Template:Fake insignia

This is an intentionally faked symbol

This symbol is fictitious and is useful only to facilitate visual identification of some articles within Wikipedia. This symbol has some visual elements that are similar to its official counterparts, such as colors or some shapes, but they are NOT official and don't have any direct relation to the official source.

The official symbol cannot be uploaded to Wikimedia commons because they are protected by authorial rights (copyright); in this way, if you want to localize the official symbol, try to contact its official source and ask for the official symbol and a possible license of use for your purpose.

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Fake insignia/doc.

Use this template if you drew a symbol (flag, seals, logos) of any kind to assimilate design but without copyright violations. Images with this template are meant to be used either at a smaller size (stub templates) or in a non-reader space (userboxes) to avoid misleading readers. For a symbol to be displayed at a large size, such as in an infobox, you should always upload the correct flag under fair use.

Usage

{{Fake insignia |topic= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
topic	Topic of the image, will be displayed as it is		symbol	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

See also

Warning templates

Disputed / inaccurate:

• {{Disputed}} – copyright tag
  • {{Wrong license}} – for use in file namespace / {{Wrong license note}} in user namespace
• {{Low quality chem}}
  • {{Disputed chem}} – for inaccurate chemical structures
• {{Fact disputed}} – generally for files where the description (or filename) does not seem to match the content
  • {{Disputed coat of arms}} – for coat of arms where the correctness or accuracy is disputed
  • {{Disputed diagram}} – for diagrams where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed
  • {{Inaccurate-map-disputed}} – for maps where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed
  • {{Inaccurate paleoart}} for paleontological restorations
• {{Inaccurate description}} – an in-line template − but it should be kept
• {{Implausible}} – an in-line template − suspicious, very likely false information about the author, date of creation, license, etc.
• {{Factual accuracy}} – generally when there are issues with files themselves

See also

• Commons:Overwriting existing files
• Help:Misinformation

Disputed / something missing:

• {{Clarify}} – an in-line template
• {{Lacking insignia source}} – insignia
• {{References missing}} – generally for files where the description or depiction needs references
• {{Datasource missing}} – for own diagrams and maps visualizing data that needs references
• {{No source since}} – deletion warning for missing essential source information
• {{Sourcefield}} - produces a warning that a file appears to have an invalid entry in its "Source" parameter; for use on user talk pages, not file pages; less serious than the {{No source since}} warning; does not threaten deletion

Fictional (consciously):

• {{Fake sports logo}} – for potentially serious confusion
• {{Fictional}} – proposed insignia ("flag", "sign", "seal", "CoA", …)
• {{Fake insignia}} — generic "faked" symbols, to facilitate identification but often not factually accurate to avoid copyright issues.
• {{Fictitious flag}} – for potentially serious confusion

Generally:

• {{Original caption}} – from the image itself (more like a info)
• {{Warning}} – a template box

Localization

English

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Fake insignia/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.