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This template categorizes files into Category:Public domain files ineligible for copyright or one of its subcategories.
Usage
| 40x40px | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 64: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. |
| 40x40px | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 64: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. |
| 40x40px | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 64: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. |
| 40x40px | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 64: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. |
| 40x40px | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 64: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. |
Use the following templates to tag images which are not eligible for copyright protection:
| General | |
|---|---|
| {{PD-ineligible}} | Use when there are no better options. This is a very general that just says the image fails to pass the threshold of originality and does not qualify for copyright protection. |
| {{PD-ineligible-USonly}} | Same as above, except when the image is believed to be below the threshold of originality in the United States but not its home country. |
| More specialized | |
| {{PD-simple}} | Use when:
Don't be deceived by its name! |
| {{PD-logo}} | Use when:
Use {{Trademark}} along with it, when applicable. |
| Very specialized | |
| {{PD-shape}} | Use only when the image is a single geometric shape. |
| {{PD-chem}} | Use only on raster images showing a structural formula of a chemical compound. |
| {{PD-music-ineligible}} | For depiction of musical concepts or techniques, such as simple note sheets. The musical sound generated must not be eligible for copyright. |
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