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<templatestyles src="Template:EDFM style/styles.css" /><div class="edfm-panel edfm-panel-warning noexcerpt">'''Deprecated.''' Use {{tl|EDFM image information}} instead, under a separate <code>== Summary ==</code> section — keep licensing in its own <code>== Licensing ==</code> section via {{tl|License-ED screenshot}} rather than the combined notice this template used to render. See [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Image Use Policy]]. This template predates EDFM's current media-information template and is kept only so old links/history aren't broken.</div><noinclude>
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<dt>Description</dt><dd>{{{description|<span class="edfm-inline-flag">Not specified</span>}}}</dd>
<dt>Subject</dt><dd>{{{subject|<span class="edfm-inline-flag">Not specified</span>}}}</dd>
<dt>Captured by</dt><dd>{{{captured_by|<span class="edfm-inline-flag">Contributor name not specified</span>}}}</dd>
<dt>Capture date</dt><dd>{{{capture_date|<span class="edfm-inline-flag">Not specified</span>}}}</dd>
<dt>Game version</dt><dd>{{{game_version|<span class="edfm-inline-flag">Not specified</span>}}}</dd>
<dt>Location</dt><dd>{{{location|<span class="edfm-inline-flag">Not applicable / not specified</span>}}}</dd>
<dt>Source</dt><dd>{{{source|In-game screenshot}}}</dd>{{#if:{{{notes|}}}|
<dt>Notes</dt><dd>{{{notes}}}</dd>}}
</dl>
</div>
{{Frontier assets notice}}<includeonly>[[Category:Elite Dangerous screenshots]]{{#if:{{{captured_by|}}}||[[Category:Files missing source information]]}}</includeonly><noinclude>
== Usage ==
== Usage ==
The recommended all-in-one template for an ordinary ''Elite Dangerous'' gameplay screenshot cropped Engineer headshots, ship renders, facilities, UI elements, locations, and so on. Add it directly to the file description at upload time (or after, on the <code>File:</code> page). It records the useful metadata '''and''' automatically includes the same Frontier attribution/non-CC notice as {{tl|License-ED screenshot}} — no need to also paste legal wording by hand, and no need to separately pick a Licensing dropdown option (leaving it on "no license selected" is fine when this template is used).
Do not use this template on new uploads see {{tl|EDFM image information}}.


<pre>
The outer notice uses the <code>noexcerpt</code> class so maintenance/editorial
{{Elite Dangerous screenshot
text is excluded from article excerpts and Page Previews.
|description = Professor Palin portrait/headshot
|subject = Professor Palin
|captured_by = CMDR Example
|capture_date = 2026-08-08
|game_version = Live
|location = Abel Laboratory, Arque
|source = In-game screenshot
|notes = (optional)
}}
</pre>
 
'''Fields:'''
* <code>description</code> — what the image shows, in a sentence.
* <code>subject</code> — the specific Engineer/ship/location/UI element/etc. pictured.
* <code>captured_by</code> — the contributor's commander name or handle. Leaving this out flags the file into [[:Category:Files missing source information]] rather than silently crediting nobody.
* <code>capture_date</code> — when the screenshot was taken (not when it was uploaded, if different).
* <code>game_version</code> — e.g. "Live", "Legacy", or a specific named update if relevant.
* <code>location</code> — in-game system/body/facility/station shown, where applicable; omit for UI-only screenshots.
* <code>source</code> — defaults to "In-game screenshot"; only override for an edge case (e.g. a cropped/annotated version of another contributor's original capture — say so here).
* <code>notes</code> — optional, anything else worth recording (e.g. "annotated to highlight X").
 
See [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Image Use Policy]] and [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Adding an Image]].
[[Category:Templates]]
[[Category:Templates]]
</noinclude>
</noinclude>

Latest revision as of 03:29, 20 August 2026

Deprecated. Use {{EDFM image information}} instead, under a separate == Summary == section — keep licensing in its own == Licensing == section via {{License-ED screenshot}} rather than the combined notice this template used to render. See Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Image Use Policy. This template predates EDFM's current media-information template and is kept only so old links/history aren't broken.

Usage

Do not use this template on new uploads — see {{EDFM image information}}.

The outer notice uses the noexcerpt class so maintenance/editorial text is excluded from article excerpts and Page Previews.