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* {{tl|AMI}} - For images digitized by the Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland. Can be used freely as long as the source is stated.
* {{tl|AMI}} - For images digitized by the Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland. Can be used freely as long as the source is stated.
* {{tl|Attribution}} - For images that require attribution.
* {{tl|Attribution}} - For images that require attribution.
** '''Deprecated''': consider using {{tl|cc-by-2.0}}, below, instead.
** For your own images, consider using {{tl|cc-by-2.0}}, below, instead.
* {{tl|CACTVSGIF}} - For images of chemical structures created with the [http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/services/gifcreator/ GIF/PNG-Creator for 2D Plots of Chemical Structures], a product of the NIH/University of Erlangen-Nuremberg [http://www2.ccc.uni-erlangen.de/software/cactvs/index.html CACTVS] collaboration.
* {{tl|CACTVSGIF}} - For images of chemical structures created with the [http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/services/gifcreator/ GIF/PNG-Creator for 2D Plots of Chemical Structures], a product of the NIH/University of Erlangen-Nuremberg [http://www2.ccc.uni-erlangen.de/software/cactvs/index.html CACTVS] collaboration.
* {{tl|CopyrightedFreeUse}} - The image is copyrighted, but is free to use for any purpose. See also {{tl|NoRightsReserved}} below.
* {{tl|CopyrightedFreeUse}} - The image is copyrighted, but is free to use for any purpose. See also {{tl|NoRightsReserved}} below.

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Images on Wikipedia must be tagged to help adhere to copyright laws and identify free material for use. Since the servers are located in the USA, only US law needs to be taken into consideration whenever national law is relevant.

For general Rules of Thumb on uploading images, see Wikipedia:Image use policy.

Here are some image tagging guidelines:

  • Please tag images on the image description page with one of the tags below so we can keep track of its status. For information on where to put the tags in the image description page, see Template messages. The tags should be put on a line of their own.
  • When marking an image as one of the more vague categories (such as CopyrightedFreeUse), try to specify somewhere what the actual license or other permission states.
  • If you tag an image as requiring attribution, please specify who needs to be attributed! Note that the GFDL requires attribution.
  • If multiple categories apply to an image, add all that apply.
  • Along with a tag, specify the source or copyright holder information. Provide as much detail as possible.
  • Please put more thought to the file naming of images as well.
  • Wikimedia Commons does not allow fair use material (see Commons:Licensing#Fair Use issue) but such images can still be used here (see Wikipedia:Copyrights#Fair use materials and special requirements). Fair use applies in some countries but not in others. Many images including fair use ones need to be kept out of a coming Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrakelinux) distribution (see m:Wikimedia and Mandrakesoft).
  • To help provide image tags in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Untagged images.
  • Finally, scroll down to see the whole set of tagging options.
  • See also Wikipedia:Template messages/Image namespace


Tagging options

For image creators

If you are the photographer, designer, or otherwise the creator of an original work, you don't need to sort through this whole list. Ideally, we would like you to license your work under a "free" license -- with as few restrictions as possible. The licenses in this section are designed not so much to restrict use of your work, but to keep it free. Some people group these under the generic term copyleft.

Each license takes the form of a template, a short snippet of text that causes a license box to be displayed under your image. Copy the whole thing, including the {{double braces}}, and paste it in along with your description when you upload your work. You can also use the new drop-down menu.

  • {{cc-by-sa-2.5}} -- Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike. This is one of several CC licenses. This version permits free use, including commercial use; requires that you be attributed as the creator; and requires that any derivative creator or redistributor of your work use the same license.
  • {{pd-self}} -- Public Domain. There is some question whether it is possible under existing law to release one's work into the public domain; but this is still the "license" of choice for some.

Note that many creators license their works under more than one of these free licenses. There is no limit to the number of license tags you may apply -- although some may contradict one another.

There are many other licenses you may choose to grant to your own work; please see below. Please remember that our intent is not to add a burden to you; we appreciate your willingness to allow your work to be published. For legal purposes, we do need a legal license.

If you have any questions or need any help, please feel free to ask any member of this Project. Here is a list of members who have volunteered to help do this vital work.

Public domain

Remember that most images you find on the Web are not public domain, even if they list no explicit copyright information. Images only qualify as being in the public domain if they fall under certain specific categories described below — very old works, works by certain government employees, and works where an explicit disclaimer of copyright has been made in writing by the author.

For a simple chart on US Public Domain regulations (Wikipedia servers are located in the US and fall under US guidelines) see the chart here.

General public domain images

  • {{Military-Insignia}} - for images of any national military rank.
  • {{PD}} - for when author has put into the public domain or the author died over 70 years ago (pre-1936). Consider first using the following subtags:
    • {{PD-flag-50}} - for images of national, governmental, or historical flags out of copyright in those countries with copyright terms of life of the author plus 50 years
    • {{PD-flag-70}} - for images of national, governmental, or historical flags out of copyright in those countries with copyright terms of life of the author plus 70 years
    • {{PD-flag-100}} - for images of national, governmental, or historical flags out of copyright in those countries with copyright terms of life of the author plus 100 years
    • {{PD-flag-US}} - for images of national, governmental, or historical flags out of copyright in the United States
    • {{PD-ineligible}} - for images that are inherently ineligible for copyright protection because they are based exclusively on common knowledge with no element of creativity. An example would be Image:F Major key signature.png or things like multiplication tables. If you have any doubts, please ask.
    • {{PD-old}} - for images where the author died more than 100 years ago (1906). (Note: not where the work, image, or subject is 100 or more years old)
      • {{PD-old-50}} - for images published before 1923 where the author died more than 50 years ago (1956). (Note: not where the work, image, or subject is 50 or more years old)
      • {{PD-old-70}} - for images where the author died more than 70 years ago (1936). (Note: not where the work, image, or subject is 70 or more years old.)
    • {{PD-stamp}} - for postage stamps known to be in the public domain for whatever reason, such as age, or because the issuing authority explicitly puts stamps in the public domain (US before 1978, Faeroes).

Public domain dedications

These tags are used for an author to attempt to release their work into the public domain, disclaiming any copyright. However, if you use this, consider also using a license tag such as {{CopyrightedFreeUse}}, in case this is ineffective in your jurisdiction; see Wikipedia: Granting work into the public domain.

  • {{PD-release}} - when the creator has made a statement releasing the work to public domain
    • {{PD-link}} - a statement intended to release a contributor's own work into public domain and request an entirely optional link back to Wikipedia from anyone reproducing it
    • {{PD-self}} - a statement intended to release a contributor's own work into public domain
    • {{PD-user|username}} - a statement intended to release a particular user's own work into public domain by a Wikipedian

Public domain art

  • {{PD-art}} - for images of works of art where the artist died more than 100 years ago. But if the person or organization who digitized it has released it under another license, list that other license as well as this one.
    • {{PD-art-life-50}} - for images of works of art published before 1923 where the artist died more than 50 years ago. But if the person or organization who digitized it has released it under another license, list that other license as well as this one.
    • {{PD-art-life-70}} - for images of works of art where the artist died more than 70 years ago. But if the person or organization who digitized it has released it under another license, list that other license as well as this one.
    • {{PD-art-US}} - for images of works of art published in the United States prior to 1923. But if the person or organization who digitized it has released it under another license, list that other license as well as this one.

The following copyright tags are among those applicable to photographs and graphic images originating from the United States of America and created by people other than the uploader. Please see the text of each tag for specific disclaimers.

General Public Domain tags

  • {{PD-US}}—for copyright-expired works in the U.S. (mainly those published before 1929). Also for works not eligible for copyright under American law.
  • {{PD-Pre1978}} — for works first published in the United States prior to 1978 without explicit notice of "copyright, year, owner" or "©" attached.
  • {{PD-art-US}}—for images of two-dimensional (flat) works of art published in the United States prior to 1929.
  • {{PD-US-expired-abroad}} — for non-US works first published outside the USA prior to 1929 (certain exceptions may apply in 9th District, US Circuit Court)
  • {{PD currency}} / {{PD-USGov}} — for images of the official currency of the United States. These are in the public domain. (See also {{Non-free currency}} and {{ir-Money}}.)
  • {{PD-US-patent}} — for text and images of United States patents, which are in general are not copyrighted.[1] In specific cases, patent applicants and holders may claim copyright in portions of those documents. Such applicants are required to identify the portions that are protected under copyright.

American Non-Free Files tags

For a complete set of tags for non-free images, see Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Non-free.
  • {{Non-free historic image}} — for non-free images of historically significant deceased individuals. (Note: Images using this tag must be irreplaceable with a copyright-free image and accompanied by a valid fair use rationale.)
  • {{Non-free USGov-USPS stamp}} — for images of U.S. stamps issued in 1978 or later.

State Government Public Domain tags

  • {{PD-CAGov}} - for works created by the State of California that are ineligible for copyright.
  • {{PD-FLGov}} – for works created by the State of Florida that are ineligible for copyright.

U.S. Federal Government tags

  • {{PD-USGov}} — for images produced by an employee of the United States government in the performance of his or her duties which do not fit under the following specialized tags:
Collections of US government agencies
  • {{LOC-image}}—Library of Congress collections (NOTE: This is not a license tag, but a source tag. It must be accompanied by an appropriate license tag.)
    • {{PD-Bain}} — Public domain image from the Library of Congress's George Grantham Bain collection
    • {{PD-Brady-Handy}} — Public domain image from the Library of Congress's Brady-Handy collection
    • {{PD-Harris-Ewing}} — Public domain image from the Library of Congress's Harris & Ewing collection
    • {{PD-Highsmith}} — Public domain image from the Library of Congress's Carol M. Highsmith collection
  • {{NARA-image}}—National Archives and Records Administration collections (NOTE: This is not a license tag, but a source tag. It must be accompanied by an appropriate license tag.)

U.S. Military tags


Other countries' public domain images

Whenever an image is tagged using one of these tags, the image description page should also contain some rationale as to whether and why the image is presumed to be in the public domain in the U.S., too!

  • {{Iraqcopyright}} - for works first published in Iraq before Iraq signed a copyright treaty with the United States.
  • {{PD-AR-Photo}} - for photographies first registered in Argentina over 25 years ago. (Law 11.723, Article 34)
  • {{PD-Australia}} - for published photographs where the creator has died at least 70 years ago, or photographs taken prior to 1955.
  • {{PD-Australia-CC}} - for photographs held under Crown Copyright in Australia and published more than 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-AustraliaGov}} - for works published by the Australian government more than 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-BritishGov}} - for images created by the British Government and published prior to 1956.
  • {{PD-Canada}} - for Canadian photographs not subject to Crown copyright taken before 1949.
  • {{PD-China}} - for photographs taken in China over 50 years ago, or for non-photographic images where the author died more than 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-CzechGov}} - for state symbols and symbols of other self-governing units.
  • {{PD-India}} - for photographs first published by Indian citizens or the Indian government prior to 1946-01-01. [2].
  • {{PD-Iran}} - for works first published in Iran where all the authors have died more than 30 years ago, or photos or movies first published in Iran and published more than 30 years ago.
  • {{PD-LithuaniaGov}} - Republic of Lithuania Law on Copyright and Related Rights says "Copyright shall not apply to official State symbols and insignia (flags, coat-of-arms, anthems, banknote designs, and other State symbols and insignia)."
  • {{PD-Pakistan}} - for photographs taken in Pakistan over 50 years ago, or for non-photographic images where the author died more than 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-PakistanGov}} - for works created in Pakistan that are public records as defined by the Freedom of Information Ordinance of Pakistan.
  • {{PD-Philippines}} - for works whose copyrights have already expired, released into the public domain, or ineligible for copyright as stated by Philippine copyright law.
  • {{PD-PhilippinesGov}} - for all works created in the Philippines by the Philippine government.
  • {{PD-Poland}} - for Polish photographs published in Poland without a copyright notice prior to May 23 1994.
  • {{PD-PolishGov}} - for Polish government documents, materials, signs and symbols.
  • {{PD-RU-exempt}} - exempt from copyright protection under the Russian law as per tag text.
  • {{PD-SAGov}} - For works published in South Africa that are more than 50 years old.
  • {{PD-UA-exempt}} - exempt from copyright protection under Ukrainan law as per tag text.
  • {{PD-USSR}} - for works first published in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics before 27 May 1973.
    • {{PD-BY-exempt}} - exempt from copyright protection under the law of the Republic of Belarus. [3]

Other public domain images

Free licenses

BSD licenses

Creative Commons Licenses

Creative Commons, some rights reserved.
Creative Commons, some rights reserved.

Other Creative Commons licenses exist but are non-free for use in Wikipedia. See Non-free Creative Commons licenses for a full list and explanation.

Free Art license (License Art Libre)

{{GermanGov}}: Almost everything is covered by normal copyright (70 years protection after the death of the author), but there is a permission (UrhG § 5(2)) to reproduce specific official material provided that the source is credited and the material is not modified. In practice, however, this status has not been frequently applied in case law. Therefore, most pictures that fall under this licence should probably be deleted to be safe. Note: This template is deprecated and should not be used.

GNU licenses

Version >= 1.2

MIT license

  • {{MIT|Copyright holder}} — MIT License. This tag is designed for MIT images licensed by others (usually as part of a software package). Do not use it to tag images you created yourself. Use another free license, such as {{GFDL}} or {{cc-by-sa}}.

NZ government copyrights

Almost everything is covered by either regular copyright, or if it is a public service department, by Crown copyright, which in New Zealand has a 100-year term under Section 26(3)(b) of the Copyright Act 1994. This puts most recent material out of bounds. However, there is an exception to these provisions for some documents:

  • {{NZCrownCopyright}} - Some Government departments allow their material to be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged. Remember that this is not a carte blanche. See the talk page for a list of web sites that will allow some use — and check the copyright notice first as they are all different.
  • {{PD-NZSection27}} - for works created by some New Zealand government entities, which are covered by Section 27(1) of the Copyright Act 1994 [9]. The section excludes from copyright protection the following NZ works: Bills, Acts, regulations, municipal bylaws, Hansard, select committee reports, court judgments, Royal commission reports, commission of inquiry reports, ministerial inquiry reports and statutory inquiry reports. Note that sourcing these from a third party provider that, say, annotated Acts, is dangerous -- they would have copyright in those annotations, and/or copyright in a new typographical arrangement [10].

UK government copyrights

  • {{CrownCopyright}} - For material under UK Crown copyright (Crown copyright in other countries has different restrictions). This only applies to some content on some web sites. It's not a carte blanche to use anything. See the talk page for a list of web sites that will allow some use - and check the copyright notice first as they are all different. It is the express opinion of HM Stationery Office that Crown Copyright is incompatible with the GFDL — contact the Epopt for details.

The options below are all either for Crown copyright or British Government bodies that claim copyrights in their own right with terms sufficiently different from the norm that they need their own message.

The following UK geoverment agencies have unfree images, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, Land Registry, Teacher Training Agency and the Ordnance Survey. To use material from any of these sources follow the instructions for fair use. For non-free UK government images see: Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags#Non-free_UK_Government_licenses.

Fair use

All material under fair use is copyrighted to begin with. Each material under fair use claim must include a reason for fair use. Please review rationale for fair use and fair use.

  • {{art}} - for low resolution images of two dimensional works of art which were made after 1923.
  • {{Digimonimage}} - for Digimon images
  • {{Fairusein|article}} - for a copyrighted image that is contended to be fair use in article.
  • {{Music sample}} - for short ogg vorbis music files of reduced quality.
  • {{Pokeimage}} - for Pokémon images
  • {{smithsonian}} - Images from the Smithsonian Institution
  • {{Standard test}} - Standard test images ubiquitous in the image processing literature
  • {{USPSstamp}} - for U.S. postage stamps after 1978
  • {{YuGiOhimage}} - for Yu-Gi-Oh! images

Logos

Media covers

Covers of various media - note all of these require a reduced-quality image, insufficient for quality reproduction or bootlegging purposes, and also that they illustrate articles about the media item itself, not a tangentially related subject.

  • {{Albumcover}} - for music album or single covers
  • {{Boardgamecover}} - for board game cover art
  • {{Bookcover}} - for book covers
  • {{Comiccover}} - for comic book covers (trade paperbacks and the like go under {{Bookcover}}, however)
    • {{Comicpanel}} for an individual panel from inside a comic book or from a comic strip for the purpose of illustrating the character(s) depicted.
    • {{Comicscene}} for a series of panels from inside a comic book or a comic strip to illustrate the character(s) depicted or storyline or strip excerpted.
  • {{DVDcover}} - for DVD covers
  • {{Gamecover}} - for video game covers of reduced quality.
  • {{Magazinecover}} - for magazine covers
  • {{Newspapercover}} - for scans of newspaper pages
  • {{Video tape cover}} - for video tape cover images

Promotional material

Screenshots

Deprecated

Do not use these tags; please use a more specific tag from the lists above.

  • {{Restricted use}} - for copyrighted images and audio samples which are contended to be fair use
  • {{PermissionAndFairUse}} - where we have permission, and US fair use also applies. You should also describe as much as possible about the permission including who from and conditions.

Images which may not be copyrighted, but are usuable under fair use if they are. Each material under fair use claim must include a reason for fair use. Please review rationale for fair use and fair use.

  • {{Fairold}} - For use with images from old sources where copyright may have expired but not quite old enough for this to be certain, but where use would be contended to be fair use if still subject to copyright (eg, advertising from companies that have been out of business for 50 + years).
  • {{Fairuseunsure}} - for when use of a unique image that would be public domain unless contended to be fair use depending upon if it is subject to copyright, but the copyright status cannot or is difficult to be determined. A rationale should be provided to support this conclusion of why it cannot be determined and fair use. ie. Public domain unless fair use. [ talk ]
  • {{money}} - for images of the official currency of a country. These may be in the public domain, or they may not.
  • {{Stamp}} - for images of postage stamps which may or may not be in the public domain, depending on country.

Images of unknown usability

The following tags do not adequately indicate whether they can be used on Wikipedia. Please add source and licence information, if not provided, and a fair use rationale if the image is being used under fair use.

  • {{Coat of arms}} - For images of a "Coat of arms" or crest whose copyright and licence status are unknown.
  • {{flagimage}} - Images of governmental flags whose copyright status is unknown.
  • {{PD-Germany}} - for photographic works and other images where the German photographer (or creator) died more than 70 years ago. Due to this tag's history, many images whose creators died less than 70 years ago are tagged with this tag. Source and licencing information should be added.

US state government copyrights

  • {{HIGov}} - For copyrighted photos published by the state of Hawaii which may or may not be fair use, use another tag if possible
  • {{IAGov}} - For copyrighted photos published by the state of Iowa which may or may not be fair use, use another tag if possible
  • {{ILGov}} - For copyrighted photos published by the state of Illinois which may or may not be fair use, use another tag if possible
  • {{TXGov}} - For copyrighted photos published by the state of Texas which may or may not be fair use, use another tag if possible
For images published by US States that are in the public domain see Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags#USA_state_public_domain_images.

Presumed Free images

  • {{GFDL-presumed}} These are images that have been unverified to be free of copyright issues, but some user in good faith believes to have been created by the uploader and hence are mostly public domain or GFDL, i.e. redistributable under the GFDL. This is especially useful for images uploaded until mid-2004, at a time when uploaders weren't warned to add image copyright tags. In the early years of Wikipedia all images were presumed to be GFDL-compatible unless found to be otherwise (and deleted, usually), and most images were hence not tagged with their copyright status.


Tags for deprecated images

Unfree Images

These tags are used to mark images that are deprecated, and which will eventually be deleted.

On September 20, 2004, Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images began accepting listings for images used in Wikipedia that either do not have a license or are currently listed with a non-free license. In mid 2005 however images lacking source and/or license information became a criterea for speedy deletion, and subsequently the PUI process was amended to deal with cases of disputed copyright status and non-free images instead.

The following tags are for use on such images. Though these images are unwanted, they should not be deleted immediately but proceed to be slowly and respectfully weeded out.

  • {{PUIdisputed}} - used for images where the stated copyright status is disputed. If the status can not be resolved the image is usualy deleted after beeing listed for 14 days.
  • {{PUInonfree}} - used for images with a noted non-free license. If an alternative license is not found, these images will be deleted after 14 days.

In both cases {{idw-pui|Image:ImageName.jpg}} should be added to the uploaders talk page, {{unverifiedimage}} should be put into the caption of the image where it is used, and the image should then be listed on the Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images page so the image can be properly processed.

This tag is used to mark images which violate copyright, and which will quickly be deleted.

Bad images

These tags are used to mark images which are deprecated, and which will eventually be deleted.

  • {{Missing image}} - for images that cannot be deleted using the standard deletion procedure due to bugs in the MediaWiki software. Generally, these images have to be manually deleted by a developer.

General non-free licenses

Do not upload images for which one of the tags in this section applies.

  • {{copyrighted}} - permission is given for use on Wikipedia only, and does not include third parties.
  • {{CopyrightedNotForProfitUseProvidedThat|reason}} - Eg. provided that credit is given and copyright is attributed.
  • {{no license|month={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|day={{CURRENTDAY}}|year={{CURRENTYEAR}}}} - for an image with author information but no notice about licensing information.
  • {{no source|month={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|day={{CURRENTDAY}}|year={{CURRENTYEAR}}}} - for an image with no source information.
  • {{noncommercial}} - where there is general non-commercial permission.
  • {{noncommercialProvided}} reason - where there is general non-commercial permission provided that... (e.g.) the photographer is credited. For example, images from IMDb cannot be reproduced for sale and credit must be supplied. However, these images may possibly be used under other categories such as fair use such as promotional head shots of people.

Other non-free government copyrights

Do not upload images for which one of the tags in this section applies.


Non-free Creative Commons licenses

Do not upload images for which one of the tags in this section applies. Instead, if it is your work, consider licencing the work under a Creative Commons License that is acceptable for use in Wikipedia or releasing it into Public Domain. See Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags#Creative_Commons_Licenses.

  • {{cc-nc}} - NonCommercial
  • {{cc-by-nc}} - Attribution-NonCommercial

Rationale

But why? ... we hear you cry.

Well, it is a few things:

  1. What's "fair use" in one country may not be "fair use" in another country; this allows people creating derivative works in other countries to extract images which aren't legal in their country.
  2. It is harder to create decent images than decent text, so the temptation to break copyright is bigger, so we like to be a bit more vigilant. For this very reason, sublicenses of Wikipedia are going to be especially concerned about images, particularly for printed versions.
  3. Secondly, it's easy to rewrite text that turns out to be copyrighted, but harder (though possible) to do the same for images.
  4. It is good practice to cite our sources, where we've (legally) copied images from elsewhere. If we give due credit, we're more likely to get permission (and some licenses require due credit anyway).
  5. Where Wikipedians have created the images, they should have a bit of fame! Putting some text on the image description page that they took it themselves, and they license it under the GFDL, is a good way to do that.

Please also see this announcement from Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales.

Creating new tags or sub-category

If you are uploading a relatively large collection of images, you should consider creating a new tag and sub-category for them. Before doing so, please propose the tag on Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags first. Many new tags are quickly deleted because they are overly vague or overly specific, redundant, or are for images of dubious copyright or licencing status. Discussing the tag before creating it ensures that these pitfalls are avoided.

If you are not familiar with how to create templates which add images to categories, please ask for assistance before attempting, in order to save the time and effort which results from needing to fix incorrectly created tags. Be sure to add the Image copyright templates category to the template by adding the following at the bottom: 

<noinclude>[[Category:Image copyright templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>

Image template notice

Each copyright tag such as {{Fairuse}} should correspond to a Category. Placing such a tag on an image will automatically put it into that category, because that template should already belong to that category. Using {{Fairuse}} as an example, each of such category should have a notice by using the tag {{Image template notice|Fairuse}} of the template Template:Image template notice that renders as:


Members

This is a team of Wikipedians who have volunteered to help do this vital work.

Tagging status

Note: table is out of date and refers to the year 2004.

Totals include many other tags not individually shown for clarity.

Tag --08-28 --09-04 --09-14 --09-17* --09-20 --10-10 --11-26
{{GFDL}} 10373 11374 12508 23394 25407 31149 36179
{{GFDL-small}} 6 40
{{GPL}} 56 59 62 64 67 83 86
{{LGPL}} 2 2 4 4 4 5 9
total GNU 25478 31243 36356
{{PD}} 5864 6314 7676 8722 9090 10948 14634
{{PD-US}} 391 435 509
{{PD-USGov}} 2355 1866 2321
{{PD-CAGov}} 13 15 25
{{polishpd}} 6 13
{{Sovietpd}} 33 33 66 66 69 95 121
{{iraqcopyright}} 69 10 10
{{PD-art}} 83 163 430
total public domain 12044 13803 21445
{{PermissionAndFairUse}} 104 102 126 127 129 146 572
{{fairuse}} 3503 3755 4107 5269 5491 5779 7675
{{freefairusein}} 1 1 1 1 8 8 10
{{verifieduse}} 18 18 20 26 25 25 30
{{logo}} 355 1100
{{screenshot}} 879 1525
total fair use 5653 7192 13607
{{permission}} 22 84
{{copyrighted}} 66 69 82 84 86 105 138
{{CopyrightedFreeUse}} 73 76 124 124 132 174 292
{{CopyrightedFreeUseProvided}} 229 256 298 305 311 352 400
{{CrownCopyright}} 13 15 15 15 15 18 68
total external copyright 544 671 983
{{cc-by}} 59 66 82
{{cc-by-2.0}} 6 32 181
{{cc-by-nc}} 12 52 59
{{cc-by-nc-2.0}} 28 29 30
{{cc-by-nc-sa}} 59 59 62
{{cc-by-nc-sa-2.0}} 9 10 34
{{cc-by-nd}} 3 4 4
{{cc-by-nd-nc}} 216 214 220
{{cc-by-nd-nc-2.0}} 14 14 14
{{cc-by-sa}} 922 1047 1159
{{cc-by-sa-2.0}} 37 119 285
{{cc-nc}} 22 27 47
{{cc-nc-sa}} 7 7 18
{{cc-nd}} 1 1 1
{{cc-nd-nc}} 5 5 5
{{cc-sa}} 175 177 205
total creative commons 1575 1863 2406
{{noncommercial}} 253 255 285 301 300 336 365
{{noncommercialProvided}} 137 141 150 156 160 162 167
total non commercial 460 498 532
{{PUI}} 12 108
{{PUIdisputed}} 17 7
{{nonfreedelete}} 14 23
total possibly unfree 460 43 138
{{unknown}} 131 150 192 193 203 246 330
{{unverified}} 1984 2048 2260 2266 2383 2641 3104
total other 2586 2887 3435
total tagged 47460 57170 77199
not tagged 64568 64838 65085 51965 47584 43394 41656
total images 95044 100564 118855


* = after the script was changed to count old {{msg:...}} too.

See also

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