Help:Images

Uploading
Use Special:Upload to add an image to MEpedia before linking to it from a page.

Adding a copyright license
All files on MEpedia must have a copyright license that states the file's If you created the image then you can choose the license you want. Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 is suggested, which is the default that MEpedia uses.
 * author/creator
 * the source it is from (eg a link to the original), and
 * the copyright license, this must match the one the image's author chose, look for the name of the Creative Commons license on the publication or website

How to add the author and source
Just type these in the image's description box.

How to add a copyright license
Author: Jason and Smith (2019). Diagnostics 8(2) p28. Source: https://example.com
 * If you upload the file using Special:Upload just choose the correct license from the dropdown box
 * If the file is already uploaded then edit the file's page, and add code similar to this to get the license to show up:

License

 * See example image with license
 * You must choose a license from the list on MediaWiki:Licenses and put the correct code in curly brackets. Alternatively, delete the image and upload again using Special:Upload or ask for help at the MEpedia:Help desk.

Images you created
If the image is a photo you took, or a poster or graphic you made from scratch then you get to choose which license you want. Like before, edit the file on the Source editor and type in the details. After saving the file, it should automatically show a license message and at the bottom of the page there should be a matching license category.

Recommended license
This is the standard MEpedia license that let's anyone copy and edit it, as long as they give you credit, put this: Author: User:YourName Source: Photo I took of muscle wasting in a patient with ME. License: CC-BY-SA-3.5

The least restrictive license
This lets anyone copy and edit the image without giving you credit or linking back to the original. This is called "public domain" (PD) - put: Author: User:YourName License: Public Domain

The most restrictive license
This lets anyone copy and the image if they give you credit and link back to the original. Editing / adapting is not allowed. This is called "no derivatives" (ND) and is rarely used - put: Author: User:YourName License: CC-BY-ND-4.0

In the Visual Editor
This is the easiest way to add an image.
 * Edit the page in the MEpedia:Visual editor mode.
 * The Visual Editor can't be used on Talk pages.


 * Use the Insert menu, click Media


 * More options will then be displayed.

In the Source Editor

 * Click the image icon, or
 * Type in the code to link to the image, eg


 * If the image is from a research paper, the caption should say which research it is, and can be linked to it.

Displaying the copyright license on the article
Once you have decide which articles to add the image too, and have added the license to the image, you just need to display this on the article where you display the image. The image caption can be used for this.
 * Just edit the image in the Visual editor
 * Fill in the description / caption line to include the author or citation (for journal articles), and the license code (you do not need to mention if it uses the recommend CC-BY-SA-3.5 license or a public domain license), eg:
 * Author: Shaw101, License: CC-BY-4.0, or
 * Citation: Song and Jason (2005). The BMJ 19(3) p28-31. License: CC-BY-ND-4.0 (the journal article will normally include a very short citation)

Adding references to images
To include a reference in the image's caption, first add the image using the Visual Editor, and cite the reference for the image somewhere on the page.

Use the Edit source option to view the page, and find the code for citing the reference, eg

Find the source code of the image, then add in the reference, eg:



Learn more

 * Formatting Images - MediaWiki
 * Images in the Visual Editor - MediaWiki