Template:Information

Template documentation

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The {{information}} 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      = 
| author      = 
| permission  = 
| additional  = 
}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Status	Notes
description	Description of the work	String	Required
source	Describe where the file comes from	String	Optional
author	Attribution to the file's creator	String	Optional
permission	License or permission for the file	String	Required	Derivatives of works licensed as share-alike or under GNU must use the same license as the original source file. The table below shows shortcut values to display a link to common licenses. Defaults to CC BY-SA 4.0
additional	Additional information	String	Optional	If a file is used under fair use, the reasoning for fair use may be included here.

Common licenses

Permission value	Displays	Usage permitted by licnese
by-sa BY-SA	CC BY-SA 4.0	Attribution Share-alike
by-sa-3 BY-SA-3	CC BY-SA 3.0	Attribution Share-alike
by-nc BY-NC	CC BY-NC 4.0	Attribution Non-commercial
by-nc-sa BY-NC-SA	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0	Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike
by-nd BY-ND	CC BY-ND 4.0	Attribution No derivative works
by-nc-nd BY-NC-ND	CC BY-NC 4.0	Attribution Non-commercial No derivative works
gnu GNU	GNU General Public License	Attribution Share-alike
Fair use	Fair use	There should be an educational or critical purpose for use under the fair use doctrine. It is not a "way around" copyright.
pd PD	Public domain	Free usage

Example

Example for File:Template info icon.png:

{{Information
| description = Info-icon version 2
| source      = [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Test_Template_Info-Icon_-_Version_(2).svg Wikimedia Commons]
| author = [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jaybear User:Jaybear]
| permission  = PD
| additional = 
}}

Description	Info-icon version 2
Source	Wikimedia Commons
Author	User:Jaybear
Permission	Public domain
Additional information

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