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Need help please

I am trying to upload a picture of the 196th western universities at mess, on the 196th western universities page.However, when I go in the upload file page, I can't upload pictures. What do I do? Please go step be step, this is my first time. Thanks! matthewboonstra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewboonstra (talk • contribs) 12:22, 2013 December 25 (UTC)

#Short, wide images

The text here didn't make a whole lot of sense. I've done my best to find a point in it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam Cuerden (talk • contribs) 20:51, 2018 December 7 (UTC)

Background color

How do we add a background color? E.g. for

[[file:1-Unaone.svg|frameless]]

we get

Adding a border doesn't help, because the flag is not rectangular (unlike the Japanese flag illustrated on this help page). Can we add a colored background to make the flag visible? — kwami (talk) 05:06, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a reason not to use thumb? The default grey background isn’t much better, but at least it’s something. — HTGS (talk) 23:58, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help Needed

Hi! I need help for the id. I am trying to make a userbox and I need the id for the image. So how to see the id in the image page in Wikimedia commons? Also what id I am searching for is this NeD1a [[User:Nedia020415|Nedia020415]] (talk) 00:39, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sample userbox with the commons logo

@Nedia020415: To refer to an image in the "id" parameter of the {{Userbox}} template, use something like id = [[File:Commons-logo.svg|42x42px]], asking the userbox code to display the image. It's perhaps a misleading parameter name, as it doesn't refer to any kind of internal or system "id". -- John of Reading (talk) 06:44, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You might also be interested in Category:Wikimedia Commons user templates. —⁠andrybak (talk) 07:16, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]