Template:Out of copyright in/doc
This is a documentation subpage for Template:Out of copyright in. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template is to be used for images which are out of copyright in the United States but not yet out of copyright in their home country. English Wikipedia policy allows for these images to be hosted because its servers are in the United States. However, these images must not be transferred to Commons until they are public domain in their home country.
Usage
{{Out of copyright in|PUBLIC_DOMAIN_YEAR}}
The parameter PUBLIC_DOMAIN_YEAR is the year in which the media becomes public domain in the home country, and is mandatory.
Whenever this template is transcluded, if the PUBLIC_DOMAIN_YEAR is in the future (for example: {{Out of copyright in|2026}}
) then the template box will display the following:
This file will not be in the public domain in its home country until January 1, 2026 and should not be transferred to Wikimedia Commons until that date, as Commons requires that images be free in the source country and in the United States. |
However, if the PUBLIC_DOMAIN_YEAR is in the past (for example: {{Out of copyright in|2022}}
) then the template will display the following:
This image was uploaded when it was in copyright in its home country. However, it is now believed the image fell out of copyright on January 1, 2022. Please confirm the details, and if it seems correct, move this image to Wikimedia Commons. |
This file is a candidate to be copied to Wikimedia Commons.
Any user may perform this transfer; refer to Wikipedia:Moving files to Commons for details. If this file has problems with attribution, copyright, or is otherwise ineligible for Commons, then remove this tag and DO NOT transfer it; repeat violators may be blocked from editing. Other Instructions
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See also
- Category:Transwiki templates
- {{Do not move to Commons}}
- {{Duplicate}}
- {{Keep local}}
- {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
- {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons in}}
- {{Now Commons}}