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This change was incorrect. Images of copyright buildings in non-FoP countries are not classified as Free-Content.
the relevant phrase in the definition at http://freedomdefined.org/ could hardly be clearer: There must also not be any limit on who can copy the information or on where the information can be copied.
The unfortunate consequence of the 2 August edit is to give the misleading impression that our long established policy on non-free images has changed.
I personally would welcome a change to our policy on such images, for example a special, less restrictive, EDP for images of buildings, if someone were to raise the issue in a policy proposal in the normal way. 9carney ( talk) 19:10, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
It was proposed in this section that
Template:Non-free architectural work be
renamed and moved to
Template:Non-free proposed architecture.
The discussion has been closed, and the result will be found in the closer's comment. Links:
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The result of the move request was: moved ( non-admin closure) -- Killarnee ( T• 1• 2) 14:10, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Template:Non-free architectural work →
Template:Non-free proposed architecture – Summary: To make its purpose more clear. This template has a long history, which I'll detail below.
The template started off as a fair-use template for photographs of buildings in countries without freedom of panorama, such as the Burj Khalifa. However, a 2012 RfC decided that such images would be allowed on the English Wikipedia as freely licensed in the United States due to lex loci protectionis. Existing photos with this template were migrated under {{ FoP-USonly}} when possible (e.g. the uploader took the photo and agreed to a free license) and deleted otherwise per WP:NFCC#1. As a result this template was obsolete, so I repurposed it for proposed works which haven't been built yet, which obviously don't have free images available. In hindsight, that was not the best idea and I should have created it at a clearer title from the start, as many people are still constantly misusing it for architectural works that exist or that used to exist (which may be kept under {{ non-free historic image}} if appropriate).
I'd like to leave in its place a pseudo-disambiguation that warns people not to use this template and to choose from the following three options (depending on the situation): 1) {{ non-free proposed architecture}}; 2) {{ FoP-USonly}} with appropriate free license; 3) {{ non-free historic image}} (or maybe we could create a new template specifically for destroyed buildings). King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:25, 30 April 2020 (UTC)