Template:Copyright: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:31, 4 October 2025

This template prints a copyright notice with sane year logic.

Usage:

{{Copyright|year=2021|name=Jensen Saga Studio}}
{{Copyright|2021|Jensen Saga Studio}}         <!-- positional works too -->
{{Copyright|name=Jensen Saga Studio}}         <!-- year omitted -> current year -->
{{Copyright|2026|name=Jensen Saga Studio}}    <!-- will give error if year is ahead of current -->

Examples

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 == Examples ==
 {{Copyright|year=2021|name=Jensen Saga Studio}}{{Copyright|2021|Jensen Saga Studio}}{{Copyright|name=Jensen Saga Studio}}
-</noinclude><includeonly>
+</noinclude><includeonly>{{#switch: {{#if:{{{name|{{{2|}}}}}}|1|0}}
-<!-- If name is missing, error out -->
+  | 0 = {{#tag:span|Copyright error: missing name.|class=error}}
-{{#switch: {{#if:{{{name|{{{2|}}}}}}|1|0}}
-  | 0 = <span class="copyright">Copyright error: missing name.</span>
   | 1 =
-   <!-- If year is omitted, use current year -->
     {{#if:{{{year|{{{1|}}}}}}|
-     <!-- Year provided: must be numeric and not in the future -->
       {{#iferror:{{#expr: {{{year|{{{1|}}}}}} + 0 }}|
-        <span class="error">Copyright error: invalid year “{{{year|{{{1|}}}}}}”.</span>|
+        {{#tag:span|Copyright error: invalid year “{{{year|{{{1|}}}}}}”.|class=error}}|
         {{#ifexpr: {{{year|{{{1|}}}}}} > {{#time:Y}} |
-          <span class="error">Copyright error: year “{{{year|{{{1|}}}}}}” is in the future.</span> |
+          {{#tag:span|Copyright error: year “{{{year|{{{1|}}}}}}” is in the future.|class=error}} |
-         <!-- Year is valid and <= current year -->
           {{#ifexpr: {{{year|{{{1|}}}}}} = {{#time:Y}} |
-            &copy; {{#time:Y}} {{{name|{{{2|}}}}}} |
+            {{#tag:div|&copy; {{#time:Y}} {{{name|{{{2|}}}}}}|class=copyright}} |
-            &copy; {{{year|{{{1|}}}}}}&ndash;{{#time:Y}} {{{name|{{{2|}}}}}}
+            {{#tag:div|&copy; {{{year|{{{1|}}}}}}&ndash;{{#time:Y}} {{{name|{{{2|}}}}}}|class=copyright}}
           }}
         }}
       }}
     |
-      <!-- No year given -->
+      {{#tag:div|&copy; {{#time:Y}} {{{name|{{{2|}}}}}}|class=copyright}}
-     &copy; {{#time:Y}} {{{name|{{{2|}}}}}}
     }}
-}}
+}}</includeonly>
-</includeonly>
 <noinclude>
-[[Category:Licensing templates]] [[Category:Image license templates]] [[Category:Templates]]
+[[Category:Licensing templates]] [[Category:Image license templates]] [[Category:Templates]] [[Category:File license templates]]
 </noinclude>