Help talk:Pictures

Need help please

I am trying to upload a picture of the 196th western universities at mess, on the 196th western universities page.However, when I go in the upload file page, I can't upload pictures. What do I do? Please go step be step, this is my first time. Thanks! matthewboonstra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewboonstra (talk • contribs) 12:22, 2013 December 25 (UTC)

#Short, wide images

The text here didn't make a whole lot of sense. I've done my best to find a point in it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam Cuerden (talk • contribs) 20:51, 2018 December 7 (UTC)

Relative size for wide images

I've been using 'upright' when an image should be wider than default. Say, a map of the world that's illegible at default. However, I've sometimes been reverted because 'upright' should only be used for images that are taller than they are wide, and does not work with mobile devices. It appears that the idea that 'upright' should only be used for tall images is a misunderstanding (or maybe what policy used to be), but I don't know about mobile compatibility. Any advice for how to set wide world maps when those are mixed with square maps left at default 'thumb' or 'frameless' size? — kwami (talk) 20:25, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

@Andrybak: I'm clarifying our description of the "upright" param, that "upright=0.75" is identical to "upright", and "upright=1" is equivalent to the default. Otherwise it sounds like "upright=1.33" should be equivalent to the default (1.33 x 0.75 = 1).

We give various recommended maxima for pixel widths, but barely say anything for relative widths. In general, what should the maximum 'upright' factor be?

Also, is there a way to make images display at the same height without specifying them in pixels? — kwami (talk) 20:32, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Background color

How do we add a background color? E.g. for

[[file:1-Unaone.svg|frameless]]

we get

Adding a border doesn't help, because the flag is not rectangular (unlike the Japanese flag illustrated on this help page). Can we add a colored background to make the flag visible? — kwami (talk) 05:06, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Is there a reason not to use thumb? The default grey background isn’t much better, but at least it’s something. — HTGS (talk) 23:58, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

thumb|none not working

Hello there,

I have a Image which is inserted as follows `

image alternative text

` acccording to this Help Page, it should float to the left and there should not be any text around it. Sadly, this is not the case. The image is being centered. That is not the result I want to get. I do not want to insert it with `

image alternative text

` because then the Text will be surrounding it.

I am using Mediawiki Core v1.35.9. Any ideas what am I doing wrong?

Thanks Grandeescanciano (talk) 09:55, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Help Needed

Hi! I need help for the id. I am trying to make a userbox and I need the id for the image. So how to see the id in the image page in Wikimedia commons? Also what id I am searching for is this NeD1a [[User:Nedia020415|Nedia020415]] (talk) 00:39, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Sample userbox with the commons logo

@Nedia020415: To refer to an image in the "id" parameter of the {{Userbox}} template, use something like id = [[File:Commons-logo.svg|42x42px]], asking the userbox code to display the image. It's perhaps a misleading parameter name, as it doesn't refer to any kind of internal or system "id". -- John of Reading (talk) 06:44, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

You might also be interested in Category:Wikimedia Commons user templates. —⁠andrybak (talk) 07:16, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Suppressing Annotations

Hi, how can I supress annotations? I encounter that problem in Commons:Category:1910s maps of Sinai by the British War Office. Thanks in advance. --Enyavar (talk) 20:58, 12 August 2024 (UTC)