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to illustrate the card in question, Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information, on the English-language Wikipedia , hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ,
As few non-free works are used as is practical. Those works are reasonably low-quality and, if possible, cropped to only show the relevant parts.Vector images, such as File:Princeton shield.svg, may be used if otherwise appropriate, but they should be rendered at reasonably low resolutions within articles (cf. Princeton University).
Non-free content can be used on Wikipedia in certain cases (for example, in some situations where acquiring a freely licensed image for a particular subject is not possible), but only within the United States legal doctrine of fair use, and in accordance with Wikipedia's own non-free content criteria as set out below.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This tag should only be used for screenshots of title-cards, production logos, and station IDs. All other television screenshots should use {{Non-free television screenshot}}. Consider using {{Non-free use rationale title-card}} to start the rationale.
To place a file in this category, add the tag {{Non-free character}} to the bottom of the file's description page. If you are not sure which category a file belongs to, consult the file copyright tag page .
See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Non-free use rationale in articles based on its TemplateData. TemplateData for Non-free use rationale Template for images or content that can be uploaded via Wikipedia's fair use policy, meant to facilitate creating non-free use rationales with the necessary components.
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This template should be used on the description page of non-free images that do not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories. It does not replace the non-free use rationale template, which is required on the image description page to explain how the image is used in a way consistent with Wikipedia's non-free content ...