[Wikipedia-l] New fair use guidelines
Jimmy Wales
jwales at bomis.com
Fri Feb 20 20:47:50 UTC 2004
I think this is excellent, and I support it fully.
Erik Moeller wrote:
> 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
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