Template:BadGIF
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The images in this gallery were uploaded as GIF, while a different format would have been more suitable. Commons discourages the use of GIF files, except for animations. See Commons:File types for more information.
If possible, please upload a PNG version (or JPEG for some photos) of this image, and mark the GIF image as {{Superseded|‹new image name›}}. If you like, encourage other Wikimedia projects using the GIF to use the new version instead. If this image is a diagram or other image suitable for vectorisation, please tag this image with {{Convert to SVG}} instead of {{BadGIF}}. If not suitable for vectorisation, use {{Convert to PNG}}. |
Template to mark the files, which should be in formats other than GIF. Usable in Files, Categories and gallery.
The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:Images with inappropriate GIF format (subcategory of Category:Images for cleanup)
Usage
{{BadGIF |1= }}
Template parameters
Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | empty | optional |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: no namespace specified
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Placement: At the top of the page
See also
Localization
This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:BadGIF/layout.
To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:BadGIF/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang
from en
(or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.