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

ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

{{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.

{{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/ |howto=no}}

Result when 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.

This template includes a hidden category — Category:Free-content attribution (೦) — 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.

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

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

ಪರಿಮಿತಿವಿವರನಮೂನೆಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನ
Titletitle Title

The title of the work

Stringrequired
Authorauthor Author

The author or authors of the work

Stringಸೂಚಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ
Publisherpublisher Publisher

The publisher of the work

Stringಸೂಚಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ
Page numberspage numbers Page numbers

The page numbers used if applicable

Stringಸೂಚಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ
Sourcesource Source

The source of the text e.g a third party website hosting the document

Stringಸೂಚಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ
Document URLdocumentURL DocumentURL

The URL of the document

URLಸೂಚಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ
License statement URLlicense statement URL License statement URL

The URL of the license statement if not stated in the document

URLಸೂಚಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ
Licenselicense License

The license covering the referred work(s); may be linked

Example
CC BY-SA
Stringಸೂಚಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ
11

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}}
Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Howtohowto 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.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
  • {{Wikia content}}
  • {{source-attribution}} - a template that can be placed in the References section of an article if the article incorporates text from a source that is not under copyright and there is no source specific template listed in Category:Attribution templates.
  • {{citation-attribution}} - a template that can be placed at the end of a sentence, sentences or a paragraph that incorporates text from a source that is not under copyright. It is an alternative to this template if only a few sentences or a paragraph has been copied.
  • {{Academic peer reviewed}} - a template that is used for articles adapted from peer reviewed academic publications (category)