- Your own work (best practices):
- self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all|migration=redundant|Own work, copyleft, attribution required (Multi-license GFDL, CC BY-SA all versions)
- self|Cc-zero|CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, all rights waived (Public domain)
- PD-self|Own work, all rights released (Public domain)
- self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-4.0|migration=redundant|Own work, copyleft, attribution required (GFDL, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- self|GFDL|cc-by-4.0|migration=redundant|Own work, attribution required (GFDL, CC BY 4.0)
- self|cc-by-sa-4.0|Own work, copyleft, attribution required (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Public domain:
- PD-old-100|Author died more than 100 years ago
- PD-old-100-1923|Author died more than 100 years ago AND the work was published before 1923
- PD-old-70-1923|Author died more than 70 years ago AND the work was published before 1923
- PD-old-70|Unclear-PD-US-old-70|Author died more than 70 years ago BUT the work was published after 1923
- PD-Art|Reproduction of a painting or other 2D work that is in the public domain because of its age – needs specification after uploading
- PD-US|First published in the United States before 1923
- PD-US-no notice|First published in the United States between 1923 and 1977 without a copyright notice
- PD-USGov|Original work of the US Federal Government
- PD-USGov-NASA|Original work of NASA
- PD-USGov-Military-Navy|Original work of the US Military Navy
- PD-ineligible|Too simple to be copyrighted
- subst:Template 2|PD-textlogo|Trademarked|Logo with only simple text (wordmark)
