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Non-free placeholder thumbnail The Graphics Lab is a project to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. Requests for image improvements can be added to the workshop pages: Illustrations , Photographs and Maps .
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).
The difference between placeholder images and other photos in the infobox is WP:SELF and the suggestion of inadequacy.Northwesterner1 23:26, 15 April 2008 (UTC) In that case, it can be corrected with improved wording. Double Blue (Talk) 23:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC) Well unless the image placeholder is a lot smaller then I would rather have ...
If an image is desired but not available, one may add yes to the |needs-photo= parameter of the {{WikiProject Biography}} template on the talk page. If no image is available yet, do not use an image placeholder. See #Image for further guidelines. image_upright: Scales the image thumbnail from its default size by the given factor.
Many editors advised users who did not think that placeholders were appropriate for a particular article or set of articles simply to remove them and User:Geni maintained that the use of placeholders had always been optional. On the other hand, some users pointed to occasions when a removed placeholder had been re-added.
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