Help:Images

All images added to this wiki must include proper license information and credit to the creator. You can find further information on this here.

Uploading

 * 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.
 * Use the "Summary" box to enter the source of the file.
 * Use the Licensing box to select the image copyright tag.
 * 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.

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

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

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

Anything after the last pipe becomes the alt text or the caption: will give you:

To link to a file without showing it on the page, you can use "Media" instead of "Image":  [[Media:Example.jpg]]  will give you: [[Media:Example.jpg]]

To link to the image page instead, use a colon before the word "Image":  Image:Example.jpg  will give you: Image:Example.jpg

Finally, to create a gallery of images you can use the