Help:Image
From WoWWiki
- For basic editing for inclusion of images, see Images section of Help:Editing.
- Please see WoWWiki:Image guidelines before uploading or using any images in ways specific to WoWWiki.
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WoWWiki specific images and templates
WoWWiki has a many images uploaded already for Warcraft-related and World of Warcraft needs. Also, many templates have been created to display commonly used images (class, faction, profession, race, etc.) and some link to the related WoWWiki page.
Lists of images
Here are several list pages and categories of images already uploaded for use:
- WoWWiki:WoW Icons - lists where to find in-game icons for abilities, items, spells, and talents.
- WoWWiki:WoW Icons/Icon List† - massive list icons from the MMO game
- WoWWiki:WoW Icons/Icon List/Images† - massive list that actually shows all the icons from the MMO game
- WoWWiki:WoW Icons/PTR Icon List† - massive list icons from the PTR before they are officially part of the released game, but often identical to release.
- WoWWiki:List of race and class icons - lists smaller icons for classes, talents, and races (including many non-playable creature types) with template code to display them.
- WoWWiki:List of small icons - lists icons of 23 pixel height to 32 pixel height (most do not have an associated template).
- WoWWiki:List of mini icons - lists icons of 22 pixel height or lower that spans all sorts of uses (including many in-game UI elements).
† These lists may be out-of-date.
Templates
Many WoWWiki templates use topic specific images:
- WoWWiki:List of race and class icons - has template code for the various class, race, and talent icons.
- WoWWiki:Templates - list many WoWWiki templates, but includes many with images.
- Icons subsection of General wiki templates section for general wiki note images.
- Smileys subsection of General wiki templates section for smiley images.
- Money subsection of World of Warcraft templates for currency images.
- See documentation of {{cost}} for the long list of currency types it supports.
- WoW icons subsection of World of Warcraft templates for some basic icon image templates.
- Article types section for a large list of article type tags using associated images.
- Page-specific bars and bands for a large list of page specific tags using associated images.
WoWWiki categories of images
Another way to find images is to look through category lists of images. This way allows you to see thumbnails of all the images to better decide what to use. The drawback is the listing is far from compact, because thumbnails are all the same size.
- Category:WoW Icons - icons usually taken from the MMO games.
- Category:WoWWiki icons - icons of various sorts uploaded by WoWWiki users.
Navigational images
- See Help:Navigational image to edit this section.
| What it looks like | What you type |
|---|---|
| Internal page with internal image (using MediaWiki v1.14): | |
| [[Image:Logo-vert-100x100.png|WoWWiki|link=Help:Navigational image]] |
| External page with internal image (using MediaWiki v1.14): | |
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| [[Image:Logo-vert-100x100.png|WoWWiki|link=http://www.wowwiki.com]] |
Other files
You can link to an external file (but it will not display the image) using the same syntax used for linking to an external web page.
[http://url.for/some/image.png]
Or with different text:
[http://url.for/some/image.png link text here]
- Turned off for WoWWiki
If it is enabled on your wiki (see 
Manual:$wgAllowExternalImages), you can also embed external images. To do that, simply insert the image's url:
http://url.for/some/image.png
Gallery of images
It's easy to make a gallery of thumbnails with the <gallery> tag. The syntax is:
<gallery>
Image:{filename}|{caption}
Image:{filename}|{caption}
{...}
</gallery>
Captions are optional, and may contain wiki links or other formatting.
for example:
<gallery> Image:Example.jpg|Item 1 Image:Example.jpg|a link to [[Help:Contents]] Image:Example.jpg Image:Example.jpg Image:Example.jpg|''italic caption'' </gallery>
is formatted as:
 Item 1 |
a link to Help:Contents |
|
|
italic caption |
Administration of images/files
See: Manual:Image Administration
