Template talk:Non-free poster/Archive 1

Title card
I've changed "movie poster" to read "movie poster or title card" since they are essentially the same. Title cards were smaller (11" x 14") printed on heavy stock, and used within the lobby. --Tabor 17:00, 1 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Title cards and movie posters are not the "essentially the same". Title cards are far less common (they are no longer produced, and are classified as vintage), and the overwhelming majority of images in the Film category via this template are of movie posters or home video cover art (DVD). I'm removing the "title card" description because it seems like an antiquated term for the purposes of this template. A better and more general phrase might be "movie poster or other film related key art". I'd also like to fix the "movie poster" link to point to the actual "movie poster" wikipedia entry. Objections or opinions? --Jca2112 23:32, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Fair use purposes
Currently, the template says that is fair use for these images "to illustrate the movie in question". Wouldn't it equally be considered fair use for these images to illustrate movie poster poster art?--Pharos 22:18, 1 October 2005 (UTC)


 * For the purposes of criticism or analysis, sure, I think that would work. --Fastfission 00:06, 2 October 2005 (UTC)


 * What qualifies as "analysis"? Is it "fair use" to have an image of a movie poster in the movie poster article? We're discussing this at Talk:Film_poster. I see movie poster images throughout Wikipedia that do not follow these guidelines. Should the guidelines be updated or better enforced? -Jca2112 22:32, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Encouraging fair-use rationale
I have proposed a wording change to our non-free image templates, and I'm trying to keep the discussion centralized here. Please join in the discussion. (ESkog)(Talk) 11:32, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Category inclusion
Hey! The category this template adds the page to is "Film posters" which is incorrect for any article that isn't a film (such as the one that led me to type here: Across the Great Divide Tour). I think it'd be more appropriate to add to the category for fair use posters instead. I'm going to change this, but I'm just explaining why so I can refer in my edit summary. -- linca linca  07:47, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:NFC
As per WP:NFC, I am modifying the wording of the template from "to illustrate the film, event, etc. in question or to provide critical analysis of the poster content or artwork" to "to provide critical commentary on the film, event, etc. in question or of the poster itself, not solely for illustration". Please see WP:NFC, section 3.3 (Images). --Yamla 21:29, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

New image
Description: Please replace the old PNG image with this new movie poster SVG version. Image:Fair use movie poster.svg Tkgd2007 (talk) 05:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


 * ✅ Done - Nihiltres { t .l } 13:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

interwikis
Please add mk:Шаблон:Неслободен плакат interwiki and remove broken bg interwiki. -- i Nk u b u ss e ? 04:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. --- RockMFR 04:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

low-resolution
What resolution is acceptable? Where can I find this information? Should I reduce poster image to 0.1 megapixels or for example to 300x600px? --Auanika (talk) 11:04, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Categorisation
Is there a way to modify this template so it's possible to sub-cateogrise into types of poster?

Such as films, concerts, political etc? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 23:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from, 13 October 2011
Hi.

I believe this template should allow the default category to be customized, just as many other templates like Non-free software screenshot do, so that posters can be directly categorized into Category:Film poster images‎, Category:Event poster images‎, etc. (These categories are all sub-subcategories of Category:Non-free posters.)

Therefore, I propose line 13 that looks like this: |

...to be changed into: |

Fleet Command (talk) 13:22, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Would a named category be clearer? Also there is no need for the sort key PAGENAME.

|


 * &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:11, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Problem: Adaption issue! Wikipedians are used to insert the category into the first unnamed parameter. Oh, and yes, drop the sort key too. I didn't risk dropping it because I wasn't sure the smart guy that you are will attend this case. ;)


 * Oh, and sorry to have to alter your message. I do not know why, but whenever I inserted my message, everything went into the PRE box. Fleet Command (talk) 20:13, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, deployed. Do you fancy writing some documentation for this template?? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:38, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks a bunch. Documentation, locked in. Fleet Command (talk) 07:43, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Updating to track NFUR status
Could this template be updated in a simmilar manner to the proposed change here? Template talk:Non-free video cover which was implemented (in slightly modified) form.

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:55, 27 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I think that you should use in all templates instead of , both here and in all of the other templates. Category:Non-free images for NFUR review currently contains a lot of pages which are not files. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:59, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Good point, Stefan. I've now added this here and will change the other related templates accordingly. That should reduce the number of unwanted tracked template instances. De728631 (talk) 22:32, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * A shorter alternative is.
 * Credit to user:Codename Lisa at Template:Non-free Microsoft screenshot for using this meta-template. – Fayenatic  L ondon 19:45, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 17 December 2012
As far as I can tell, the change to this template made by SchuminWeb on November 19 was never discussed, and thus there was no consensus for it established. This makes it a Bold edit. I would like to take the next step in WP:BRD and Revert it, but I cannot, since I am not an admin. Therefore I request that an admin revert SchuminWeb's edit of November 19. Thanks.

Beyond My Ken (talk) 22:59, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Please see my comment at Template talk:Non-free video game cover. -- Red rose64 (talk) 00:03, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. See discussion at User talk:SchuminWeb. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 10:38, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Documentation change proposal: this template is over-used for pre-1964 posters
I'm proposing to change the documentation by adding a sentence. Thus:
 * This template must be placed in the Licensing section of non-free posters to identify them as such.

will become:
 * This template must be placed in the Licensing section of non-free posters to identify them as such. Note that film posters published in the US before 1964 are typically in the public domain because their copyrights were not renewed. In this case the template should be used, and the poster should be uploaded to commons.

Please let me know if there are objections. I have checked dozens of these posters, and found only one with a copyright renewal. Easchiff (talk) 12:15, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

A word is missing
In the section under usage it says:

"Doing so will alternatively put the image into Non-free posters category. However, you have the option of putting the image into one of the appropriate sub-categories such as Event poster images, Film poster images, Animated film posters, Theatre poster images, etc. To so, simply pass the name of the category as the first unnamed parameter. The following example puts the image into Film poster images:"

In the third sentence, the word "do" is missing from the phrase "To do so,"

Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 12:51, 23 November 2014 (UTC)