Template:Watermark
  | This image contains digital watermarking or credits in the image itself. The usage of visible watermarks is discouraged. If a non-watermarked version of the image is available, please upload it under the same file name and then remove this template. Ensure that removed information is present in the image description page and replace this template with {{Metadata from image}} or {{Attribution metadata from licensed image}}.
Caution: Before removing a watermark from a copyrighted image, please read the WMF's analysis of the legal ramifications of doing so, as well as Commons' proposed policy regarding watermarks. If the old version is still useful, for example if removing the watermark damages the image significantly, upload the new version under a different title so that both can be used. After uploading the non-watermarked version, replace this template with{{Superseded|new filename|version without watermarks}}. |
After removing a watermark, please replace this template with {{Attribution metadata from licensed image}} or {{Metadata from image}}, whichever is appropriate to the image.
The template automatically sets the following categories:
Category:Images with watermarks or its subcategory Category:Images with timestamp watermarks (if you add first parameter "timestamp" {{Watermark|timestamp}})
Usage
{{Watermark |1= }}
Template parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | for images that contain timestamp watermarks → {{Watermark|timestamp}}it is sufficient to write the 1st letter, a lower case " t": → {{Watermark|t}} | empty | optional | |
2 | subcategory | empty | optional | |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Example
{{Watermark|timestamp}}
renders as:
 | This image contains digital watermarking (a timestamp). The usage of visible watermarks is discouraged. If a non-watermarked version of the image is available, please upload it under the same file name and then remove this template. Ensure that removed information is present in the image description page and replace this template with {{Metadata from image}} or {{Attribution metadata from licensed image}}.
Caution: Before removing a watermark from a copyrighted image, please read the WMF's analysis of the legal ramifications of doing so, as well as Commons' proposed policy regarding watermarks. If the old version is still useful, for example if removing the timestamp damages the image significantly, upload the new version under a different title so that both can be used. After uploading the non-watermarked version, replace this template with{{Superseded|new filename|version without watermarks}}. |
See also
- {{No watermarks}}
- {{Timestamp}} with default setting
- {{Dont remove watermark}}
- {{Invtext}} for invisible text watermarks
Localization
This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:Watermark/layout.
To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Watermark/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.