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Any picture you see on there, you can use on here <u>without</u> having to upload here. Just use the File: name as you would do if the file was uploaded locally. Like magic, your picture will still work! | Any picture you see on there, you can use on here <u>without</u> having to upload here. Just use the File: name as you would do if the file was uploaded locally. Like magic, your picture will still work! | ||
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===Pictures you can and can't use=== | ===Pictures you can and can't use=== | ||
'''See [[EM:Copyrights]].''' | '''See [[EM:Copyrights]].''' | ||
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Be sure to include the file extension. | Be sure to include the file extension. | ||
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==Moving pictures around== | ==Moving pictures around== | ||
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[[File:EMwiki.png|center]] | [[File:EMwiki.png|center]] | ||
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==Resizing pictures== | ==Resizing pictures== | ||
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==Adding captions== | ==Adding captions== | ||
To add captions to a picture, ensure you include <code>|thumb|Caption text here</code> in the body of your image. | To add captions to a picture, ensure you include <code>|thumb|Caption text here</code> in the body of your image. | ||
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$wgAllowExternalImages is set to true, so you can link things like <nowiki>https://media1.giphy.com/media/YQitE4YNQNahy/200.gif</nowiki>. | $wgAllowExternalImages is set to true, so you can link things like <nowiki>https://media1.giphy.com/media/YQitE4YNQNahy/200.gif</nowiki>. | ||
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Revision as of 12:32, 14 June 2020
This is a Reduced Lens Wiki help page. |
Seriously, just read the Wikipedia article for how to do this stuff. They explain it much better than we ever could. |
About images
Wikimedia Commons
Any picture you see on there, you can use on here without having to upload here. Just use the File: name as you would do if the file was uploaded locally. Like magic, your picture will still work!
Pictures you can and can't use
See EM:Copyrights.
The basics of pictures
To produce an image, type this
[[File:EMwiki.png]]
This will produce this File:EMwiki.png
Be sure to include the file extension.
Moving pictures around
[[File:EMwiki.png|right]]
[[File:EMwiki.png|center]]
Will produce:
Resizing pictures
[[File:EMwiki.png|50px]]
[[File:EMwiki.png|250px]]
Will produce:
To add captions to a picture, ensure you include |thumb|Caption text here
in the body of your image.
[[File:EMwiki.png|thumb|It's the EM Wiki logo.]]
Just read the Wikipedia page
There's plenty of detail that I don't think this article will cover. But that's definitely the basics and more than enough for a lot of people.
See the Wikipedia help article here.
...you can link to external images too
https://media1.giphy.com/media/YQitE4YNQNahy/200.gif
$wgAllowExternalImages is set to true, so you can link things like https://media1.giphy.com/media/YQitE4YNQNahy/200.gif.
This is verboten (forbidden) in all articles. It creates a reliance on that host being up there, and doesn't let us provide licensing information. Exclusively use this on talk pages for convenience and memes or whatever. You will be slapped with a trout if you use this in articles.