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Before publishing any images, keep in mind that they can contain hidden data. This data can include comments that are not displayed, Exif metadata, and messages hidden via steganography. Images can be rotated, mirrored, scaled and cropped using the templates {{Transform-rotate}}, {}, {{CSS image crop}}.
Preserve the original image size, and do not add a border around the image. Place it inline with the text unless overridden with the location attribute. Do not show a caption. If no alt text is specifically requested, use the requested caption as alt text. This option is almost exclusively used in templates.
Images must be uploaded either to Wikipedia or to Wikimedia Commons before they can be used. Free images that can be reused commercially and modified are preferred. Non-free images may sometimes be used, but only in certain circumstances. Wikimedia Commons accepts only free images, which can then be used by any of the other Wikimedia projects.
Use to place a line such as "Part of the X series on" before the title. |title= Use to place a title for the sidebar at the top of the sidebar. (If |topimage= is used, it will appear immediately below it). |image= Use to place an image between the |title= (if used) and first section.
Don't overwhelm a medium-sized or small article by adding lots of images to it. Focus on uploading images that can support and illustrate the text of an article, not replace that text. If you do have a bunch of images that you could use for an article, but that you don't intend to use unless the article becomes much larger, you can still upload ...
This template creates a box with two to ten images arranged vertically or horizontally with captions for the entire box and each image. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Alignment align Sets text-wrapping around image box, where "none" places the box on the left edge with no text-wrapping, "center" places the box at ...
After the image is uploaded, click the "Use this file" button at the top of the image page (with the W) and copy the "thumbnail" code. To add the image to your user page you just need to replace {{New user bar}} with {{New user bar|image=PASTE THE IMAGE CODE HERE}}.
The basic code for adding an image to a Wikipedia article is like this: [[File:Example.jpg | thumb | This is the caption. ]] This video walks through the process of uploading a photo and adding it to an article. For more advanced image syntax, check out the picture tutorial