Wikipedia:Images
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This information page describes the editing community's consensus on some aspect or aspects of Wikipedia's norms and practices. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines. |
Images are one of the many types of media used on Wikipedia and may be photos, drawings, logos, or graphs. All images used must be legal in the United States, where Wikimedia's servers are located. Images are stored on the Wikipedia website or the partner Wikimedia Commons website. All free content is stored on "Commons" and images that have more onerous copyright restrictions are stored on Wikipedia, under a fair use rationale. Also, images that are used on the Main Page have a local version to prevent vandalism from appearing. Editors can also choose to have a local version stored on Wikipedia.
Images are classified as files and use the prefix of File: or the deprecated prefix of Image:. The File namespace is one of several namespaces used on Wikipedia.
Since Wikipedia is not censored, readers and editors may come across offensive images.
Contents
Tutorials and help[edit]
- Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons – how to embed a Wikimedia Commons image into a Wikipedia article, and how to move an image from Wikipedia to Wikimedia Commons
- Wikipedia:Uploading images
- Wikipedia:Picture tutorial – how to insert uploaded images into a Wikipedia article
- Wikipedia:Extended image syntax
- Wikipedia:File copyright tags
- Graphics
- Help
- Help:File page
- Help:Options to hide an image
- Help:Gallery tag – adding a gallery
- Help:Viewing media – aimed at readers
- Wikipedia:Media copyright questions
- Wikipedia:How to upload a photo
Policy and guidelines[edit]
- Wikipedia:Image use policy
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images
- Wikipedia:Image placeholders – former policy about placeholder images, especially for biographical pages, now deprecated
- Wikipedia:File names – naming convention
- Wikipedia:Image dos and don'ts – information page summarizing this page
Maintenance[edit]
- Wikipedia:Files for discussion
- Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Maintenance/Images for cleanup
- Wikipedia:Requested pictures
- Wikipedia:Template messages/File namespace
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Files by type[edit]
Featured pictures[edit]
Wikipedia:Featured pictures is a repository of images that have satisfied the Featured picture criteria and are used on the Main Page.
Picture of the day[edit]
Wikipedia:Picture of the day is an image which is automatically updated each day with an image from the list of featured pictures. The {{POTD}} template produces the image shown above. Category:Wikipedia Picture of the day lists the different templates that can be used.
Wikipedia logos[edit]
The current and now iconic Wikipedia logo is the third in a series of three.
See also[edit]
- Elcobbola (11 August 2008). "Dispatches: Reviewing free images". Wikipedia Signpost. Wikimedia Foundation.
- Elcobbola (22 September 2008). "Dispatches: Reviewing non-free images". Wikipedia Signpost. Wikimedia Foundation.
- Essays
- Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions
- Wikipedia:Adding images improves the encyclopedia
