Forum:Strict Official Image Policy?

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Bluer says at 01:25, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
Went for a read in the "Guide for New Members". One of the sentences say "the Kingdom Hearts Wiki has a strict official image only policy." I interpret this as being non-free fair-use images only. There's inconsistency in the way images are handled in this wiki. Let's see if I can list the points here:
  1. Official image. When that happens it invokes fair-use. And fair-use limits how we use these images.
  2. Free images aren't allowed because of past user behavior. Wikia encourages free images, and requests limit on non-free images.
    • However, lots of fair-use images aren't being used based on the limitation. Talk template, notification templates, all go against fair use.
    • Furthermore, fair-use images are removed from articlespace for being redundant (in the case of artwork and render), clutter (although organized in a gallery) and would violate fair-use (although described in a caption).

See how inconsistent we are? Anyone has an argument against these issues?

So, guys and girls, images violating fair-use would be replaced. Note that this is an accumulation to the image policy we have here. Really sorry everyone, but this issue has been going on for a very long time already.

Images that will be purged include:

  • Files appended with a Public Domain template, but isn't because they use fair-use material.
  • Files appended with one of the non-free, copyright templates but not used as intended.
  • Files categorized as User Image but not originally created by the user.

Discussion

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Neumannz — Looks like I'm gonna have to jump...!
TALK — I work alone! Except when I work with Xion...which is all the time.
— 02:15, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 
What exactly do you mean by "User Image not originally created by the user"? Does it include images created by users for other users?
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Bluer says at 02:18, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
Oh yeah, that wasn't clear, was it? An "originally created by the user" image would be 100% drawn or made by the user. No copyrighted images, no cropping from non-free images etc. An image drawn by other users is okay as long as they're credited.