This is an information page. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect differing levels of consensus and vetting. |
Images are one of the many types of media used on Wikipedia and may be photos, drawings, logos, or graphs.
All pictures used must be legal in the United States, where Wikimedia's servers are located. Images are stored on the Wikipedia website or the partner Wikimedia Commons website. All free content is stored on "Commons" and images that have more onerous copyright restrictions are stored on Wikipedia, under a fair use rationale. Also, images that are used on the Main Page have a local version to prevent vandalism from appearing. Editors can also choose to have a local version stored on Wikipedia.
Images are classified as files and use the prefix of File:
or the deprecated prefix of Image:
. The File namespace is one of several namespaces used on Wikipedia.
Since Wikipedia is not censored, readers and editors may come across offensive images.
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures is a repository of images that have satisfied the Featured picture criteria and are used on the Main Page.
Wikipedia:Picture of the day is an image which is automatically updated each day with an image from the list of featured pictures. The ((POTD)) template produces the image shown above. Category:Wikipedia Picture of the day lists the different templates that can be used.
The current and now iconic Wikipedia logo is the third in a series of three.