Template:PD-old-auto-1996
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This is an enhanced version of Template:PD-1996 to show how long ago authors died. Depending on the deathyear given, it chooses {{PD-old-80-1996}}, {{PD-old-100-1996}} etc. If the date given is less than 50 years ago, {{PD-1996}} is applied.
The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:PD Old auto: no death date if required "deathyear" is missing
Usage
{{PD-old-auto-1996 |deathyear= |country= }}
{{PD-old-auto-1996|country=country|date=URAA date|reason=reason|deathyear=deathyear}}. If country is not given, it is not mentioned in the rendering of this template. date gives "January 1, 1996 for most countries" by default, and the reason defaults to the Note shown above. See Non-U.S. copyrights for a per-country list of URAA dates.
See e.g. Image:Spelterini Al Ashraf.jpg for example usage of this template.
Template parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
deathyear1 | death year | Year of author's death. | empty | required |
country | source country | Home or source country (country of origin) of the work. Country name in English language or two letter Country code according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2. Country is being displayed and is also used to look-up URAA date (using {{URAA-date}}) | empty | optional |
reason | reason | Reason the image was in Public domain in the source country at the URAA date (January 1, 1996 for most countries). | empty | optional |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Relies on:
Example
{{PD-old-auto-1996|country=fr|deathyear=1937}}
renders as:
Localization
This template is not intended to be localized.
Only error messages are contained in this template. (They could be localised with LangSwitch or some other way...)