Template:Information
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Please give full information for the description, date, source and author fields.
The date of a photograph must be when the original photograph was created, and not the date of upload, nor the date of scanning or digitizing. If the photographic image has been modified please give author, date and license for each modification. Please use template {{Artwork}} or {{Art photo}} if the image is of a painting, sculpture or other artwork and {{Book}} if the image is a part of a complete set of page scans of a book (or in the case of DjVu and PDF, one file may comprise all the pages).
This template is used to provide formatting to the basic information for files (description, source, author, etc.), and it is automatically inserted by the upload tools. All the field names are not case sensitive. The template is able to access information in Structured Data on Commons (SDC), so if proper SDC data is used some or even all the fields can be ommited.
For a full usage description of the template, see Commons:First steps/Quality and description.
The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:Author matching Creator template, Creator template not used when appropriate
Usage
The template takes no parameters.
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Relies on:
Template:ISOdate, Template:Parse source, Module:TemplatePar
- ↑ a b Date should be a date, preferred without any timestamping
- ↑ Author should be a link, but without the link to a user talk space
Localization
This template is localized by utilizing MediaWiki namespace messages. These can be translated at translatewiki.net (current translations).
TemplateData
This template is used to provide formatting to the basic information for files (description, source, author, etc.). For a full usage description of the template, see Commons:First steps/Quality and description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | description Description | Description of the image or media file, including subject and location
| String | required |
| Date of creation | date Date | When the original source was created
| Date | suggested |
| Source | source Source | Where the file is from. Your own files should be tagged with {{own}}.
| String | required |
| Author | author Author | Original author of the file; where appropriate, use {{Creator:Name Surname}}.
| Line | required |
| Permission | permission Permission | License and other usage limitations and warnings | Content | suggested |
| Other versions | other versions other_versions Other versions Other_versions | Links to files with very similar content or derived files | File | optional |
| Other fields | other fields other_fields Other_fields Other fields | Additional table fields added on the bottom of the template | File | optional |
| Other fields 1 | other fields 1 other_fields_1 Other_fields_1 Other fields 1 | Additional table fields added between Description and Date rows | File | optional |
| lang | lang Lang | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
| demo | demo Demo | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
Example usage
Example for photograph
For example the source code of the description of photograph File:Piers Sellers spacewalk.jpg is:
{{Information
| Description =
{{de|Astronaut [[:de:Piers John Sellers|Piers Sellers]] bei einem Außenbordeinsatz während der Space-Shuttle-Mission [[:de:STS-121|STS-121]], bei dem er Reparaturtechniken für den Hitzeschutzschild der Raumfähre testet. Der Außenbordeinsatz dauerte 7 Stunden und 11 Minuten.}}
{{en|Astronaut [[w:Piers Sellers|Piers Sellers]] during the third spacewalk of STS-121, a demonstration of orbiter heat shield repair techniques.}}
{{fr|L'astronaute [[:fr:Piers Sellers|Piers Sellers]] durant sa troisième sortie dans l'espace au cours du vol STS-121, une démonstration des techniques de réparation du bouclier thermique.}}
{{it|L'astronauta [[:it:Piers Sellers|]] durante la terza camminata nello spazio nel corso della missione STS-121 mentre esegue un test di riparazione delle mattonelle rinforzate carbonio-carbonio dello Shuttle.}}
{{nds|De Astronaut [[Piers Sellers]] de drüdde Kehr, dat he mit’n Ruumantog in’n apen Weltruum togang weer. Sellers wiest Reparaturtechniken för den Hittschild von’n Orbiter.}}
{{ru|Астронавт [[:ru:Селлерс, Пирс Джон|Пирс Селлерс]] во время третьего выхода в открытый космос (STS-121) при ремонте орбитального теплового экрана.}}
{{fi|Astronautti [[:fi:Piers Sellers|Piers Sellers]] avaruussukkulalento STS-121:n kolmannella avaruuskävelyllä. Avaruuskävelyn tehtävänä oli kokeilla sukkulan lämpökilven korjaustekniikoita.}}
{{ja|STS-121の3回目の船外活動中の宇宙飛行士[[w:ja:ピアーズ・セラーズ|ピアーズ・セラーズ]]、オービターの熱シールド修理技術のデモンストレーション。}}
| Date = 2006-07-12
| Source = [http://www.nasa.gov/news/highlights/index.html NASA News & Events] – http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/121_gallery/hi-resjpgs/14.jpg, from http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/121_gallery/index_noaccess.html
| Author = NASA, astronaut [[w:Michael E. Fossum|Michael Edward Fossum]]
| Permission =
| Other versions =
}}
The code hereinbefore produces the following information table:
| Description |
Deutsch: Astronaut Piers Sellers bei einem Außenbordeinsatz während der Space-Shuttle-Mission STS-121, bei dem er Reparaturtechniken für den Hitzeschutzschild der Raumfähre testet. Der Außenbordeinsatz dauerte 7 Stunden und 11 Minuten.
English: Astronaut Piers Sellers during the third spacewalk of STS-121, a demonstration of orbiter heat shield repair techniques.
Français : L'astronaute Piers Sellers durant sa troisième sortie dans l'espace au cours du vol STS-121, une démonstration des techniques de réparation du bouclier thermique.
Italiano: L'astronauta Piers Sellers durante la terza camminata nello spazio nel corso della missione STS-121 mentre esegue un test di riparazione delle mattonelle rinforzate carbonio-carbonio dello Shuttle.
Plattdüütsch: De Astronaut Piers Sellers de drüdde Kehr, dat he mit’n Ruumantog in’n apen Weltruum togang weer. Sellers wiest Reparaturtechniken för den Hittschild von’n Orbiter.
Русский: Астронавт Пирс Селлерс во время третьего выхода в открытый космос (STS-121) при ремонте орбитального теплового экрана.
Suomi: Astronautti Piers Sellers avaruussukkulalento STS-121:n kolmannella avaruuskävelyllä. Avaruuskävelyn tehtävänä oli kokeilla sukkulan lämpökilven korjaustekniikoita.
日本語:STS-121の3回目の船外活動中の宇宙飛行士ピアーズ・セラーズ、オービターの熱シールド修理技術のデモンストレーション。 |
| Date | |
| Source | NASA News & Events – http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/121_gallery/hi-resjpgs/14.jpg, from http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/121_gallery/index_noaccess.html |
| Author | NASA, astronaut Michael Edward Fossum |
Example of files using SDC
When files use SDC than the content of the template can be reduced to {{Information}}. See for example:
- File:OpenRefine Commons editing - wikitext data extension.png where
{{Information}}
will produce:
| Description |
English: OpenRefine Commons editing - wikitext data extension  |
| Date |
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| Source |
Own work |
| Author |
Sandra Fauconnier |
- File:Indoor Climbing Kid.jpg where
{{Information}}
will produce:
| Description |
English: A five year old hanging around bouldering wall in Sportrock climbing gym in Alexandria, Virginia, USA |
| Date |
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| Source |
Own work |
| Author |
Jarek Tuszyński |
Example other_fields
Example using the other fields parameter to display a credit line:
{{Information
| Description = Description
| Date = 2008-06-09
| Source = {{own}}
| Author = John Doe
| Other fields = {{Credit line |Author = © John Doe | Other = Wikimedia Commons |License = CC-BY-3.0 & GFDL}}
}}
will produce:
| Description | Description |
| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | John Doe |
| Attribution (required by the license) | © John Doe / Wikimedia Commons / |
Recommendations
For many media it is desirable to use a geocoding template in addition to the Information template.
Microformat
This template also emits an hCalendar microformat marking the creation of the image as an event. To do this, it requires the {{Date}} template, and takes the file name as the "summary" property. Optionally, it can include the {{Creator}} as an attendee and an hCard microformat, and use the contents of {{Description}} as the hCalendar's "description" property. Coordinates may be included by use of {{Location}} or {{Object location}}.
See also Commons:Machine-readable data.
See also
- Commons:Infobox templates; for a more complete overview of provided templates see the Category:Infobox templates
- {{Artwork}} for specialized infobox template used for artworks
- {{Book}} for specialized infobox template used for book page scans
- {{Information field}} and {{Credit line}}
- {{Translation table}} and {{Mld}} for category descriptions
- {{Photograph}} for photographs held by museums, archives, and other GLAM institutions
- {{Art photo}} for photographs of artworks with more fields for photographer metadata
- {{Map}} for maps
- {{Musical work}} for music files
- Very heavily used templates
- Lua-based templates
- Templates using TemplateStyles
- Templates using TemplateStyles with a different protection level
- Templates using MediaWiki messages from translatewiki.net for internationalisation
- Infobox templates
- License-related tags
- Templates generating hCalendars
- Structured Data on Commons templates