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It may reflect differing levels of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Achieving_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">vetting</a>.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:10I"></span><span id="WP:10TI"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:10I&redirect=no">WP:10I</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:10TI&redirect=no">WP:10TI</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>If you're new to this website, these are probably <b>ten things you may not know about <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Images" title="Wikipedia:Images">images on Wikipedia</a></b>. We hope this gives you a better idea of the whats and whys of illustrating the world's most popular encyclopedia. If you're more experienced with images on Wikipedia, you probably know most of these—but maybe you've never seen them written down, or you don't know where to point other people who want a quick and easy (sometimes complicated) explanation of a subject. </p><p><br clear="all"/> </p> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="padding: 1px;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" class="extiw" title="commons:Commons:Picture of the day">Commons picture of the day</a><br/><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rainbow_yarn_for_knitting,_display_in_front_of_a_needlework_shop_in_Graz,_Austria,_GW23-100.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Rainbow_yarn_for_knitting%2C_display_in_front_of_a_needlework_shop_in_Graz%2C_Austria%2C_GW23-100.jpg/245px-Rainbow_yarn_for_knitting%2C_display_in_front_of_a_needlework_shop_in_Graz%2C_Austria%2C_GW23-100.jpg" decoding="async" width="245" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Rainbow_yarn_for_knitting%2C_display_in_front_of_a_needlework_shop_in_Graz%2C_Austria%2C_GW23-100.jpg/368px-Rainbow_yarn_for_knitting%2C_display_in_front_of_a_needlework_shop_in_Graz%2C_Austria%2C_GW23-100.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Rainbow_yarn_for_knitting%2C_display_in_front_of_a_needlework_shop_in_Graz%2C_Austria%2C_GW23-100.jpg/490px-Rainbow_yarn_for_knitting%2C_display_in_front_of_a_needlework_shop_in_Graz%2C_Austria%2C_GW23-100.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648"/></a></span><small style="text-align:center; width:245px; display:block; margin-top:4px;">Rainbow <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:yarn" class="extiw" title="c:en:yarn">yarn</a> for knitting displayed in front of a needlework shop in <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Graz" class="extiw" title="c:en:Graz">Graz</a>, Austria</small>—<b>Click the image for more information</b>—</div></div> <ol> <li><b>Most images used on Wikipedia are actually on Wikimedia Commons.</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r996643573">.mw-parser-output .block-indent{padding-left:3em;padding-right:0;overflow:hidden}</style><div class="block-indent">Because <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">we want free content</a>, ideally all images uploaded would be free for everyone, and therefore would be acceptable on our sister project, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page" class="extiw" title="commons:Main page">Wikimedia Commons</a>. Images submitted to Commons are used the same way as images uploaded locally to Wikipedia and are automatically available on Wikipedia—as well as on hundreds of other Wikis run by the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wmf:">Wikimedia Foundation</a>. If you have an image that meets our copyright requirements, please <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/upload" class="extiw" title="commons:upload">upload it to commons</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><i>More information:</i> <a class="external free" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Free_image_resources">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Free_image_resources</a></div></div></li> <li><b>There is more to our images than you can see at first look.</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent">If you click on any image on Wikipedia, you will go to a page about the image itself. <p>This image page will have information on the image's source, authorship, and copyright licensing, along with a more detailed description of the image. </p> Unless the image is very small, you will see a larger version of the image here. Clicking on <i>this</i> image will take you to the full-size original version. If you want to save images from Wikipedia, be sure to save the original version of the image, which is higher quality than the thumbnail sizes on the article and image pages, and usually contains <a href="/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format" class="mw-redirect" title="Exchangeable image file format">Exif</a> data: information about the photographer, settings, and the equipment used to take the picture. If you reuse images from Wikipedia, please be sure to respect the provided license and provide credit—usually to the photographer, not Wikipedia!</div></li> <li><b>We have more than 100 million media files.</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent">There are over 100 million media files on all Wikimedia projects as of January 2024—predominantly images but also sound files, animations, videos, etc. <p>You can see some of our best work at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">our featured pictures page</a>, the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures" class="extiw" title="commons:Commons:Featured pictures">featured pictures page on Commons</a>, or in the results of the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year" class="extiw" title="commons:Commons:Picture of the Year">annual Picture of the Year contest</a>. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><i>More information:</i> <a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics</a>, <a class="external free" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics</a>.</div></div></li> <li><b>We want more images.</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent">However, we primarily want freely-licensed images (GFDL, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY, public domain, or <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/commons:licensing" class="extiw" title="commons:commons:licensing">another free content license</a>, not just any picture on the web) which are compatible with our policies and our goal of creating a free resource for everyone. If a picture is worth a thousand words, contributing a free picture is giving a thousand words to everyone who wants to use it and will ever see it; a non-free one only gives them to visitors on a single website. <p>We depend on people like <i>you</i> to create and contribute images for Wikipedia, and the rest of the world, to use, as long as you are willing to release the images under a free content license. You can read about a few of the people who are already contributing their work on the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/commons:Meet_our_photographers" class="extiw" title="commons:commons:Meet our photographers">meet our photographers page</a>. </p><p>When we say <i>"free content"</i>, we're talking about <a href="/wiki/Libre_versus_gratis" class="mw-redirect" title="Libre versus gratis">the freedom the public has</a> to use the images for any purpose, not just the price. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><i>More information:</i> <a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_pictures">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_pictures</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://freedomdefined.org/Definition">http://freedomdefined.org/Definition</a> (definition of a free content license).</div> <p><b>...but we want usable images.</b> </p> Please do not upload images that shouldn't or can't be used in an article. While we allow users to upload a few freely-licensed images to use on their user pages, we don't need a <a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Russell_Terrier_3.jpg" title="File:Jack Russell Terrier 3.jpg">4 billionth image</a> of your <a href="/wiki/Jack_Russell_Terrier" title="Jack Russell Terrier">Jack Russell Terriers</a> on that article. (Even if they're really cute.) The <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOT#WEBSPACE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOT">is not a free web host for your images</a>. Please use a <a href="/wiki/Image_hosting_service" title="Image hosting service">website designed for this</a> if you just want a place to share your personal photos.</div></li> <li><b>We take copyright seriously.</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><p>Blatant violations of copyright law and our image policies are usually deleted immediately. Our long-term <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mission" class="extiw" title="wmf:Mission">mission</a> is to create and promote content that is free of the typical encumbrances of copyright law. This mission requires us to take copyright very seriously. Unlike most other websites that allow users to submit content, we aggressively remove all copyright infringements as soon as we can find them, and we block people who willfully ignore this after being warned. </p><p>Because <a href="https://freedomdefined.org/Definition" class="extiw" title="freedomdefined:Definition">free content</a> is such a fundamental part of our mission, our policy on image licensing is more restrictive than required by law. We try to use non-free images only when nothing else is possible. </p><p>Most images found on the web are copyrighted, even if the particular website does not specifically state this. Also, most images found on the web do not meet our <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content">non-free content</a> policy, which states that a non-free image may be used <i>only</i> when it cannot be replaced. For example, there's no way that a logo of a political party or a screenshot of a video game can be replaced by a free image, but a photo of a living person or location can <i>almost always</i> be replaced, even if doing so may be very difficult. To help Wikipedia, search for free images, especially for living persons, existing buildings, and places—but don't upload a non-free image just because the article doesn't have one right now; we can (and will) wait for a free image to be created or released. </p><p>Also, non-commercial, educational use only, and no derivatives, and other such restrictions on the type of use limit how other people may use the image outside of Wikipedia. Such images aren't considered "free", and so if these images cannot be justified as "fair use" within their articles, they will be deleted from Wikipedia. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><i>More information:</i> <a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content</a></div></div></li> <li><b>Copyright law is complicated, even for lawyers, and applying it to Wikipedia even more so.</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent">Even if you are a licensed attorney who practices in this area, US copyright law (which applies to Wikipedia) is complex, and while an understanding of how it applies to Wikipedia may be achievable, there are considerable gray areas. Deciding the status of one image in a complex situation can be very difficult at times, if not impossible.</div></li> <li><b>We have more than photographs.</b> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pi-unrolled-720.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Pi-unrolled-720.gif/245px-Pi-unrolled-720.gif" decoding="async" width="245" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Pi-unrolled-720.gif/368px-Pi-unrolled-720.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Pi-unrolled-720.gif/490px-Pi-unrolled-720.gif 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="228"/></a><figcaption><b>Animation:</b> When a circle's diameter is 1, its circumference is <a href="/wiki/Pi" title="Pi">π</a>.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent">Our media collection also includes hundreds of thousands of <a href="/wiki/Vector_images" class="mw-redirect" title="Vector images">vector images</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sound/list" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Sound/list">audio recordings</a>, animations, and videos. Vector images can be displayed or printed at any size without loss of quality. The creation of these alternative media types demands different skills and equipment than is required by still photography.</div></li> <li><b>We have an image use policy.</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent">Once an image is uploaded, and the source and licensing information are correctly given, it may be used in articles. Our <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image Use Policy</a> describes the accepted ways of displaying, formatting, and otherwise using images in Wikipedia. If you jump into using images in articles, you should be familiar with them. For example, did you know that no image will display more than 550 pixels wide inside an article?</div></li> <li> <b>Uploading the same image multiple times is unnecessary.</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent">If something is wrong in the description of the image, you can edit the image description page. Just like every other page on Wikipedia, the image description page can be edited by anyone. Just click "edit this page" while looking at the image page. Did you forget to say what the license or source for the image is when you uploaded it? Don't re-upload the image—just edit the image description page and add the licensing information! Also, the wiki software can change the display size of the images, so you do not need to re-upload a smaller version of the same image to use a smaller version in an article. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax" title="Wikipedia:Extended image syntax">Wikipedia:Extended image syntax</a>. There, you can learn how to use frames, control the placement in the article, and add captions! For more on captions, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Captions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Captions">Wikipedia:Captions</a>.</div></li> <li><b>You can use (free) images from Wikipedia on your own site, or anywhere you like.</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent">You can use images that are freely-licensed images, provided you comply with the <i>individual image'</i>s license terms. While all article text is licensed under the GFDL, free images have several free content licenses to choose from. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags/Free_licenses" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Free licenses">Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Free licenses</a> for the many possibilities. You can use them on any appropriate page on Wikipedia. You can even use them outside of Wikipedia, such as on a website, in printed material, anywhere! All "free" image licenses allow these uses, provided you follow the license's terms for attribution and usage, as there could be penalties if you don't. </div></li> </ol> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Policy_and_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Policy_and_guidelines"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Policy_and_guidelines"></span>Policy and guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Policy_and_guidelines"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Ten_things_you_may_not_know_about_images_on_Wikipedia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Policy and guidelines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Manual of Style for images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility#Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility for images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_names" title="Wikipedia:File names">File names</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Help_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Help_pages"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Help_pages"></span>Help pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Help_pages"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Ten_things_you_may_not_know_about_images_on_Wikipedia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Help pages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Image dos and don'ts">Image dos and don'ts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Creation_and_usage_of_media_files" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files">Creation and usage of media files</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_uploading_images/1" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Introduction to uploading images/1">Introduction to uploading images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Picture tutorial">Picture tutorial</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Interactive_help_forums" data-mw-thread-id="h-Interactive_help_forums"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Interactive_help_forums"></span>Interactive help forums<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Interactive_help_forums"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Ten_things_you_may_not_know_about_images_on_Wikipedia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Interactive help forums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If you have questions: ask! See: </p> <ul><li>General: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions" title="Wikipedia:Media copyright questions">Wikipedia:Media copyright questions</a></li> <li>For help with using images: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk" title="Wikipedia:Help desk">Wikipedia:Help desk</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Ten_things_you_may_not_know_about_images_on_Wikipedia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ten_things_you_may_not_know_about_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia">Wikipedia:Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">Wikipedia:Featured pictures</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="The_power_of_free!" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_power_of_free!"><span id="The_power_of_free.21"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_power_of_free!"></span>The power of free!<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_power_of_free!"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Ten_things_you_may_not_know_about_images_on_Wikipedia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The power of free!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All these images are free, so using them here (or anywhere) is acceptable so long as the individual licenses are obeyed. Like all Wikipedia images, you can click on them for more information. </p> <div style="width:100%; background-color:#F9F9F9; font-size:140%; border-top:1px solid #AAAAAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA;"><div style="padding:.5em 0em .5em 0em; text-align:center; margin:auto; width:100%;"><b>English Wikipedia Featured Pictures</b></div> <div style="overflow-x:scroll;overflow-y:hidden;"><div style="width:6075px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ET_Afar_asv2018-01_img48_Dallol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/ET_Afar_asv2018-01_img48_Dallol.jpg/445px-ET_Afar_asv2018-01_img48_Dallol.jpg" decoding="async" width="445" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/ET_Afar_asv2018-01_img48_Dallol.jpg/667px-ET_Afar_asv2018-01_img48_Dallol.jpg 1.5x, 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