User:Gaia Octavia Agrippa/Adoption/Images

Images are useful extras to add to articles. However, you do not need them to get an article to B-class if the article already has an infobox and/or table.

Code

The syntax used for displaying an image is:

[[Image:name|type|location|size|caption]]

Only [[Image:name]] is required. The other details are optional and can be placed in any order. They are:

Type

'thumb' / 'thumbnail' or 'frame'. This causes image to be displayed with specific formatting. "thumb" is normally preferred.

Location

'right', 'left', 'center' or 'none'. Determines placement of the image on the page. "left" or "right" is the norm, but large panoramas or time-lines can be displayed in the center.

Size

widthpx or widthxheightpx (e.g. 50x40px, would limit width to 50 and height to 40). Normally only one variable is used. Use common sense when determining the sizes; you can use the "Show preview" button if you need to.

Caption

It is traditional to put this last. The caption should identify what the image is, and ideally be a complete sentence that adds to the article by pointing out something a casual reader wouldn't have noticed otherwise, or add information that is relevant to the image.

Examples

This is a Golden retriever, one of the many breeds of dogs.

[[Image:Golden Retriever.jpg|thumb|right|100px|This is a Golden retriever, one of the many breeds of dogs.]]

The above sytax produces the picture to the right.

This is a cow.

[[Image:Cow_(Disney's_Animal_Kingdom,_2005).jpg|thumb|left|100px|This is a cow.]]

The above syntax produces the picture to the left. notice how this text is moved across the page to give way for the image.

Uploading a picture

Main page: Special:Upload

If you have a picture that isn't already in Wikipedia's image collection that you want to include in an article, you will need to upload it first.