Wikipedia:Template_messages/Image

Wikipedia:Template messages/Image namespace

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See Wikipedia:Requested pictures (WP:FIT) for templates related to finding images.

These are tags that may be placed on the image 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:Image copyright tags.

1 Miscellaneous
2 Image format and quality
3 Categories
4 Free images
5 GNU
6 Public domain
7 Creative Commons
8 Non-free images
9 Transfer image to WikiMedia Commons

Miscellaneous

What to type What it makes

{{Information}}
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Description
Source	No source specified. Please edit this image description and provide a source.
Date	{{{date}}}
Author
Permission (Reusing this image)	See below.

{{imagewatermark}}
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This image contains digital watermarking or credits in the image itself.
This may indicate the copyright status of the image, which may make it inappropriate for Wikipedia use.
Additionally, if this image is a user-created 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.

{{ifd}}
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This file is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy .

Please share your thoughts on the matter at this file's entry on the Images and media for deletion page.

You are welcome to edit this file, but please do not remove this notice while the discussion is in progress.

How to list a file for deletion

This template should only be used on image pages.

{{Di-no license}}
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This image or media does not have information on its copyright status. Unless the copyright status is provided, the image will be deleted after Saturday, 1 November 2008. Please remove this template if a copyright license tag has been added.

Usage: {{di-no license|date=25 October 2008}}
Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-no license-notice|1=Template messages/Image namespace}} ~~~~
Add following to the image captions: {{deletable image-caption}}

{{Di-no source}}
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This image or media has no source information. Source information must be provided so that the copyright status can be verified by others. Unless the copyright status is provided and a source is given, the image will be deleted seven days after this template was added. Please remove this template if source information is provided.

Usage: {{di-no source|date=3 December 2008|non-free=no/yes}}
Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-no source-notice|1=Template messages/Image namespace}} ~~~~
Add following to the image captions: {{deletable image-caption}}

{{Di-disputed fair use rationale}}
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This image or media has a non-free use rationale that is disputed. Unless this concern is addressed by adding an appropriate non-free use rationale, such as Template:Non-free use rationale, or in some other way, the image will be deleted or removed from some uses seven days after this template was added. Please remove this template if you have successfully addressed the concern.

Note If you think the image should not be deleted, please discuss the matter with the editor who placed this template on the image. You can also place comments on the image talk page.

Administrators: check the image talk page for comments before deleting the image.
Usage: {{di-disputed fair use rationale|date=3 December 2008|concern=concern}}
Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-disputed fair use rationale-notice|1=Template messages/Image namespace}} ~~~~
Add following to the image captions: {{deletable image-caption}}

{{Di-no fair use rationale}}
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This image or media is claimed to be used under Wikipedia's policy for non-free content but has no explanation as to why it is permitted under the policy. Non-free images need a rationale each time they are used in an article. A rationale must be included on this image description page. Unless at least one rationale is provided, the image will be deleted after Saturday, 1 November 2008. Please remove this template if a rationale is provided.

Note that the boilerplate copyright tags do not by themselves constitute a rationale.

Usage: {{di-no fair use rationale|date=25 October 2008}}
Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-no fair use rationale-notice|1=Template messages/Image namespace}} ~~~~
Add following to the image captions: {{deletable image-caption}}

{{Di-orphaned fair use}}
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This image or media is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and allowed only under a claim of fair use per Wikipedia:Non-free content, but it is not used in any articles. Unless some reason to retain it is given, the image will be deleted seven days after this template was added. Please remove this template if a reason for keeping this image has been provided, or it is still used in articles.

Usage: {{di-orphaned fair use|date=3 December 2008|replacement=replacement image}}
For non-replaced images: {{di-orphaned fair use|date=3 December 2008}}
Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-orphaned fair use-notice|1=Template messages/Image namespace}} ~~~~

{{Di-replaced fair use}}
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The previous version(s) of this image are copyrighted and were used under a claim of fair use. In accordance with the Wikipedia non-free content criteria, a smaller or lower quality version, or a freely-licensed replacement, has been uploaded in their place. Administrators: if the previous version(s) did not satisfy the non-free content criteria, please delete them on Dec-10-2008 (seven days after this template was added on ). Otherwise, please revert the image and remove this tag.

{{Di-replaceable fair use}}
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This image or media may fail Wikipedia's first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a free image might reasonably be found or created that adequately provides the same information, or which could be adequately covered with text alone. Unless it is determined to be irreplaceable, the image will be deleted two days after this template was added. Please do not remove this tag.

Note if you believe that a free replacement image cannot be reasonably found or created please add one of the following without removing this tag:

{{di-replaceable fair use disputed|Your reason why a free replacement can not be found or created}}

Usage: {{di-replaceable fair use|date=3 December 2008|old image=yes}}
For images uploaded after 13 July 2006: {{di-replaceable fair use|date=3 December 2008}}
Notify the uploader with: {{subst:di-replaceable fair use-notice|1=Template messages/Image namespace}} ~~~~
Add following to the image captions: {{deletable image-caption}}

{{Di-replaceable fair use disputed}}
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It is disputed whether this image violates our non-free content criteria. See the talk page for details.

Closing administrator: if the decision is to Keep the image please put {{Rk}} on the image page. If the decision is to Delete please archive the discussion on the talk page between {{Rtd}} and {{Rb}} and delete the image page.

This template should only be used on image pages.

{{not orphan}}
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This free file is linked to from some pages (such as pagename). Please do not delete without verifying that it is no longer needed.

{{ncd}}
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This template must be substituted. Replace {{ncd}} with {{subst:ncd}}.}}

This picture/multimedia file is now available on Wikimedia Commons as [[Commons:{{subst:#ifeq:||{{subst:#ifexist: :Media:|Image:|}}|{{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}}}|{{subst:#ifeq:||{{subst:#ifexist: :Media:|Image:|}}|{{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}}}]].

Images that have been tagged with this template may be deleted immediately after satisfying conditions of CSD I8.

This template should only be used on image pages.

What to type What it makes

{{redundant}}
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This file or image is redundant to pagename. There should be only one copy of an image.
Admins: do not speedily delete this page until all uses have been replaced. As a courtesy, please inform the uploader that their image will be deleted.

{{duplicate}}
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This image is an exact duplicate or scaled-down version of pagename. There should be only one copy of an image. After replacing all instances with the preferred image, the others should be speedily deleted.

Admins: Follow the directions on Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. Do not delete this page until all uses have been replaced!. Only use for images that are exact duplicates!

{{PUIdisputed}}
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This file has been listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because the information on its source or copyright status is disputed.

Please see this image's listing for discussion. If you don't want the file deleted, please provide explanatory information about the copyright status of this image. Please do not remove this notice while the question is being considered.

Usage: {{pui|log=2008 December 3}}
Add the following code to this page: {{subst:pui2|image=Template messages/Image namespace|reason=reason this image is non-free}} ~~~~
Notify the uploader with: {{subst:idw-pui|Wikipedia:Template messages/Image namespace}}. If you are tagging several images uploaded by the same user, consider consolidating the notices into a courteous and appropriate message.
Add the following to the image's caption(s): {{puic|1=Wikipedia:Template messages/Image namespace|log=2008 December 3}}
Note: If the only problem with this image is that a claimed release into the public domain or under a free license is not backed up with a statement on the source website or an email to OTRS, please replace this tag with {{subst:npd}}.

{{old-50}}
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This image is covered under copyright in the United States, the European Union, and other countries. However, because its last author died 50 or more years ago, it is believed to be in the public domain in a few countries, including Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, and possibly Australia. 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.

Note: This template must be used in conjunction with a fair use tag. It is not valid as a license. Please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as well as the source of the work and information on who owns its copyright in the United States.

{{old-70}}
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This image is covered under copyright in the United States. However, because its last author died 70 or more years ago, it is believed to be in the public domain elsewhere, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, and South Korea. 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.

{{bsr}}
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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#Images for more information.

Please remove this template once better source information is provided.

Notify the uploader with: {{subst:bsr-user|Image:Template messages/Image namespace}} ~~~~

{{SVG-Logo}}
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This is an SVG vector image of a registered trademark or copyrighted logo. If non-free content restrictions apply, this image should not be rendered any larger than is required for the purposes of identification and/or critical commentary. See Wikipedia:Logos.

{{trademark}}
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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.

{{NARA-image}}
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This image is available from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) of the National Archives and Records Administration under the ARC Identifier [1].
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.

Image format and quality

What to type What it makes

{{cleanup-image}}
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This image may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Please see our picture tutorial, Image help, and image use policy for further information, or check the talk page. For assistance, refer to the Graphics Lab.

This template should only be used on image pages.

{{badJPEG}}
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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 format or SVG format.
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.

{{badGIF}}
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This still image was uploaded in the GIF format. However, it contains information that could be stored more efficiently or more accurately in the PNG, JPEG, or SVG formats. If possible, please upload a JPEG, PNG, or SVG version (as appropriate) of this image. After doing so, please replace all instances of the GIF version throughout Wikipedia (noted under the “File links” header), tag the GIF version with {{obsolete|NewImage.ext}}, and remove this tag. For more information, see Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload.

{{ShouldBeSVG}}
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This image was uploaded in a raster image format such as PNG, GIF, or JPEG. However, it contains information that could be stored more efficiently and/or accurately in the SVG format, as a vector graphic.
If possible, please upload an SVG version of this image. After doing so, please replace all instances of the previous version throughout Wikipedia (noted under the “File links” header), tag the old version with {{Vector version available|NewImage.svg}}, and remove this tag. For more information, see Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload. For assistance with converting to SVG, please see the Graphics Lab.

{{Artifacts}}
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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|Image:NewImage.ext}}, and remove this tag. For more information, see Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload.

{{ShouldBeJPEG}}
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This image was uploaded in a format such as GIF or PNG. It could be stored, however, in the JPEG format which compresses photos more effectively. Using JPEG will decrease the size of the image, reducing download time. If possible, please upload a JPEG version of this image. If a source URL for the image is listed and functional, please convert the image found at that location in the chance that the creator of this image made edits to the original which consequently reduced its quality. Conversion can be done with free image-editing software such as GIMP. After doing so, please replace all instances of the previous version throughout Wikipedia (noted under the "File links" header), tag the old version with {{JPEG version available|NewImage.jpg}}, and remove this tag. For more information, see Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload.

{{ClearType}}
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The text in this screenshot has been rendered using subpixel rendering (ClearType). Subpixel rendering employs certain physical features of a TFT LCD monitor but will therefore appear incorrectly on CRT and other LCD monitors. This screenshot should be retaken with subpixel rendering disabled. (Other types of font smoothing or anti-aliasing do not have this problem.)

Image:Cleartype-Antialasing-Comparison4x.png

{{ShouldBePNG}}
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This image was uploaded in a format such as GIF or JPEG. However, it is more suited to the PNG format, which supports alpha transparency and lossless compression, meaning that changes do not reduce the image quality.
If possible, please upload a PNG version of this image; after doing so, replace all instances of this version (noted under the "File links" header), tag this version with {{PNG version available|NewImage.png}}, and remove this tag. See also Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload.

{{image-out-of-focus}}
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The main subject of this image is blurry and out of focus.
Unless this is intentional, please replace the image with one that is clearly in focus.

{{image-blownout}}
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The bright areas of this picture are clipped and are pure white or lack detail.

{{Image-Poor-Quality}}
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This image is of generally poor quality.
This image is considered to be of low quality because

{{image-underexposure}}
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This image is underexposed.
Unless this is intentional, please replace the image with one with correct exposure.

{{Rename media}}
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It has been suggested that this media object be renamed' to [[:Image:]] or a more suitable name for the following reason:

This request will be dealt with by a bot and/or a trusted user.

{{opaque}}
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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.

Free images

What to type

What it makes

{{copyrightedFreeUseProvided}}
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This image is copyrighted. The copyright holder allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the original image author and image description are credited

NOTE: The following conditions must not include terms which restrict usage to only educational or not-for-profit purposes or prohibit derivatives.

Details about the above note...

Aside from a limited set of exceptions Wikipedia only accept free content, meaning anyone must be allowed to use and modify it for any purpose. Restrictions on how or where the image can be used, such as non-commercial use only, or use for educational purposes only, or even use on Wikipedia only is not permitted. Neither are restrictions that say you are not allowed to modify the image. Such restrictions make the image non-free and images with such restrictions should not be tagged with this template.

Instead such images must either be listed for deletion for having non-acceptable restrictions, or have this template replaced by an appropriate non-free copyright tag, and otherwise be made to comply with every point of the exception policy detailed at Wikipedia:Non-free content. Non-free images that do not comply with the non-free content policy are subject to speedy deletion.

{{free screenshot}}
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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.

{{JPL Image Copyright}}
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This image is copyrighted by the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The JPL allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright notice Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech is displayed.

GNU

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What it makes

{{GFDL}}
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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. Subject to disclaimers.

{{GFDL-no-disclaimers}}
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{{GFDL 1.2}}
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and no other versions published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers.

{{GFDL-self}}
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I, the creator 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. Subject to disclaimers.

{{GPL}}
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This work is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or 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 version 2 and 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

{{LGPL}}
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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

{{GFDL-AeralPhoto-MlitJp}}
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Country Picture Information (Color Aerial Photo) (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Government of Japan) is used for this image. When you copy this image in any other language, put this mark in the language.

この画像には、国土画像情報（カラー空中写真）（国土交通省）を用いています。

This template is for legacy images and should not be added to images uploaded after 1st Jan 2006.

GFDL presumed.

username believes in good faith that this image has been created by the uploader who, by uploading it to Wikipedia, has released it under the GNU Free Documentation License.
i.e. 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. Subject to disclaimers.

To the uploader: Please clarify the copyright status of this image. If you indeed wished it to be released under the GFDL please replace {{GFDL-presumed}} with {{Template:GFDL-self|GFDL-self]]]]}} by editing the image description page. Alternatively you can choose a different image copyright tag, or arrange for the image to be deleted.

See Category:Presumed GFDL images for more information about these images.

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