Template:Keep local
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Usage
{{Keep local}} will give the default request to keep the local file:
| The uploader or another editor requests that a local copy of this file be kept. This image or media file may be available on the deletion, notify the tagging editor. | |
If the file is on Commons under a different name, you can add {{Keep local|PAGENAME ON COMMONS}}, where PAGENAME ON COMMONS is the name of the page on Commons of the duplicate file.
| The uploader or another editor requests that a local copy of this file be kept. This image or media file is available on the deletion, notify the tagging editor. | |
If you want to add why this file should not be deleted, you can write {{Keep local|SOMEPAGENAME|reason=add your reason here}}, though this is not required.
| The uploader or another editor requests that a local copy of this file be kept. This image or media file is available on the deletion, notify the tagging editor. | |
This template categorized into Category:Wikipedia files on Wikimedia Commons for which a local copy has been requested to be kept.
Parameters
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TemplateData for Keep local
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| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name on commons | 1 | The pagename of this file on commons, if different from here | Unknown | optional |
| reason | reason | Why we want to keep a local copy | String | suggested |
See also
- {{Do not move to Commons}}
- {{Now Commons}}
- {{Esoteric file}}
- {{Incomplete move to Commons}}