WikiRug:Picture of the day
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The picture of the day (POTD) is an image that is automatically updated each day with a featured picture on the English WikiRug. Template:POTD/2025-02-06
Guidelines
- The picture must already be a featured picture. To nominate a picture, see featured picture candidates.
- Featured images are currently selected in roughly the order in which they were promoted (i.e. a first in, first out order). See the featured pictures candidates archive for this order. Exceptions are made for anniversaries of events or for national holidays.
- Not all featured pictures will appear as POTD. WikiRug:Picture of the day/Unused has a list of those that have been skipped.
POTD on your user page
You can insert the POTD on your user page or talk page by adding the text {{Pic of the day}} (this is the version shown above). It will be displayed in a box of no more than 600 pixels wide and will include a blurb based on the article in which the image appears. A version without text 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 POTDs 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 |
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{{POTD/[date]|image}} |
The name of the image, without the File: prefix |
Template:POTD/2025-02-06 |
{{POTD/[date]|size}} |
The size of the image, without the trailing px |
Template:POTD/2025-02-06 |
{{POTD/[date]|caption}} |
The image caption (blurb) | Template:POTD/2025-02-06 |
{{POTD/[date]|title}} |
A link to the article the image represents | Template:POTD/2025-02-06 |
{{POTD/[date]|texttitle}} |
A linkless short caption, also useful as an alt attribute | Template:POTD/2025-02-06 |
{{POTD/[date]|credit}} |
The credit line of the image, including the medium (e.g. photograph, painting) | Template:POTD/2025-02-06 |
There are two additional predefined 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 also suitable for user pages.{{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 current 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/2025-02-06|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=2025-02-06}} or {{POTD|date=2025-02-06}}. Again, this system will only work for POTDs selected beginning January 1, 2007.
As a userbox
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Random POTD
Use {{User:My Chemistry romantic/Templates/Random POTD}} to display a randomly selected POTD.
{{User:Tyw7/picofday}} also displays a randomly selected POTD, but without the header and footer.
POTD thumb
When you want to display the POTD like an ordinary thumbnail, similar to {{WP:Wikimedia Commons/POTD}}, you can use {{POTD WikiRug}}. For instance, if you want a thumbnailed version, floated right, you can use {{POTD WikiRug|float=right|title=yes|thumb=yes}}.
Older POTDs
If you want to permanently include a POTD that was selected between November 1, 2004 and December 31, 2006, use the following: {{WikiRug:Picture of the day/[month] [day], [year]}} or {{WikiRug:POTD/[month] [day], [year]}}. For example, {{WikiRug:Picture of the day/December 31, 2006}}.
POTDs 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.
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