Thread:TheHighPaladin/@comment-104549-20190731203627/@comment-104549-20191109193716

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, on the other hand, can completely remove an image from the Wiki. 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 Wiki, not just taken off the articles on which they appear.