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Loco87: This has been changed with the new servers

2016-01-03T00:28:24Z

This has been changed with the new servers

Loco87 at 12:13, November 11, 2015

2015-11-11T12:13:48Z

Loco87 at 12:18, October 12, 2014

2014-10-12T12:18:36Z

Solar Dragon: /* Embedding images from external sites */

2011-11-23T18:41:24Z

‎Embedding images from external sites

Solar Dragon at 09:23, November 19, 2011

2011-11-19T09:23:48Z

Thai420 at 01:04, June 5, 2006

2006-06-05T01:04:10Z

New page

'''← [[Help: Contents]]'''

To add multimedia (images, sounds, or movies) to the Wikisimpsons, you must first '''upload''' the content to our servers. (The MediaWiki software uses the word "image" to refer to any type of non-text multimedia, as does this document.) You can follow these easy steps to add your image to the Wikisimpsons database:

# First, give the file an appropriate name. Renaming during or after uploading is not possible. Make sure that the file name has the proper (lowercase) extension.
# An [[Help:image description page|image description page]] will be associated with the file, with a page name consisting of the file name (including the extension) and prefixed with "Image:". Remember that ''file names are case sensitive''!
# If you want to replace an existing file, give it the same name.
# Upload the file using the [[Special:upload|upload form]] in the system bar. To protect against (most) vandalism, only users who have [[Help:Logging in|logged in]] may upload files.
# Apart from text, MediaWiki supports the following media formats:
#* Images: JPEG, GIF, PNG
#* Sound: MP3, OGG
#* Video: None
# After the file has been uploaded, you may display it in an article or link to it using [[Help:image markup|image markup]].

There is a generous size limit of 2.0 megabytes per file, but ''please'' be reasonable!

==Embedding images from external sites==
As of September 2004, it is possible to embed some images from external sites in Wikisimpsons articles. If the image's URL ends in a ".jpg", ".gif", or ".png", you may type URL into the article source (without brackets or other text surrounding it), and it will be displayed inline in the page.

However, this practice is generally considered poor [[Wikisimpsons:etiquette|etiquette]] and is frowned upon for most purposes. Displaying an image from another website on Wikisimpsons most likely constitutes [[Wikipedia:bandwidth theft|bandwidth theft]] (unless the person who includes the image in Wikisimpsons also owns the server on which the image is located). In most cases, it is simpler and more convenient to just upload the image to Wikisimpsons database. Exceptions to this rule include personal photos which contributors may wish to display on their [[Help:user page|user page]]s.

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 # After the file has been uploaded, you may display it in an article or link to it using [[Help:image markup|image markup]].
-There is a generous size limit of 5.0 megabytes per file, but ''please'' be reasonable!
+There is a generous size limit of 10.0 megabytes per file, but ''please'' be reasonable!
 ==Embedding images from external sites==

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 # First, give the file an appropriate name.  Renaming during or after uploading is not possible.  Make sure that the file name has the proper (lowercase) extension.
-# An image description page will be associated with the file, with a page name consisting of the file name (including the extension) and prefixed with "Image:". Remember that ''file names are case sensitive''!
+# An image description page will be associated with the file, with a page name consisting of the file name (including the extension) and prefixed with "File:". Remember that ''file names are case sensitive''!
 # If you want to replace an existing file, give it the same name.
 # Upload the file using the [[Special:upload|upload form]] in the system bar. To protect against (most) vandalism, only users who have [[Help:Logging in|logged in]] may upload files.

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 As of September 2004, it is possible to embed some images from external sites in Wikisimpsons articles.  If the image's URL ends in a ".jpg", ".gif", or ".png", you may type URL into the article source (without brackets or other text surrounding it), and it will be displayed inline in the page.
-However, this practice is generally considered poor [[Wikisimpsons:etiquette|etiquette]] and is frowned upon for most purposes.  Displaying an image from another website on Wikisimpsons most likely constitutes [[Wikipedia:bandwidth theft|bandwidth theft]] (unless the person who includes the image in Wikisimpsons also owns the server on which the image is located).  In most cases, it is simpler and more convenient to just upload the image to Wikisimpsons database.  Exceptions to this rule include personal photos which contributors may wish to display on their [[Help:user page|user page]]s.
+However, this practice is generally considered poor etiquette and is frowned upon for most purposes.  Displaying an image from another website on Wikisimpsons most likely constitutes [[Wikipedia:bandwidth theft|bandwidth theft]] (unless the person who includes the image in Wikisimpsons also owns the server on which the image is located).  In most cases, it is simpler and more convenient to just upload the image to Wikisimpsons database.  Exceptions to this rule include personal photos which contributors may wish to display on their [[Help:user page|user page]]s.
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