Front page, 1: Editin, 2: Formattin, 3: Picturs, 4: Wikipaedia airtins, 5: Relatit steid airtins, 6: Ootside airtins, 7: Collogue pages, 8: Stairt an airticle, 9: Pynts ti mind, 10: Registration, 11: Namespaces, 12: Wrap-up

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Front page
Editin
Formattin
Picturs
Wikipaedia airtins
Relatit steid airtins
Ootside airtins
Collogue pages
Stairt an airticle
Pynts ti mind
Registration
Namespaces
Wrap-up

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Afore ye uise a pictur in an airticle ye maun be shuir that the pictur is aw yer ain wark or gin its fae anither body ye hae leave tae uise it. Uisin ony ither picturs isna for ordinar alloued acause o copyricht.

For tae pit a pictur on a page uise the follaein seentax:

[[Image:{name}|{type}|{location}|{size}|{caiption}]]

Juist [[Image:{name}]] is necessar. Maist picturs shoud uise [[Image:{name}|thoum|Example caiption]] (an shoudna specifee a size). The ither details is optional an can be pitten ony wey aboot.

Name: That's the file name o the pictur e.g. 'pictur.png'.
Type: 'thoum' / 'thoumnail' or 'frame'. Gars a pictur be shawn wi a speceefic format (see ablo).
Location: 'right', 'left', 'center' or 'none'. Sorts whaur a pictur will be shawn on the page. Athoot thon its aye tae the richt.
Size: {width}px or {width}x{height}px, scales the picter tae be nae bigger nor the gien width an hicht, haudin its aspect ratio.
Caiption: Ocht that canna be identifee'd as ane o the abuin is taen tae be the caiption text.

"thoumnail" or "thoum": The pictur is scaled doun tae a staundart, uiser specifee'd width, by defaut 180 pixels, wi a kistie aboot the pictur. Gin a caiption is gien, it is shawn ablo the pictur. The pictur defauls tae the richt' unless some ither is gien in the 'Location' attribute (see abuin).
"frame": Oreeginal pictur size is hauden wi, an a kistie is pitten aboot the pictur. Gin a caiption is gien, it is shawn ablo the pictur.
(nocht specifee'd): Oreeginal pictur size is hauden wi, nae border is pitten aboot the pictur. Gin a caiption is gien, it isna shawn.
"border": This is the selsame as gin nocht wis specifee'd, but a border is pitten aboot the pictur.

For tae find a pictur hae a leuk at wir pictur gailery. Gin ye canna find ocht tae suit ye can uplaid yer ain picturs bi uisin wir uplaid tuil in the tuilkist tae the richt.