New fair use guidelines - WikiEN-l

20 Feb 2004


      In accordance with the recent discussion on the wikipedia-l mailing list  
and Jimbo's pronouncements on the matter I have created
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fair_use
This page serves as a discussion page for debating whether an image or  
other file can legitmately be considered fair use, and whether all  
alternatives have been exhausted. Images and other files that may be  
eligible should not be used until there is consensus on the page to do so;  
on the other hand, they should not be deleted until there is consensus  
that they are not eligible for fair use.
Image pages that have undergone due process should be tagged with  
{{msg:verifieduse}}.
All pages which are currently tagged with {{msg:fairuse}} (many older ones  
link to [[fair use]] instead) should undergo due process on this page to  
determine whether their status as fair use is justifiable. If so, they  
should be tagged with {{msg:verifieduse}} instead, if not, they should be  
deleted and efforts should be made to seek free alternatives.
Whenever a previously fair use image is deleted, a link should be added to  
[[Wikipedia:Requested pictures]].  Images without any copyright  
information should either be deleted or undergo the fair use process.
No newly uploaded images should be tagged with {{msg:fairuse}}.
This post is also cross-posted to the Village pump.
Regards,
Erik