Template:Information

Description
Source	No source specified. Please edit this file description and provide a source.
Date	{{{date}}}
Author
Permission (Reusing this file)	See below.

Template documentation

Usage

With other_versions	Without other_versions
{{Information | description = | source = | date = | author = | permission = | other_versions = }}	{{Information | description = | source = | date = | author = | permission = }}

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: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.

Example

Example (from File:Broom icon.png):

Description	Icon of broom sweeping up dust. Note: In most cases the original commons:File:Broom icon.svg is better to use, since it has transparent background and scales better. That is, if SVG files actually work on your wiki.
Source	http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=29699 and commons:File:Broom icon.png
Date	2005-10-01
Author	gg3po (Tony Tony)
Permission (Reusing this file)
Other versions	commons:File:Broom icon.svg

See also

External links

• wikipedia:Template:Information TV series screenshot – For a similar template but for a TV episode screenshot
• wikipedia:Template:Non-free use rationale – For template to be used on non-free images that must comply with Wikipedia Non-free Content policy and are used in one article.
• wikipedia:Template:Non-free image data and wikipedia:Template:Non-free image rationale – For template to be used on non-free images that must comply with Wikipedia Non-free Content policy and are used in more than one articles.