Template:Manga rationale/doc

This template is to help users write fair use rationales for non-free manga covers and other manga art as required by WP:NFC and WP:FURG.

Please remember to substitute the template using {{subst:manga rationale}} rather than {{Manga rationale}}.

Usage

(copy this to your image page)

{{subst:Manga rationale
| Article           = 
| Use               = <!-- Choose: Infobox / Header / Section / Author / Other --> 
| Article2          = 
| Use2              = <!-- Choose: Infobox / Header / Section / Author / Other --> 
| Article3          = 
| Use3              = <!-- Choose: Infobox / Header / Section / Author / Other --> 
| Article4          = 
| Use4              = <!-- Choose: Infobox / Header / Section / Author / Other --> 
| Article5          = 
| Use5              = <!-- Choose: Infobox / Header / Section / Author / Other --> 
<!-- OPTIONAL FIELDS -->
| Title             = 
| Volume            = 
| Author            = 
| Illustrator       = 
| Publisher         = 
| Cover_artist      = 
| Website           = 
| Owner             = 
| Other purpose     = 
<!--OVERRIDE FIELDS -->
| Description       = 
| Source            = 
| Portion           = 
| Low resolution    = 
| Purpose           = 
| Replaceability    = 
| Other information = 
| Licensing         = <!--Choose: On / Off --> 
}}

Explanation of fields

Parameter	Explanation
Article(n)	Article name, no brackets.
Use(n)	How is the image used in the article? Choose one: Infobox - in the infobox for the article about the manga Header - top of article about the manga Section - in a section devoted to the manga Author - in an article about the author (be careful here) Other - some other use. Describe in "Other purpose"
Optional fields
Title	Name of manga, 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 manga.
Illustrator	The illustrator of the manga, if different from the author.
Publisher	The publisher of the manga.
Cover_artist	The cover artist of the manga.
Website	If taken from the web, where?
Owner	Who owns the copyright, if known.
Other purpose	If |Use=Other, explain how the image is used in the article. This will be inserted into the standard boilerplate explanation.
Override fields
Description	A description of the copyrighted material, if the boilerplate description is not accurate.
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 fair use case.
License	Turns the non-free license for book covers on or off. Default: On

See also

• 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=.