Template:Upscaled images
 | This article contains images which have been upscaled using AI. (October 2026) |
| Template documentation follows |
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| Note: the template above may sometimes be partially or fully invisible. |
| Visit "Template:Upscaled images/doc" to edit its documentation if it is available. (How does this work?) |
When to use
This tag is intended to identify articles with historical images that have been upscaled by an AI process. Software such as Remini or MyHeritage allows an old or low quality image to be increased to a much higher resolution, with the AI filling in details based on its general knowledge of what people look like. Such upscaling may introduce inaccuracies or speculative details which are not present in the source material, or wrongly imply a level of image quality that did not exist at the time the image was created.
Typical issues are portraits being restored with excessive, invented detail on the eyes, nose and mouth (while clothes and background remain largely unchanged), faint colours being added to the faces of monochrome images, and the AI struggling to correctly upscale spectacles and patterned clothing.
How to use
Place {{Upscaled images|date=October 2026}} at the top of the disputed article, then explain your reasons on the page's talk page. If the date is not included it will likely be added later by a bot.
Optional parameters include:
|1=(or an empty parameter): changes the default descriptor (i.e., "article"). For example,{{Upscaled images|section}}changes it to "section".
This template is a self-reference. Please do not subst: this template.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Upscaled images
This tag is intended to identify articles with historical images that have been upscaled by an AI process.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| Line | optional |
| Month and year | date | The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
| Line | suggested |
Categorization
This template will add pages on which it is used to a dated subcategory of Category:Articles containing AI-upscaled images.
See also
- For content:
- {{AI-generated}} (Maintenance banner)
- {{AI-generated inline}} (Inline tag)
- {{AI-generated span}} (Inline tag)
- For sources:
- {{AI-generated source?}} (Inline tag)
- {{AI-retrieved source}} (Inline tag)
- {{Upscaled images}} (Maintenance banner)
- {{Upscaled inline}} (Inline tag)
- {{Uw-ai1}}, {{Uw-ai2}}, {{Uw-ai3}}, {{Uw-ai4}}
- (Warnings for article content)
- {{Uw-aitalk1}}, {{Uw-aitalk2}}, {{Uw-aitalk3}}, {{Uw-aitalk4}}
- (Warnings for discussion comments)
- {{Welcome-LLM}} (Welcome with warning)
- {{Uw-create-ai1}}, {{Uw-create-ai2}} (Creation warning)
- {{AfC submission|D|ai}} (Declining drafts)
- {{AfC decline|reason=ai}} (Notifying users)
- {{Db-g15}} (Speedy deletion nomination)
- {{Db-llm-notice|PageName}} (Notifying users)
- {{Prod llm}} (Proposed deletion nomination)
- {{Collapse AI top}} (Talk page)
- {{AINB-notice}} (Notifying users of noticeboard discussion)
- {{AINB talk notice}} (Reminding users that noticeboard exists)
- {{Uw-llmblock}} (Block notice)
- {{Looks AI-generated}}, {{MegaphoneAI}}
- (Inline comment-level icons)