User:CDA/thumb

All about "thumb"

In this example: [[Image:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Dorothea Lange]] what does the word thumb do? At first I thought it meant "make the image a standard thumb size" but a size is already specified by "250px". Don't they contradict each other? CDA 01:40, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

turns into

becomes. Does this help? Howabout1 Talk to me! 02:37, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

If someone adds thumb to an image then why would they also add "250px"? I see a lot of images like that. It seems like you would want one or the other.
 * I always thought the main purpose of "thumb" was to frame the picture, and thus also allow a caption. I think it's the only way. You don't need to use "thumb" as a size function at all, unless that happens to be the size you want as well. Dmcdevit·t 03:32, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

You can size both types of images...look:



See? Both images can have the size argument! &mdash; Il&gamma;&alpha;&eta;&epsilon;&rho;   (T&alpha;l&kappa;) '' 03:58, 28 August 2005 (UTC)