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To get there, type "Template:foo" in the search box (see search), or make a wikilink like [[Template:foo]] somewhere, such as in the sandbox, and click on it. Once you are there, just click "edit" or "edit this page" at the very top of the page (not the documentation edit button lower down) and edit it in the same way that you would any other page.
Alternatively, use {} if the video is a newscast, or {{cite episode}} if the video is in an episodic format. Note that this template makes it clear that it "has" various Wikidata property elements, it does not automatically "use" the information stored in Wikidata – the VIDEOID, CHANNELID, HANDLE, USERNAME, SHOWID or PLAYLISTID alphanumeric ...
Please note that this just creates a link to the file and does not actually embed the file. If the file is Non-Free and only referenced via this template it is not in compliance with Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria § Policy #7. The template uses the Phonos MediaWiki extension to create an audio link that plays on click.
This template should always be substituted by prefixing "subst:" inside the template code. Thus use {{subst:Creation|user/u or ip/anon}} rather than {{Creation|u/user or ip/anon}}. This template presumes that its use will be for a first response to an unindented post, and thus automatically indents one colon for all paragraphs. If you require ...
Normally, sound files are presented on Wikipedia pages using the Template:Listen or its related templates. However, it is also possible to present an audio file without any template. [[File:Accordion chords-01.ogg]] Caption. The parameter |thumbmay be used to give the file a caption. That will also float the playbutton to the right.
A basic overview of how templates work (8-minute video) Most templates are in the template namespace, which means that they have titles in the form "Template:XXXX".It is possible, however, to transclude and substitute from any namespace, [a] and so some template pages are placed in other namespaces, such as the user namespace.
If an image, 3D model, audio or video clip: is currently available online, cannot be uploaded to Wikipedia, even under non-free use rules, and; readers will expect this type of media in the article, then it may be appropriate to use {{external media}} to provide a direct link to the media file along with a description of the media.
Commons: Wikimedia Commons, or simply Commons, is a wiki-based media repository of free-to-use images, sounds, videos and other media. It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikinews: Wikinews is a free-content news wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation that works through collaborative journalism through user-created content.