User:Vasmar1/Upload settings

ARCHIVED QUESTION FROM HELPDESK:

Standard uploading settings

Hello! I have tried searching for a function like this, but I have not found an answer yet. I want all my uploads to always have these as standard:

{{Information
|description =
|date =
|source = {{own}}
|author = [[User:Vasmar1|Marius Vassnes]]
|permission = {{User:Vasmar1/MariusVassnes-CC BY-SA 4.0/en}}
}}

Is there a way to make this standard for all my uploads? Thanks! Vasmar1 | Marius Vassnes (talk) 13:59, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

There may be a few possibilities. I'm not sure if these possibilities have what you want because I don't use them. But you could have a look. Other users may know better options.

A. One or several upload applications may have features you are looking for.

B. You could look if you find what you are looking for if you click on "build your own upload link" on this page.

C. Something probably too simple for what you are looking for, is to save the complete pre-filled information somewhere in your userspace and just copy-paste it in the upload box.

However, the additional requirement number 1 in your current permission template contradicts the CC license. If you use a CC license, you cannot require that the credit be always in the vicinity of the image. See also the CC FAQ. That is also well established on the Wikimedia websites. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:47, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Assuming you are working on a PC, I'd suggest just keeping this in a file on your PC Desktop and using Special:Upload for your uploads. Then step one is to copy-paste that into the edit box there. Also, you might want to save yourself even more typing by adding:

|description = {{en|}}

|date = {{taken on|}}

Jmabel ! talk 18:56, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

I'm curious about what the possibility "B" (above) does. I'm guessing that the "build your own" script may save one step by including automatically the desired content into the box, without having to copy-paste it. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:35, 14 January 2023 (UTC)