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Images edit

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bank of England.

How to Add Images to Pages edit

Adding these Bank-related images to Wikimedia projects is done in the same way on all projects except Wikidata:

For instructions of how to add images to Wikimedia projects using Visual Editor please click here. To edit a page simply click edit at the top of any article.

To add an image to a Wikidata item:

  1. Use the search tool above to find an image you would like to use on Wikidata and copy the file name
  2. Use the search tool on Wikidata to find a suitable article
  3. Scroll down to the bottom of the list of properties and click + add
  4. Use image as the property field and paste in the name of the file into the box that appears
  5. Click ✓ save
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