 | This templateneeds images. Relevant discussion may be found on thetalk page. Please consideradding images so that it can be better illustrated.(November 2025) |
This template indicates that the article needs additional or more specific images. If placed on an article in the category "living people" it also invites the article subject to submit a photograph of themselves, directing them toWikipedia:A picture of you.
This template is intended for article space, and may be placed at the top or at the bottom of the page. Place it at the top when you feel the lack of images is urgent; place it at the bottom if you feel a top placement would draw undue attention to the article's image status. Either way, placing this template adds the article to theCategory:Articles needing additional images category (or one of its subcategories, see|date= below), where editors go to find articles in need of improvements related to images.
Use this template both for when the article needsmore images,more specific images, and when the article needsbetter images (acknowledging that the article already contain a sufficient number of images).[a] If the article currently has no images, consider using{{Image requested}} instead.
If the template is placed on the biography of a living person, it will display the additional text:If this article is about you (or someone that you can photograph), Wikipedia wants your picture, and you are welcome tosubmit your work.
|talk= If there is an existing discussion on the article's talk page, you can link directly to the discussion using|talk=Discussion name. Note: supply the talk section header directly; the linking is made automatically. If you omit this parameter, the talk page is linked to in general, unless placed on a page in the category "living people", in which case the invitation replaces the general talk link (but not any specific link supplied by including this parameter)|type= The text you supply for this parameter gets added just before the word "images", so you can have the template say "This article needs clearer images" by supplying|type=clearer|reason= can be used to provide clarification on the request. This text gets appended to the end of the templateThis template also includes standard support for the|date= parameter. Adding this parameter sorts the article into a dated subcategory ofCategory:Articles needing additional images and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. Abot will add this parameter if it is omitted.
{{Improve images
| This templateneeds images. Relevant discussion may be found on thetalk page. Please consideradding images so that it can be better illustrated.(November 2025) |
{{Improve images
| This templateneedsclearer images. Relevant discussion may be found on thetalk page. Please consideradding images so that it can be better illustrated.(November 2025) The current image is blurry and the subject is difficult to identify. |
TemplateData for Improve images
Adds a reader-facing request for images
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image type | type | A simple description of the type of image requested
| String | suggested |
| Date | date | Month and year the template was placed | String | required |
| Reason | reason | Suffix for the template to provide additional details
| String | optional |
| Talk page discussion | talk | The relevant discussion on the talk page | String | optional |
The following templates may be used on article talk pages to request the addition of particular types of media files. See the individual templates for usage notes. Specific templates are indented under the more general templates, and wherever possible, the most specific template should be used.
|needs-image=yes|needs-image=yes|needs-image=yes|screenshot=yes|needs-image=yes|reason=