia.org|access-date=2025-11-20}}</ref> by Jane Doe, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

</syntaxhighlight>

Or shorter:

<syntaxhighlight>Source: Original by Jane Doe (CC BY-SA 4.0), adapted by JohnSmith

</syntaxhighlight>

So yes — the original file must be referenced. You don’t upload it again; you just link to it.

If you want, I can write a complete ready-to-paste template for your upload, with author, source, description, license, date, all properly formatted for Commons. That will make it much easier. Do you want me to do that?