Any logged in user can upload images to the Engineering Wiki.

All images added to this wiki must be "free-use". That is, they must be either:

• public domain or
• licensed by the copyright holder under a licence that allows anyone to reuse the images.

It's important that we do not add images taken from other websites as these are usually not free-use and would be copyright violations. See Help:Image copyright tags for more detail on licences and how to tag your images.

UploadingEdit

• To upload images you must be logged in.
• Click on "Upload file" in the toolbox on the left (under the search boxes)
• The "Browse" button lets you find the image on your hard drive. Click "open" to select the file.
• If you want to change the file name, you can do so in the "Destination filename" box.
• Use the "Summary" box to enter the source of the file and the image copyright tag
• Click "Upload".

You will be warned if the name will be changed or if there is already a file with that name. You can then decide whether to go ahead or to abandon the upload.

Using imagesEdit

To use an image in an article, you simply surround the full name (including the "Image" part) in double square brackets:

[[Image:Example.jpg]] will give you:

You can resize by adding the size in pixels between two pipes:

[[Image:Example.jpg|50px|]] will give you:

You can make an image a thumbnail an image by adding "thumb" in the same way. If a pipe is there from a previous variable, you don't need to add another:

[[Image:Example.jpg|50px|thumb|]] will give you:

This is automatically formatted to the right of the page. You can change this by adding "left" or "center":

[[Image:Example.jpg|50px|thumb|left|]] will give you:

Anything after the last pipe becomes the alt text or the caption:

[[Image:Example.jpg|50px|thumb|left|Alt]] will give you:

Finally, to create a gallery of images you can use the <gallery> tag:

<gallery>
Image:Example.jpg|1
Image:Example.jpg|Captioned
Image:Example.jpg|Links can be put in captions
</gallery>

will give you:

1

Captioned

Links can be put in captions

Add a photo to this galleryAdd a photo to this gallery

Brackets are used only for adding links within captions. Captions are optional. Images are separated by newlines. The width of the gallery can be changed in your preferences.

LicensingEdit

GFDL or public domain images are strongly preferred on Wikia. Copyright-violating images are subject to deletion. Copyright information must be added to the image description page of every uploaded image.

Externally hosted imagesEdit

It is strongly recommended that any images used on Wikia are uploaded directly rather than using links to external sites. Displaying externally hosted images steals bandwidth from other sites, and is a feature which could be switched off in future (as it has been on Wikipedia) so you should not rely on images used in this way always being available.

Using images from other Wikia in this way, however, should not cause any problems. For example, you can use http://doom.wikicities.com/images/b/bc/Wiki.png if you want to display the Doom Wiki logo on a different Wikia rather than reuploading it (although it might be more appropriate to upload it to the Wikia it is used on so licensing information can be found easier).

Image taggingEdit

All images must have a tag added stating which license they are under. For example, typing {{GFDL}} on an image description page will display:

See Help:Image copyright tags for details.

Video and other filesEdit

If they are not in violation of any copyright, then you can upload certain file types. Images and sounds shouldn't be a problem, but there is a size-per-file limit of 5MB, so video might be a problem. It is recommended that you upload files which are too large to another site and link to them there instead. For example, you can use the Wikimedia commons if the file would also be useful to a Wikimedia project (such as Wikipedia), or else to Ourmedia which allows videos to be uploaded there and then used on other sites.

Wiki syntaxEdit

See Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Extended image syntax.

LogosEdit

Administrators can change the logo of a wiki by uploading a new image over Image:Wiki.png. Similarly, the favicon (the icon next to the URL box) can be changed by uploading a new image to Image:Favicon.ico. It is recommended that administrators protect these files from unauthorized changes.

See alsoEdit

• Uploading files
• project:copyrights

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Adding photos is a simple and great way to improve any article.

Step-by-StepEdit

• To start, click the Edit button to enter the Wikia editor.
• Once in the editor, click on the photo upload button on the right rail of the editor toolbar.

• A pop-up will appear, which will allow you to Upload a photo from your computer.
• You can also search for find photos already added to the wiki by others or on Flickr.com.

• Once you choose a photo to add, click upload.
• Next you will be able to adjust the size and placement of the photo. You can also provide a caption, which will display below the photo.
• If you would like to provide adjust more details about the photo, including a new name and the license information, click on the more options link.

• After you have picked your options, click the Add photo button, and your photo will be added to the edit area.
• Photos can be modified at any time in edit mode. Simply hover over the image and choose "modify", and the same pop-up window will appear.
• Once you are done, click publish and your photo will be live on the page.

Next steps Edit

• Learn how to format a page
• Learn how to add links
• Learn how to create a new page

More help Edit

• More information is on Help:Uploading files
• Ask other users on the Wikia Forum
• Visit advanced help