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[edit] Uploading Images

When uploading a piece of multimedia (audio, image, or video), follow this procedure:

• To begin, click "Upload file" in the toolbox on the left.
• Next to the Source filename box, click "Browse".
• Find the multimedia of your choice, select it, then click "Open".
• In the Destination filename box, you'll see that this is automatically filled in as well. If you want to change the filename so that it is named differently on the wiki, then this is the place to do it. Do not change the extension.
• In Summary, type in a description of the file. You may use wikilinks. You should also tag the image, using the appropriate guideline listed under the "Uploading Guidelines" section.
• In the Copyright status field, you can add who owns the image. (For instance, a screencapture from an episode is owned by the producer of the work, not the person who took the screencapture.)
  • Note: This is unnecessary if you use the proper media tag, which is also listed in the "Uploading Guidelines" section further down.
• In the Source field, you can add where you found the photo. If it is on a website, the web address of the page where you found it works best.
  • Note: As with the Copyright status field, this is unnecessary if the proper tag is applied.
• By default, the Watch this page checkbox is checked off. This adds the image to your Watchlist (a list of pages that you are "watching" for updates, accessible by clicking the "my watchlist" link on the top right of the screen). You may uncheck it if you do not want the file added to this list.
• The ignore any warnings checkbox allows you to ignore being prompted for any warnings. Typically, minor warnings are ignored and the software selects the predetermined option by default to correct errors. However, if the issue is severe (such as the file being improperly named with an invalid file extension), the error will not be ignored. It is recommended that you do not check this off unless you know what you're doing.

[edit] Uploading Guidelines

There are three guidelines for multimedia objects. They are located here:

• Image Upload Guidelines
• Audio Upload Guidelines
• Video Upload Guidelines

There are also the following pages related to the tagging of multimedia objects:

• Image Tagging Guidelines
• Audio Tagging Guidelines
• Video Tagging Guidelines

[edit] Updating Images

Goto your favorite picture and follow these instructions:

1. Press the here in the box directly below the image. (From this line of: To upload a new version click here. This will direct you to the upload page.)
   • This takes you to the upload page.
   • If you do not have or not logged into the Wiki, create an account and sign in. (Then Repeat Step #1)
2. Follow the instructions to "Browse" to the new file while keeping the "Destination filename" field the same. Do not change it.
3. Click upload and confirm that you want to replace the image.

That's it. Nothing to it. Make sure you keep the tags and the source updating with the changing image.

[edit] Integrating images into articles

[edit] General

The general syntax is [[Image:{name}|{type}|{location}|{size}|{caption}]], but only [[Image:{name}]] is required.

{name}:

• Only the name of the image without additional preceding URL parts. For example "name.jpg".

{type}:

• "thumbnail" or "thumb": Creates and displays a thumbnail. The caption is displayed below it if one is specified.
• "frame": Displays the image in its original size with a border around it. The caption is displayed below it if one is specified.
• (nothing specified): Displays the image in its original size, but without border or caption.

{location}:

• "left", "right" or "center": Displays the image in the respective location. Text flows around it.
• "none": By default the image is placed on the left side.

{size}:

• "100px": Scales the picture down to a width of 100 pixels (or any value chosen). If "thumbnail" is specified, this setting will override the default thumbnail size.
• "100x200px": Scales the picture up and down to a maximum of the specified width and height while preserving its aspect ratio.

{caption}:

• Optional, but recommended description of the picture, that will be displayed below it.

[edit] Hyperlinks

To place a hyperlink to a picture in a text, put a colon in front of "Image": [[:Image:{name}|text]]

[edit] Galleries

To create a gallery of several images use the following syntax:

<gallery caption="gallery caption"> 
Image:image1.jpg | caption1 
Image:image2.jpg | caption2 
</gallery>

Note that no square brackets are used. The gallery caption is optional; <gallery></gallery> is enough.

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