Template:Cover Image Data/Doc
The Cover Image Data template is placed on the image description page of a publication cover image used under fair use.
When using the "Upload new cover scan" option from the database, this template will be automatically applied to the page. That is the preferred method of use. However, the template can also be manually placed. There are also some optional fields that can be manually added to the automatic template if desired.
Usage
The minimal use (omitting parameters that can safely be left to their defaults) is:
{{Cover Image Data |Title = <publication title> |Edition = <date and/or publisher> |Pub = <the publication record number or tag> |Publisher = <Name of publisher> |Artist = <name of cover artist> |Source = <origin of image> }}
The maximal use, including all parameters, is:
{{Cover Image Data |Title = <publication title> |Edition = <date and/or publisher> |Pub = <the publication record number or tag> |Publisher = <Name of publisher> |Artist = <name of cover artist> |ArtistId = <id of cover artist> |Artist2 = <name of cover artist> |Artist2Id = <id of cover artist> |Artist3 = <name of cover artist> |Artist3Id = <id of cover artist> |Artist4 = <name of cover artist> |Artist4Id = <id of cover artist> |Artist5 = <name of cover artist> |Artist5Id = <id of cover artist> |CpyrtHolder = <name of the actual copyright holder> |Source = <origin of image> |Side = <back or front or spine> |AddRat = <Additional fair use rationale> |LowRes = <Yes or No> }}
Parameter case (including the initial capital letter) is significant. The parameter order is not significant, but the above order is suggested for consistency.
The placeholder values above should be replaced with the actual value for the applicable cover image. For example, <publication title>
should be replaced with the title of publication (example: |Title = Lord of the Rings
).
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
Title | The actual title of the book or other publication whose image is being displayed. | Required Field |
Edition | Ideally should specify the year and publisher, as "Ace 1983", or some other text string which will distinguish the pictured edition from other publications of the same title. | Required Field |
Pub | The publication record number or tag. Must be a valid argument to {{P}} . (Id may be used instead.) |
Required Field |
Publisher | The name of the publisher of the publication displayed, for proper attribution. | Required Field |
CpyrtHolder | The name of the copyright holder of the image, if known with reasonable assurance, particularly if this is not the publisher. For example if a movie tie-in edition has a cover that is a still or poster for the movie, this would be the production company (such as "Paramount Pictures"). Omit if not known. | Defaults to "the publisher or the cover artist". |
Artist | The name of the cover artist. Used to link to the artist's summary page unless the artist is "Unknown" or ArtistId supplied. If the cover is plain except for lettering, or otherwise has no real "Art" and no credited creator, specify "Artist=None". | Defaults to "Unknown". |
ArtistId | The record number of the cover artist. Used to link to artist summary page via the record number when artist's name has characters (single quotes, non-ASCII) that cause linking by name to fail. In order for this field to work, the "Artist" field also has to be filled in. | Defaults to unused. |
Artist2 | The name of the second cover artist. Used to link to the artist's summary page unless Artist2Id supplied. | Defaults to unused. |
Artist2Id | The record number of the second cover artist, if known. Used to link to artist summary page via the record number when artist's name has characters (single quotes, non-ASCII) that cause linking by name to fail. In order for this field to work, the "Artist2" field also has to be filled in. | Defaults to unused. |
Artist3 | The name of the third cover artist. Used to link to the artist's summary page unless Artist3Id supplied. | Defaults to unused. |
Artist3Id | The record number of the third cover artist, if known. Used to link to artist summary page via the record number when artist's name has characters (single quotes, non-ASCII) that cause linking by name to fail. In order for this field to work, the "Artist2" field also has to be filled in. | Defaults to unused. |
Artist4 | The name of the fourth cover artist. Used to link to the artist's summary page unless Artist4Id supplied. | Defaults to unused. |
Artist4Id | The record number of the fourth cover artist, if known. Used to link to artist summary page via the record number when artist's name has characters (single quotes, non-ASCII) that cause linking by name to fail. In order for this field to work, the "Artist2" field also has to be filled in. | Defaults to unused. |
Artist5 | The name of the fifth cover artist. Used to link to the artist's summary page unless Artist5Id supplied. | Defaults to unused. |
Artist5Id | The record number of the fifth cover artist, if known. Used to link to artist summary page via the record number when artist's name has characters (single quotes, non-ASCII) that cause linking by name to fail. In order for this field to work, the "Artist2" field also has to be filled in. | Defaults to unused. |
Source | Name of the user who scanned the image or website where the image was obtained. | Defaults to "Unknown". |
Side | Should be "back" if this is a (rare) back-cover image, or "spine" for an image of the cover spine. Use "both" if both sides of a Dos-a-Dos book are included. | Defaults to "front". |
AddRat | Additional rationale. Any text spelling out additional reasons why this image qualifies for fair use. Should be omitted unless there is an additional rationale to specify. | Defaults to blank. |
LowRes | Should normally be "Yes", to indicate that this is a relatively low-res image. If the value is "Yes" a statement to this effect is displayed. If the value is "No", or if the parameter is omitted, a warning text will be displayed instead. Values other than "Yes" or "No" may cause the template to malfunction. | Defaults to "Yes". |
Examples
For a usage example, see the example page.
Categories
This template places all pages it is used on into Category:Fair use images and Category:Cover images. It will also place each page into Publisher and Artist(s) categories, where the name of the categories are derived from the appropriate parameters.
It will also place pages into the following maintenance categories if the required fields are missing:
- Category:Cover images without titles if the Title parameter is not supplied
- Category:Cover images without editions if the Edition parameter is not supplied
- Category:Cover images without publication links if the Pub parameter is not supplied
- Category:Cover images without publishers if the Publisher parameter is not supplied