User:Michael B. Trausch/Templates/Copyright

Copyright Warning: Sunday, December 29, 2024

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Using this template

In order to use this template, simply do the following:

{{subst:User:Fd0man/Templates/Copyright|article name}}

Note that the article name is required; also, it does not make sense to reference the template directly; using subst is preferable. If you are using this template towards an anonymous user, then you may wish to add the anon parameter:

{{subst:User:Fd0man/Templates/Copyright|article name|anon=y}}

The anon parameter can be anything that is not blank (e.g., y or true or whatever; the value does not really matter). It will include the following verbage:

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