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An image sometimes includes a familiar object to communicate scale. Such fiducial markers should be as culturally universal and standardized as possible: rulers, matches, batteries, pens/pencils, footballs (soccer balls), people and their body parts, vehicles, and famous structures such as the Eiffel Tower are good choices, but many others are possible.
Be careful not to overstretch images for which the original file is quite small (except with SVG images, see below). If the original file is 120 pixels wide, and it's stretched beyond that, the pixels making it up will start to be visible. SVG images are an exception: Being vector images, they have no pixels, just instructions on how to draw ...
JPEG files should not use arithmetic coding due to limited browser support. Please prefer Huffman coding for JPEG files instead. Avoid images that mix photographic and iconic content. Though CSS makes it easy to use a PNG overlay on top of a JPEG image, the Wikipedia software does not allow such a technique. Thus, both parts must be in the same ...
This page, a proposed guideline for image content, is also intended to be a central page for discussing these issues, and to help Wikipedia's readers and editors decide on broad strategies and guidelines for controversial images, and to access previous discussions on these topics. Examples of types of controversial images include:
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.
Preparing images for upload When uploading image files to Wikipedia or, preferably, to the Wikimedia Commons, it is important to use the right file format for the content. Recent years This guideline is intended for recent year articles. Red links Red links for subjects that should have articles, but do not, are not only acceptable, but needed.
Image credits: awkwardfamilyphotos But awkwardness is still a theme in many family photos, even if there aren't lingering tensions.According to Dr. McAndrew, this is likely because of the ...
This page includes a listing of policies and guidelines for English Wikipedia. Policy and guideline pages describe Wikipedia's principles and best-agreed practices. Policies are standards that all users should normally follow, while guidelines are meant to be best practices for following those standards in specific contexts.