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'''Here's how to add a picture:'''
'''Here's how to add a picture:'''
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1. Find an image you want on your page on any other page in the wiki, or on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]] page.<br />
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1a. Find an image you want on your page on any other page in the wiki, or on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]] page.<br />
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2. If you want to upload a new photo, go to the [[Special:Upload|upload file]] page.<br />
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1b. If you want to upload a new photo, go to the [[Special:Upload|upload file]] page.<br />
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3. Once you've found or uploaded a photo, find out its name, which will be something like this: <pre><nowiki>Image:(your_image_name)</nowiki></pre>
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2. Once you've found or uploaded a photo, find out its name (including the extension), which will be something like this: <pre><nowiki>Image:(your_image_name)</nowiki></pre>
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4. Now, find a nice place on your user page, edit the code, and add this text, replacing the words in parentheses appropriatly:<br />
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3. Now, find a nice place on your user page, edit the code, and add this text, replacing the words in parentheses appropriatly:<br />
<pre><nowiki>[[Image:(your_image_name)|thumb|(The image caption)]]</nowiki></pre>
<pre><nowiki>[[Image:(your_image_name)|thumb|(The image caption)]]</nowiki></pre>
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5. Save the edit, and you've got yourself an image!
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4. Save the edit, and you've got yourself an image!

Revision as of 03:55, 16 October 2005

Here's how to add a picture:

1a. Find an image you want on your page on any other page in the wiki, or on the image list page.
1b. If you want to upload a new photo, go to the upload file page.

2. Once you've found or uploaded a photo, find out its name (including the extension), which will be something like this:
Image:(your_image_name)

3. Now, find a nice place on your user page, edit the code, and add this text, replacing the words in parentheses appropriatly:

[[Image:(your_image_name)|thumb|(The image caption)]]

4. Save the edit, and you've got yourself an image!

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