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Usage
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Purpose
This template records and displays metadata for media files, such as photographs and diagrams. It includes a description of the file, its source, and its copyright status.
Syntax description
- Mandatory parameters
- description
- Describe of the content, (historical) background, and in the case of scientific data, a brief scientific analysis of the media file.
- author
- Author(s) of the image. If no individual person is known, use the name of the institution that owns, published or released the file.
- source
- Explain where the image is acquired from. Please specify accurately. For instance:
- Work of the uploader themself: Specify Template:Own.
- Acquired from a website: Specify the URL of the web page from which it is acquired. Optionally, include a direct link to the image. (Never include a direct link alone.)
- Scanned from a book or magazine: Specify the title, author, publisher, publication year, ISBN and page of the book or title, issue, volume, publication month and year, ISSN (if available) and page of the journal. You can use Template:Cite book and Template:Cite journal.
- date
- Date of creation, or date of publication. Specifically, please avoid ambiguous dates like 02/03/04 which can refer to 2 March 2004, 3 February 2004, 4 March 2002 or 3 April 2002, depending on the geographical origin of the person who sees it.
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