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See Template messages, for a table listing all Template Messages.

Information Template (for Images etc.)




See also Template:Information


 * Syntax description
 * Description: Description of the content, (historical) background, and in the case of scientific data, a brief scientific analysis of the media file.


 * Source: Use "Own work" for an original media file. Otherwise, provide the website (with both a link to the page embedding the file and a direct link to the file itself), catalog number, name of institution, book source, etc.


 * Date: Date of creation, or date of publication.


 * Author: Author(s) of the image. If no individual person known use the name of the institution(s) that released the file.


 * Permission: Short description of the permission for use granted by the copyright holder. In the case of general permission (e.g. Public Domain), simply describe the media file's copyright status. Note that the media file must still be tagged with the appropriate license template! Select a copyright tag from Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/All. Don't forget to put the curly brackets around the tag!: –


 * other_versions (optional): Links to and brief descriptions of other versions of this image.

Image Tag
 [[Image:{name} ]] 
 * {type}
 * {location}
 * {size}|{upright}
 * {border}
 * {caption}

See also Extended image syntax


 * Syntax description


 * Type : 'thumb' / 'thumbnail' or 'frame'. Causes image to be displayed with specific formatting (see below).
 * Location : 'right', 'left', 'center' or 'none'. Determines placement of the image on the page. Defaults to 'right'.
 * Size : {width}px or {width}x{height}px, scales the image to be no greater than the given width and height, keeping its aspect ratio.
 * Upright : for use only on images that are taller than they are wide. This scales the image differently, considering both width and height instead of only width.
 * Border : adds a border around the image
 * Caption : Any element which cannot be identified as one of the above is assumed to be caption text.

The option none can be used to have thumbnails without left- or right-alignment. This is probably most useful for tables. This is an example:

Additional caption formatting options are possible.






 * Cancelling floating-around-image mode

After having had an image floating next to text, putting further text below it and again using the full width can be done with the following markup. This blocks an image from appearing next to the material following this markup, possibly due to aesthetic reasons or a change in topics.


 *   

For legacy align="right" (etc.) floating this isn't good enough; legacy browsers would ignore inline CSS. To cancel floating under all conditions the following markup (valid XHTML 1.0 transitional) works:



The same code can be issued by using template   or    in certain namespaces (En, meta).


 * Linking to the image description page

If you want to make a link to the description page for an image, use a leading colon before "image:" in an intra-wiki link, like this: STS-32 crew which yields: STS-32 crew


 * Image galleries

See Help:Images and other uploaded files

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