Template:Featured picture

This is a featured picture, which means that members of the community have identified it as one of the finest images on the English-language wiki, adding significantly to its accompanying article. If you have a different image of similar quality, be sure to upload it using the proper free license tag, add it to a relevant article, and nominate it.

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This template is transcluded on the file description pages of featured pictures.

Usage

Basic usage

{{featured picture|FPC subpage}}

All parameters

{{featured picture|FPC subpage|type=filetype|category=category}}

Parameters

1 - the subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for the image. This parameter is optional.
type - the filetype. Can be "picture", "video", or "animation" (the default is "picture").
category - a custom category to use additionally to Category:Featured pictures.

Examples

{{featured picture}}

This is a featured picture, which means that members of the community have identified it as one of the finest images on the English-language wiki, adding significantly to its accompanying article. If you have a different image of similar quality, be sure to upload it using the proper free license tag, add it to a relevant article, and nominate it.

{{featured picture|Tower of Hanoi}}

This is a featured picture, which means that members of the community have identified it as one of the finest images on the English-language wiki, adding significantly to its accompanying article. If you have a different image of similar quality, be sure to upload it using the proper free license tag, add it to a relevant article, and nominate it.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Featured picture