On 9/11/07, David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/09/2007, geni <geniice@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 11/09/2007, David Gerard < dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I don't really see a way around that except banning watermarks and/or
> > > the uploaders getting a clue.
>
> > We have banned them for self uploads. See:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#User-created_images
> > 4th para.
>
>
> And on Commons?
>
No official policy, but general consensus is that we don't like them.
Maybe we should add that to Special:Upload (or is it already?).

Drafted a sort-of policy here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Watermarks

Please take a look and edit, fix, discuss, etc. if you have suggestions or if I made any mistakes. Thinking on it now, we could perhaps condense the info by moving suggestions and tips to another page and linking them from the "official policy" page, which only contains the basic rules?

Input much appreciated :)