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*to '''visually identify the game''' (or other game-related article subject; for example, a character) in question |
*to '''visually identify the game''' (or other game-related article subject; for example, a character) in question |
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*on the [[English Wikipedia]], hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit [[wmf:Home|Wikimedia Foundation]], |
*on the [[English Wikipedia]], hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit [[wmf:Home|Wikimedia Foundation]], |
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constitutes '''[[fair use]]''' under the [[Copyright law of the United States]]. '''Any other uses of this image may be [[copyright infringement]]'''. For more information, see [[ |
constitutes '''[[fair use]]''' under the [[Copyright law of the United States]]. '''Any other uses of this image may be [[copyright infringement]]'''. For more information, see [[Project:Image use policy|Non-free content]]. |
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Revision as of 10:01, 31 October 2026
This image is a screenshot or other image taken from a video game, and its copyright is most likely held by the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution screenshots
- to visually identify the game (or other game-related article subject; for example, a character) in question
- on the English Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
constitutes fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image may be copyright infringement. For more information, see Non-free content.
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 Use rationale examples.
- This tag should only be used for video game screenshots.
- Either of the following may be helpful for stating the rationale: Template:Game rationale or Template:Non-free use rationale video game screenshot.
- Additionally, please specify at least one platform in the first parameter. See usage below.
|image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.| Template documentation follows |
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| Visit "Template:Non-free video game screenshot/doc" to edit its documentation if it is available. (How does this work?) |
 | This template is used on approximately 12,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
Usage
This template accepts the platform(s) as parameters to better categorize the tagged image.
{{Non-free video game screenshot|Windows|Macintosh|Linux}}
or
{{Non-free video game screenshot|Windows}}
or just
{{Non-free video game screenshot}}
if the platform is unknown. (For the platform names you can use, see the subcategories of Category:Screenshots of video games.)
If arcade is used as a parameter, it must be in the first position, e.g.
{{Non-free video game screenshot|arcade|Dreamcast}}
Maintenance
If categories are merged or renamed, add a switch line into the sub-page Template:Non-free video game screenshot/platform, e.g.
| Microsoft Windows = Windows