The instructions below detail how to relicense an image if its copyright tag is missing or incorrect.
- Find the file that needs to be relicensed, and go to its details page. This page will be called File:FileNameHere.***, and can usually be reached by clicking on the image. Alternatively, it can be reached using the View photo details button .
- For example, the details page for the image here is File:Example.jpg.
- Edit the page, and go to Source view.
- Under the
==Licensing==
header will be a template link of the form{{template}}
.- If these are missing, copy the following into the top of the File page:
==Licensing==
{{No license}}
- If these are missing, copy the following into the top of the File page:
- Replace the
{{No license}}
or other template tag with an appropriate alternative from below. - Preview the page to make sure the licence displays correctly.
- Save the page to add the licence and automatically categorise the file.
Available Copyright Tags[]
- Lionhead Studios
{{Lionhead}}
This image was taken from the Fable series of games or a website owned by Lionhead Studios.
- Wikimedia:
{{From Wikimedia}}
I got this from Wikipedia or another Wikimedia project.
- Free licenses:
{{GFDL}}
This is licensed under the GFDL{{GPL}}
This is licensed under the GPL{{Other free}}
This is licensed under another free license.{{cc-by}}
This is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5.{{cc-sa}}
This is licensed under Creative Commons ShareAlike 1.0.{{cc-by-sa}}
This is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5.{{cc-by-sa-3.0}}
This is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0.
- Public domain / no rights reserved:
{{PD}}
This has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, the copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright.
- Fair use and With Permission:
{{Fairuse}}
This will be used in a way that qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Note that Lionhead images are considered Fair Use, but should use the {{Lionhead}} tag.{{Attribution}}
This is copyrighted, but use is permitted if the copyright holder is properly attributed.{{Permission}}
This is copyrighted, but use is permitted by the copyright holder.{{CopyrightedFreeUse}}
This is copyrighted, but use is permitted without conditions.{{CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat}}
This is copyrighted, but use is permitted with specific conditions.
- Own photo:
{{Self}}
I took this photo myself.