This is a documentation subpage for Template:IWM collections.
Usage
This template links specifically to the IWM Collections, as requested in their licence usage. Each image uploaded here must include this template inside the "Source" parameter of the {{Infobox file}} template. Please fill out the parameters as follows.
{{IWM collections|catalogue number|oid=online ID|collection number (optional)}}
Example
{{IWM collections|Q 53234|oid=205022660|3100-06}}
Results in:
This photograph Q 53234 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 3100-06)
The Imeprial War Museum allows downloading of standard-resolution images, including the embedding of films or sound recordings from the IWM website free of charge, for your own private and Non-Commercial use, under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. In this licence the IWM use the term "Information" to mean all the types of files you can use. They encouraged to use the Information available under this licence, freely and flexibly, within these conditions. Files covered by this licence that are made available for use can be found at Collections Search applying the filter "Share and Reuse". These are indicated mainly as © IWM or © Crown Copyright: IWM, and are known as IWM attribution statements (see below)
In a nutshell, you can
- Copy, publish, distribute and transmit the Information for private and Non-Commercial purposes; and
- Download, embed or link to any Information for Non-Commercial purposes (providing certain conditions are met).
Providing attribution
One such condition of use is that the Information source is acknowledged by specifying the IWM attribution statement in accordance with this licence. On IWM’s Collections Online, the attribution statement is shown directly under the media. It starts with the copyright symbol, followed by numbers and letters, such as: © IWM HU 102374, © IWM A 33866, and © IWM MGH 3773. The correct use of this template will link directly to the Information source.
Please note
The IWM do not permit the use of high-resolution images online.
Additional information
- The
catalogue numberis the IWM attribution statement, located directly underneath the image. For example: Q 53234. - The
oidparameter refers to the ID at the end of the photograph's description page's URL. For example: 205221856 for https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022660
Images uploaded automatically go into the Category:Images from the Imperial War Museum. It is good practice to include a suitable category, or set of categories, for each file uploaded.