I work with an organization which has photos of household products, and which has applied free licenses to some product photos.
In the Template:Institution documentation, it seems that the expected use is for art, and that the institution template might be used in the template:artwork.
I applied the institution template into the default template:information, which is what template:artwork replaces if it is used. In my case, I replaced the "author" field with the institution template, because that is what seemed like the most natural use.
Is it correct to say that when the default information template is used, then if the institution template is used, then it should go into the author field? Can anyone show examples of an organization which is sharing files on Commons, using the institution template, and which is not an art organization? Thanks for any comments. Blue Rasberry (talk)20:39, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'd suggest to use {{Artwork}}! It should not only be used for artworks but for all physical objects with an esthetical approach, hence for industrial design, too. But I don't think Consumer Products should be in the author field and it should be "unknown photographer working for {{Institution:Consumer Reports}}" since the "subject" of the file/image isn't the photo which should be described by {{Information}} or {{Artwork}} but the coffemaker. I don't see why the consumer report itself should be interesting for Commons, what is interesting is the coffemaker. So like this:
Fresh Brew Plus EC-YSC100
Author
Zojirushi
Title
Fresh Brew Plus EC-YSC100
Object type
coffemaker
Description
English: Consumer Reports tested this Zojirushi coffeemaker.
The Consumer Reports archives file name is "RR-2016-CM-Zojirushi-0031-ID".
The author information is needed for the license and proper attribution. Maybe if we use {{Art Photo}} template than we can separate information about the photograph from the information about the object in the photograph. --Jarekt (talk) 13:31, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Jarekt and Marsupium: I am feeling uncertain and would like more information, if either of you can tell more. I was imagining that there could be a simple and certain process for any organization to share media files and use the institution template. I hesitate to use {{Artwork}} because that does not seem like a natural fit for my organization. It might be a short-term solution but in the long term I want any organization, including government agencies, research institutions, universities, and GLAM institutions outside the arts to have a good choice here.
I like the extra options in the {{Artwork}} template but am unsure about directing people to label odd file uploads as "artwork", when I think this is not what people commonly call art. Here are both template versions, updated based on the above suggestions:
Information template
DescriptionInstitution/2016
English: :Consumer Reports tested this Zojirushi coffeemaker.
The Consumer Reports archives file name is "RR-2016-CM-Zojirushi-0031-ID".
As Marsupium says, the subject matter is not getting its own field. "Zojirushi coffeemaker" is free text in the description field. It would be nice to somehow note the creator of what is depicted, "Zojirushi", and the name of what is depicted, "Zojirushi Model: Fresh Brew Plus EC-YSC100" For the artwork template, I think that "object type" is supposed to be something like "painting" or "sculpture", not free options like "coffeemaker".
@Jarekt and Marsupium: I am feeling uncertain and would like more information, if either of you can tell more. I was imagining that there could be a simple and certain process for any organization to share media files and use the institution template. I hesitate to use {{Artwork}} because that does not seem like a natural fit for my organization. It might be a short-term solution but in the long term I want any organization, including government agencies, research institutions, universities, and GLAM institutions outside the arts to have a good choice here.
I like the extra options in the {{Artwork}} template but am unsure about directing people to label odd file uploads as "artwork", when I think this is not what people commonly call art. Here are both template versions, updated based on the above suggestions:
Information template
DescriptionInstitution/2016
English: :Consumer Reports tested this Zojirushi coffeemaker.
The Consumer Reports archives file name is "RR-2016-CM-Zojirushi-0031-ID".
As Marsupium says, the subject matter is not getting its own field. "Zojirushi coffeemaker" is free text in the description field. It would be nice to somehow note the creator of what is depicted, "Zojirushi", and the name of what is depicted, "Zojirushi Model: Fresh Brew Plus EC-YSC100" For the artwork template, I think that "object type" is supposed to be something like "painting" or "sculpture", not free options like "coffeemaker".
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I actually do not understand this template, so if I misunderstand, then please someone speak up. Here is my current understanding -
Template:Institution is a useful template to use on the file upload page of all the files that a single institution might upload to Wikimedia Commons
It could be a standard recommendation in Wikimedia Commons that any institution sharing media files use this template to identify their uploads
Any sort of institution is encouraged to use this template, including GLAM organizations, government agencies, universities, research institutes, or any other kind of organization that is uploading sets of media files to Wikimedia Commons
The documentation for this template currently says,
{{Institution}} creates an infobox for GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) institutions to be customized in Institution: namespace pages and used in Gallery" field of {{Artwork}} in File description pages.
Based on my understanding above, I propose to change this documentation to
{{Institution}} creates an infobox for any kind of institution to be customized in Institution: namespace pages and used in the appropriate field of the {{Information}} template or its specialized variants. Wikimedia Commons contributors may find this template useful to use as a way to identify the relationship between a file on Commons and an institution.
Specialized versions of {{Information}} include the {{Artwork}} and {{Photograph}} templates. Because this template is shared for use among any kind of institution, including GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) institutions, government agencies, universities, research institutions, or any other sort of organization, some sorts of organization make variations of the {{Information}} template for their field's specialized needs. The Institution template can communicate any of the following:
The institution as the original source for a file on Wikimedia Commons
The institution as the physical location for the subject of a photograph on Wikimedia Commons, regardless of whether the institution provided the photograph
The {{Institution}} template for an institution is not a controlled by the institution itself, nor is it restricted for use on that institution's own uploads. Instead, anyone may use the template to note a relationship between a file on Commons and an institution. For example, a museum might upload files to Wikimedia Commons, and visitors to the museum might take their own photographs and upload those to Commons. The photographs would have different copyright owners, but in some way, each could be tagged with the institution template to note that the subject matter of the file is related to the institution.
There are two places majority of Institution templates are placed:
Template:Artwork: Institution field (in the past also known as "gallery" or "museum" field. When displayed it shows up as "Current location" field and we mostly meant it as the current permanent location, so when piece is traveling we do not change it. You can find similar fields in most other Infobox templates except {{Information}} template.
documentation in of the top-level category for the institution.
