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was placed on articles about living people that have no current free image. It was not intended to be placed on articles about other subjects, including people who died before the 1900s when photography became widespread. The image was intended to be placed at the top so that the image code is
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is a dummy image designed to draw attention to the need for an actual image. Knowledge (XXG) image placeholders were meant to be used on articles, especially those of living people, for the purpose of trying to obtain a freely-licensed image for them. In
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this idea was found to be controversial. Changes to the software since then have also made the system less effective, and for both of these reasons it is not currently maintained. This page is preserved as an explanation of them.
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Image placeholders were formerly used on Knowledge (XXG) for biographies of living persons but have since been deprecated. As of 2020 all placeholder images have been removed from the main namespace.
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So far the majority of uploads have been copyright violations. As a result, those that are not copyright violations should have their tag replaced with
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Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the
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This section discusses some rather obscure MediaWiki functions and is only really of interest to administrators who need to make changes to it.
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There are various different types of infoboxes, but for calling them one of the following would normally have worked:
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This is part of a system in the software originally designed to allow alternative languages in the interface; see
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For pages without infoboxes the following format was generally considered best:
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to keep them separate from the stuff that needs to be deleted.
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Typically code like this is also built into infobox templates.
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Knowledge (XXG):Centralized discussion/Image placeholders
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Category:Reviewed images of people replacing placeholders
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provides the CSS class "dummy", which allowed users to
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The "fromowner" system involves a number of elements:
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This page is currently inactive and is retained for
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historical
village pump
Shortcut
WP:UPPI
a Knowledge (XXG) Centralized Discussion
Image:Replace this image male.svg
Image:Replace this image female.svg
Template:image class
backlinks
edit
use CSS to suppress the display
Image:Replace this image1.svg
Category:Images of people replacing placeholders
copyright violations
Image:Replace this image male.svg
Image:Replace this image female.svg
Knowledge (XXG):Upload/Replace this image/People
fromowner upload page
Special:upload
MediaWiki:Uploadtext/en-placeholder-people
MediaWiki:Licenses/en-placeholder-people
Template:Multilicense replacing placeholder
Category:Images of people replacing placeholders
Category:Reviewed images of people replacing placeholders
File:Replace this image (building).svg
Image:Replace this imageb.svg
Knowledge (XXG):Fromownerbuilding
MediaWiki:Uploadtext/fobuild
MediaWiki:Licenses/fobuild

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