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 Wikipedia, 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.

Categories

This template adds pages to Category:Featured pictures by default. An additional category can be added by using the |category= parameter as documented above. It also adds pages to Category:Featured pictures promoted through delist if the subpage parameter begins with "delist".

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 Wikipedia, 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 Wikipedia, 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.

See also

• Wikimedia Commons version