Wikipedia talk:Image


 * Image use policy
 * Non-local images
 * Public domain image resources

First section from Village pump
How do you put a caption on a picture? -- Zoe


 * On or under? Can you point to an example of the effect you want? -- Infrogmation 04:47 Apr 13, 2003 (UTC)


 * Joseph Stalin, for example. -- Zoe


 * This is how I would do it: click on the link to edit Joseph Stalin, copy the relevant source code, paste it into the article where I wanted a picture with a caption, and change the appropriate bits of the code.
 * --Paul A 09:14 Apr 14, 2003 (UTC)

Second section from Village pump
I've just read User talk:J.J. where it says that use of Tables in pic coding dispays the pic totally incorrectly in some browsers. If this is so, why have I had no complaints about my pic coding, which uses Tables? I've used it on approx 120 articles so far, mostly France, gemstones and aircraft. For an example, look at CH-46 Sea Knight.

If my coding is unacceptable I need to know real soon so that I can slowly change to the new coding. Comments, please. (I have IE5 with Windows). For other examples, all my pics are listed on User:Arpingstone -- Adrian Pingstone 08:42 Apr 14, 2003 (UTC)


 * I think a preferred way of displaying the image+caption is to use div+CSS like this (in the example of CH-46 Sea Knight):

October 20th 2002: members of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit board a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter on USS Saipan, during beach-landing training. [[media:sea.knight.cv-46.750pix.jpg|Click here for larger version]]


 * It definitely makes the code smaller and neater, and should display the same in any browser that supports CSS. --Minesweeper 09:32 Apr 14, 2003 (UTC)

Yeah, I downloaded a number of browsers from the net and found that certain pages appeared differently depending on the set of commands used. Mav and I once had a disagreement over a page layout until we discovered we were arguing about different pages because our browsers were showing different page layouts. Internet Explorer on a Mac appears a particular problem, showing pictures on different locations to where other browsers show them (leading to farcical wars as the person of IE moves the picture so that it looks right on their screen, only for it to look all wrong on someone else's using a different browser.) The particular commands above seem by and large to be the most user friendly. Using tables for images or putting an image in on its own comes out on some browsers as a complete dog's dinner and should be avoided. Also using the border commands should be avoided; some browsers show them, others don't. pages can look all over the place if the image is not perfectly lined up in the box. Lines around an image date from the old days of 'cut and paste' page layout, when you left a box and then printed a picture in it. There is no need these days for boxes. They look clumsy, outdated and can really screw up an image. STÓD/ÉÍRE 06:00 Apr 15, 2003 (UTC)


 * see Image pages for a proposal to make this all a whole dang lot simpler -- Tarquin 09:40 Apr 14, 2003 (UTC)


 * Are you sure that this proposal will work across the board with all browsers? I have my doubts. The only set of commands I have found work universally are those above, with minor unimportant differences. Images that don't explicitly state width seem to jump in terms of location on the page depending on the browser, meaning that no one page will be the same in every browser, with on occasion the page looking absolutely hideous to some viewers. STÓD/ÉÍRE 06:00 Apr 15, 2003 (UTC)

Third section from Village Pump
Thanks for the replies to my questions about picture coding (above) but I'm not getting the information I need. Because I'm not technical, the discussions about tables, div, CSS etc. are not helping me at all. Simple people like me need a definite instruction on what is currently the most acceptable code. Can some kind person(s) answer the list of questions below? Thanks. Question 1 Is my code acceptable or not? Here's a copy. The 270 in the first line is not a mistake, it gives more white space around the pic. The double dot in the 250 pixel file name is necessary (bad typing when I named the file!).

Question 2 Has anyone seen a browser that my pictures look a mess in? If so, no one has told me. Wouldn't someone have complained by now? Question 3 If I must change, can someone let me have the new code, to do the following things. It would be great if you could edit it into Royal Jordanian so that I can see it works (distrustful!)..... .....Insert one thumbnail, always 250 pixels wide. .....Have a clickable link to a pic, usually 750 pixels wide but can be smaller sometimes. .....Thumbnail choosable to go on left or right of article. .....Picture to be embedded in the text. .....Caption to be small text, in italics and centred. .....Clickable link to be also small, italics and centred, and to say Click Here for Larger Version.

I really would like to sort this problem once and for all, it's holding me back from adding any more pics at the moment. Thanks. Adrian Pingstone 10:55 Apr 15, 2003 (UTC)


 * Don't write "click here". Use just "See a ". Other than that, it's probably fine until we come of with something better. -- Tarquin 10:59 Apr 15, 2003 (UTC)


 * I've put the current favoured way of doing things in place at Royal Jordanian; here's a copy for reference.

Royal Jordanian Airbus A310-300 (F-OVDI). [[media:royaljord.a310-300.f-odvi.750pix.jpg|Larger version]]


 * Change the "float:right;" to "float:left" to put it on the left side instead, take out the "text-align:center;" for left justified text (the kind you're reading now), I think changing the width should be pretty obvious. -- John Owens 19:04 Apr 15, 2003 (UTC)

Deleting images
Moved from Village pump

Next question: How can a sysop delete an image? For example,, which appears to be someone's copy of a background tile. -- Zoe
 * On the image page, there's a (del) link. -- Notheruser 06:35 Apr 13, 2003 (UTC)
 * Oy. Thanks. I was looking at the hot links with all of the other ones. -- Zoe
 * Yeah, the interface for working with image pages is pretty uglified. :) Do not use the "delete this page" button for images, as that only deletes the page. The (del) link for the most recent revision should delete the image file and the page. However note that images deleted in this way are gone, and can't be restored unless someone kept a backup. If you delete an image, please save a copy to your computer first just in case. --Brion 07:22 Apr 13, 2003 (UTC)