Template talk:PD-user

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[edit] Usage

{{PD-user|username|language code}}
  • Username—The username of the creator.
  • Language code—The two-character ISO 639-2 code (lowercase) that corresponds to the language of the Wikipedia where the user has an account (this is the same as the first two characters in that Wikipedia's domain name—e.g., the German language Wikipedia is found at de.wikipedia.org).

[edit] Discussion

I'd like it better if you could fill in the name with just ~~~ - Omegatron 19:51, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

I saw a page where the link had messed up a bit: Image:Huddersfield1000px.jpg Does that always happen? - Nojer2 07:41, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} Suggestion: I think "creator" should be replaced with "copyright holder"--Fallout boy 04:29, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

  • I believe this template is for use only with media actually created by the uploader. howcheng {chat} 20:03, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
That is the crux of my confusion - I have some images that the creator has given permission to use in Wikipedia, for me to put up. This sounds like the tag to use. But of course, how does Wiki know that I actually have valid permission - this tag, as I see it , could be badly misused. --Dumarest 14:49, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
This discussion appears to have been closed. -- Ec5618 16:01, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Interwiki link to vi:

Please add an interwiki link to the Vietnamese version of this template:

vi:Tiêu bản:PD-user

Thanks.

 – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 04:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Added editprotected template. -- Ec5618 16:04, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Done. howcheng {chat} 19:07, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disclaimers?

Why does this license have "Subject to disclaimers"? Other PD licenses such as {{PD-self}}, {{PD-old}} and {{No rights reserved}} do not have this disclaimer clause. Pengo 01:36, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] If the username is not supplied...

shouldn't this put the image into a maintenance category of some kind? I just ran across a tag I left incomplete for almost two years; nobody seemed to have noticed. -- Visviva 12:35, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed - I've developed some code to categorise this into an appropriate category. It also gives a warning if no username is specified. Could an administrator review this and incorporate it if they feel appropriate. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:01, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

{{editprotected}}

1) Replace line beginning "This image" with:

This image has been (or is hereby) released into the '''[[public domain]]''' by its creator{{#if:{{{1|}}}|, [[:{{#if:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}:}}User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}.]]|.<br/><font color=red><center>Warning - no username has been specified.</center></font>}} This applies worldwide.<br/>

2) Before the noinclude tag, add

<includeonly>{{#if:{{{1|}}}||[[Category:User-created public domain images without user-name]]}}</includeonly>

I don't understand the {{{2}}} parameter. It looks as though it will break the link. --MZMcBride 20:52, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
That's already in the code - it links to non-English wikis. See usage above. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride 21:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Images with incomplete tags now appear in Category:User-created public domain images without user-name. – Tivedshambo (talk) 21:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
You should do the same thing with the templates on commons, which has a much greater supply of images released into the public domain by their creators. — CharlotteWebb 22:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Multiple users?

If an image such as Image:WordmarkEX.png has multiple authors, and all of them grant PD-user, what is the syntax, or is there a different template to use? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 17:20, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Possibly answering my own question: It appears that each contributor can add {{PD-retouched-user}}. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 15:35, 4 October 2007 (UTC)