Template:Wflicence/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Wflicence.
It contains usage information, categories and other content or metadata that is not part of the original template.

This template uses TemplateStyles: Template:Wflicence/styles.css

Usage

The Website flex licence box template is a meta template to style media licence templates.

Notes

It is based on the style of the OSM home page. It uses CSS flexboxes to style the content.

Syntax

{{Wflicence
| type = 
| icon = 
| text = 
| edittext = 
| nocat = {{{nocat|}}}
| categories = 
}}

Parameters

No description.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
type	type	indicates the type of the licence Example free	String	suggested
icon	icon	displays logos or icons before the text (left-hand side for LTR languages) Default (empty) Example [[File:Example{{!}}alt=some file{{!}}50px]]	Unbalanced wikitext	suggested
text	text	Licence text or name of the licence Default licence text missing	Unbalanced wikitext	required
edittext	edittext	notes to signed-in users/editors	Unbalanced wikitext	optional
nocat	nocat	insert anything to switch-off categorisation in the file namespace Default (empty)	String	optional
categories	categories	categories and sort keys to be added if used in the file namespace Example [[Category:Images|example]]	Unbalanced wikitext	optional

Example

There are three general types of licenses indicated by the type parameter:

• type = free

a free licence

↑ This template should only be used on file pages.

used for free licences such as {{CC0}}

• type = permitted

media using permitted licences

↑ This template should only be used on file pages.

used for licences such as {{Bing image}}

• type = problematic

a problematic licence

↑ This template should only be used on file pages.

used for missing licences

See also

• {{Wfmessage}}