Wikipedia:Image use policy
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page contains the basic rules for using images on the Simple English Wikipedia.
Unlike other Wikipedias, Simple English does not allow images to be uploaded directly to this project. All images used on Simple English Wikipedia should come from a shared collection called "Wikimedia Commons". All of the images on the "Commons" are free to use anywhere in the world, which support Simple English's goal of being an easy-to-read and easy-to-translate encyclopedia.
If you have images that you would like to put on Wikipedia, you can do that by uploading them to Wikimedia Commons -- follow the instructions on Commons:First steps.
[edit] Using images on articles
To learn how to put images on pages, see Help:How to use images.
- The best width for a picture is 250 pixels. Less than 150 pixels wide is too small.
- Do not say who took a photo in an article. That information should be on the image description page only.
- Use a good caption - a full sentence that describes the image.
