Template:Attrib

 

This image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file:

 Replacement filing cabinet.svg.

Documentation

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Attrib/doc

This template is to be used on images that make use of elements from other images available on Commons.

It provides an easy way to attribute the author of work requiring such attribution.

In future it can allow for tracking of how free images are being used and derived from.

The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:Derivative works

Usage

{{Attrib |1= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	name of the image where elements are taken from   (may be with the namespace)		empty	required
by 2	name of the user who created that image; used as an argument for the template U (will be checked for existence) except when it starts with either "&", "<", "[" or "{" — then it will be used as-it-is, e.g. wikilinks; other user name templates like {{Ut}}, {{Uw}}		empty	optional
category cat 3	name of a category (to be used instead of the standard category) may be specified completely "[[Category:xxxx]]" or just "xxxx" specify cat=- or cat= to suppress the standard categorization		empty	optional
type 4	file type specification ("SVG", "file"; for SVG files the default is "SVG") specify 4=- or 4= to display parameter 1 as plain text instead of a picture		empty	optional
user u 5	user(s) who created that image. This information will be displayed as-it-is: It can be passed in linkable format as e.g. {{U|user}} or as plain text. When provided the parameters #2 and #6 are ignored and no existence check is performed.		empty	optional
U 6	name of the user who created that image (without existence check) When provided the parameter #2 is ignored and no existence check is performed.		empty	optional
topic t 7	it is possible to specify here the short code of the topic (of the new file) (see the template Igen/top for the defined short codes); it will be displayed instead of the type (e.g. vector image or file)		type	optional
from f 8	topic short code, or free other text it is possible to specify here the short code of the "from" topic; it will be displayed at the "from" file		parm. 7	optional
part p 9	specification of the part or element which is used displayed as-it-is, may be multilingul (e.g. Langswitch) specified		empty	optional
s	style: with s=s a shortened text will be didplayed		empty	optional
m	possible {{U}} modification code (e.g. t, w, wt) for parameter U or 6		empty	optional

Additional information

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: all users

Example

{{Attrib|1=test.svg|U=Jimbo Wales|t=c|8=example|m=t}}

renders as:

 

This PNG coat of arms includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this example:

 Test.svg (by Jimbo Wales).

See also

• {{AttribSVG}} deprecated
• {{Attribs}} to collect several {{Attrib}} with the following parameters:

• parameter 1, 3, 5, ...
• parameter 2, 4, 6, ...
• parameter "by" or parameter "U" or parameter "u" for empty parameters 2, 4, 6, ...
• parameter "t" 00 "to"-topic
• parameter "f" 00 "from" topic, general
• parameter "p" 00 used "part", general
• parameter "cat"
• parameter "type"
• parameters f1, f2, f3 ... individual 'from'-topics for files {parameter 1, 3, 5, ...}
• parameters p1, p2, p3 ... individual parts of the files {parameter 1, 3, 5, ...}
• parameters m1, m2, m3 ... individual modifications for users {parameter 2, 4, 6, ...}

Lua: can perform an unlimited number of Attrib transclusions.

Localization

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:Attrib/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Attrib/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.