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- "A picture is worth a thousand words" - Fred R. Barnard
You can only say so much on Wikipedia with words; no matter how much you write, you could never convey the beauty of the Lake District as perfectly as the image shown to the right does in one small block of pixels. Likewise, an article on Paris would feel so incomplete without a shot of the Eiffel Tower, while an article on Switzerland is practically crying out for an image of the flag of Switzerland.
There are three main types of image on Wikipedia: photographs, maps, diagrams, with others including flags, logos and artworks. This tutorial will explain how to create, place and edit images in Wikipedia.