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Edit request on 22th July 2015

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As has been discussed here, the "Non-free use rationale television screenshot" has been deprecated and is being deleted. It should be removed from this template to discourage people from reusing it. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 12:54, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Is there a replacement template that should be used instead, or should the whole line be removed? Jackmcbarn (talk) 15:49, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Jackmcbarn: {{Non-free use rationale}} was mentioned in the discussion, and appears to be a standard template for making rationales. Other more specific non-free content tags suggest that template as well, e.g {{Non-free Otto Perry image}}. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:56, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done Jackmcbarn (talk) 15:58, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 18 October 2015

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Can we please add the following to the list that shows up with no FU rationale:

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots

for identification of and critical commentary on the television program and its contents
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content.
Fair use

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
This template is only for use on images which are screenshots from television. For screenshots of title cards of television programs or station IDs, use {{Non-free title-card}} instead.
Template:Non-free use rationale may be helpful for stating the rationale.

To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.

Add

"This tag should not be used for screenshots of title cards of television programs; instead, use {{Non-free title-card}}.

I can't tell you how many times I've had to change {{Non-free television screenshot}} to {{Non-free title-card}} in images that should have the latter- which, on a related note, has a hard-to-remember name because "title-card" is hyphenated. Same with {{Non-free character}}- At least once each, I typed them as "Non-free title card" and "Non-free character artwork" (instead of "Non-free title-card" and "Non-free character" respectively, which made them show up wrong in the preview.

Also, although this may go somewhere else, it sure is a hassle typing up:

{{Template name}} (can't type up the syntax since putting nowikis inside nowikis causes problems)

...as I had to do five times in this edit request. I think we should have a template for making template links. For example:

{{Template link|Template name}}

would render {{Template name}} (damn it I had to type up the current syntax again)

Edit: Can we remove "...of a copyrighted television program or station ID".from the template, for obvious reasons?

– Hop on Bananas (talk) 13:44, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Hop on Bananas: Actually, {{template link|template name}} will do exactly what you said it should:

{{template link|template name}} → {{template name}}

Also, you can shorten it to "tl":

{{tl|template name}} → {{template name}}

Another thing: if you find it hard to remember whether to use {{Non-free title-card}} or {{Non-free title card}}, you can just redirect the latter to the former, and then you will be able to use both. You can use a template redirect exactly the same way that you can use a template. (In this case, it looks like another user already created the redirect a week or so ago.)

As for the request itself, where would you like the new text to go, exactly? Could you add it to Template:Non-free television screenshot/sandbox, by any chance? Also, what are the obvious reasons that we should remove "station ID" for? I don't work in this area very much, so it's not obvious to me. :) Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 14:58, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Becase we already have a template for title cards. Hop on Bananas (talk) 15:12, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Hop on Bananas:

Partly done I added language about using {{Non-free television screenshot}}, but I'm waiting on a rationale for removing "Station ID". --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:12, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For the same reason. Hop on Bananas (talk) 20:22, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Hop on Bananas:

Done Oops, I didn't see that the title card template included station IDS. I'll update it now. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:25, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 29 January 2020

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This template can be switched to use {{Uploader information}} if a small change to the bulleted list is acceptable; I've drafted a new version of the template at Template:Non-free television screenshot/sandbox. Yes, I know I can edit this template myself, but I'd like at least one other person agreeing. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:23, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done — JJMC89 (T·C) 03:42, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]