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-{{subcat guideline|editing guideline|Images|[[WP:IMAGE]]|WP:IMAGES}}
-:''You may be looking for [[Wikipedia:Image use policy]].''
-[[Image:Example.png|thumb|right|Example image caption]]
-[[Wikipedia:About|Wikipedia]] contains hundreds of thousands of illustrative '''images''' and other media.  This page gives a very brief overview of how images are used in Wikipedia. More information on including images can be found at [[Help:Images and other uploaded files]].
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-==Image preferences==
-[[special:userlogin|Logged in users]] can set the size of thumbnails they want in [[special:preferences]] under "files".  The default, used by those not logged in, is 180 [[pixel]]s.  Logged in users can choose from widths of 120px, 150px, 180px, 200px, 250px or 300px. <!-- See [[Wikipedia:Thumbnail size]] for examples. (might write this later) -->
-Also under files in [[special:preferences]] you can set the size limit of images shown on image description pages.  By default, if either the width or the height exceeds 800px or 600px respectively, then the image is reduced in size until it fits within those dimensions.  You can choose from sizes of 320x240px, 640x480px, 800x600px, 1024x768px, 1280x1024px, or 10000x10000px.  The last will effectively display all images at 100% resolution.
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-==Using images==
-{{Main|Wikipedia:Extended image syntax}}
-:''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons#Embedding Wikicommons' media in Wikipedia articles|Embedding Wikicommons' media in Wikipedia articles]]''
-Images uploaded to Wikipedia are automatically placed into the '''image namespace''', a [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]] of [[Wikipedia]]. This means that image page names start with the prefix "Image:".  To incorporate your image into an article you need to use the [[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax|image markup]].  As an example in its simplest form, to reproduce the image at the top of this page insert the following text into an article:
-<pre>[[Image:Example.png|thumb|right|Example image caption]]</pre>
-Where the image is called [[:image:Example.png|Example.png]]. Using "thumb" forces the creation of a [[thumbnail]]; replace "Example image caption" with a [[Wikipedia:Captions|suitable caption]].
-The full set of options is more complex &mdash; see [[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax]] &mdash; but the vast majority of images should be displayed in the above format.
-Images on external sites can no longer be [[inline linking|linked inline]] to be publicized on Wikipedia. This is due to several reasons:
-* inline linking to images on other sites is often considered "[[Leech (computing)|leeching]]" and is thus rude
-* allowing inline image linking makes it easier for vandals to post images from [[shock site]]s
-* allowing inline image linking makes it easier to introduce [[Wikipedia:Image policy|copyrighted images]] in Wikipedia.
-* external images are often unreliable
-Instead, to place an image on Wikipedia, you will need to [[Wikipedia:Images#Uploading images|upload]] it.
-===Forced image size===
-''See [[Wikipedia:Image use policy#Displayed image size|Image use policy: Displayed image size]] and [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Images|Manual of Style: Images]]''
-==Obtaining images==
-All images on Wikipedia must comply with the [[Wikipedia:Image use policy|image use policy]].  This means that they must be compatible with the conditions of the [[GNU Free Documentation License]].  In particular, images must be free for commercial use and alteration.  Some [[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]] of copyrighted material is, however, allowed in limited circumstances.
-=== Making images yourself ===
-:''For information on digitally creating drawings & diagrams, see [[Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials]].''
-You can take a [[photograph]] with your [[digital camera]], [[mobile phone]] with integrated digital camera, draw an image digitally, perhaps with a [[graphics tablet]], graphs drawn from your scientific simulations, or [[scan]] drawings or photos taken with a [[film camera]] and upload the image.
-=== Finding images on the Internet ===
-An extensive list of free image resources by topic is at [[Wikipedia:Public domain image resources]]. Useful general purpose image search engines include [http://images.google.com Google Image Search], [http://www.picsearch.com Picsearch] and [http://www.yotophoto.com YotoPhoto]. [[Flickr]] has a [[Creative Commons]] section at [http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons]. Images with ''Attribution'' and ''Attribution-ShareAlike'' may be used on Wikipedia subject to the licence terms.
-The [[:m:Toolserver|Wikimedia Toolserver]] has a [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/fist.php Free Image Search Tool] (FIST) which automatically culls free images from Flickr, other Wikimedia projects and a few other sites; this may be an easy way to find them.
-If you find an image on the Internet that is not available freely, you can email the copyright owner and also ask for their permission to release it under a suitable license adapting the [[Wikipedia:boilerplate request for permission|permission requests]].
-If you cannot find a suitable image, you can make a request at [[Wikipedia:Requested pictures]] so that another contributor might find or create a suitable image.
-== Uploading images ==
-{{main|Wikipedia:Uploading images}}
-[[Special:userlogin|Logged in]] users can upload media to Wikipedia.  It is recommended that [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Free licenses|free]] media (but '''not''' [[Wikipedia:fair use|fair use]] media) be uploaded to the [[Wikimedia Commons]] (separate registration and login there is required).  Media on the Commons can be linked to in the same way as media of the same name on to Wikipedia.
-Media can be uploaded to the English Wikipedia at [[special:upload]] and to the Wikimedia Commons at [[commons:special:upload]].
-Each image comes with its own [[Wikipedia:Image description page|image description page]].  On that page should be documented the source, author, and [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|copyright status]] of the image using one of the pre-defined [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|copyright tags]].  It is also important to add descriptive (who, what, when, why) and technical information (equipment, software, ''etc.''), which will be useful and informative to later editors and readers, and which it is likely that only you, the uploader, can supply. Forging a guideline on the use of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Sexology and sexuality/WIP-image-guidelines|sexually explicit images]] was attempted as well, but at present should be considered unreachable by normal consensus-building measures, and people are advised to advance case by case.
-A tool to help decide a license for one's own image, or the appropriate license for any other image, is available [http://creativecommons.org/license/ here].
-== Image choice and placement ==
-[[Image:APEC Police Helicopter, Opera House, 2 Sept 2007.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Perhaps not the best photograph to show what a helicopter or the [[Sydney Opera House]] looks like]]
-Beyond the basics of copyright and markup, editors face choices of image selection and placement. Some editors maintain that photographs are preferable to paintings and sketches.  Notable exceptions exist.  Bird identification guides have traditionally used sketches.  Other editors dispute giving any preference to photographs.
-Articles that use more than one image should present a variety of material near relevant text.  Three uniformed portraits would be redundant for a biography of a famous general.  A map of a battle and a picture of its aftermath would provide more information to readers.
-Images should be large enough to reveal relevant detail without overwhelming the surrounding article text.  Similar types of images within an article often look appealing if they appear at the same pixel size.  Poor quality images (too dark, blurry etc.) or where the subject in the image is too small, hidden in clutter, ambiguous or otherwise not obvious, should not be used.
-Contributors should be judicious in deciding which images are the most suitable for the subject matter in an article.
-* An image of a [[white-tailed eagle]] is useless if the bird appears as a speck in the sky.
-* [[Gloria Steinem]] looks best as a portrait photograph of herself alone, and not with other individuals.
-* A suitable picture of a [[hammerhead shark]] would show its distinctive hammer-like head, to distinguish it from other generic sharks.
-* A map of [[Moldova]] should show its frontiers with [[Romania]] and [[Ukraine]], so one knows where the country actually is.
-* [[Rice]] is best represented with an image of plain [[rice]], not [[fried rice]].
-* Intangible concepts can be illustrated, for example a cat with its claws out portrays [[aggression]], while a roadside beggar juxtaposed with a [[Mercedes Benz]] shows [[Social inequality|inequality]].
-For assistance with improving images on Wikipedia, please see the [[WP:GL|Graphics Lab]].
-===Pertinence and encyclopedicity===
-Images must be relevant to the article they appear in and be significant relative to the article's topic. Their origin must be properly referenced. In the case of an image not directly attributed to its creator (''e.g.'' in the case of reproduction of ancient artwork or artifacts), it is not sufficient to merely indicate the image's immediate source (such as an URL), but the identity of the image's content (author, manuscript, museum id) must be given (see also [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources]]). Images that are not properly identified (''e.g.'' images with descriptions such as "a cuneiform tablet", "a medieval manuscript" ''etc.'') are unencyclopedic and hence not useful for Wikipedia.
-== Other ==
-Eventually some of the images reach the end of their life cycle. They may be superseded or replaced by an image with a friendlier copyright policy. If you come across an image that needs to go, list it on [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion]].
-If you have contributed or found an image that '''stands out from the crowd''', you are invited to [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates|nominate]] it for inclusion on the [[Wikipedia:Featured pictures]] list.
-==See also==
-* [[Wikipedia:10 things you did not know about images on Wikipedia]]
-* [[Help:Images and other uploaded files]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Image use policy]]
-* [[MediaWiki:Bad image list]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Captions]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Galleries]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Uploading images]]
-* [[:mw:Extension:ImageMap|Mediawiki page for the imagemap extension]]
-* [[Exchangeable image file format|Exif data]]
-[[Category:Wikipedia image help|Images]]
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