This article incorporates text from a free content work. Text taken from .
 | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Free-content attribution (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
Usage
editTo learn how to use this template to incorporate open license text on Wikipedia please see Wikipedia:Adding open license text to Wikipedia
This template should be placed in the References section of an article if the article incorporates text from a source that is protected by a free content license and there is no source-specific template listed in Category:Attribution templates.
This template takes one required parameter and up to two optional parameters:
{{Free-content attribution
|title= <!-- The title of the work -->
|author = <!-- The author of the work -->
|publisher = <!-- The publisher of the work -->
|source= <!-- The source of the work if not from the publisher or the author -->
|documentURL= <!-- The URL of the work -->
|license statement URL= <!-- The URL of the license statement of the work if not included within the document -->
|license= <!-- The license of the work -->
|howto= <!-- Only necessary if the template is used multiple times on the same page. Any value here will hide the last two sentences about instructions. -->
|this= <!-- Only necessary if the template is appended to an already existing reference, hiding the text about the source. Accepts "yes" -->
}}
Using the built-in parameters
edit{{Free-content attribution |title=UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory |author=A.N. Author |publisher=UNESCO |source= |license = CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 |documentURL=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america/france/fontainebleau-et-du-gatinais/ |license statement URL=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/world-network-wnbr/wnbr/}}
- Result without using
|howto=:
This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 (license statement/permission). Text taken from UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory, A.N. Author, UNESCO.
{{Free-content attribution |title=UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory |author=A.N. Author |publisher=UNESCO |source= |license = CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 |documentURL=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america/france/fontainebleau-et-du-gatinais/ |license statement URL=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/world-network-wnbr/wnbr/ |howto=no}}
- Result when using
|howto=:- This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 (license statement/permission). Text taken from UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory, A.N. Author, UNESCO.
Hidden category
editThis template includes a hidden category — Category:Free-content attribution (948) — which does not appear at the bottom of an article page (unless hidden categories are set to display, in the user's settings), but does contain any article page that contains this template.
TemplateData
editTemplateData for Free-content attribution
Explain that an article incorporates text from a source that is protected by a free-content license. Place in the article's references section.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | title Title | The title of the work | String | required |
| Author | author Author | The author or authors of the work | String | suggested |
| Publisher | publisher Publisher | The publisher of the work | String | suggested |
| Page numbers | page numbers Page numbers | The page numbers used if applicable | String | suggested |
| Source | source Source | The source of the text e.g a third party website hosting the document | String | suggested |
| Document URL | documentURL DocumentURL | The URL of the document | URL | suggested |
| License statement URL | license statement URL License statement URL | The URL of the license statement if not stated in the document | URL | suggested |
| License | license License | The license covering the referred work(s); may be linked
| String | suggested |
| 1 | 1 | A string or template to be used instead of the built-in parameters
| String | optional |
| Howto | howto Howto how-to How-to | Any value in this parameter will suppress the last two sentences of the template about instructions. This is only necessary if the template is used multiple times on the same page. | String | optional |
See also
edit- {{Wikia content}}
- {{source-attribution}} - a template that can be placed in the References section of an article if the article incorporates text from a source that is not under copyright and there is no source specific template listed in Category:Attribution templates.
- {{citation-attribution}} - a template that can be placed at the end of a sentence, sentences or a paragraph that incorporates text from a source that is not under copyright. It is an alternative to this template if only a few sentences or a paragraph has been copied.
- {{Academic peer reviewed}} - a template that is used for articles adapted from peer reviewed academic publications (category)