Template:Information

Description	File:Imbox style.png 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. Notify the uploader with: {{subst:add-desc-I|1=Information}}
Source	No source specified. Please edit this image description and provide a source.
Date	{{{date}}}
Author	File:Imbox style.png 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. Notify the uploader with: {{subst:add-desc-I|1=Information}}
Permission (Reusing this image)	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: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 Image:Anders-Celsius-Head.jpg:

Description	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
Date	between 1701 - 1766
Author	Olof Arenius
Permission (Reusing this image)	Copyright expired as artist died more than 70 years ago
Other versions	Image:Anders-Celsius.jpeg (full image)

See also

• Template:Information TV series screenshot for a similar template but for a TV episode screenshot