Thread:VeganCritter/@comment-27888570-20161018153514/@comment-27025402-20161018161004

There are definitely (a) copyright issues and (b) arguments to be made against calling this "fair use". As only one example of (a), Wikia generates ad revenue off of the content on wikis like ours. That ad revenue does not go to admins like me, to editors like you, or to copyright-holding artists whose work is used on the wiki. Regarding "fair use", Wikimedia Commons (as an example) doesn't allow uploads of any media files as "fair use".

It looks like permission was never obtained for using people's art before I joined the wiki, and I followed that pattern briefly. Now that I'm performing admin duties, I'm trying to get us on track for obtaining permission as a matter of course. I also need to obtain some sort of statement from the Critical Role folks. Creating an image policy is on my tasklist, and I've been beta testing some procedures for uploading, crediting, and captioning art on the wiki.

In the meantime, I've been keeping a personal list of art to add to the wiki later. As you can see, it's no short list. I'd suggest keeping a list for yourself, too. Once the policies/procedures are ready, I'll set an announcement and popup on the wiki.