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{{Justreadwikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pictures}} | {{Justreadwikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pictures}} | ||
==Pictures you can and can't use== | ==About images== | ||
===Wikimedia Commons=== | |||
[[File:Commons-logo.png|thumb|This image isn't uploaded locally to EndMyopia Wiki! It's being linked to, automagically, from Wikimedia Commons!]] | |||
<big>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Go to Wikimedia Commons here]</big> | |||
Any picture you see on there, you can use on here <u>without</u> having to upload here. Just use the File: name as you would do if the file was uploaded locally. Like magic, your picture will still work! | |||
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===Pictures you can and can't use=== | |||
'''See [[EM:Copyrights]].''' | '''See [[EM:Copyrights]].''' | ||
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Be sure to include the file extension. | Be sure to include the file extension. | ||
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==Moving pictures around== | ==Moving pictures around== | ||
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[[File:EMwiki.png|center]] | [[File:EMwiki.png|center]] | ||
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==Resizing pictures== | ==Resizing pictures== | ||
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[[File:EMwiki.png|250px]] | [[File:EMwiki.png|250px]] | ||
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==Adding captions== | ==Adding captions== | ||
To add captions to a picture, ensure you include <code>|thumb|Caption text here</code> in the body of your image. | To add captions to a picture, ensure you include <code>|thumb|Caption text here</code> in the body of your image. | ||
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[[File:EMwiki.png|thumb|It's the EM Wiki logo.]] | [[File:EMwiki.png|thumb|It's the EM Wiki logo.]] | ||
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==Just read the Wikipedia page== | ==Just read the Wikipedia page== | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pictures See the Wikipedia help article here.] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pictures See the Wikipedia help article here.] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:41, 24 June 2020
This is a EndMyopia Wiki help page. |
Seriously, just read the Wikipedia article for how to do this stuff. They explain it much better than we ever could. |
About images
Wikimedia Commons
Any picture you see on there, you can use on here without having to upload here. Just use the File: name as you would do if the file was uploaded locally. Like magic, your picture will still work!
Pictures you can and can't use
See EM:Copyrights.
The basics of pictures
To produce an image, type this
[[File:EMwiki.png]]
Be sure to include the file extension.
Moving pictures around
[[File:EMwiki.png|right]]
[[File:EMwiki.png|center]]
Will produce:
Resizing pictures
[[File:EMwiki.png|50px]]
[[File:EMwiki.png|250px]]
Will produce:
To add captions to a picture, ensure you include |thumb|Caption text here
in the body of your image.
[[File:EMwiki.png|thumb|It's the EM Wiki logo.]]
Just read the Wikipedia page
There's plenty of detail that I don't think this article will cover. But that's definitely the basics and more than enough for a lot of people.