User blog comment:Terracannon876/First page/@comment-26239285-20151008220959

The "< ... >" notation comes from BNF notation. A name in angle brackets represents something to be substituted for it, not the text of the name itself. So  is a symbol that must be replaced by the name of a Vocaloid and the brackets are part of the symbol so they're part of what gets replaced.

What do you mean == are not formatting? They indicate a heading and do not appear when you publish the page.

Not sure why you particularly need to add the image first. I never bother because I'm too lazy to decide on the name of the image until I upload it, but if it works for you that's fine.