Help:Images

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All images added to this wiki must be "free-use". That is, they must either by public domain or licensed by the copyright holder under a licence that allows anyone to reuse the images. It's important that we do not add images taken from other websites as these are usually not free-use and would be copyright violations. See Help:Image copyright tags for more detail on licences and how to tag your images.

[edit] Uploading

We encourage you to upload images with the highest resolution available. It is very easy to make thumbnail versions to display on your page (see below). Please use descriptive filenames telling something about the photo. All images must have a unique name.

• To upload images you must be logged in.
• Click on "Upload file" in the toolbox on the left (under the search boxes).
• The "Browse" button lets you find the image on your hard drive. Click "open" to select the file.
• If you want to change the file name, you can do so in the "Destination filename" box. It's good to use descriptive names since all filenames on the Wiki have to be unique. Use a name like this: Box_cooker_in_Nairobi_2007.jpg
• Use the "Summary" box to enter information about the photograph: Where and when it was taken, what it shows, etc.
• In the "Licensing" dropdown list, in most cases you will select "This has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder".
• Click "Upload".

You will be warned if the name will be changed or if there is already a file with that name. You can then decide whether to go ahead or to abandon the upload.

[edit] Using Images

To use an image in an article, you simply surround the full name (including the "Image" part) in double square brackets:

[[Image:Example.jpg]] will give you:

You can resize by adding the size in pixels between two pipes:

[[Image:Example.jpg|50px|]] will give you:

You can make an image a thumbnail an image by adding "thumb" in the same way. If a pipe is there from a previous variable, you don't need to add another:

[[Image:Example.jpg|50px|thumb|]] will give you:

This is automatically formatted to the right of the page. You can change this by adding "left" or "center":

[[Image:Example.jpg|50px|thumb|left|]] will give you:

Anything after the last pipe becomes the alt text or the caption:

[[Image:Example.jpg|50px|thumb|left|Alt]] will give you:

Alt

Finally, to create a gallery of images you can use the <gallery> tag:

<gallery>
Image:Example.jpg|1
Image:Example.jpg|2
Image:Example.jpg|3
</gallery>

Will give you:

1

2

3