Usage

To learn how to use this template to incorporate open license text on Wikipedia please see Wikipedia:Adding open license text to Wikipedia

This template should be placed in the References section of an article if the article incorporates text from a source that is protected by a free content license and there is no source-specific template listed in Category:Attribution templates.

This template takes one required parameter and up to two optional parameters:

((Free-content attribution
|title=  <!-- The title of the work -->
|author = <!-- The author of the work -->
|publisher = <!-- The publisher of the work -->
|source=  <!-- The source of the work if not from the publisher or the author -->
|documentURL= <!-- The URL of the work -->
|license statement URL= <!-- The URL of the license statement of the work if not included within the document -->
|license= <!-- The license of the work -->
|howto= <!-- Only necessary if the template is used multiple times on the same page. Any value here will hide the last two sentences about instructions. -->
))

Using the built-in parameters

((Free-content attribution |title=UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory |author=A.N. Author |publisher=UNESCO |source= |license = CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 |documentURL=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america/france/fontainebleau-et-du-gatinais/ |license statement URL=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/world-network-wnbr/wnbr/))

Result without using |howto=:

This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 (license statement/permission). Text taken from UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory, A.N. Author, UNESCO.

Result when using |howto=:

Hidden category

This template includes a hidden category — Category:Free-content attribution (921) — which does not appear at the bottom of an article page (unless hidden categories are set to display, in the user's settings), but does contain any article page that contains this template.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Free-content attribution in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Free-content attribution

Explain that an article incorporates text from a source that is protected by a free-content license. Place in the article's references section.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Title	`title` `Title`	The title of the work	String	required
Author	`author` `Author`	The author or authors of the work	String	suggested
Publisher	`publisher` `Publisher`	The publisher of the work	String	suggested
Page numbers	`page numbers` `Page numbers`	The page numbers used if applicable	String	suggested
Source	`source` `Source`	The source of the text e.g a third party website hosting the document	String	suggested
Document URL	`documentURL` `DocumentURL`	The URL of the document	URL	suggested
License statement URL	`license statement URL` `License statement URL`	The URL of the license statement if not stated in the document	URL	suggested
License	`license` `License`	The license covering the referred work(s); may be linked Example CC BY-SA	String	suggested
1	`1`	A string or template to be used instead of the built-in parameters Example ((cite book \|last1=Doe \|first1=J. \|title=Some Work \|volume=Vol. 1, Part 2. \|year=2000 \|publisher=Foo Publishing House))	String	optional
Howto	`howto` `Howto` `how-to` `How-to`	Any value in this parameter will suppress the last two sentences of the template about instructions. This is only necessary if the template is used multiple times on the same page.	String	optional

Usage

Using the built-in parameters

Hidden category

TemplateData

See also