Template:PD-simple
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
 | This image only consists of typefaces, individual words, slogans, or simple geometric shapes. These are not eligible for copyright alone because they are not original enough, and thus the image is considered to be in the public domain. For more information, see Wikipedia:Public domain – Fonts. Please note that there may be non-copyright restrictions protecting this image, such as trademarks and design patents. |
This template categorizes files into Category:Public domain files ineligible for copyright or one of its subcategories.
Usage
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Template:PD-ineligible.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Template:PD-text.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Template:PD-textlogo.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Template:PD-shape.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Template:PD-chem.
Use the following templates to tag images which are not eligible for copyright protection:
| General | |
|---|---|
| {{PD-ineligible}} | Use when there are no better options. This is a very general that just says the image fails to pass the threshold of originality and does not qualify for copyright protection. |
| {{PD-ineligible-USonly}} | Same as above, except when the image is believed to be below the threshold of originality in the United States but not its home country. |
| More specialized | |
| {{PD-simple}} | Use when:
Don't be deceived by its name! |
| {{PD-textlogo}} | Use when:
Use {{Trademark}} along with it, when applicable. |
| Very specialized | |
| {{PD-shape}} | Use only when the image is a single geometric shape. |
| {{PD-chem}} | Use only on raster images showing a structural formula of a chemical compound. |
| {{PD-music-ineligible}} | For depiction of musical concepts or techniques, such as simple note sheets. The musical sound generated must not be eligible for copyright. |
TemplateData
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:PD-simple in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for PD-simple
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No parameters specified | ||||||