Template:Non-free use rationale
| Description |
{{{Description}}} |
|---|---|
| Source |
{{{Source}}} |
| Article |
[[{{{Article}}}]] |
| Portion used |
{{{Portion}}} |
| Low resolution? |
{{{Low resolution}}} |
| Purpose of use |
{{{Purpose}}} |
| Replaceable? |
{{{Replaceability}}} |
| Other information |
{{{Other information}}} (optional) |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of [[{{{Article}}}]]//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Non-free_use_rationaletrue | |
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This template facilitates creating a non-free or fair use media rationale with the necessary components. Please read Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline for the relevant policies.
This template is used by the Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. Its parameter fields are designed to match the upload questionnaire and to correspond to the criteria defined in WP:NFCC. The upload wizard will fill in some fields with standard values, but will prompt for specific input in cases where rationale elements are typically not predictable and must be explained individually.
Usage
If you want to use this template manually, you can find its parameters below. Don't forget to add a separate non-free file copyright tag, such as {{Non-free fair use}}, {{Non-free logo}}, {{Non-free book cover}} etc.
{{Non-free use rationale
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| Description =
| Author =
| Source =
| Article =
| Portion =
| Low resolution =
| Purpose =
| Replaceability =
| Minimality =
| Commercial =
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| Date =
| Publication =
| Replaceability_text =
| Other information =
}}
- Description
- A description of the copyrighted material.
- Author
- The original author and/or copyright holder of the non-free work.
- Source
- The immediate source, i.e. where you found this file.
- Article
- The exact name of the Wikipedia article in which the media is to be used (without the [[ ]] brackets).
- Portion
- How much copyrighted material is used? The amount used must not make the work as a whole less valuable to the copyright holder.
- Low resolution
- Is the material in a lower resolution that would be unlikely to impact the copyright owner's ability to resell or otherwise profit from the work? For raster images, this would be strictly the resolution (in pixels) of the picture used; for vector graphics, this would involve the level of detail in the image; for audio, this would be the bit rate and sample resolution used.
- Purpose
- What function this file will serve in the article. This explanation must make it clear how and why the file will significantly increase the reader's understanding of the topic, in such a way that its absence would be detrimental to the article (cf. WP:NFCC#8). Do not copy generic rationale verbiage from some templated rationales elsewhere. State in clear, plain words what this particular file will be doing in this particular article. Be specific and concrete.