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English: Tutorial on how to edit information about a picture on Wikimedia Commons including how to add captions, structured data, and edit the Summary information template. Date 3 February 2020
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This example assumes an article has two or more image captions spread over two or more sections of the article, some of which are needing cleanup, and that the tag will be placed atop the article without giving specific examples. The syntax added atop the page would appear, in edit mode, as: {{Cleanup image captions|date=December 2020}}
[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.
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.
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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.
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