Difference between revisions of "Template:Non-commercial from license selector"
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This media file, which you just uploaded, has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#F3|speedy deletion]] because you indicated that only non-commercial or educational use of the file is allowed. While it might seem reasonable to assume that such files can be freely used on Wikipedia, a non-profit website, this is in fact '''not''' the case. [https://lists.wikimedia.org//pipermail/wikien-l/2005-May/023760.html][http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-February/027547.html] Please do not upload any more files with this restriction on them, because content on Wikipedia needs to be compatible with the [[Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License]] and the [[Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]], which allows anyone to use it for any purpose. See our [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|non-free content guidelines]] for more information. | This media file, which you just uploaded, has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#F3|speedy deletion]] because you indicated that only non-commercial or educational use of the file is allowed. While it might seem reasonable to assume that such files can be freely used on Wikipedia, a non-profit website, this is in fact '''not''' the case. [https://lists.wikimedia.org//pipermail/wikien-l/2005-May/023760.html][http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-February/027547.html] Please do not upload any more files with this restriction on them, because content on Wikipedia needs to be compatible with the [[Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License]] and the [[Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]], which allows anyone to use it for any purpose. See our [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|non-free content guidelines]] for more information. | ||
| − | '''If you ''created'' this media file''' and want it to be kept on Wikipedia, remove this message and replace this with {{tlx|GFDL-self}} to license it under the [[GFDL]], or {{tlx|cc-by-sa-4.0}} to license it under the [[Creative Commons]] Attribution-ShareAlike license, or use {{tlx|PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. | + | '''If you ''created'' this media file''' and want it to be kept on Wikipedia, remove this message and replace this with {{tlx|GFDL-self}} to license it under the [[Wikipedia:GFDL]], or {{tlx|cc-by-sa-4.0}} to license it under the [[Wikipedia:Creative Commons]] Attribution-ShareAlike license, or use {{tlx|PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. |
| − | '''If you ''did not create'' this media file''' but want it to be used on Wikipedia, there are two ways to proceed. First, you may replace this message with one of the fair use tags from [[Wikipedia:Non-free content#Tagging fair use images|this list]] if you believe one of those [[fair use]] rationales applies to this file. Second, you may want to contact the copyright holder and [[Wikipedia:Example requests for permission|request that they make the media available under a free license]]. | + | '''If you ''did not create'' this media file''' but want it to be used on Wikipedia, there are two ways to proceed. First, you may replace this message with one of the fair use tags from [[Wikipedia:Non-free content#Tagging fair use images|this list]] if you believe one of those [[Wikipedia:fair use]] rationales applies to this file. Second, you may want to contact the copyright holder and [[Wikipedia:Example requests for permission|request that they make the media available under a free license]]. |
If you have any questions please ask them at the [[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions|Media copyright questions page]]. Thank you. | If you have any questions please ask them at the [[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions|Media copyright questions page]]. Thank you. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:47, 1 January 2019
This media file, which you just uploaded, has been listed for speedy deletion because you indicated that only non-commercial or educational use of the file is allowed. While it might seem reasonable to assume that such files can be freely used on Wikipedia, a non-profit website, this is in fact not the case. [1][2] Please do not upload any more files with this restriction on them, because content on Wikipedia needs to be compatible with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and the GNU Free Documentation License, which allows anyone to use it for any purpose. See our non-free content guidelines for more information.
If you created this media file and want it to be kept on Wikipedia, remove this message and replace this with {{GFDL-self}} to license it under the Wikipedia:GFDL, or {{cc-by-sa-4.0}} to license it under the Wikipedia:Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, or use {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain.
If you did not create this media file but want it to be used on Wikipedia, there are two ways to proceed. First, you may replace this message with one of the fair use tags from this list if you believe one of those Wikipedia:fair use rationales applies to this file. Second, you may want to contact the copyright holder and request that they make the media available under a free license.
If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
When this template is added to a page, it also adds the template {{db-f3}} to the page.
This template is subst'ed onto an image page when the image uploader chooses a permission choice that implies "non-commercial use only".
