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Meta:Help:Images and other uploaded files authors and history

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13:14, 30 January 2006 User:144.138.73.243 (→Navigational maps)
14:10, 29 January 2006 User:221.145.143.182 (→Supported file types; miscellaneous)
06:25, 28 January 2006 User:190.48.6.215 (→Image at the right)
22:28, 19 January 2006 User:129.188.33.222 (→Embedding internal images)
04:47, 15 January 2006 User:Pmsyyz m (→Supported file types; miscellaneous)
20:58, 9 January 2006 User:206.169.205.142 (→Supported file types; miscellaneous)
23:33, 1 January 2006 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 70.52.0.58 to last version by Kernigh)
22:19, 1 January 2006 User:70.52.0.58 (→Linking)
22:18, 1 January 2006 User:70.52.0.58 (→See also)
01:36, 30 December 2005 User:Kernigh (→More details and examples on embedding internal images into articles - For captions that say "globe", use an actual globe for the image.)
01:26, 30 December 2005 User:Kernigh (→More details and examples on embedding internal images into articles - non-free Image:Canterbury_Tales.png -> free Image:Broccoli-thumbnail.png from Commons)
03:58, 24 December 2005 User:Patrick (→Navigational maps - w:en:Wellington Street)
19:10, 19 December 2005 User:Cspurrier (rv random content deletion)
18:39, 19 December 2005 User:193.69.116.88 (→File name)
03:01, 19 December 2005 User:Uncle G (→Supported file types; miscellaneous - Fixed internal link.)
02:59, 19 December 2005 User:Uncle G (Project-specific content to the project-specific template.)
18:10, 15 December 2005 User:151.204.169.186 (→Supported file types; miscellaneous)
18:09, 15 December 2005 User:151.204.169.186 (→Supported file types; miscellaneous)
16:32, 8 December 2005 User:CharlesC (→Uploading non-image files)
10:19, 30 November 2005 User:Zigger (Rv edit by 62.156.253.170 to last edit by Zero_mac.)
08:16, 30 November 2005 User:62.156.253.170 (→Section I)
18:07, 29 November 2005 User:Zero mac (→Linking)
01:20, 25 November 2005 User:Uncle G (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
13:47, 19 November 2005 User:Patrick m (→Examples using the Timeline feature)
13:46, 19 November 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples - See also Map of Downtown Ottawa.)
06:47, 16 November 2005 User:Uncle G (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
06:42, 16 November 2005 User:Uncle G (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
05:28, 16 November 2005 User:Uncle G (Replacement of {{new}} with {{H:new}})
01:54, 29 October 2005 User:Korg m (Reverted edits by 69.212.125.155 to last version by 67.83.147.121)
00:56, 29 October 2005 User:69.212.125.155 (→Supported file types; miscellaneous)
06:01, 28 October 2005 User:67.83.147.121 (→Alternate Text)
22:04, 27 October 2005 User:66.57.94.213 (→Alternate Text)
12:56, 27 October 2005 User:HappyDog m (point config settings to new home on mediawiki)
18:36, 26 October 2005 User:Fitch (http://meta.wikimedia.org/upload/2/27/Tst.png → http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Tst.png)
09:57, 26 October 2005 User:195.92.168.176 (→Section I)
04:17, 25 October 2005 User:65.29.46.62 (→External links)
05:54, 24 October 2005 User:202.0.108.227 (→Section I)
05:52, 24 October 2005 User:202.0.108.227 (→Section I)
16:33, 22 October 2005 User:84.121.1.120
20:51, 20 October 2005 User:Who (minor fix)
01:53, 4 October 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 217.30.176.121 to last version by Waerth)
17:50, 3 October 2005 User:217.30.176.121 (→Embedding internal images)
08:39, 31 August 2005 User:Waerth m (Reverted edits by 69.31.131.178 to last version by Patrick)
08:32, 31 August 2005 User:69.31.131.178 (→Redirection)
11:59, 30 August 2005 User:Patrick (→Embedding internal images - see also w:en:Template:Dual image (talk, backlinks, edit)))
16:30, 23 August 2005 User:Patrick m (→Image at the left)
16:29, 23 August 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 193.62.198.2 to last version by 200.163.18.37)
09:46, 23 August 2005 User:193.62.198.2 (→Gallery tag, category, table of images)
23:10, 22 August 2005 User:200.163.18.37 (→Section I)
04:29, 16 August 2005 User:LA2 (cat)
23:07, 3 August 2005 User:69.143.5.135 (renamed sections I and II to "Section I" "Section II" respectively, since simply "I" looks as much like vandalism as anything)
19:29, 3 August 2005 User:Langec (→WikiTeX)
16:42, 3 August 2005 User:Callistan m (→Putting text in an image, superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps - correct either vandalism or typo)
07:20, 3 August 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 63.172.230.163 to last version by 209.213.198.25)
02:20, 3 August 2005 User:63.172.230.163
01:01, 22 July 2005 User:209.213.198.25 (→Layout and resizing)
01:00, 22 July 2005 User:209.213.198.25 (→Layout and resizing)
02:37, 20 July 2005 User:67.86.237.195 (added "External links")
12:08, 14 July 2005 User:Zigger m (→Supported file types; miscellaneous - Avoid main ns redir.)
13:41, 13 July 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 141.113.100.23 to last version by Patrick)
09:40, 13 July 2005 User:141.113.100.23 (→Demo)
09:39, 13 July 2005 User:141.113.100.23 (→Demo)
11:19, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Putting text in an image, superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
11:16, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Putting text in an image, superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
11:08, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Putting text in an image, superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
11:01, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Putting text in an image, superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
10:27, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Navigational maps)
10:18, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Putting text in an image, superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
10:14, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Putting text in an image, superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
09:48, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick m (→Putting text in an image, superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
09:40, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Putting text in an image, superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
09:20, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Putting text in an image, superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps - transparent)
09:12, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps - Texts (also with links) and images can be positioned such that they partly cover an image with code like:)
09:07, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
08:59, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
08:24, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by Putzmeister to last version by Patrick)
08:06, 10 July 2005 User:Putzmeister m
08:04, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps - As demonstrated, the small images can also cover each other, so the order in which they are listed matters.)
08:02, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
07:50, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Superimposing images, e.g. for locator maps)
07:42, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick (==Superimposing two images, e.g. for locator maps== rm bug msg (fixed))
03:37, 5 July 2005 User:Patrick m (→I)
09:13, 28 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Superimposing two images - un unspecified size gives width="" height="", which is displayed as a 1x1 image on some browsers)
08:21, 28 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Superimposing two images)
08:20, 28 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Superimposing two images - does not work in all browsers)
07:43, 28 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Inline images -In the last example, in 1.5 the width is as specified, but the height is the original one.)
07:40, 28 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Superimposing two images - '''''Does not work in 1.5''''')
07:31, 28 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Navigational maps - divide into super-sections <32K)
07:30, 28 June 2005 User:Patrick m (divide into super-sections <32K)
11:05, 21 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Miscellaneous - ==Supported file types; miscellaneous==)
09:15, 17 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Protection - protection of the image itself: i.e. a new image under the name of the existing image can only be uploaded by a sysop.)
09:09, 17 June 2005 User:Patrick (Protection of an image page is automatically also protection against uploading a new image under the name of the existing image.)
23:19, 16 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Embedding internal images)
11:52, 16 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Embedding internal images)
11:29, 16 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Embedding internal images - width)
19:51, 15 June 2005 User:67.89.186.75 (→Miscellaneous)
19:31, 15 June 2005 User:67.89.186.75 (→Miscellaneous)
09:31, 15 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→See also - rm dead link Art)
06:50, 15 June 2005 User:Sj (→See also)
13:35, 13 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Embedding internal images -Train pic)
13:19, 13 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Embedding internal images)
13:18, 13 June 2005 User:Patrick (An image tag specifying an image can not be made to embed another image through a redirect. There is more flexibilty if an image is embedded by calling a template that contains the image, because a te)
11:22, 12 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Embedding internal images -dummy text in italics)
10:47, 12 June 2005 User:The Hokkaido Crow
13:00, 10 June 2005 User:Patrick (→WikiTech - Note that one can anyway produce an image on Wikisophia, and subsequently upload it on any MediaWiki project.)
12:56, 10 June 2005 User:Patrick (→WikiTech - Note that it can anyway be used already to produce images, to subsequently upload them on any MediaWiki project.)
12:53, 10 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→WikiTech)
12:53, 10 June 2005 User:Patrick (→WikiTech - Note that it can already be used for Wikimedia indirectly: to produce images, which are subsequently uploading on Wikimedia.)
12:48, 10 June 2005 User:Patrick (WikiTech ([http://wikisophia.org/wiki/Wikitex]) is a MediaWiki extension that can produce graphs of functions, various diagrams, etc. It is operational at http://wikisophi)
23:29, 6 June 2005 User:Patrick (locator maps)
23:46, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Miscellaneous)
16:06, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Miscellaneous)
15:58, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Miscellaneous - *Tables, where a cell may be a an empty colored box, or contain a character, a small image, etc. Example: see Template talk:Chess position.)
12:01, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (you can divide an image in rectangles, like in thesechess and go positions, and link each rectangle by means of a redirect on the image pag)
03:02, 31 May 2005 User:203.22.197.21 (→Uploading non-image files)
11:05, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick ((Note that projects can be a "family" in this regard, but not with regard to a common log-in and one common preference settings, this applies to Wikimedia projects, and conversely, this applies for Wi)
09:00, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category, table of images)
08:52, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category, table of images)
08:16, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Gallery tag, category, table of images)
07:42, 5 May 2005 User:Patrick m
07:39, 5 May 2005 User:Patrick ({{new|, on uploading the name on the project can be specified, so it need not be the same as the name under which it is stored locally.}}.)
07:20, 5 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Embedding internal images)
07:19, 5 May 2005 User:Patrick ({{new|the default thumb nail size can be set in the preferences, so typically it is better not to specify "px", in order to respect the users' preferences.}})
00:39, 27 April 2005 User:202.68.163.122 (→Miscellaneous)
00:38, 27 April 2005 User:202.68.163.122 (→Miscellaneous)
07:05, 24 April 2005 User:Kenyon m (→Linking to an enlarged image - removed extraneous parenthesis)
22:31, 23 April 2005 User:24.180.198.203 (→Alternatives - added whitespace to make ASCII map contiguous)
22:44, 21 April 2005 User:TheDJ (h:h and h:f)
15:31, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick m
14:48, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick (Images on MediaWiki:Bad image list can not be embedded, they appear as regular link to the image page. See e.g. w:en:MediaWiki:Bad image list.(not clear whether for all projects or just wp))
11:07, 18 April 2005 User:Patrick
05:46, 11 April 2005 User:Jni m (rv. vandalism)
01:43, 11 April 2005 User:69.208.214.173
20:46, 8 April 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 141.70.120.75 to last version by Jni)
20:13, 8 April 2005 User:141.70.120.75 (→Using full width again)
20:12, 8 April 2005 User:141.70.120.75 (→Alternatives)
06:58, 7 April 2005 User:Jni m (rv. vandalism)
03:37, 7 April 2005 User:67.161.234.43 (→Image at the left)
16:51, 6 April 2005 User:24.109.76.221 (→Default settings)
21:35, 5 April 2005 User:84.56.23.68 (Typo.)
10:33, 31 March 2005 User:129.67.101.217 (→Alternate Text)
10:25, 31 March 2005 User:129.67.101.217 (→Alternate Text)
07:02, 22 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Layout and resizing - +"if any")
02:17, 21 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Layout and resizing - caption => text)
18:33, 20 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Layout and resizing - amended once more. This is the last time, I wish.)
08:23, 18 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Layout and resizing - and "alternate (caption) text")
08:32, 17 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→See also - +ja (+en))
08:25, 17 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Gallery tag, category, table of images - "," =>" .")
08:20, 16 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Navigational maps - defined by <area> tags)
08:15, 16 March 2005 User:Patrick m (→Gallery tag, category, table of images)
08:14, 16 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category, table of images - clarify)
08:08, 16 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category, table of images - not clear what the diff between image section and image is)
08:05, 16 March 2005 User:Patrick (Depending on the browser, a long caption may or may not widen a whole column of images; even if it does, if necessary to fit on the screen, captions wrap automatically. (happens with IE))
06:20, 16 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Navigational maps - <area> tags in the html)
06:02, 16 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Gallery tag, category, table of images - The rowed sections get taller also.)
05:39, 16 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Gallery tag, category, table of images - amended in line with what seems to really happen.)
07:51, 15 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Inline images - No hoverbox appears when the image syntax ends with a pipe character.)
07:21, 15 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Embedding internal images - coordinative wording (hoverbox))
06:19, 15 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Default settings - Supplementary words)
05:41, 15 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Embedding external images - link inside the page)
02:01, 15 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Miscellaneous - :en:Image:Ytv hi rocketpower.jpg)
18:06, 14 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→More details and examples on embedding internal images into artattribute is not specified.icles - The thumbnail image is created when the size attribute is specified.)
17:15, 14 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Layout and resizing - amended again)
10:00, 13 March 2005 User:218.214.18.27 (→Uploading - mention licensing issues)
09:54, 13 March 2005 User:218.214.18.27 (→Embedding external images - link to upload info)
10:22, 12 March 2005 User:Patrick m (→Miscellaneous)
10:18, 12 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Miscellaneous - :'png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'ogg'.)
07:55, 12 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Layout and resizing - amended in line with what seems to really happen with the options.)
23:14, 11 March 2005 User:Patrick m (→Linking to an enlarged image - rm dup)
18:28, 11 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Linking to an enlarged image - namespace)
09:14, 11 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Image at the right - the second under the first)
08:39, 11 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Embedding internal images - actual size => thumbnail image)
08:29, 11 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Embedding internal images - description-image alignment)
05:43, 11 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Miscellaneous - labels)
02:33, 11 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→See also - direct link)
01:00, 11 March 2005 User:Patrick (rv: on a copy of this page on e.g the German Wiktionary en: would lead to the English Wiktionary)
17:17, 10 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→See also - links)
10:15, 10 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Miscellaneous - Currently SVG images can not be uploaded on Wikimedia projects. This seems to be a bug. (can this be fixed please?))
08:39, 10 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Layout and resizing - + template "clr")
08:34, 10 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Demo - "internal" link internalized)
07:46, 10 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→More details and examples on embedding internal images into articles - misc)
05:37, 10 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→More details and examples on embedding internal images into articles - For uploaded sound files, you can include the download link.)
00:22, 9 March 2005 User:Patrick (rm dup)
15:55, 8 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Uploading - links)
15:53, 8 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Uploading - links)
09:33, 8 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Uploading - "Upload file" button)
08:38, 8 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Alternatives - browser names wikified; alt => titles)
07:42, 8 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Navigational maps - transposition of the preformatted text and the timeline)
06:19, 8 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Embedding external images - wikitext of tables)
06:10, 8 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Embedding external images - "number" => "alphanumerics")
07:09, 7 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Embedding external images - Embedding external images is disabled now on Meta and many Wikipedias.)
03:00, 7 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Inline images - to highlight that it is an example of the preceding paragraph.)
04:49, 6 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Using full width again - some details added)
18:20, 5 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Image at the right - text that follows floats to the left of it.)
17:52, 5 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Image at the left - text that follows floats to the right of it)
10:11, 5 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category, table of images - Note that with this method the width of a column is determined by the widest image in it, and not influenced by a long caption.)
10:06, 5 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category, table of images -table header)
10:00, 5 March 2005 User:Patrick m (→Gallery tag, category, table of images)
09:56, 5 March 2005 User:Patrick m (→Gallery tag, category)
09:52, 5 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category -table)
08:49, 5 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category - commons:Category:William-Adolphe Bouguereau.)
04:10, 5 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Embedding internal images - Position of images, and the external link corrected)
18:09, 4 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Embedding internal images - reduplication was deleted, and two images were moved closer to their referring paragraphs.)
10:06, 4 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Linking - made direct links)
09:00, 4 March 2005 User:YebisYa (→Linking - details added)
06:41, 28 February 2005 User:YebisYa m (+"handbook sidebar|editor toc"; + "langs" in "hc")
10:13, 24 February 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 83.200.136.92 to last version by Patrick)
23:20, 23 February 2005 User:83.200.136.92
12:30, 19 February 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category)
11:55, 19 February 2005 User:Patrick m (→Embedding external images)
11:50, 19 February 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category)
11:39, 19 February 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category)
11:32, 19 February 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category)
11:28, 19 February 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery tag, category)
10:51, 19 February 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery - A gallery of images in a Help:Category are automatically shown as the fourth section of the category page.)
09:49, 14 February 2005 User:Patrick (Choose a name for an image as carefully as you would choose an article name, and use proper spacing and capitalization: the name may not be visible in a page that embeds the image, but it is, for exam)
02:50, 12 February 2005 User:Patrick m
13:24, 8 February 2005 User:62.227.238.101 (correct spelling: then to than)
10:07, 8 February 2005 User:Patrick (Thus this should be done only if there is a special reason for it, such as locally replacing an image from Commons with a local version without changing the links.)
10:04, 8 February 2005 User:Patrick (Uploading an image locally has the following disadvantages:)
10:01, 8 February 2005 User:Patrick (When choosing a name for an image on Commons, do not use a name that is already in use on any project on which the image may be used, unless the new image should replace the local ones, and the local)
09:50, 8 February 2005 User:Patrick (When choosing a name for an image on Commons, do not use a name that is already in use on any project on which the image may be used, unless the new image should replace the local ones, and the local)
09:42, 8 February 2005 User:Patrick (When replacing or deleting an image on Commons, all projects that use the image are affected. Therefore it is important that the image page on Commons is linked to the local image pages of that image)
09:13, 8 February 2005 User:Patrick m
22:00, 29 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Embedding external images - rm dup; misc)
10:09, 29 January 2005 User:Patrick (help:image page (also called "image description page"))
10:06, 29 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Embedding internal images - The page also provides info about the image.)
10:05, 29 January 2005 User:Patrick (An embedded internal image automatically links to the help:image page, which shows the full image, or, depending on preferences, a reduced version with a link to the full version.)
09:51, 29 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Linking - Help:Navigational image)
07:26, 29 January 2005 User:AaronPeterson (One cannot use an image as a link to another document?)
22:00, 24 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Gallery)
21:53, 24 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Inline images)
15:04, 24 January 2005 User:Patrick (Depending on preferences the image on the image page may be smaller than the actual size, so a link may be convenient from the thumbnail straight to the image in actual size:)
14:28, 24 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Embedding internal images)
15:21, 23 January 2005 User:218.214.18.27 (→Embedding external images - clarify)
08:40, 17 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Embedding external images -update)
13:55, 6 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Embedding internal images -Alternatively, an extra caption can be put outside the image syntax.)
12:13, 6 January 2005 User:Patrick m (→Embedding internal images)
12:05, 6 January 2005 User:Patrick (These links are especially useful to link to the full version of an image, if that can not be displayed on the image description page, because it is in pdf-format.)
11:46, 6 January 2005 User:Patrick (Example: Middle-East; for more detailed pdf-version see https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/pdf/middle_east.pdf)
11:12, 6 January 2005 User:Patrick (External links in the caption are possible, but only in the form without brackets, hence showing the full URL; if the full URL does not fit in the available width, the rest falls off, but the link wor)
21:18, 2 January 2005 User:63.249.86.251 (→Demo)
19:11, 25 November 2004 User:84.121.2.138 (→Embedding external images)
19:11, 25 November 2004 User:IMSoP (→Inline images - "alt" is not the same as "title"!!)
19:10, 25 November 2004 User:84.121.2.138 (→Embedding external images)
19:10, 25 November 2004 User:84.121.2.138 (→Embedding external images)
15:32, 18 November 2004 User:80.228.192.155 (→Uploading)
15:31, 18 November 2004 User:80.228.192.155 (→Uploading)
22:39, 17 November 2004 User:Angela (revert edit by 62.174.51.186)
15:09, 11 November 2004 User:131.111.244.4 (→Using full width again - xhtml <br /> tags)
17:46, 10 November 2004 User:62.174.51.186
06:39, 8 November 2004 User:138.217.75.157 (to change file types you should mod LocalSettings.php, not /includes/DefaultSettings.php)
15:37, 5 November 2004 User:Patrick (→Embedding external images - If necessary, download an image of a project and upload a copy into the Commons project, you can then use it on all projects.)
15:12, 5 November 2004 User:Patrick (free content only, no "fair use" content)
14:33, 5 November 2004 User:Patrick (Be careful with replacing or deleting an image on Commons, a complication is that the "Image links" section on the image description page on Commons does not show usage of the image by other projects.)
14:26, 5 November 2004 User:Patrick (→Embedding internal images -"Internal" refers to both the same project and Commons. An image name is assumed to refer to the one in the same project if it exists there, otherwise to one on Commons.)
14:16, 5 November 2004 User:Patrick (Go to Commons, log in there, and upload the file using the Upload link.)
14:07, 5 November 2004 User:Patrick (Although on each projects files can be uploaded, a family of projects may have designated one in particular for this, with sharing of those files enabled. For Wikimedia projects this is [[Wikicommons])
12:42, 30 September 2004 User:Patrick
12:13, 29 September 2004 User:Patrick
12:09, 29 September 2004 User:Patrick (thumbnails of uploaded images ()
11:52, 29 September 2004 User:Patrick (Images can also be produced by the system from specifications in wikitext:)
21:07, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Navigational maps)
16:11, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Navigational maps)
15:48, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Navigational maps)
15:13, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick (The html with <area> tags can not be put in the wikitext. However, EasyTimeline allows the creation of an image and a page embedding that image, with <area> tags for recta)
14:59, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→Navigational maps)
14:40, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→Navigational maps)
14:36, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→Navigational maps)
14:32, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Navigational maps)
09:09, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→Navigational maps)
08:36, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→Navigational maps)
08:20, 28 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Navigational maps)
14:45, 27 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Navigational maps - However, EasyTimeline allows the creation of rectangular map areas.)
16:25, 13 September 2004 User:Patrick (Currently the following public MediaWiki wikis do not allow external images: w: (please add))
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09:13, 22 June 2004 User:Patrick (Images in other projects can be linked to, of course, as external link. However, they currently can not be embedded. Instead, download the image and upload a copy into the other project. See also [[Sh)
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09:15, 12 December 2003 User:Daniel Mayer (adapted from en:Wikipedia:Multimedia)
13:12, 25 September 2003 User:Patrick (See en:Wikipedia:Multimedia.)

From Meta:Help talk:Images and other uploaded files

(Some of the following are archived from Meta:Help talk:Images and other uploaded files. Eubulides (talk) 03:56, 20 July 2009 (UTC))

Ambiguity of the First Paragraph

The first paragraph is quite confusing: The last sentence: "For uploading multimedia files that can be used in all Wikimedia Projects, you can use Wikimedia Commons." implies very strongly that the Wikimedia commons should only be used for multimedia files that are used in all wikimedia projects, and that there is another location for files which are intended only for use in wikipedia. However, there is no reference in the entire article to the location for wikipedia-only files! I'm still not convinced that one doesn't exist, because of the way that paragraph was constructed. So if there is, then please add a link to it in the first paragraph, and if there isn't, then please remove this ambiguity from the paragraph. Thank you. Uniqueuponhim

Special:Upload or "Upload a file" goes to whereever you are, on Wikipedia to Wikipedia, on Meta to Meta, etc. You can edit the master help file on Meta if you think that's unclear. -- Omniplex 15:35, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much, I have done so Uniqueuponhim 15:49, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Caution: Galleries interfere with references

For some unknown reason placing an image gallery between a number of references causes the references above the gallery not to be included in the list of references displayed by <references/>. Image tables do not interfere with the references. --Jbergquist 07:17, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

How to get at an uploaded file's date

I'm working with a company designing its own wiki, and we're facing a sticky point ...

We have many internal company documents, and want to get at a doc's latest update, i.e., when was Image:User dino.jpg last updated? When was the annual report last changed? And that data on interest rates ...

Is there a way to "grab" these data & display them? Or just grab them — we'll figure out how to display them.

I realize, this may seem from left field, but thought I'd toss it out there. Thanks for any ideas. You may reply here or on my talk page

dino 22:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Uploading images and getting them to appear in the article.

Hello,

We have the test of our article entered and edited. The next step we have is to upload some of the figures, graphs and data tables that go with the article. Can someone give me guidance as to how you label the images so they will be included in the appropriate space of the article?

Thanks CindyOvertoncindy 17:45, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Image interfering with page format (the "Edit" link)

How does an editor get rid of the problem where putting a picture in disrupts the page's section "edit" links? I don't know if that makes sense, but take a look at The Forbidden Kingdom for example: you can see that there are no section edit buttons to click on because the image is in the way. But further down the page, all those section edits are there around the "References" section. How does one remedy this? I tried separating the image to its own paragraph but that did nothing. I also tried to not align the picture to the right. That also didn't work. Please help ~ GoldenGoose100 (talk) 20:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

ShouldBeJPG

I'd like to ask for users' opinions on the ShouldBeJPG tag. I didn't know it existed until today, when a user added it to a video game screenshot (Quake III Arena q3dm0.png) which I'd earlier uploaded as a PNG.

The purpose of the tag appears to be to encourage users to reupload or replace existing PNG and GIF images with JPEG equivalents in the interests of reducing file size. It asks: "If possible, please upload a JPEG version of this image." While JPEGs do indeed tend to be smaller than PNGs, I'm not sure how justified this tag is, particularly when it comes to screenshots (and also since it fails to mention any of JPEG's cons). A comparison I ran (here) between PNG and high-quality JPEG copies of the same image reveal noticeable noise and compression artifacts in the JPEG version.

Thanks for any comments! Huwmanbeing ☀★ 22:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Unhelpful

In the sections "Image at the right", "Image at the left", etc., am I nuts or is the whole thing broken? The images show a weird "Demo" content and the lorem ipsum text is in the article rather than the image caption. Is that what it's supposed to look like? I'd try to fix it but hey, I came here for help! :) Franamax (talk) 04:52, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Image Addresses

How are these generated? For example, in the url "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/1AJD20Lindsay.jpg", where did the "e/ef" come from? This isn't usually an issue, but many browsers today filter advertisements by blocking the word "ad", so an image like "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/Lawndart.jpg" would not display. Is this something that is within our power to change? Ueli-PLS (talk) 23:35, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Coloured gallery?

Is it possible to change the colour of the gallery border so that it isn't grey? Please alert me via my talkpage if you answer. --Seans Potato Business 18:11, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

SVG

"SVG images uploaded earlier can be linked to, but not be directly embedded, e.g. Media:Wikipedia3fnlc1.svg (image description page) - see also m:SVG image support."

That no longer appears to be the case, yes? The see also page states that SVG upload is enabled and there is an inline image right there at the beginning of the page. SiegeLord (talk) 16:24, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

How to embedding image from commons in

Set this in my wiki site:

$wgAllowExternalImages = true;

And then I use

[[image:Wikipedesketch1.png|none|thumb|300px|Wikipede]]

to embed an image from commons. this line will show a picture here, however, only text link shown in my wiki site.

Can anyone help me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lihongzhai (talk • contribs) 10:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Halp!

I recently uploaded an image of my own creation (using Photoshop and a scanner). I was wondering if the image licensing is all in order for usage in Wikipedia. - Hexhand (talk) 23:22, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

How to upload an image

This first paragraph of the help page has a link, "How to upload an image". The target page has been deleted. This seems as though it could have been a very useful page.--Rpclod (talk) 14:40, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I endorse this - as a newbie to wikipedia I am looking for just this information. Natural fibre (talk) 13:38, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Where can I see every image uploaded

Just curious.--PUNk Limited (talk) 02:50, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

special:listfiles Bawolff (talk) 05:22, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Deletion or Removal

How does one delete or remove an image that one previously uploaded?--Rpclod (talk) 15:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Claimed right-click bug

I moved the below from the main page (Help:Images and other uploaded files). If it's an actual bug (which I'm skeptical of) it should be filed at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/:

Since October 2007, in English Wikipedia, the right-click menu has periodically been blocked for many PNG images, so that Open in new Window or properties/size information was no longer available in Wikipedia for PNG or SVG images. The disabled right-click/size menu has only occurred in English Wikipedia, not Wikimedia Commons or other language Wikipedias, and right-click has not been disabled for the efficient GIF or JPEG image displays. It is a recurring problem: every few months, the right-click menu seems to work again for PNG/SVG images, but then the problem comes back: the right-click menu would then show the size of the whole article under a PNG Properties option (and not allow Open in new Window).

Whenever the right-click menu has been disabled, the images were still ok in the Commons or German Wikipedia, etc. To view PNG or SVG properties/sizes of thumbnailed images, edit a Wikimedia Commons page (or other-language wikipedia) to link the particular image, in edit-preview mode, then right-click the PNG/SVG thumbnail to view the properties or see other right-click menu options formerly available in Wikipedia for PNG/SVG images.

--Superm401 - Talk 09:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

HELP!!

Sorry if this doesn't belong here but I am REALLY stuck on this one and don't know where else to go.

I recently moved my wiki from one host to another and everything went fine, except that all my images are now doing ... this. Clicking on the blank thumbnail takes you not to the image, but back to the "Image:whatever" page. Clicking on the link under the thumbnail, takes you to the image. No images are displaying in articles.

I have NO idea what went wrong here. All the images that got migrated over are doing the same thing. If I upload a new image (like this), or a newer version of the same image (like this), then it works and everything is fine. All the old ones, though, are pooched.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated, since I really, really don't want to have to re-upload all those images again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grugnir (talk • contribs) 16:53, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

UPDATE:
Here's what I managed to find in the code for the image pages. Not sure if this will help, but...

Why it's defaulting to fileicon.png, I have no idea...--Grugnir (talk) 18:36, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Drastically shorten

Following up on my previous comment, I decided to create a short help page instead, as that should be more useful. I installed this and further comments are welcome. Eubulides (talk) 23:54, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Draft for paragraph discussing more-advanced issues

There's some sentiment for introducing new readers to more-advanced issues such as galleries, so I propose appending the following paragraph to Help:Files#Using.

"Many options control how images are displayed. You can place an image on the left, on the right, centered, and without text flowing around it. You can adjust the image size, and let the reader move around in a panorama. You can avoid image stackups in several ways, for example, by alternating left and right images, by aligning two or more images, and if all else fails by forcing a break. You can create a gallery of images arranged into an array by using table syntax, by using a template such as {{Image gallery}}, and by using a gallery tag (unfortunately, gallery tags do not support alt text, so they generate galleries that are not accessible to readers who cannot see the images). Also, you can create plain pictures that do not have captions and can be mingled with text and other images; these can use more fine-grained techniques, including borders, vertical alignment with text, and control over links. You can also link to an image without displaying it. These options are described in more detail in the picture tutorial."

This would remove the need for the See also section since it incorporates discussion of galleries. Eubulides (talk) 18:16, 11 September 2009 (UTC) Draft updated as discussed below. Eubulides (talk) 17:36, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Very nice! But since the specific link that is now in the see also section isn't here, we should not remove it. What are you so burning to remove that that see also. Having see also's is the most ordinary thing in the world. Debresser (talk) 17:06, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. As WP:SEEALSO says, See also sections are intended for "less developed" articles. This page is intended to be a brief and self-contained help page; it is not intended to develop into a long, complicated page (the complications are supposed to be in the referenced pages, not here). As mentioned above, the reluctance to mention Wikipedia:Gallery tag is because gallery tags generates galleries with serious WP:ACCESSIBILITY problems. However, it's OK to mention gallery tags if we also mention the problem. I have adjusted the above draft to do that. Eubulides (talk) 17:36, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

You are very POV against galleries. That is your good right. But people use them a lot. And they don't care about the shortcomings you see in them. So you can't ignore them. And since you do not plan to mention anything about them, and they are related and relevant, you should have a see also there. Debresser (talk) 18:20, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

The previous comment seems to have ignored what's currently in the draft. The draft currently says that users can create galleries "by using a gallery tag". You are correct that users can ignore guidelines such as WP:ACCESSIBILITY and WP:ALT, but it is not good practice to ignore consensus guidelines, and the help pages should be written with the guidelines in mind. Eubulides (talk) 18:40, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I missed that. You did a good job here! Debresser (talk) 08:11, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Redirect to WP images page?

This page is in bad shape. Its lead does not summarize the body, and it contains lots of obsolete and detailed info that is not helpful to a new user. It'd be better for a new user to not read that page than to read it. Should we delete it, replacing it with a redirect to WP:IMAGES? Surely this page is not actually used much for help: WP:Images and WP:EIS seem to cover the territory. Eubulides (talk) 22:35, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Moved to WP:Files - Note: This was when the page was called 'images and other uploaded files' Has been a couple of copyeds since too Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 23:51, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Resolved.

I made the archives box link to Help talk:Images and other uploaded files/Archive 1 and added a search box die each archive. -84user (talk) 23:16, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Inaccessible file

I have a file called Golden Ears.jpg on Commons and I want to replace the existing file (Golden Ears Mountain.JPG) with on the Golden Ears (peaks). Unfortunately, there is an article on the English Wikipedia called Golden Ears.jpg, and so when I type in the filename, the image on EnWiki comes up. How do I get the one on Commons to the article? --The High Fin Sperm Whale (Talk • Contribs) 23:35, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: No concensus, page not moved Ronhjones ^(Talk) 00:49, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Help:Files → Wikipedia:Files — I am creating a series of pages aimed at helping readers of WP. See Category:reader help for a current list. I would like this page moved into Wikipedia namespace (the target is currently a redir) and then commandeer this page as one of my Reader help pages. Relisted by Jafeluv (talk) 09:23, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

-- Alan Liefting (talk) - 21:32, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

Discussion

Any additional comments:

I don't offhand see why readers need to be told about files: files are primarily a notion that editors need, not readers. What would be in the proposed new page? Perhaps that would help explain things. Eubulides (talk) 21:40, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Readers will occasionally come across files such as videos, images and audio. I want to create a short article similar to Help:Images (a subset of Help:Files) that explains a little more about files. Some readers may want to know about the source, dates, copyright info about a file. I want a page that does not do into the complexities of page editing, uploading etc. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 21:49, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Might I make a suggestion, something bugged me about 'files', how about using 'help:multimedia' for your intended help page - this seems more apt and common usage - especially to readers? the more technical 'files' then sits comfortably as a hatnote? Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 00:38, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that seems reasonable. I guess "multimedia" is commonly understood to be pictures, videos, sounds. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 08:25, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Why should "reader help" be in the Wikipedia and not the Help namespace? Ucucha 18:22, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Replace and Update an Image

How does one delete their own image? or, how does replace to update an image on the same file. I created a image a while ago, and it needs to be updated. --Dmm1169 (talk) 03:45, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't know the answer to your question, but your question would probably be answered more quickly at the help desk. I will move it there. pluma Ø 02:33, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 May 2012

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124.83.0.118 (talk) 00:27, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Done I changed nothing. →B music ian 04:13, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Renaming files

I think the new section Help:Files#Renaming files (permanent link) is too detailed for this page. Most editors will never deal with file renaming. It appears most of the text was copied from Wikipedia:File mover. I suggest to replace the section text with the below main link and one line. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:16, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Only administrators and file movers can rename files. Others can suggest it with {{rename media}}.

{{Rename media}} then needs to be updated with the reasons for renaming, as a lot of requests are denied because they do not meet the criteria listed at Wikipedia:File mover, the bulk of which does not apply to standard users. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 13:31, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Good point, but there are many ways to get to {{Rename media}} so it should mention rename criteria in any case. I'm not a big fan of duplicating content which ought to be kept in sync (transcluding it would be an option). I have added "See rename criteria at Wikipedia:File mover#What files should be renamed?" right before the Usage line in the documentation for {{Rename media}}. I also added a See also link so more users will spot it.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 13:47, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Relevant RfD

Wikipedia:Files, which currently redirects here, has been nominated at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 April 17#Wikipedia:Files. Your views would be welcome in the discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 18:32, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Note that this discussion has been relisted due to a lack of input. Please comment at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 April 26#Wikipedia:Files. Thanks, Thryduulf (talk) 17:48, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Makeover

The copy edit included the following general ideas:

describe terminology in the intro such as description page being also file page, file being a synonym for image, and for the title
use "page name" instead of the many variant terms readers might otherwise see on other help pages
don't link just to create a font change indicating a page name
use italics where replacement text goes in links and templates, (and for page names having no grammatical articles introducing them)
remove repetitious links to the same (tutorial) page
make several references to other sections of the page
use bullet- instead of number-lists

Most of the material was already there, but I moved some of it around, while rewording, and I added a few links to other help pages. — Cpiral Cpiral 00:46, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

PDF

I get an error when downloading Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a PDF, it says «Generation of the document file has failed.

Status: ! Package polyglossia Error: The current roman font does not contain the Ethiop». Can anybody fix this? Spumuq (talk) 11:04, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 July 2015

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Tanvirjoy (talk) 23:31, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Stickee (talk) 00:45, 24 July 2015 (UTC)