Template:Non-free poster/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Non-free poster.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 21,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template must be placed in the Licensing section of non-free posters to identify them as such. Note: Posters with US copyrights before 1964 are mostly in the public domain due to failure to formally renew the copyright on the poster. In this case the template {{PD-art|PD-US-not renewed}} should be used instead of this template. See Copyright renewal.

Usage

Simply insert this template into the Licensing section of an image description page. It should look like this:

==Licensing==
{{Non-free poster}}

Doing so will alternatively put the image into Non-free posters category. However, you have the option of putting the image into one of the appropriate sub-categories such as Non-free images of event posters, Non-free images of film posters, Animated film posters, Non-free images of television program posters, Non-free images of theatre posters, etc. To so, simply pass the name of the category as the first unnamed parameter. The following example puts the image into Non-free images of movie posters:

==Licensing==
{{Non-free poster|Non-free images of film posters}}

Make sure you preview your edit and verify the result.

This template is able to make use of category redirects, so

{{Non-free poster|Non-free images of movie posters}}

will resolve to Category:Non-free images of film posters.