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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 Wikimedia Commons as Template:Keep local, where categories and captions may be viewed. While the license of this file may be compliant with the Wikimedia Commons, an editor has requested that the local copy be kept too. This file does not meet CSD F8 and should not be tagged as a Commons duplicate. If you desire to nominate it for deletion, notify the tagging editor.
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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 Wikimedia Commons as Template:Keep local, where categories and captions may be viewed. While the license of this file may be compliant with the Wikimedia Commons, an editor has requested that the local copy be kept too. This file does not meet CSD F8 and should not be tagged as a Commons duplicate. If you desire to nominate it for 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 Wikimedia Commons as PAGENAME ON COMMONS, where categories and captions may be viewed. While the license of this file may be compliant with the Wikimedia Commons, an editor has requested that the local copy be kept too. This file does not meet CSD F8 and should not be tagged as a Commons duplicate. If you desire to nominate it for deletion, notify the tagging editor.

If you want to add why this file should not be deleted, you can write {{Keep local|PAGENAME ON COMMONS|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 Wikimedia Commons as PAGENAME ON COMMONS, where categories and captions may be viewed. While the license of this file may be compliant with the Wikimedia Commons, an editor has requested that the local copy be kept too because add your reason here. This file does not meet CSD F8 and should not be tagged as a Commons duplicate. If you desire to nominate it for 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

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Keep local in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Keep local

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Name on commons1

The pagename of this file on commons, if different from here

Unknownoptional
reasonreason

Why we want to keep a local copy

Stringsuggested


See also

  • {{Do not move to Commons}}
  • {{Now Commons}}
  • {{Esoteric file}}
  • {{Incomplete move to Commons}}
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Keep local/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
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Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Keep_local&oldid=1280804075"
Last edited on 16 March 2025, at 15:23

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