Template:Non-free promotional/doc
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This template should be placed in the Licensing section of non-free promotional images to identify them as such. The scope for its usage includes material 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. In most cases, this template should not be used for promotional posters; see instructions on this below.
Usage
[edit]By default, this template automatically adds files to Category:Non-free promotional images, and also to one of its subcategories, either Category:Non-free promotional images with no terms of use or Category:Non-free promotional images with terms of use, depending on whether the parameter |1= is used with an external link to the terms of use.
If a non-free use rationale is provided on the image description page, image_has_rationale should be set to yes, and the message at the bottom of the template requesting that the uploader provide a fair use rationale will be removed. Note: A non-free use rationale is required to comply with fair use guidelines, and a non-free file lacking one may be deleted after being tagged for seven days under speedy deletion criterion F6.
{{Non-free promotional |image_has_rationale= }}
The optional terms parameter may be used to supply a valid URL (including "http://") where the image's terms of use may be found. If it is not supplied, the template will read without a link to the terms of use.
{{Non-free promotional |image_has_rationale= |terms=https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use }}
The optional parameter image_is_of_living_person is available. If it is set to no, the text detailing the fair use policy as applicable to images of living persons and commercial reuse of the image is removed.
{{Non-free promotional |image_has_rationale= |image_is_of_living_person= }}
Editors have the option of putting the image into one of the appropriate sub-categories, such as Category:Non-free images of advertisements. To do so, simply pass the name of the category as the first unnamed parameter:
{{Non-free promotional |image_has_rationale= |Non-free images of advertisements }}
See also
[edit]The following templates should be used for posters:
- {{Non-free film poster}} for images of non-free film posters
- {{Non-free poster}} for other types of promotional posters, including for television series, video games, concerts and tours, theatre, sporting and other events. See Category:Non-free posters for applicable categories.
- {{Non-free political poster}}