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How to insert a picture into an article

The syntax used for displaying an image is:

[[File:{name}|{type}|{location}|{size}|{alt=}|{caption}]]

Only [[File:{name}]] parameter is required.

Do not put spaces between parameters. The other parameters are optional and can be placed in any order. Some infoboxes do not require the brackets. Keep parameters in lower case. The other parameters 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 timelines can be displayed in the center.

Size

{width}px or {width}x{height}px (e.g. 50x40px, would limit width to 50 pixels and height to 40 pixels). Normally only one variable is used. Use common sense when determining the sizes; you can use the "Show preview" button if you need to. If thumb or thumbnail is chosen, size should normally be left out, so that the size defaults to the size set in a user's preferences.

alt=

(keep it lower case). This is the "alternate image" parameter used to describe the image for screenreaders or for people with low-vision. It should be more descriptive than the caption alone. Do not use this for another copy of the caption or of the article title, as the reader will already be aware of these.

Caption

Any element which cannot be identified as one of the above is automatically treated as caption text. 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 would not have noticed otherwise, or add information the pertains to the image. Full sentence or multi fragment captions require full stop punctuation.

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My username is an OCSC variant of a popular soccer chant such as MUFC OK and expresses my fandom but no professional affiliation. Thank you noq. Ocscok 21:59, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

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Reverting vs applying

When I reverted the change of nationality, you had not yet added the caps and. It would have been better (less intrusive) to simply change the roster. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:44, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

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Diannaa there seems to be a misunderstanding as the edits in question were part of the competition rules with regards to tiebreaking procedures which, for obvious reasons, were written verbatim as a point of fact and accuracy. This section is not intended to be written in anything other than the source's official wording as it is part of the rulebook cited. Per Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources, "facts cannot be copyright." It would be appreciated if you could restore the content you removed and hid. Thanks. Ocscok 19:25, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Sorry I can't restore it, because it was copied from a copyright web page. Hosting such content is a violation of our copyright policy. You could re-write the content using your own words, or offer the reader a link to the rules in the external links section.— Diannaa (talk) 20:10, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

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