Template:Information

DescriptionInformation	This media has no description, and may be lacking other information. Media should have a summary to inform others of the content, author, source, and date if possible. If you know or have access to such information, please add it to the image page.
Source	This media has no source information, and may be lacking other information. Media should have a summary to inform others of the content, author, source, and date if possible. If you know or have access to such information, please add it to the image page.
Author	This media has no author information, and may be lacking other information. Media should have a summary to inform others of the content, author, source, and date if possible. If you know or have access to such information, please add it to the image page.
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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.

Usage

{{Information
| description = 
| source      = 
| date        = 
| author      = 
| other_versions = 
| additional_information = 
}}

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 "Own work".
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.

date: Date of creation, or date of publication. 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.
other versions: Optional. Links to other versions of this image. The links may be in form of a list of links or thumbnails of the other versions of the image.
additional information: Optional. Contains other information about this image that doesn't fit somewhere else. For example, information that might be relevant to determining a file's proper copyright status (e.g. weblinks) might be provided this way.

Example

Example for File:Anders-Celsius-Head.jpg:

DescriptionInformation	Part of an oil painting of Anders Celsius. Painting by Olof Arenius (1701 - 1766). The original painting is placed in the astronomical observatory of Uppsala University.
Source	Astronomical observatory of Uppsala University Source site: http://www.astro.uu.se/history/Celsius_eng.html Source URL: http://www.astro.uu.se/history/images/celsius3.jpg
Author	Olof Arenius
Date	between 1701 - 1766
Other versions	File:Anders-Celsius.jpeg (full image)

TemplateData

This template is used to make a standardized table providing information about files, including a description, its copyright status, and its source.

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Template parameters
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Description	`description` `Description`	Describe of the content, (historical) background, and in the case of scientific data, a brief scientific analysis of the media file.	String	required
Source	`source` `Source`	Explain where the image is acquired from. Please specify accurately. (If it is the work of the uploader themself, use "Own work". If it was 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.) If it was 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.	String	required
Date	`date` `Date`	Date of creation or date of publication. 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.	String	optional
Author	`author` `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.	String	required
Other versions	`other_versions` `Other_versions` `other versions`	Links to other versions of this image. The links may be in form of a list of links or thumbnails of the other versions of the image.	String	optional
Additional information	`additional_information` `Additional_information` `Additional information` `additional information`	Contains other information about this image that doesn't fit somewhere else.	String	optional

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