Template:Add file description

This template inserts a tool for adding descriptions to files in Wikimedia Commons.

This tool only edits Wikimedia Commons, but can be used from any wiki. See the installation instructions to get it working in your wiki.

{{Add file description|History of Argentina}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

To help localize the messages of the interface, edit Data:AddFileDescription.tab.

• Commons:Data:Gadget-AddFileDescription.tab - Localized messages of the interface
• #AddFileDescription - All edits done with this tool
• es:Plantilla:Agregar descripciones a Commons - Spanish localization of this template
• User:Sophivorus - Main author of this tool