UniWiki:Manual of Style/Captions: Difference between revisions

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"Succinctness" means using no superfluous or needless words. It is not the same as "brevity", which means using a relatively small number of words. Succinct captions have more power than verbose ones. More than three lines of text in a caption may be distracting; sometimes increasing the pixel width of the image brings better visual balance, or further information can be provided in the article text. And remember that readers wanting full detail can click through to the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Image description page|image description page]].

~~=== Non-visual media ===~~

Because non-visual media imparts no visual information regarding the content of its file, it is often desirable to include a longer description than is typically acceptable with image captions. As with image captions, care should be taken to include enough relevant information in-line so the media file's relevance to the article is made explicit irrespective of the caption. As a general rule, retain broader points in the article body, including specific points in the media file's description field. For example, the statement: "'Yesterday' is one of the Beatles' best-known songs" might be more appropriate for the article body than the statement: "The string arrangement on 'Yesterday' utilises counterpoint, which complements McCartney's vocals by reinforcing the tonic", which might be more appropriate as an ogg file description, especially if the text pertains to the contents of the media file or supports its [[WP:FUR|fair-use rationale]].

===Technical images===

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 "Succinctness" means using no superfluous or needless words. It is not the same as "brevity", which means using a relatively small number of words. Succinct captions have more power than verbose ones. More than three lines of text in a caption may be distracting; sometimes increasing the pixel width of the image brings better visual balance, or further information can be provided in the article text. And remember that readers wanting full detail can click through to the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Image description page|image description page]].
-=== Non-visual media ===
-Because non-visual media imparts no visual information regarding the content of its file, it is often desirable to include a longer description than is typically acceptable with image captions. As with image captions, care should be taken to include enough relevant information in-line so the media file's relevance to the article is made explicit irrespective of the caption. As a general rule, retain broader points in the article body, including specific points in the media file's description field. For example, the statement: "'Yesterday' is one of the Beatles' best-known songs" might be more appropriate for the article body than the statement: "The string arrangement on 'Yesterday' utilises counterpoint, which complements McCartney's vocals by reinforcing the tonic", which might be more appropriate as an ogg file description, especially if the text pertains to the contents of the media file or supports its [[WP:FUR|fair-use rationale]].
 ===Technical images===