Help:Images

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Logged in users can upload images to ShoutWiki wikis.

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Licensing

GFDL images and images in the public domain are highly preferred on ShoutWiki. Media which violates any copyrights will be deleted on sight. Every uploaded image is required to have copyright information on its description page.

Externally hosted images

The use of externally hosted images on ShoutWiki sites is restricted. Only images from whitelisted domains will be rendered as images, all other images will be rendered as external links. The whitelist can be customized at MediaWiki:External image whitelist.

Image copyright tags

Images also need to have a tag added, describing what license they are under. For instance, the text {{GFDL}} placed on an image description page will display:

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".


See Help:Image copyright tags for more information.

Video and other files

If not in violation of any copyright, certain file types (.mov, .swf, .mp3, and others) can be uploaded. Please refer to Help:Uploading files for the most up-to-date list of allowed filetypes. Images and audio are generally not a problem, but there is a size-per-file limit of 150 KB, so video can pose a problem. You can embed YouTube videos to ShoutWiki wikis without having to upload them to the wiki.

It is recommended that you upload large files to off-site picture hosting services, such as Imageshack or Photobucket. For instance, you can use Wikimedia Commons if the file would be useful to a Wikimedia project as well (i.e. Wikipedia), or else to Ourmedia which allows videos to be uploaded and then used on other sites.

Wiki syntax

See Wikipedia:Extended image syntax.

Logos

Only administrators can upload a new site logo. Upload it as Wiki.png to the wiki through Special:Upload and it will display on the leftmost corner of the Monobook skin, which is the default skin.

Image galleries

The <gallery> tag is a MediaWiki feature that creates image galleries; a nice, easy way to display several images together.

<gallery>
File:ShoutWiki blocktext.png
File:ShoutWiki blocktext.png|Captioned
File:ShoutWiki blocktext.png|[[Main Page|Links]] can be put in captions.
</gallery>

produces:

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

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