Template:Credit line
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Template adds Credit line field to {{Information}} templates used with most images, which stores credit line or attribution text, that author wishes to be used by reusers, as is required for files using Creative Commons CC-BY and CC-BY-SA licenses.
Usage
[edit]{{Credit line|Author=|Other=|License=}}
Parameters
Parameter name | Description (this part of the documentation is only available in some languages) | Default value | required or optional?
|
---|---|---|---|
Author | Author's name portion of the Credit line. Could be pseudonym or Commons username | empty | optional |
Other | Other parts of the Credit line separated by "/". They can include:
Other=WC will provide link to Wikimedia Commons |
empty | optional |
License | License portion of the Credit line. Required for CC-BY-SA and GFDL licenses but optional for rare Attribution or CC-BY licenses. Use word 'skip' to omit license section. License should have a name of the license and link to the license. Several shortcuts were defined to more popular licenses (see table below) | empty | required |
Additional information
[edit]The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces:
- the File namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups:
- no user group specified
Relies on:
{{Information field}}
⧼See also⧽
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Localization
To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please edit the template and add a row to the "{{LangSwitch| }}" construct. It takes the form "{{{1}}}" (xx being the code of your language)
Hardwired license Shortcuts
[edit]License | Output |
---|---|
CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL | CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL |
cc-by-sa-3.0 | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
CC-BY-SA-3.0 (DE) | CC-BY-SA-3.0 (DE) |
CC-BY-3.0 | CC-BY-3.0 |
Example of code for use with {{Information}} template
[edit]{{Information |Description=description |Source={{own}} |Author=John Doe |Date=2008-06-09 |other_fields={{Credit line |Author = © John Doe | Other = Wikimedia Commons |License = CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL}} }}
will produce:
Description | description |
Date | |
Source | Own work |
Author | John Doe |
Attribution (required by the licence) |
© John Doe / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL |
Also use this code for use with {{Book}} template.
Example with different values for all parameters
[edit]{{Information |Description=description |Source={{own}} |Author=[[User:Example]] |Date=2008-06-09 |other_fields={{Credit line |Author = [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Example User:Example] |License = [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ CC-BY-SA-2.0]}} }}
will produce:
Description | description |
Date | |
Source | Own work |
Author | User:Example |
Attribution (required by the licence) |
User:Example / CC-BY-SA-2.0 |