Help:Wikitext/Images


 * To do: add in Flickr info.

Any logged in user can upload images to a Wikia.



How do I upload images?
See Uploading files.



How do I insert images into a Wikia page?
Once the file is uploaded, copy or otherwise make note of the image's name: it will be in the format "Image:Filename.jpg". (This name is case-sensitive: using "Image:Filename.JPG" will fail to display the image.)

The basic syntax is. Additional parameters can be added between pipe ("|") characters, including:
 * frame - places a frame around the image without altering its size
 * thumb - creates a reduced-size thumbnail image, contained in a frame
 * ##px - specify the desired size of the image in pixels.  (Note that it is usually best to allow MediaWiki to automatically size images and thumbnails to suit the user's preferences and monitor size and resolution; hard-coding image sizes in this way can cause unwanted behavior at some resolutions.)
 * caption - the last parameter in the image syntax will be used to provide a caption in a thumbnailed or framed image. Captions can contain links and other wiki syntax.

See also: Wikipedia:Extended image syntax.

Examples




Can I display many images together?
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Brackets are used only for adding links within captions. Captions are optional. Images are separated by newlines. The width of the gallery can be changed in your preferences.



What image licenses are acceptable on Wikia?
GFDL or public domain images are strongly preferred on Wikia. Copyright-violating images are subject to deletion. Copyright information must be added to the image description page of every uploaded image.



How do I specify the license?
All images must have a tag added to the image description page stating which license they are under. For example, typing   on an image description page will display:

See Image copyright tags for details.



Can I use externally hosted images?
It is strongly recommended that any images used on Wikia are uploaded directly rather than using links to external sites. Displaying externally hosted images steals bandwidth from other sites, and is a feature which could be switched off in future (as it has been on Wikipedia) so you should not rely on images used in this way always being available. Images on external sites may also be deleted or substituted by the site owner at any time, causing unexpected errors or displaying unexpected images for your visitors.

Using images from other Wikia in this way, however, should not cause any problems. For example, you can use http://doom.wikia.com/images/b/bc/Wiki.png if you want to display the Doom Wiki logo on a different Wikia rather than reuploading it (although it might be more appropriate to upload it to the Wikia it is used on so licensing information can be found easier).



Can I add video and other files?
If they are not in violation of any copyright, images and sound files shouldn't be a problem, but there is a size-per-file limit of 5MB, so large videos might be an issue. It is recommended that you upload files which are too large to another site and link to them there instead. For example, you can use the Wikimedia commons if the file would also be useful to a Wikimedia project (such as Wikipedia), or else to Ourmedia which allows videos to be uploaded there and then used on other sites.



How do I add a logo to my wiki?
Administrators can change the logo of a wiki by uploading a new image over Image:Wiki.png. Similarly, the favicon (the icon next to the URL in the browser's address bar, and used in many toolbars and bookmark/favorite lists) can be changed by uploading a new image to Image:Favicon.ico.

It is recommended that administrators protect these files from unauthorized changes.