[Sw-l] How to insert pictures into Wikipedia

Yair Rand yyairrand at GMAIL.COM
Sun Jan 24 16:21:42 UTC 2016


(Sorry, that should be "[[File:Carte Tunisie.jpg|thumb|150px|map of
Tunisia]]", so that it's formatted correctly.)

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Yair Rand <yyairrand at gmail.com> wrote:

> Daly: The basic syntax is "[[File:Name_of_file|size|caption]]", so, if you
> want to add an image titled "Carte Tunisie.jpg", and it should be 150px
> wide, and the caption should be "map of Tunisia", you would add
> "[[File:Carte Tunisie.jpg|150px|map of Tunisia]]. There's a more detailed
> description at this Wikipedia help page
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax>. To start
> typing regular characters in the SignWriting keyboard, press the toggle
> plaintext key ( ` ) at the top-left corner of the keyboard. You can press
> the same key again to go back to SignWriting.
>
> I've added the excellent map you uploaded to Tunisia article
> <https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/tse/M545x532S33010479x483S31400479x483S1d410515x476S33e00479x483S20e00511x476S2df03526x508>,
> currently without a caption.
>
> Great to see so much progress on the Tunisian Sign Wikipedia. Very
> exciting. :)
>
> -- Yair Rand
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Ronald Dettloff <
> signpreach at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> I see the page but I don't want to mess it up but learn how to insert
>> information and pictures, especially S.W.
>>
>> R. H.  Dettloff
>>
>>
>> On Friday, January 22, 2016 4:38 PM, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> SignWriting List
>> January 22, 2016
>>
>> Sorry about the confusion with the link.
>>
>> Here is the American Sign Language article with the picture:
>>
>>
>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ase/AS14c02S26507S1ea50S20500S2ef01S26500M535x550S14c02466x520S20500484x539S26507500x512S1ea50507x490S2ef01517x470S26500516x450
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 22, 2016, at 11:29 AM, Ronald Dettloff <signpreach at SBCGLOBAL.NET
>> <signpreach at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Tried to get in but the link does not work.
>>
>> R. H.  Dettloff
>>
>>
>> On Friday, January 22, 2016 1:50 PM, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM
>> <signwriting at mac.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> SignWriting List
>> January 22, 2016
>>
>> Hello everyone -
>>
>> Daly and I need your help. How do we insert photos or drawings or other
>> illustrations into a sign language wikipedia article?
>>
>> We need instruction...
>>
>> There is only one article in the ASL Wikipedia with an illustration. How
>> did they do that?
>>
>>
>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ase/AS14c02S26507S1ea50S20500S2ef01S26500M535x550S14c02466x520S20500484x539S26507500x512S1ea50507x490S2ef01517x470S26500516x450
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it connected to the Creative Commons?
>>
>> Val ;-)
>>
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>> On Jan 22, 2016, at 10:19 AM, Dali balti <livingtabernacle at YAHOO.FR
>> <livingtabernacle at yahoo.fr>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> Please does anyone know how to insert images into an article on Wikipedia?
>> I found two places where to insert (media/gallery), but I couln't do it!
>> Can anyone tell me how to do it?
>> Thank you!
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