Template:Contact author before editing

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This template is used to ask the users to contact the original author before editing the file or uploading a new version, because the file is based on original data which contains vital additional information.

Usage

{{Contact author before editing |author= }}

Deutsch: Wenn der Name des Urhebers angegeben wird (bitte verwenden Sie den Namen eines Wikimedia-Commons-Benutzers ohne das User:-Präfix), wird dieser angezeigt, sonst wird eine allgemeine Formulierung verwendet.
English: If the name of the author is given (specify a Wikimedia Commons user name without the User: prefix) it is displayed, else the template uses a general formulation.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefaultStatus
authorThe author of the work (user name)emptyoptional

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

Relies on:
{{Autotranslate}}, {{Mbox}}

Example

{{Contact author before editing|author=Goran tek-en}}

renders as:

Localization

Deutsch  English  македонски  português do Brasil  +/−

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:Contact author before editing/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Contact author before editing/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.