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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Duplicate (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

[edit] Usage

This maintenance template is part of the Wikipedia project, not the encyclopedia proper. It automatically adds images to Category:Duplicate.

Use this template to tag exact duplicates with {{Duplicate|Image:Example.jpg}}.

[edit] Example

{{Duplicate|Image:Example.jpg}} creates:

This image is an exact duplicate or scaled-down version of Image:Example.jpg. There should be only one copy of an image. After replacing all instances with the preferred image, the others should be speedily deleted.
Admins: Follow the directions on Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. Do not delete this page until all uses have been replaced!. Only use for images that are exact duplicates!