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**Who took it? (Generally, this is only included in the caption if the photographer is notable) | **Who took it? (Generally, this is only included in the caption if the photographer is notable) | ||
**Why was it taken? | **Why was it taken? | ||
* | **See [[Wikipedia:Proper right|proper right]] for ways of unambiguously describing right and left in images. | ||
Keep in mind that not all of this information needs to be included in the caption, since the [[Wikipedia:Image description page|image description page]] should offer more complete information about the picture | Keep in mind that not all of this information needs to be included in the caption, since the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Image description page|image description page]] should offer more complete information about the picture. | ||
== Credits == | == Credits == | ||
Unless relevant to the subject, do not credit the image author or copyright holder in the article. It is assumed that this is not necessary to fulfill attribution requirements of the GFDL or Creative Commons licenses as long as the appropriate credit is on the image description page. If the artist or photographer is independently notable, though, then a wikilink to the artist's biography may be appropriate, but image credits in the infobox image are discouraged, even if the artist is notable, since the infobox should only contain key facts of the article's subject, per [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Infoboxes]]. | |||
Unless relevant to the subject, do not credit the image author or copyright holder in the article. It is assumed that this is not necessary to fulfill attribution requirements of the GFDL or Creative Commons licenses as long as the appropriate credit is on the image description page. If the artist or photographer is independently notable, though, then a wikilink to the artist's biography may be appropriate, but image credits in the infobox image are discouraged, even if the artist is notable, since the infobox should only contain key facts of the article's subject, per [[ | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[ | * [[UniWiki:Manual of Style#Captions]] – Main UMoS entry for captions with formatting recommendations | ||
*[[ | * [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Images]] | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Alternative text for images]] | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Alternative text for images|Wikipedia:Alternative text for images]] | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Images]] | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Images|Wikipedia:Images]] | ||
*[[Wikipedia: | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]] | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Uploading images|Wikipedia:Uploading images]] | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Uploading images | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||