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The picture of the day is an image which is dynamically updated each day with an image from Wikipedia:Featured pictures.
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"Big Pete" Ramagos, rigger at work on Douglas Dam, Tennessee, June 1942. A rigger is a person or company which specializes in the lifting and/or moving of extremely large and/or heavy objects. Riggers use equipment expressly designed for moving and lifting objects where ordinary material handling equipment cannot go. Photo credit: Alfred T. Palmer |
Guidelines
- The picture must already be a featured picture. To nominate a picture for that honor see featured picture candidates.
- Featured images are currently selected in the order they were promoted (i.e. a rough First In, First Out order). See the featured pictures candidates archive for this order.
Including the POTD on your user page
You can insert the image on your user page or talk page by adding the text {{Pic of the day}} (this version is shown above). It will be displayed in a box of no more than 600 pixels wide, and will include a small amount of text based on the article in which the image appears. A no-text version is also available via {{POTD}}.
It is also possible to create your own custom POTD layouts, in case the already-existing versions will not look good within your user page design. Mix and match the following components to make your own. This system will only work for Pictures of the day selected beginning January 1, 2007. Be sure to replace [date] with an appropriate date value. For a dynamically updating version, use {{#time:Y-m-d}} (example: {{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|image}}).
| Template | Description | Renders as |
|---|---|---|
{{POTD/[date]|image}} |
The name of the image, without the Image: prefix. |
AlfredPalmerRamagosa.jpg |
{{POTD/[date]|size}} |
The size of the image, without the trailing px. |
300 |
{{POTD/[date]|caption}} |
The image caption. | "Big Pete" Ramagos, rigger at work on Douglas Dam, Tennessee, June 1942. A rigger is a person or company which specializes in the lifting and/or moving of extremely large and/or heavy objects. Riggers use equipment expressly designed for moving and lifting objects where ordinary material handling equipment cannot go. |
{{POTD/[date]|title}} |
A link to the article the image represents. | Rigger |
{{POTD/[date]|texttitle}} |
A linkless short caption, also useful as an alt attribute. | Rigger |
There are two additional pre-defined layouts
{{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|column}}: This has the image and caption above each other with no borders. Used on some of the Main Page alternatives and suitable for user pages as well.{{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|row}}: This has the image and caption encapsulated in (usually) a single table row. This is the version used on the Main Page.
It is also possible to permanently feature a POTD for a selected day. Just add a specific value for the date you want. For example, today's POTD is {{POTD/2008-08-30|image}}. Likewise, you can use date parameters with the other templates as well. If you like the pre-made formats, you can use date parameters there as well, like this: {{Pic of the day|date=2008-08-30}} or {{POTD|date=2008-08-30}}. Again, this system will only work for Pictures of the day selected beginning January 1, 2007.
As a Userbox
| Code | Result | Users | ||
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| {{User:CFeyecare/templates/POTD}} |
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Transclusions |
Older Pictures of the day
If you want to permanently include a Picture of the day that was selected between November 1, 2004 and December 31, 2006, use the following: {{Wikipedia:Picture of the day/[month] [day], [year]}} or {{Wikipedia:POTD/[month] [day], [year]}}. For example, {{Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 31, 2006}}.
PsOTD selected from May 2004 through October 2004 are only accessible in month-at-a-time archives and can only be placed on user pages by using standard image syntax.
Commons:Picture of the day
Dead trees in the terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US.
Information about inserting the Commons POTD on your user page or talk page can be found on Template:POTD commons.
Picture of the day archive
2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2006: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2007: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2008: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 31 July 2008, at 02:03.
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