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See Wikipedia:Image placeholders for more information. This category consists of image placeholders for requested images . When using an image in this category it is recommended to apply the class attribute values "metadata" (to suppress printing) and "dummy" (to allow users to suppress display).
The difference between placeholder images and other photos in the infobox is WP:SELF and the suggestion of inadequacy.Northwesterner1 23:26, 15 April 2008 (UTC) In that case, it can be corrected with improved wording. Double Blue (Talk) 23:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC) Well unless the image placeholder is a lot smaller then I would rather have ...
Recommended: Image placeholders should not be used on article pages. But agreed that it should be: Recommended: Further discussions on systems to replace image placeholders for the purpose of soliciting images for articles are encouraged and should take place at Project Free images or another agreed location. 3.
When adding an image to an infobox, thumbnails should NOT be used. Infobox templates should implement the InfoboxImage module to help with formatting of images so simply supplying the file name will work. For example, to use File:Image PlaceHolder.png, you can simply use |image=Image PlaceHolder.png.
An image placeholder is a dummy image designed to draw attention to the need for an actual image. Wikipedia image placeholders were meant to be used on articles, especially those of living people, for the purpose of trying to obtain a freely-licensed image for them. In a Wikipedia Centralized Discussion this idea was found to be controversial ...
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Also, images that are used on the Main Page have a local version to prevent vandalism from appearing. Editors can also choose to have a local version stored on Wikipedia. Images are classified as files and use the prefix of File: or the deprecated prefix of Image:. The File namespace is one of several namespaces used on Wikipedia.
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