Template:Non-free/doc
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- This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles with improper non-free content.
- This template is not useful for Wikipedia:Subst.
Usage
[edit]This template should be used on the following (Note that the specific criteria of concern has to be stated in the edit summary when using this template):
- Pages containing non-free content for which, to serve the purposes of that specific page, equivalent free content is available or could be created (WP:NFCC#1).
- Pages containing non-free content that is not necessary (or is more than is necessary) to significantly increase the reader's understanding of the page's topic (WP:NFCC#3a and WP:NFCC#8).
- Pages containing non-free, non-Wikimedia-owned content in locations where non-free content is not permitted, such as user pages or templates (WP:NFCC#9).
- Pages containing non-free content with no rationale for its use on that specific page (WP:NFCC#10c).
- Do not place this tag on pages with excessive or inappropriately used free images.
See also
[edit]- Wikipedia:Copyright problems § Instructions - for a more detailed description on how to use this template as well as the other related templates
- {{Backwards copy}} – to show a source has copied Wikipedia, not the other way around