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Wikipedia:Images

In Wikipedia:Images's article we will explore a fascinating topic that has captured the interest of many people over the years. From its origins to its relevance today, this article will provide a detailed and insightful look at Wikipedia:Images. Through deep and insightful analysis, we will dive into the most intriguing and significant dimensions related to Wikipedia:Images, uncovering its impact on various aspects of society and culture. With a combination of historical information, current data and relevant reflections, this article seeks to shed new light on Wikipedia:Images and provide a renewed perspective on its importance and relevance in the modern world.
For the Manual of Style relating to the use of images on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images.

Images are one of the many types of media used on Wikipedia and may be photos, drawings, logos, or graphs.

All pictures 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 images that have more onerous copyright restrictions are stored on Wikipedia, under a 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 File: or the deprecated prefix of Image:. The File namespace is one of several namespaces used on Wikipedia.

Since Wikipedia is not censored, readers and editors may come across offensive images.

Policy and guidelines

Tutorials and help

Image/picture tutorials

Graphics tutorials

Help

Maintenance

Page count of image related maintenance categories
Category Number
September
2012 		May
2024
Category:Articles with missing files 7,265 8
Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons 7,872 711
Category:Wikipedia files lacking a description 4,911 142
Category:Images with inappropriate JPEG compression 1,842 2,455
Category:Images which should be in PNG format 445 228
Category:Images with watermarks 238 58
Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests 1,027 2
Category:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free media rationale template with no Purpose specified 432 0
Category:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free use rationale template with no Purpose specified n/a 82
Category:Publicity photographs with missing fair-use rationale 197 27
Category:Wikipedia files with disputed copyright information 1,199 495

Files by type

Rock Springs massacre
The first Wikipedia logo

Featured pictures

Wikipedia:Featured pictures is a repository of images that have satisfied the 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 {{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 logo is the third in a series of three.

See also

Essays
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia