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gives an example of an informative yet brief full-sentence caption describing the key element (the singular protagonist) depicted and its relationship to the article's subject. The need for a full-length caption in an infobox can generally indicate one of two things: 1) an exceptionally inappropriate image or 2) an image that doesn't really ...
A caption is a short descriptive or explanatory text, usually one or two sentences long, which accompanies a photograph, picture, map, graph, pictorial illustration, figure, table or some other form of graphic content contained in a book or in a newspaper or magazine article. [1] [2] [3] The caption is usually placed directly below the image.
WP:Captions#Wording even says "Most captions are not real sentences, but extended nominal groups", and includes examples that are short phrases. Gimmetrow 16:45, 27 March 2008 (UTC) Sometimes a full sentence is a good things; other times, not.
For example, to use File:Image PlaceHolder.png, you can simply use |image=Image PlaceHolder.png. Captions should be specified with the |caption= option. Every infobox is different and the documentation for the infobox in question should be consulted for the proper parameters to match the image and caption.
The caption is visible to all readers, and can contain HTML markup, wikilinks and inline citations. An infobox often contains a plain image with the caption as a separate row. A good caption should succinctly identify the subject of the image and establish the image's relevance to the article, without detailing the obvious.
Sea's the day. I can sea clearly now. If there's a will, there's a wave 🌊. Living my fanta(sea). Sea the beauty in everything. At the beach, every day is Sun-day ☀️
caption, if set, displays just below the image. Remember that the person's name is typically displayed just above the image anyway, so only include a caption if it has something extra to say. Remember that the person's name is typically displayed just above the image anyway, so only include a caption if it has something extra to say.
The empty string, if there is an explicitly requested Caption and the image type has a visible caption. The image file name if there is no explicitly requested Alt or Caption. This is never a satisfactory option. It is possible to specify the link title text only for images with no visible caption (as described above).