This file has been published This file has been used in:
Please specify if terms of license are complied with. "{{{title}}}". {{{journal}}}.
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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Published/doc.

Usage

This template allows editors to indicate that a Commons file has been used in up to five non-Wikipedia projects. It can also be used to indicate whether or not such use was in compliance with the terms of the file's license, or that the compliance status is uncertain.

The template should be added to the talk page of a file. It then adds the file's talk page to "Category:Commons as a media source".

Template

The sample templates below can be copied and pasted into the page you are working on. Any unused parameters can be omitted.

Start of template
{{Published
|media          = [yes]
     [Then add one or more of the sets of parameters below.]
Books and reports

For information on the parameters, see {{cite book}}.

|cite           = book
|legal          = yes/no/unclear/?
|last           = 
|first          = 
|author         = 
|coauthors      = 
|chapter        = 
|chapterurl     = 
|title          = 
|url            = 
|format         = 
|edition        = 
|location       = 
|publisher      = 
|date           = 
|origdate       = 
|page           = 
|pages          = 
|id             = 
|isbn           = 
|doi            = 
|language       = 
|others         = 
|accessdate     = 
|quote          = 
|ref            = 
|note           = 

|cite2          = book/journal/web
|legal2         = yes/no/unclear/?
|author2        = 
...
       [May be repeated up to cite5.]
}}
Serial publications such as journals, magazines and newspapers

For information on the parameters, see {{cite journal}}.

|cite           = journal
|legal          = yes/no/unclear/?
|last           = 
|first          = 
|author         = 
|authorlink     = 
|coauthors      = 
|title          = 
|url            = 
|archiveurl     = 
|archivedate    = 
|format         = 
|journal        = 
|location       = 
|publisher      = 
|date           = 
|volume         = 
|issue          = 
|page           = 
|pages          = 
|doi            = 
|pmc            = 
|pmid           = 
|issn           = 
|id             = 
|accessdate     = 
|quote          = 
|curly          = 
|postscript     = 
|note           = 

|cite2          = book/journal/web
|legal2         = yes/no/unclear/?
|author2        = 
...
     [May be repeated up to cite5.]
}}
Websites

For information on the parameters, see {{cite web}}.

|cite           = web
|legal          = yes/no/unclear/?
|last           = 
|first          = 
|author         = 
|authorlink     = 
|coauthors      = 
|editor         = 
|editorlink     = 
|title          = 
|url            = 
|archiveurl     = 
|archivedate    = 
|format         = 
|work           = 
|publisher      = 
|date           = 
|dateformat     = 
|month          = 
|year           = 
|page           = 
|pages          = 
|accessdate     = 
|language       = 
|quote          = 
|postscript     = 
|note           = 

|cite2          = book/journal/web
|legal2         = yes/no/unclear/?
|author2        = 
...
     [May be repeated up to cite5.]
}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional unless otherwise indicated. For information on the parameters used in citation templates, see {{cite book}}, {{cite journal}} and {{cite web}}.

Parameter Description
media By default, the template states: "This file has been used in:". If "media=yes" is used (for instance, where the file is used in a serial publication), it states: "This file has been used by a media organization in:".
cite Mandatory: indicate "cite=book", "cite=journal" or "cite=web" depending on whether you wish to use {{cite book}}, {{cite journal}} or {{cite web}}.
legal Use this parameter to indicate whether the file has been used in a work in compliance with its license:
  • If "legal=yes", the template displays the symbol Terms of license complied with with the tooltip "Terms of license complied with" or an equivalent in another language.
  • If "legal=no", the template displays the symbol Terms of license not complied with with the tooltip "Terms of license not complied with" or an equivalent in another language. The file is added to "Category:Files reused by external parties out of compliance with licensing terms".
  • If "legal=unsure" or "legal=?", the template displays the symbol Unclear if terms of license complied with with the tooltip "Unclear if terms of license complied with" or an equivalent in another language. This usage may be appropriate where there is a possibility that the publisher of the work cited may have obtained a license to use the work directly from the copyright owner, rather than using the version of the work in the Commons.
  • If |legal= is not used, the template displays the symbol Please specify if terms of license are complied with (a gray circle) with the tooltip "Please specify if terms of license are complied with" or an equivalent in another language.
note A note relating to the work cited.