Thread:Baku411/@comment-1998339-20191219110535/@comment-1998339-20191220114347

Sorry, let me clarify.

Say you uploaded an image called "File:Example.jpg". If you put  on an article, then the image would appear there. If you delete  from the article, then the image would disappear from the article; this is how any user can "remove" an image. However, you could re-add  to that or any other article, and the image would reappear.

An administrator or moderator, on the other hand, can completely remove an image from Wikia/Fandom's servers. After that, adding  to an article would just display that text as a redlink. When images are removed for non-compliance with the Image Policy, they're completely removed from the servers, not just taken off the articles on which they appear.