Template:Motd

Media of the day

A documentary video by NASA about Greenland over geologic time. A map of Greenland's geothermal heat flux helps to reveal the path of the North American tectonic plate. +/− [en] Problems playing the file?

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Motd/doc.

This template will display the current Wikimedia Commons Picture of the day on the page where it is placed.

Usage

For usage see link in Commons:Media of the day/Instructions.

Template parameters

Parameter	Description	Default	Status
`width`	Width of the file in px	300	optional
`lang`	Language code of the caption and header (e.g. `en`)	en	optional
`float`	Float of the file; possible values: `right`, `left` and `center`.	right	optional
`noeditlinks`	To disable edit links, add any value to this parameter (e.g. `1`).	empty	optional
`show_date`	Show current date below the "Picture of the day" header	empty	optional

Template data

Parameter text is empty

TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

This template will display the current Wikimedia Commons Picture of the day on the page where it is placed.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
	Description	Type	Status
`float`	Float of the file; possible values: "right", "left" and "center". Default right	String	optional
`lang`	Language code of the caption and header (e.g. "en") Default en	String	optional
`noeditlinks`	To disable edit links, add any value to this parameter (e.g. "1").	Unknown	optional
`show_date`	Show current date below the "Picture of the day" header	Boolean	optional
`width`	Width of the file in px Default 300	Number	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Example

{{Motd|width=200|lang=de|float=right|show_date=1}}

renders as:

Multimediadatei des Tages
20. November 2024

Ein Dokumentarvideo der NASA über Grönland im Laufe der Erdgeschichte. Eine Karte des geothermischen Wärmestroms in Grönland gibt Aufschluss über den Verlauf der nordamerikanischen tektonischen Platte. +/− [de], +/− [en] Probleme beim Abspielen der Datei?

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

"Media of the day" text can be translated at Template:Motd/name/xx (e.g. Template:Motd/name/en).