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[a] Most captions draw attention to something in the image that is not obvious, such as its relevance to the text. A caption may be a few words or several sentences. Writing good captions takes effort; along with the lead and section headings, captions are the most commonly read words in an article, so they should be succinct and informative.
Often the caption or article will describe the image adequately, and where this is the case you can write alt=caption or alt=see adjacent text. If additional alt text is added, it should be a succinct description that complies with the content policies; see WP:ALT for more information.
How do you read an article? Start to finish without skipping, or do you survey the article before delving in deeper? Captions, together with their images, help the reader survey the article and lead the reader into the article. This project aims to improve captions in Wikipedia articles with pictures, in accordance with Wikipedia:Captions.
If Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons both have an image with the specified name, the Wikipedia version is the one that will appear in the article. thumb is required in most cases; alt=A white dog in a harness playfully nuzzles a young boy. Alt text is meant for those who cannot see the image; unlike the caption, it summarizes the image's appearance.
English: Practical introduction to Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons for WikiArabia 2019. Includes an overview of the new functionalities (Multilingual file captions, Depicts, Other statements) and the newest tools with which it's possible to contribute structured data at a larger scale: the ISA Tool, SDC, and AC/DC.
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Best practices for writing and formatting image captions. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers (MOS:NUM) Covers time and date formatting, including seasons (MOS:TIME) , recommendations for numbers and their notation, which units to use and how to format and abbreviate them (MOS:UNITS) , dealing with currencies (MOS:CURRENCY) and ...
It's hard to write a full sentence caption that doesn't fulfill at least one other goal of a good caption, and with that in mind, a full sentence is a good place to start. Keep in mind that captions are wiki text just like the articles - they're always subject to improvement! -- ke4roh 19:24, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)