Template:PD-US

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:PD-US/doc.

This is the most general "public domain in the US" license tag. If at all possible, please use a more specific tag, such as {{PD-US-expired}} for US publication before 1929.

The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:PD US

Usage

{{PD-US}}

Template parameters

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TemplateData

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Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

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This is the most general "public domain in the US" license tag. If at all possible, please use a more specific tag, such as {{PD-US-expired}} for US publication before 1929.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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

Placement: In the "Permission" parameter of the {{Information}} template (or the respective parameter of similar templates) or in the "Licensing" section

See also

• Template:PD-US-expired
• Template:PD-US-no notice
• Template:PD-US-1978-89
• Template:PD-US-not renewed
• Template:PD-US-unpublished
• Category:PD US license tags

Localization

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:PD-US/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:PD-US/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.