Template:VIC/doc

= Usage =

= Parameters =

image (Required)
This is the image name (without the Image: prefix).

date (Required)
This is the date and time the image was nominated for VI. When nominating, this is automatically set to the correct value using the default value in the VIC nomination preload template. The date format shall adhere strictly to the format
 * YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM (UTC)

to assure proper sorting of candidates in the maintenance subcategories of Category:Valued image candidates.

nominator (Required)
The user who has nominated the image as a candidate for VIC, e.g., UserName. Can conveniently be specified as the user signature without a timestamp, that is (three tildes). The nominator is not allowed to vote.

orientation
This is the image orientation parameter. The default value is landscape.

landscape
With this setting of the orientation parameter, the image is rendered at an image width of 480 pixels. With a normal 4:3 aspect ratio of a landscape image, this will result in a height of 360 pixels.

portrait
With this setting of the orientation parameter, the image is rendered with an image width of 360 pixels. With a normal 3:4 aspect ratio of a portrait image, this will result in a height of 480 pixels.

panorama
With this setting of the orientation parameter, the image is rendered with an image width of 830 pixels. This results in the same number of shown pixels as a standard 480x360 pixels image for panoramas with an aspect ratio of 1:4, which is a typical value.

scope (required)
By nominating an image for VI status you are stating that, in your view, the image is more valuable than any other on Commons within the generic scope you have specified.

Note that scope is not a simple description of your image. Rather, it defines a generic field or category within which your image is the most valuable example. Please read Valued image scope.

review
This parameter is the review section where users cast there votes or comments. The parameter is empty at the time of nomination.

= Examples =

Nominating a landscape Image for VIC
gives

Help message when specifying an invalid status parameter
Let's say you want to support the nomination above, so you place a support vote and you want to update the status parameter to reflect your support. Assume you change status to "Support" (the correct is "supported") as follows

you get this

Supporting a nomination
After correcting the status to "supported":

You get

= See also =
 * Template:VI-time
 * Template:VI-review-instructions
 * Template:VIC-add-nomination
 * Template:VIC-candidate-images
 * Template:VIC-image-to-thumb
 * Template:VIC-status-to-color
 * Template:VIC-thumb