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This page explains how to place images on wiki pages, where the image acts as a hypertext link to somewhere other than the image description page.Care should be taken that this is done in compliance with the licensing terms of the file in question, particularly if they require proper attribution.
Placeholder image. Some file names are protected to prevent an image being uploaded with that name because they are too generic. For example, File:Image.jpg, File:Image.png, File:Image.gif and File:Image.svg.
An image placeholder is a dummy image designed to draw attention to the need for an actual image. Wikipedia image placeholders were meant to be used on articles, especially those of living people, for the purpose of trying to obtain a freely-licensed image for them. In a Wikipedia Centralized Discussion this idea was found to be controversial ...
See Wikipedia:Image placeholders for more information. This category consists of image placeholders for requested images . When using an image in this category it is recommended to apply the class attribute values "metadata" (to suppress printing) and "dummy" (to allow users to suppress display).
Wikipedia:Image use policy; Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images; Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility § Images; Wikipedia:Image placeholders – former policy about placeholder images, especially for biographical pages, now deprecated; Wikipedia:File names – naming convention; Wikipedia:Image dos and don'ts – information page summarizing ...
Such files may only be displayed in articles per the non-free content criteria policy and thus cannot be shown in the preloaded gallery at the top of a new Graphics Lab request. This template shows the placeholder image File:NFCC image.svg , linked to the file specified by the first parameter.
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When adding an image to an infobox, thumbnails should NOT be used. Infobox templates should implement the InfoboxImage module to help with formatting of images so simply supplying the file name will work. For example, to use File:Image PlaceHolder.png, you can simply use |image=Image PlaceHolder.png.