Template:Media

Media

Images

Generally, Wikicommons images are preferable.

Wikicommons image (P2)

A picture of this item stored in the Wiki respository (commons.wikimedia.org)

• You can link by copying the name of the file the Wiki repository or from Wikipedia.

Example: The file name of the picture is File:Arles Amphitheatre gallo romain pano.jpg. 
[Wikicommons image] = Arles Amphitheatre gallo romain pano.jpg.

• If you add a qualifier Instance of (P1) with value “featured image" (Q105), the picture will show automatically on top of the page.

Canon image (P74)

An image of the item, stored in the Canon repository.

• Upload the video picture to the repository (you have to be sure that the picture is open source). For more information about uploading media to the repository, visit the help page about uploading media.
• Copy the Media ID and paste it in the value for the [Canon image] property.
• If you add a qualifier Instance of (P1) with value “featured image" (Q105), the picture will show automatically on top of the page.

Video

If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source item for it and use the mentions (P78) property to refer to the items.

Wikicommons video (P8)

A video about this item, stored in the Wiki repository (commons.wikimedia.org).

• Copy the name of the file from Wikicommons and paste it in the value of the [Wikicommons video] property.
• If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source for it and use the [mentions] property to refer to the items.

Youtube video (P116)

A video about this item on Youtube.

• Copy the string after ?v= in the Youtube url and paste it in the [Youtube video] property.

Example: the url of the Youtube video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxW4EWi86TY
[Youtube video] = nxW4EWi86TY

• If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source for it and use the [mentions] property to refer to the items.

Vimeo video (P351)

A video about this item on Vimeo.

• Copy the string after .com/ from the Vimeo url and paste it in the [Vimeo video] property.

Example: the url of the Vimeo video is: https://vimeo.com/1141817451
[Vimeo video] = 1141817451

• If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source for it and use the [mentions] property to refer to the items.

Canon video (P76)

A video about this item, stored in the Canon repository.

• Upload the video first to the repository (you have to be sure that the video is open source). For more information about uploading media to the repository, visit the help page about uploading media.
• Copy Media ID and paste it in the value for the [Canon video] property.
• Large videos are preferably stored outside of the platform due the limitations of file size.
• If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source for it and use the [mentions] property to refer to the items.