Template:Non-free use rationale book cover/doc
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This template is to help users write non-free use rationales for non-free book covers and other book art as required by WP:NFC and WP:NFURG. Include this in the image file, once for each time you insert the book art image into an article.
Please use copyrighted content responsibly and in accordance with Wikipedia policy. A template alone does not make book cover art fair to use. It merely helps you state why you think it is appropriate.
This template is optimized for book cover art used in the article about the book. It may or may not work in other contexts. For example, this non-free use rationale may not be appropriate for images of magazines, comic books, collections, or alternate editions.
Before saving, try the "preview" feature to review the text produced by this template. Be sure the language is true and complete. If not, consider using the override fields, a different template, or a hand-written justification.
Usage
edit(copy this to your image page)
{{Non-free use rationale book cover
| Article =
| Use = <!--Choose: Infobox / Header / Section / Author / Other -->
<!-- OPTIONAL FIELDS -->
| Type =
| Title =
| Volume =
| Author =
| Illustrator =
| Publisher =
| Cover_artist =
| Website =
| Owner =
| Commentary =
<!--OVERRIDE FIELDS -->
| Description =
| Source =
| Portion =
| Low resolution =
| Purpose =
| Replaceability =
| Other information =
}}
Explanation of fields
editParameter | Explanation |
---|---|
Format | Format of the template:
|
Article | Article name, no brackets. |
Use | How is the image used in the article? Choose one:
|
Optional fields | |
Type | The type of book. (ex. novel, novella, etc.), default is book |
Title | Name of book, if different than article. |
Volume | If part of a multi-volume series, the volume number of the cover. |
Author | The author or creator of the book. |
Illustrator | The illustrator of the book. |
Publisher | The publisher of the book. |
Cover_artist | The cover artist of the book. |
Website | If taken from the web, where? |
Owner | Who owns the copyright, if known. |
Commentary | Discuss any commentary in the article about the cover art itself. |
Override fields | |
Description | Additional information about book or artwork |
Source | If not from the website, specifically where and how did you get the image? |
Portion | If you did not use the whole cover, what part did you use and why? |
Low resolution | If the image is unusually large or small, why? |
Purpose | If use is not one of the above categories, explain how you use it. |
Replaceability | Explain why the image cannot be replaced with free use, if boilerplate explanations are not accurate. |
Other information | Any other information you think helps the image's non-free use case. |
Template Data
editNo description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Format | Format | no description | Unknown | optional |
Type | Type | no description | Unknown | optional |
Article | Article | Article name, no brackets. | String | required |
Volume | Volume | no description | Unknown | optional |
Title | Title | no description | Unknown | optional |
Author | Author | no description | Unknown | optional |
Illustrator | Illustrator | no description | Unknown | optional |
Owner | Owner | no description | Unknown | optional |
Publisher | Publisher | no description | Unknown | optional |
Cover_artist | Cover_artist | no description | Unknown | optional |
Description | Description | no description | Unknown | optional |
Source | Source | no description | Unknown | optional |
Website | Website | no description | Unknown | optional |
Portion | Portion | no description | Unknown | optional |
Low_resolution | Low_resolution | no description | Unknown | optional |
Use | Use | How is the image used in the article? Choose one:
| String | required |
Purpose | Purpose | no description | Unknown | optional |
Commentary | Commentary | no description | Unknown | optional |
Replaceability | Replaceability | no description | Unknown | optional |
Other information | Other information | no description | Unknown | optional |
See also
edit- For other specific rationale templates, look in Category:Non-free use rationale templates.
- {{Non-free use rationale}} is the general rationale template for which this template is based on.
- {{Non-free media data}} combined with {{Non-free media rationale}} is a less clumsy way of adding Non-free use rationales in situations where an image is used in multiple articles. These templates are used by this template by use of
|Format=
. - {{Non-free book cover}}