Template:OA-attribution/doc

Usage
This template should be placed in the References section of an article if the article incorporates text from an open access source and if there is no source specific template listed in Category:Attribution templates.

This template takes one parameter, the name of the source, along with any other details which are needed to identify the work:

The use of the template does not in itself comply with most Creative Commons licenses, unless the license is linked. Many Creative Commons licenses require that the license itself be linked when content is copied directly, which makes this kind of attribution different from a typical Wikipedia citation.

Examples
A text string can be passed as the parameter:

or a citation template, like cite doi can be used:

These would display as:

Hidden category
This template includes a hidden category—Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from open access publications —which does not appear at the bottom of an article page but does contain any article page that contains this template.