[Foundation-l] Proposal: Addition to the general disclaimer

[Howard Cheng]

I would like to propose additions to the general disclaimer found in the 
footer of all Wikimedia sites.

Currently on Commons, there's a {{personality rights}} template that is 
applied to photos of living or recently deceased people to inform 
potential downloaders that this photo may not be entirely usable for 
them depending their intended use and whatever jurisdiction they happen 
to be living in.

This templates are applied inconsistently to images that probably should 
have them. Meanwhile, [[WP:NDA]] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NDA> 
specifically cautions against the use of disclaimers, one reason being 
that inconsistent use could potentially open us to legal exposure.

Note that we already have text about trademarks (at least in en-WP and 
Commons -- I haven't checked other sites).

Thus, I would like to see something about personality rights in images 
in the general disclaimer, rather than having to apply this template to 
each and every photo of a person to whom personality rights may apply.

Thoughts?

Thanks.
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Howard Cheng
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