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Use this template to embed videos uploaded to Appropedia, Wikimedia Commons, YouTube or Vimeo.

Usage

Basic

  • {{Video|Growing tomatoes.mp4}} — Embed a video uploaded to Appropedia
  • {{Video|The Yakan Native Dance.webm}} — Embed a video uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
  • {{Video|431803145}} — Embed a Vimeo video by id
  • {{Video|PsP5IJT77fU}} — Embed a YouTube video by id
  • {{Video|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsP5IJT77fU}} — Embed a YouTube video by URL (notice that the "video" parameter is required because else the = sign in the YouTube URL will confuse the template)

Parameters

  • videoRequired! File name, id or URL, for example:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsP5IJT77fU — YouTube URL
    • https://vimeo.com/431803145 — Vimeo URL
    • PsP5IJT77fU — YouTube id
    • 431803145 — Vimeo id
    • House wren in JBWR (50171).webm — Name of a file uploaded to Appropedia or to Wikimedia Commons
  • title — Title of the video, used for search results.
  • description — Description of the video content, used for search results.
  • keywords — Comma-separated list of keywords, for example 'solar, garden, recycle'.
  • authors — Authors names or usernames on Appropedia (including the 'User:' prefix).
  • date — Date when the video was made, for example '2020-09-23'.
  • location — Location where the video was made, for example 'Buenos Aires, Argentina'.
  • language — Language code of the language of the video, for example 'es' for Spanish ('en' for English is assumed).
  • license — License under which this video is released, for example 'CC-BY-SA-4.0'.
  • align — Alignment of the video, for example 'center'.

Example

{{Video
| video = https://vimeo.com/431803145
| align = center
| title = The Walking Fish
| description = A tragicomic short film about ambition, perfection and self-acceptance.
| keywords = ambition, perfection, self-acceptance, fish
| authors = Thessa Meijer
| date = 2020-07-05
| location = Netherlands
| language = es
| license = CC-BY-SA-4.0
| annotations =
* 00:00 Start
* 00:10 Tenth second
* 01:00 Minute mark
}}
431803145.jpgVimeo_play_button.png
The Walking Fish

A tragicomic short film about ambition, perfection and self-acceptance.

Authors: Thessa Meijer
Date: 2020-07-05
Location: Netherlands
Language: Español (es)
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Annotations:
  • 00:00 Start
  • 00:10 Tenth second
  • 01:00 Minute mark

See also

Template data

Use this template to embed videos uploaded to Appropedia, Wikimedia Commons, YouTube or Vimeo.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Videovideo 1

Video name, URL or id

Example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R2gvgcdseI
Stringrequired
Titletitle 2

Video title

Example
How to build an igloo
Stringoptional
Alignalign

Alignment of the video

Default
left
Example
center
Stringoptional
Descriptiondescription

Video description

Stringoptional
Keywordskeywords

Comma-separated list of keywords

Example
solar, garden, recycle
Stringoptional
Authorsauthors

Authors names or usernames on Appropedia (including the 'User:' prefix)

Example
John Doe, User:Lonny, User:Emilio
Stringoptional
Datedate

Date when the video was made

Example
2020-09-23
Dateoptional
Locationlocation

Location where the video was made

Example
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Stringoptional
Languagelanguage

Language code of the language of the video

Suggested values
en es de fr pt it
Default
en
Example
es
Stringoptional
Licencelicense

License under which this video is released

Suggested values
CC-BY-SA-4.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0 CC-BY-SA-2.0 CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0 CC-BY-4.0 CC-BY-3.0 CC-BY-2.0 CC0-1.0 Public domain Fair use Copyright Unknown
Example
CC-BY-SA 4.0
Stringoptional
Annotationsannotations

Annotations to navigate the video

Example
00:00 Start
Contentoptional
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