Template:Non-free album cover/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Non-free album cover. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 214,000 pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Note that this template should be used for covers from all types of audio recording releases, not just albums, despite the name of the template.

Usage is: {{Non-free album cover}}

The optional parameter |image has rationale=yes will stop the message box in the lower part of the template from being displayed. In this case the usage is: {{Non-free album cover|image has rationale=yes}}

Either of the following templates may help, to state the rationale for non-free use. They do not replace this one but should be used in addition:

• {{album rationale}}
• {{Non-free use rationale album cover}}