Template:PD-self

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I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse

This template will categorize into Category:PD-self.

Documentation

This documentation is transcluded from Template:PD-self/doc.

This template is to mark your own images released into the Public Domain ("PD").
NB: Please do not use it for other people's images. Only use it if you, the uploader, are the sole copyright holder of the work and that no works copyrighted by other people are included in it, unless those works may be used under an exception to copyright protections such as Freedom of panorama.

Usage

{{PD-self |author= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
author	If specification of an author is required		empty	optional
category	override categorisation		[[Category:PD-self|{{PAGENAME}}]]	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Relies on:
{{PD-Layout}}

Localization

This template is localized by utilizing MediaWiki namespace messages. These can be translated at translatewiki.net (current translations).

The following: Wm-license-pd-author-with-author-text, wm-license-pd-author-with-author-any-purpose, Wm-license-pd-author-self-text, Wm-license-pd-author-not-legally-possible, wm-license-pd-author-self-any-purpose.

Examples

{{PD-self |author=[[:en:John Doe|John Doe]]}} gives

This work has been released into the public domain by its author, John Doe. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: John Doe grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse

See also

• {{PD-user|username}} - for works released into the Public domain (PD) by a Wikimedia Commons user
• {{PD-user|username|language code of the Wikipedia version}} - for works released into the Public domain by a user of one of the Wikipedia projects
• {{PD-user-w|projectcode|projectname|username}} - for works released into the Public domain by a user of one of the Wikimedia projects
• {{PD-author|name}} - images released by people outside Wikimedia projects
• {{PD-because|released by Name for reason XYZ}} - for works released into the Public domain for some other reason
• MediaWiki:Uploadtext/ownwork - description of options
• MediaWiki talk:Uploadtext/ownwork - discussion of options
• Commons:Copyright tags#Public_domain - for other PD templates