Template:PD-structure

The depicted structure situated in or visible from public space (e.g. a building, a bridge, a signage) is ineligible for copyright as it is a simple or ordinary work with no architectural or artistic properties that would have made it a copyrighted structure. It may also be a work of an engineer (like an infrastructure), not of an architect. In several countries like South Korea and the United States, bridges are not among their copyrightable works. Notes: Different jurisdictions have different levels of originality with regards to works of art or architecture: see Threshold of originality for more details. In a few countries like France and Thailand, bridges may be among their copyrightable works. A building or a bridge is eligible for copyright if it is a true architectural work; images of such buildings or bridges are not allowed on Wikimedia Commons unless there is an applicable freedom of panorama (that allows commercial uses) in the jurisdiction where the building or the bridge is located; see Commons:Freedom of panorama for more details. For images of architecture that are in public domain, please use {{PD-old-architecture}}. Refer to its documentation for jurisdiction-specific tags.

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• Marks files that depict structures in public spaces or seen from public spaces that are not eligible for copyright protection,

either because these are plain or ordinary-looking or these have no architectural or artistic properties. See also: Commons:Threshold of originality.

• Images of copyrighted works (like architectural works) in public spaces are normally not allowed on Wikimedia Commons, unless the country of the involved works has a suitable freedom of panorama (that does not restrict commercial uses). See also: Commons:Freedom of panorama.
• This template can also be used in images of uncopyrightable structures of countries with freedom of panorama.

The template automatically sets the following categories:

• Category:PD structure possibly diffused by country

Usage

{{PD-structure}}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	the 639-2/B code of a country/nation		empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Localization

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:PD-structure/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:PD-structure/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.

Examples

The category can be diffused by the country name when a valid country code is specified:

{{PD-structure}}	Category:PD structure	no diffusion
{{PD-structure|ger}}	Category:PD structure (Germany)	valid code for  Germany
{{PD-structure|KOR}}	Category:PD structure (South Korea)	valid code for  South Korea
{{PD-structure|Ned}}	Category:PD structure (wrong code)	valid code for  Netherlands
{{PD-structure|xzz}}	Category:PD structure (wrong code)	invalid code
{{PD-structure|(Putinasia)}}	Category:PD structure wrong code	valid name