Help:License templates

The license(s) of each FamilySearch Wiki image should match the license(s) in the original source. Select from among the following license templates to display the corresponding permission status of each image after  inserting the template Information, Flickr or Geograph:

Template:Information
Copy and paste the contents of one of the following boxes, and then fill-in each line after the = .

Template:Self

 * Use this template when you are self-publishing your own work for the first time.


 * When tagging another author's self-published work which originally used this template, it is better to use the   template below.

Template:Self2

 * Use this template for second-person authors whose work and licenses were first self-published elsewhere within a   template.

Template:PD

 * PD is generic. Where possible, always use more specific public domain (PD) templates such as:

Template:PD-author

 * Use this template for second-person authors whose work and license were first published elsewhere with a   template.


 * When tagging your own work it is better to use the   template.

Template:PD-self

 * Use this template when you are self-publishing a work for the first time.


 * When tagging another author's self-published work which originally used this template, it is better to use the   template.