Template:Book/doc

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To view the template page itself, see Template:Book.

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This template is used to format basic information about books and should be used in place of {{Information}} for scanned book pages, whether the file contains a single page (e.g. JPG) or the entire book (e.g. a multi-page DjVu or PDF).

The template automatically sets the following categories: Book templates, if used in a template.

Usage

{{Book
 |Author           =
 |Translator       =
 |Editor           =
 |Illustrator      =
 |Title            =
 |Subtitle         =
 |Series title     =
 |Volume           =
 |Edition          =
 |Publisher        =
 |Printer          =
 |Publication date =
 |City             =
 |Language         =
 |Description      =
 |Source           =
 |Permission       =
 |Image            =
 |Image page       =
 |Pageoverview     =
 |Wikisource       =
 |Homecat          =
 |Other_versions   =
 |ISBN             =
 |LCCN             =
 |OCLC             =
 |References       =
 |Linkback         =
 |Wikidata         =
 |noimage          =
}}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
Author author	The book's author or authors. If the author is anonymous, write anonymous or unbekannt. If the book has multiple authors, write various authors or verschiedene and provide the editor's name in the Editor parameter. If possible, create and use a creator template for the author, providing identifying information and links to the author's Wikipedia and Wikisource pages. Wikidata item IDs are allowed.		empty	optional
Translator translator	The book's translator or translators. See the Author description for the preferred format. Wikidata item IDs are allowed.		empty	optional
Editor editor	The book's editor or editors. See the Author description for the preferred format. Wikidata item IDs are allowed.		empty	optional
Illustrator illustrator	The book's illustrator or illustrators. See the Author description for the preferred format. Wikidata item IDs are allowed.		empty	optional
Title title	The title of the book. Some titles of very old books tend to be long and are often split into the main title plus a subtitle. In such a case, please use the Subtitle parameter.		empty	optional
Subtitle subtitle	The subtitle of the book.		empty	optional
Series title series title	If the book is part of a series, then provide the series title.		empty	optional
Volume volume	If the book has multiple volumes, then provide the volume number.		empty	optional
Edition edition	The edition number.		empty	optional
Publisher publisher	The book's publisher.		empty	optional
Printer printer	The book's printer. Wikidata item IDs are allowed.		empty	optional
Publication date Date	The date of the book's publication. Use {{Other date}} or {{Complex date}} for approximate dates.		empty	optional
City city	The place of publication, usually a city. If possible, use {{City}} or one of autotranslated city templates (see Category:Multilingual tags: Locations). You can also use links to a gallery or Wikipedia article.		empty	optional
Language Language	The language of the book (most of the time, but not always, ISO codes). See the MediaWiki language abbreviation documentation [1] for details. Do not use the {{language}} template as it is already coded into this template. For multi-language books: marking a book this way requires familiarity with Wikidata: You must create an Item for the book there, if one does not already exist (this is separate from the "structured data" values attached to a Commons file) Give the Wikidata property language of work or name (P407) for the Item multiple values, one for each language And set the "Wikidata" parameter of this template in the Commons page for the file to the Q-id of the Item you have created. File:Swahili tales.djvu, which corresponds to d:Q99526042, is an example of a multi-language book.		empty	optional
Description description	A description of the book. Please use multilingual templates like {{en}}.		empty	optional
Source source	Information about where the source of the files in the category. Usually, this is the name of the user or the institution that scanned the book, with a link to the download page, if possible. Source should always be specified and books without a source will be tagged with the {{Source missing}} template.		empty	optional
Permission permission	A license (such as {{PD-old-100-expired}}); used for PDF and DjVu files where the entire book is a single file. When creating book templates (for a group of images that are uploaded as separate files), leave this field blank, as each file should directly include its own license template.		empty	optional
Image image	An image representing the book, usually the front page or the cover. For multi-image PDF and DjVu files, this is simply the filename. Omit "File:".		empty	optional
Image page image page	The page number of the title page or page representing the book in multi-page documents (PDF and DjVu), like a cover. If not provided in the wikitext, then it will be fetched from the title page number (P4714) property on Wikidata or in SDC.		empty	optional
Pageoverview pageoverview	A field used to show the page number, the number of pages, or possibly add links to all the pages. Different derivative templates use this field differently: Links to all the pages: for example, Template:De Kafka Hungerkünstler or Template:De Heimatlos (Spyri). Individual pages using the Book template with such links will display the current page without a link so it is easy to tell what is the current page, such as File:De Kafka Hungerkünstler 25.png. A single link to a gallery with all the pages: for example, Template:R. Waller - British Grasses and Wild Flowers. The current page number and possibly the total number of pages, based on parameters passed to the derivative template: see, for example, Template:Pan Tadeusz (1834) and one of the pages using it.		empty	optional
Wikisource wikisource	A link to related Wikisource page. Use s:en:Main Page notation without the double brackets (e.g. s:en:Three Books of Occult Philosophy).		empty	optional
Homecat homecat	Used only when the Book template is used to create other templates, usually templates for specific books. Homecat (Home category) will categorize the book template without categorizing images using it. In order to auto-categorize images as well, use the separate {{Book/AutoCategory}} template. If Homecat is missing or points to a non-existent category, the template is added to Category:Book templates without home category. To avoid that, use "Homecat=~".		empty	optional
Other_versions other_versions Other versions other versions	Other versions of this same document on Commons. This can be used for files in a different format or other editions of the same text.		empty	optional
Other_fields other_fields other fields Other fields	Additional table fields. The easiest way to use it is through {{Information field|name=(field name)|value=(field value)}}. There is also other_fields_1, other_fields_2, and other_fields_3 for placing fields in other locations.		empty	optional
ISBN	International Standard Book Number		empty	optional
LCCN	Library of Congress Control Number: Authority data from the Library of Congress.		empty	optional
OCLC	Title authority data from Online Computer Library Center.		empty	optional
Institution institution gallery Gallery	The archive, library, or other institution owning the piece. Use this option only in case of unique or rare material, like the Gutenberg Bible, maps, or archival documents. When possible, use collapsible institution templates like Institution:Library of Congress.		empty	optional
Department department	Department, division, collection, or other location within the institution. Use with the "Institution" parameter.		empty	optional
Accession number accession number id Id ID	The institution's accession number or some other inventory or identification number. Provide a link to the Institution database if available. Use with the "Institution" parameter.		empty	optional
References references	Books and websites with information about the object. Please use the {{Cite book}} and {{Cite web}} templates.		empty	optional
Linkback	In case of specialized Book templates, use this to add a link back to the template. If provided, then a blue pencil icon will be shown in the top line after the name. Clicking this icon will bring user to the proper book template page, so it can be edited.		empty	optional
Wikidata wikidata	Wikidata	ID of the Wikidata item about the book, if any exists.	empty	optional
noimage	noimage	A boolean variable which, when set to "1", will suppress display of first page of a multi-page document as "image" when the "image_page" parameter is not provided (in wikitext, SDC or on Wikidata).	false	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Relies on:
{{Language}}, {{City}}, {{ISOdate}}, {{Anonymous}}, {{Author}}

See also

• Other infobox templates: {{Information}}, {{Artwork}}, {{Photograph}}, {{Musical work}}
• Templates often used with book template: {{BookNaviBar}} (also {{BookNaviBar2}} and {{BookNaviBarPre}}), {{Book/AutoCategory}}

Localization

This template is localized by utilizing MediaWiki namespace messages. These can be translated at translatewiki.net (current translations).

This template is also used at English Wikisource for works that cannot be hosted at Commons. It should be updated there on occasion. If en.wp needs the same style as we use on Commons, here it is: style="background: #ccf; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.4em; width: 15%; font-weight:bold" which can replace class="fileinfo-paramfield" there.