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{{short description|Wikipedia information page}}
{{for|the Manual of Style relating to the use of images on Wikipedia |Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images}}
{{Information page|WP:IMAGE|WP:IMAGES|WP:PICTURE|WP:PICTURES}}
'''Images''' are one of the many types of media used on Wikipedia and may be photos, drawings, logos, or graphs. All images used must be legal in the United States, where Wikimedia's servers are located. Images are stored on the [[Wikipedia]] website or the partner [[Wikimedia Commons]] website. All free content is stored on "Commons" and [[WP:Non-free content|images that have more onerous copyright restrictions]] are stored on Wikipedia, under a [[WP:Fair use rationale|fair use rationale]]. Also, images that are used on the [[Main Page]] have a local version to prevent vandalism from appearing. Editors can also choose to have a local version stored on Wikipedia.

Images are classified as files and use the prefix of <code>File:</code> or the deprecated prefix of <code>Image:</code>. The [[Wikipedia:File namespace|File namespace]] is one of several [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespaces]] used on Wikipedia.

Since Wikipedia is [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not censored|not censored]], readers and editors may come across [[WP:Offensive images|offensive images]].

==Tutorials and help==

=== Image/picture tutorials ===
*[[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons]] – how to embed a Wikimedia Commons image into an article, and how to move an image from Wikipedia to Wikimedia Commons
*[[Wikipedia:Uploading images]]
**[[Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload]]
*[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]] – how to insert uploaded images into a Wikipedia article
*[[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax]]
*[[Wikipedia:File copyright tags]]
**[[Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Comprehensive]]

=== Graphics tutorials ===
*[[Wikipedia:Graphics Lab]]
*[[Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials]]
*[[Wikipedia:Graphs and charts]]
=== Help ===
*[[Help:File page]]
*[[Help:Pictures]] – detailed instructions for inserting images into articles
*[[Help:Options to hide an image]]
*[[Help:Gallery tag]] – adding a gallery
*[[Help:Viewing media]] – aimed at readers
*[[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions]]
*[[Wikipedia:How to upload a photo]]

==Policy and guidelines==
*[[Wikipedia:Image use policy]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Images]]
*[[Wikipedia:Image placeholders]] – former policy about placeholder images, especially for biographical pages, now deprecated
*[[Wikipedia:File names]] – naming convention
*[[Wikipedia:Image dos and don'ts]] – information page summarizing this page

==Maintenance==
*[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion]]
*[[Wikipedia:Files for discussion]]
*[[Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Maintenance/Images for cleanup]]
*[[Wikipedia:Requested pictures]]
*[[Wikipedia:Template messages/File namespace]]

{{collapse top|title= Page count of image related maintenance categories}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Category
! colspan="2"| Number
|-
|
| '''September <br> 2012'''
| '''{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} <br> {{CURRENTYEAR}}'''
|-
| [[:Category:Articles with missing files]]
| 7,265
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Articles with missing files}}
|-
| [[:Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons]]
| 7,872
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
|-
| [[:Category:Wikipedia files lacking a description]]
| 4,911
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Wikipedia files lacking a description}}
|-
| [[:Category:Images with inappropriate JPEG compression]]
| 1,842
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Images with inappropriate JPEG compression}}
|-
| [[:Category:Images which should be in PNG format]]
| 445
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Images which should be in PNG format}}
|-
| [[:Category:Images with watermarks]]
| 238
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Images with watermarks}}
|-
| [[:Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests]]
| 1,027
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests}}
|-
| [[:Category:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free media rationale template with no Purpose specified]]
| 432
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free media rationale template with no Purpose specified}}
|-
| [[:Category:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free use rationale template with no Purpose specified]]
| n/a
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free use rationale template with no Purpose specified}}
|-
| [[:Category:Publicity photographs with missing fair-use rationale]]
| 197
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Publicity photographs with missing fair-use rationale}}
|-
| [[:Category:Wikipedia files with disputed copyright information]]
| 1,199
|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Wikipedia files with disputed copyright information}}
|}
{{collapse bottom}}

==Files by type==
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[[File:Wiki logo Nupedia.jpg|frame|right|The first Wikipedia logo]]

===Featured pictures===
[[Wikipedia:Featured pictures]] is a repository of images that have satisfied the [[Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria|Featured picture criteria]] and are used on the [[Main Page]].

===Picture of the day===
[[Wikipedia:Picture of the day]] is an image which is automatically updated each day with an image from the list of featured pictures. The {{tl|POTD}} template produces the image shown above. [[:Category:Wikipedia Picture of the day]] lists the different templates that can be used.

===Wikipedia logos===
The current and now iconic [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia logos|Wikipedia logo]] is the third in a series of three.

==See also==
* [[User:Elcobbola|Elcobbola]] (11 August 2008). [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-11/Dispatches|"Dispatches: Reviewing free images"]]. [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|''Wikipedia Signpost'']]. [[Wikimedia Foundation]].
* [[User:Elcobbola|Elcobbola]] (22 September 2008). [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-09-22/Dispatches|"Dispatches: Reviewing non-free images"]]. [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|''Wikipedia Signpost'']]. [[Wikimedia Foundation]].

;Essays
*[[Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions]]
*[[Wikipedia:Adding images improves the encyclopedia]]
{{Wikipedia technical help|collapsed}}
[[Category:Wikipedia images| ]]

Wikipedia:Images - Revision history

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