Template:Add alternative text

This template inserts a tool for adding alternative text to images.

This tool was originally meant for Wikipedia, but can be used in any wiki. See the installation instructions to get it working in your wiki.

{{Add alternative text|Category:Extensions supporting Composer}}

{{Add alternative text|Template:Extension}}

{{Add alternative text|Global templates}}

To install this template in your wiki:

1. Create a template with the following markup. You can choose the template name, parameter names and defaults to suit your wiki.

   <includeonly><divclass="AddAlternativeText"data-seed="{{{seed|{{{1|}}}}}}"data-group="{{{group|}}}">Loading...</div>[[Category:Gadget:AddAlternativeText]]</includeonly>
   

2. Create MediaWiki:Gadget-AddAlternativeText.js with the following code:

   /**
    * AddAlternativeText is a tool for adding alternative text to files
    * Documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/AddAlternativeText
    * Source code: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-Global-AddAlternativeText.js
    */
   mw.loader.load('//www.mediawiki.org/w/load.php?modules=ext.gadget.Global-AddAlternativeText');
   

3. Add the following gadget to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition:

   * AddAlternativeText[ResourceLoader|hidden|default|categories=Gadget:AddAlternativeText]|AddAlternativeText.js
   

Done! Add your template to any page to verify that the installation was successful.

To help localize the messages of the interface, edit Commons:Data:Gadget-AddAlternativeText.tab.

• Commons:Data:Gadget-AddAlternativeText.tab - Localized messages of the interface
• #AddAlternativeText - All edits done with this tool
• WikitextParser.js - Wikitext parser used by this tool
• es:Plantilla:Agregar texto alternativo - Spanish localization of this template
• User:Sophivorus - Main author of this tool