These are tags that may be placed on the file description pages, i.e., the pages that open up when pictures in articles are clicked. This is not the complete list (at the moment). When tagging images, please see the full text list at Wikipedia:File copyright tags.
This image has source information, but it either links directly to the image or is a generic base URL, or is not an Internet source for an image that was likely found on the Internet. Source information should be provided so that the copyright status can be verified by others. It is requested that a better source be provided to make determination of the copyright information easier. Please provide a URL to an HTML page that contains this image. See Wikipedia:Citing sources#Multimedia for more information.
Please remove this template once better source information is provided.
Notify the uploader with: {{subst:bsr-user|1=File:Template index/File namespace}} ~~~~
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The purpose of this file is currently being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia's image use policy. The outcome of the discussion may result in the file's usage or license being changed, or possibly its deletion.
Feel free to edit the file description page, but the page must not be blanked and this notice must not be removed until the discussion is closed.
How to list a file for discussion: 1. Add {{ffd|log=2025 March 20}} to the file description page. 2. Add {{subst:Ffd2|1=Template index/File namespace|uploader= |reason= }} ~~~~ to add a line to today's FfD. 3. Add {{ffdc|1=Template index/File namespace|log=2025 March 20}} in the caption on each page in the file links. 4. Please consider notifying the uploader by placing {{subst:ffd notice|1=Template index/File namespace}} on their talk page(s).
This image contains digital watermarking or credits in the image itself. Additionally, if this image is a freely licensed image, it is in violation of Wikipedia's image use policy. An effort should be made to replace this image with a non-watermarked alternative. Refer to Wikipedia:Uploading images for instructions.
Caution: Before removing a watermark from a copyrighted image, please read the WMF's analysis of the legal ramifications of doing so.
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This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for more information.
[[WP:CSD#F8|F8]]: File available on Wikimedia Commons as [[c:File:Template index/File namespace]]
This file is now available on delete it. If not, change the {{Now Commons}} tag to: {{Incomplete move to Commons|Wikipedia:Template index/File namespace|reason=reason why the image could not be moved}}
This work contains material which may be subject to trademark laws in one or more jurisdictions. Before using this content, please ensure that it is used to identify the entity or organization that owns the trademark and that you have the right to use it under the laws which apply in the circumstances of your intended use. You are solely responsible for ensuring that you do not infringe someone else's trademark. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status. See also the Wikipedia trademark disclaimer and Wikipedia:Logos.
To place a file in this category, add the tag {{template name}} to the bottom of the file's description page. If you are not sure which category a file belongs to, consult the file copyright tag page. If this category is very large, please consider placing your file in a new or existing subcategory. Free files can be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.
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If this file has problems with attribution, ineligible for Commons, then remove this tag and DO NOT transfer it; repeat violators may be blocked from editing.
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Endorse this file for transfer by adding |human=<your username> to this Template.
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This project page may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion as an image or other media file licensed with an unacceptable license.This includes "for non-commercial use only", "non-derivative use", "for Wikipedia use only", "used with permission", or an image licensed only under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) 1.2 or earlier. If this file is being used under a claim of fair use, this criterion does not apply. See CSD F3.%5B%5BWP%3ACSD%23F3%7CF3%5D%5D%3A+File+licensed+as+%22for+non-commercial+use+only%22%2C+%22no+derivative+use%22%2C+%22for+Wikipedia+use+only%22%2C+%22used+with+permission%22%2C+or+GFDL+1.2+only.F3
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This project page may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion because it appears to have been copied from an unspecified source, which does not have a license compatible with Wikipedia, and the uploader does not assert fair use or make a credible claim of permission. Please edit this template to include details of where the file has been copied from, using {{db-f9|url=/cats-d8c4vu/somesite.com}}, or include a rationale if it was copied from a source other than a website, by using {{db-f9|DeletionRationale}}. The file will not be deleted if no indication is made as to why it is a copyright violation.See CSD F9.%5B%5BWP%3ACSD%23F9%7CF9%5D%5D%3A+Media+file+%5B%5BWikipedia%3ACopyright+violations%7Ccopyright+violation%5D%5D+without+credible+claim+of+%5B%5BWikipedia%3ANon-free+content%7Cfair+use%5D%5D+or+permissionF9
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deleting this file.[[WP:CSD#F7|F7]]: Violates [[WP:NFCC|non-free use policy]]
Usage: {{di-disputed non-free use rationale|date=20 March 2025|concern=concern}} Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-disputed non-free use rationale-notice|1=Template index/File namespace}} ~~~~ Add the following to the image captions: {{Deletable file-caption||F7}}%5B%5BWP%3ACSD%23F7%7CF7%5D%5D%3A+Violates+%5B%5BWP%3ANFCC%7Cnon-free+use+policy%5D%5D
delete this file.
Usage: {{di-no non-free use rationale|date=20 March 2025}} Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-no non-free use rationale-notice|1=Template index/File namespace}} ~~~~ Add the following to the image captions: {{Deletable file-caption|Monday, 15 July 2024|F6}}%5B%5BWP%3ACSD%23F6%7CF6%5D%5D%3A+Non-free+media+file+with+no+%5B%5BWP%3AFUR%7Cnon-free+use+rationale%5D%5D
delete this file.
Usage: {{di-no license|date=20 March 2025}} Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-no license-notice|1=Template index/File namespace}} ~~~~ Add the following to the image captions: {{Deletable file-caption|Monday, 15 July 2024|F4}}%5B%5BWP%3ACSD%23F4%7CF4%5D%5D%3A+Lack+of+licensing+information
delete this file.
Usage: {{di-no source|date=20 March 2025|non-free=no/yes}} Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-no source-notice|1=Template index/File namespace}} ~~~~ Add the following to the image captions: {{Deletable file-caption||F4}}%5B%5BWP%3ACSD%23F4%7CF4%5D%5D%3A+File+without+a+source+for+more+than+7+days
deleting this file.
Usage: {{di-replaceable non-free use|date=20 March 2025}} Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-replaceable non-free use-notice|1=Template index/File namespace}} ~~~~ Add the following to the image captions: {{Deletable file-caption||F7}}%5B%5BWP%3ACSD%23F7%7CF7%5D%5D%3A+Violates+%5B%5BWP%3ANFCC%7Cnon-free+content+criterion%5D%5D+%5B%5BWP%3ANFCC%231%7C%231%5D%5D
The purpose of this file is currently being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia's image use policy. The outcome of the discussion may result in the file's usage or license being changed, or possibly its deletion.
Feel free to edit the file description page, but the page must not be blanked and this notice must not be removed until the discussion is closed.
How to list a file for discussion: 1. Add {{ffd|log=2025 March 20}} to the file description page. 2. Add {{subst:Ffd2|1=Template index/File namespace|uploader= |reason= }} ~~~~ to add a line to today's FfD. 3. Add {{ffdc|1=Template index/File namespace|log=2025 March 20}} in the caption on each page in the file links. 4. Please consider notifying the uploader by placing {{subst:ffd notice|1=Template index/File namespace}} on their talk page(s).
This is a featured picture, which means that members of the community have identified it as one of the finest images on the English Wikipedia, adding significantly to its accompanying article. If you have a different image of similar quality, be sure to upload it using the proper free license tag, add it to a relevant article, and nominate it.
This image was uploaded in the PNG, GIF or other lossless image format. However, it contains visible lossy compression artifacts. These artifacts may have come from the JPEG format or from saving a colorful image in the GIF format instead of the PNG format. If possible, please upload a PNG or SVG version of this image, derived from a non-lossy source so that it doesn't contain any compression artifacts (or with existing artifacts removed). After doing so, please replace all instances of the artifacted version throughout Wikipedia (noted under the "File links" header), tag the old version with {{obsolete|NewImage.ext}}, and remove this tag. For more information, see Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload.
This image was uploaded in the JPEG format even though it consists of non-photographic data. The information it contains could be stored more efficiently or more accurately in the PNG or SVGformat.
If possible, please upload a PNG or SVG version of this image, derived from a non-JPEG source so that it doesn't contain any compression artifacts (or with existing artifacts removed) and with transparency where appropriate. After doing so, please replace all instances of the JPEG version throughout Wikipedia (noted under the "File links" header), tag the JPEG version with {{obsolete|NewImage.ext}}, and remove this tag. For more information, see Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload. (Search for similar images) This image has been added to Category:Images with inappropriate JPEG compression.
This image is of generally poor quality. Please upload a better quality version if available, or try to avoid its use. This image is considered to be of low quality because {{{1}}}
To image reviewers and patrollers: If you disagree with this assessment please leave a comment on the talk page.
This media file is obsolete. It is advisable that you use the newer file, [[:File:|]]. Note: This image will not be deleted unless it is explicitly nominated for deletion.
This image was uploaded with an opaque background where it should have been transparent. If possible, please upload a PNG or SVG version of this image, derived from a non-JPEG source so that it could hopefully contain an alpha channel and no compression artifacts (or with existing artifacts removed). After doing so, please replace all instances of this version throughout Wikipedia (noted under the "File links" header), and mark this image as {{obsolete|replacement image}}. For more information, see Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload.
The name of this media object is misspelled, incomplete, misleading, cryptic, does not conform to an established naming convention, is largely duplicative to another name, or shadows a file name on Wikimedia Commons. It has been suggested that this media object be renamed. For further information about when to rename, see Wikipedia:File names. This request will be dealt with by an administrator or file mover. Warning: the {{Rename media}} template is not meant to be used outside the File: namespace. Use {{Requested move}} on the talk page of the page that you believe should be moved instead.
A [[:File:|vector version of this image]] is also available, and should be used in place of this raster image where the raster image contains information that could be stored more efficiently and/or accurately in the SVG format, as a vector graphic.
If its license requires the preservation of attribution or revision history, the raster version of this image should not be deleted, in order to maintain this information. For more information, see the documentation on MediaWiki's support of SVG images.
This screenshot is of a program that has been released under a free software license. As a derivative work of that program, this screenshot falls under the same license.
Free software license:Warning: Needs a specified license, please read the template documentation.
Note: if the screenshot shows any work that is not a direct result of the program code itself, such as a text or graphics that are not part of the program, the license for that work must be indicated separately.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See version 3 of the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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This work is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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This image represents a two-dimensional work of art, such as a drawing, painting, print, or similar creation. The copyright for this image is likely owned by either the artist who created it, the individual who commissioned the work, or their legal heirs. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of artworks:
for purposes of critical commentary on:
the specific work in question,
the artistic genre or technique employed in the artwork, or
the artistic school or tradition to which the artist is associated,
as applied within the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers located in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
Any other use of this image, whether on Wikipedia or elsewhere, could potentially constitute a copyright infringement. For further information, please refer to Wikipedia's guidelines on non-free content. Fair use/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/File_namespace
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To the uploader:
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the work or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers
solely to illustrate the audio recording in question,
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
This image is of book cover(s), and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover(s) or the publisher of the book(s). It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers
to illustrate an article discussing the book in question
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
Please include in your fair use rationale details of the particular edition (publisher, market & year of publication) of the edition you have used, and also acknowledge any cover artist if such artist is acknowledged in that edition's frontmatter. If the book cover is in the public domain (see Wikipedia:Public domain), then use the appropriate public domain tag rather than this one.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
the issue of the comic book in question;
the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
the scene or storyline depicted, or
the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
where no free alternative exists or can be created,
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
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This image is a copyright-protected computer icon of a computer program. It is believed that the exhibition of icons to
illustrate or identify the computer software in question
where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
This tag should only be used for computer icons, do not use for other purposes.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
This work is protected by the British Crown copyright. Limitations on its distribution are defined at the original site of publication, and are not altered by its reproduction here. Those terms may include, but may not be limited to, its reproduction being accurate, free of charge in any format or medium, and not used in a misleading context. The source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged. HMSO has explicitly stated in official correspondence that material under Crown Copyright may not be relicensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence.
Thus, this is a non-free licence for the purpose of Wikipedia, as modification is not permitted. However, it is believed that the use of this work:
To illustrate the object in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
This tag should only be used for Crown copyright images. Do not use it for images by others.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots
for critical commentary and discussion of the film and its contents
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
This is only for images which are screenshots from films.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa.
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Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
Please do not use this template to tag non-free icons of computer software. Such items should be tagged with {{Non-free computer icon}} template.
Regarding uses other than in the original article: Check the non-free use criteria and do not assume that existing rationales can be simply copied and pasted, as they may not necessarily apply.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
This image is of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely held by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors who worked on the cover depicted. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of magazine covers
to illustrate the publication of the issue of the magazine in question
with the publication name either visible on the image itself or written in the image description above,
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
Note: If the image depicts a person or persons on the cover, it is not acceptable to use the image in the article of the person or persons depicted on the cover, unless used to directly illustrate a point about the publication of the image. Use of the image merely to depict a person or persons in the image will be removed.
Microsoft product screenshot, used with permission from Microsoft.
This image is a copyrighted screenshot of a commercially released computer software product owned by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Corporation allows screenshots of its commercially released computer software products for use in advertising, documentations, educational materials, videos and web sites as long as they are not obscene or pornographic, are not disparaging, defamatory, or libelous to Microsoft, and are not digitally altered (except for being resized).
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
If this is a screenshot of a Classic Mac OS or macOS application, please use |Screenshots of Mac software as the first parameter of this template, so that the image is categorized into the right category.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
For permission to be granted by Microsoft for any uses allowed by these guidelines, you must comply with the following four requirements:
If your use includes references to a Microsoft product, you must use the full name of the product. When referencing any Microsoft trademarks, follow the General Microsoft Trademark Guidelines.
You may link to content from Microsoft by using either a plain text link with words such as "This way to Microsoft.com" or by participating in an applicable Link Logo program. No other images may be used as a link to a Microsoft site.
You must include this following statement: "Used with permission from Microsoft."
Your use may not be obscene or pornographic, and you may not be disparaging, defamatory, or libelous to Microsoft, any of its products, or any other person or entity.
If you wish to benefit from Microsoft's automatic permission grant, you may not use screenshots of Microsoft product boot-up screens, opening screens, "splash screens", or screens from beta release products or other products that have not been commercially released. You may use other screenshots in advertising, in documentation (including educational brochures), in tutorial books, in videotapes, or on Web sites, provided that, in addition to the requirements above, you:
Do not alter the screenshot except to resize it.
Do not use portions of screenshots.
Do not include screenshots in your product user interface.
Do not use screenshots that contain third-party content.
Do not use screenshots that contain an image of an identifiable individual.
This file is covered under copyright in the United States, India, Australia, the European Union, and several other countries. However, because its last author died 50 or more years ago, it is believed to be in the public domain in many countries, including most of Africa, most of Asia, Middle East and North Africa (excluding Israel, Bahrain, Oman, and Morocco), New Zealand, and possibly Canada and Japan. See Wikipedia:Copyright situations by country for more information. If you want to re-use the image, we recommend that you consult your country's laws regarding copyright term expiration.
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To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
This image is of a brandedproduct cover, and the copyright for it is most likely held by either the company responsible for marketing the product in question or the manufacturer which produced either the cover or product itself. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of branded product covers
To illustrate the product or brand in question,
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information,
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit.
The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion.
It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:
the person(s), product, event, or subject in question;
where the image is unrepeatable, i.e. a free image could not be created to replace it;
Additionally, the copyright holder may have granted permission for use in works such as Wikipedia. However, if they have, this permission likely does not fall under a free license.
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Please note that our policy usually considers fair use images of living people that merely show what they look like to be replaceable by free-licensed images and unsuitable for the project. If this is not the case for this image, a rationale must be provided proving that the image provides information beyond simple identification or showing that this image is difficult to replace by a free-licensed equivalent. Commercial third-party reusers of this image should consider whether their use is in violation of the subject's publicity rights.
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
This tag should only be used for images of a person, product, or event that is known to have come from a press kit or similar source, for the purpose of reuse by the media.
Additionally, if the copyright holder has granted permission, please provide further details as to the terms.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
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This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots
for identification of and critical commentary on the television program and its contents
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
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This image is the cover of a videotape, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the video or the studio which produced the video in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of video covers
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This image is cover art for a video game, and its copyright is most likely held by the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of game cover art
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Additionally, please specify at least one platform in the first parameter. See usage below.
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This image is a screenshot from a video game, and its copyright is most likely held by the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution screenshots
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This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted web page, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the owner of the website. It may also contain trademarked logos, which are likely not affiliated with Wikipedia. It is believed that the use of a limited number of such screenshots
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This tag is not appropriate for images and media found on websites; it should be used for screenshots of websites only. In other words, it should only be used when the subject of the image, not the source of the image, is a website.
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This tag must be used in conjunction with another non-free use image tag. If no other tag is present on this page, and this image was uploaded after May 19, 2005, please speedily delete this image or tag it with {{db-f3}}.
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The previous revision(s) of this file are non-free and are no longer being used in articles. Therefore, they fail the Wikipedia non-free content criteria and will be deleted on July 15, 2024. The current revision will not be deleted, only the previous revision(s).
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This image is in the public domain because under the Copyright law of the United States, originality of expression is necessary for copyright protection, and a mere photograph of an out-of-copyright two-dimensional work may not be protected under American copyright law. The official position of the Wikimedia Foundation is that all reproductions of public domain works should be considered to be in the public domain regardless of their country of origin (even in countries where mere labor is enough to make a reproduction eligible for protection).
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This image is in the public domain in the United States. In most cases, this means that it was first published prior to January 1, 1930 (see the template documentation for more cases). Other jurisdictions may have other rules, and this image might not be in the public domain outside the United States. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.
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This work has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder. This applies worldwide.
In case this is not legally possible: The copyright holder grants any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
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This file is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of no more than the life of the author plus 100 years.
This file is in the public domain in countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years or less.
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This file is NOT necessarily in the public domain in the United States because a non-simple image can only be in the public domain in the U.S.:
if it entered the public domain in Poland prior to 1996, or
when, after that date, its copyright term expires in accordance with U.S. law.
Information about the creation date and creator should be provided.
If the image is not in the public domain in the United States, in addition to the license tag for its status in Poland an appropriate fair use license and rationale should be provided, or the image should be proposed for deletion.
If the media is in the public domain in both Poland and the United States, it may be transferred to the Wikimedia Commons.
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Polish Copyright Law Act of February 4, 1994, (Article 4, cases 4.1 and 4.2) the "governmental symbols, documents, materials and signs are not subject to copyrights". Hence it is assumed that this image has been released into the public domain. However, in some instances the use of this image in Poland might be regulated by other laws.
This work is not an object of copyright according to article 1259 of Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of December 18, 2006
Shall not be objects of copyright:
official documents of state government agencies and local government agencies of municipal formations, including laws, other legal texts, judicial decisions, other materials of legislative, administrative and judicial character, official documents of international organizations, as well as their official translations;
state symbols and signs (flags, emblems, orders, banknotes, and the like), as well as symbols and signs of municipal formations;
works of folk art (folklore), which don't have specific authors;
news reports on events and facts, which have a purely informational character (daily news reports, television programs, transportation schedules, and the like).
Warning – This license tag is not applicable to drafts of official documents, proposed official symbols and signs, which can be copyrighted.
Warning – This Russian official document, state symbol or sign (postage stamps, coins and banknotes mainly) may incorporate one or more works that can be copyrightable if separated from this document, symbol or sign. In such a case, this work is not an object of copyright if reused in its entirety but, at the same time, extracting specific portions from this work could constitute copyright infringement. For example, the denomination and country name must be preserved on postage stamps.
[*] – The official documents, state symbols and signs of 14 other Soviet Republics are the subject of law of their legal successors.
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Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine because it is one of the following:
(a) daily news or details of current events that constitute regular press information;
(b) works of folk art (folklore);
(c) official documents of a political, legislative or administrative nature (laws, decrees, resolutions, court awards, State standards, etc.) issued by government authorities within their powers, and official translations thereof;
(d) State symbols of Ukraine, government awards; symbols and signs of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations; symbols of territorial communities; symbols and signs of enterprises, institutions and organizations;
(e) bank notes;
(f) transport schedules, TV and radio broadcast schedules, telephone directories and other similar databases that do not meet the originality criteria and to which the sui generis right (a particular or special right) is applicable.
Note that drafts of anything that falls under sections (d) and (e), unless officially approved are under copyright.
Hence it is assumed that this image has been released into the public domain worldwide. However use of this image within Ukraine might be subject to usage restrictions regulated by other laws.
This image is in the public domain in the United States. In most cases, this means that it was first published prior to January 1, 1930 (see the template documentation for more cases). Other jurisdictions may have other rules, and this image might not be in the public domain outside the United States. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.
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This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its author.
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This applies worldwide.
In case this is not legally possible, the author grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. This release is irrevocable (if placed after November 5, 2017).
This United States Congress image is in the public domain in the US. This may be because it is an official congressional portrait, because it was taken by an official employee of the Congress, or because it has been released into the public domain by a member of Congress.
NPS copyright policy for more information. Note that not all images on NPS websites are in the public domain. Please be sure that this template is only used for images that are not attributed to a copyright holder.
This image is a representation of an award or decoration of the U.S. military, created by the military or the Department of Defense. As works of the U.S. federal government, such images are in the public domain in the United States. Under American copyright law, originality of expression is necessary for copyright protection, and a mere photograph of an out-of-copyright work may not be protected under American copyright law. However, images of these awards created by individuals who are not employees of the U.S. government acting in the course of their duties are protected by copyright and cannot be tagged with this template.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not in the public domain.
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