Category:Credit lines: Difference between revisions

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This is how credit lines appear. Note how the text is gray.(CC) Photo: Ian Muttoo

To add credit lines, click on the on the image information template and add the code and credited party as in the directions below.

Image or photo?

• Use "image" for non-photographic images
• Use "photo" for photographs
• Use "image" for public domain photos credited only to the provider

It means...

• C = Copyright
• Attribution = Copyrighted but only attribution is required
• CC = Creative Commons
• GNU = GNU Free Document License
• PD = Public Domain
• Fuzzy = Rarely used. Provenance uncertain, though we've tried; probably used under fair use. See example

Public domain image credited only to providing source.(PD) Photo: Easton Historical Society

All images should probably fit under these categories.

Attribution photo. © Photo: Jeff Dean

See the bottom of the page for the actual verbiage of all templates. Follow the pattern in the usage examples. See how it appears in situ to the right.

A GFDL image.GNU Image

Usage examples

Fuzzy provenance, so we avoid taking a position on the matter.(?) Image: University of Amsterdam Archives

{{CC-image|John Doe}}

Returns:Template:CC-image

{{C-photo|John Doe}}

Returns:Template:C-photo

{{C-courtesy-image|John Doe}} - use when any fee is waived

Returns:Template:C-courtesy-image

{{GNU-photo|Jane Doe}}

Returns:Template:GNU-photo

{{Attribution-photo|Jane Doe}}

Returns:Template:Attribution-photo

{{PD-image|Acme Museum}}

Returns:Template:PD-image

{{PD-photo|John Doe / Acme Museum}}

Returns:Template:PD-photo

{{PD-courtesy-image|Acme Museum}} - use when any fee is waived

Returns:Template:PD-courtesy-image

{{PD-anon-image}} - use when not crediting the PD image to any party

Returns:Template:PD-anon-image