Thread:A morris/@comment-27025402-20160724205639

Hi, Allison! I've been working to gather permissions from artists before posting their artwork on the wiki, then including links to the permission here. I've also been going back through artwork that was previously uploaded to the wiki to obtain permission.

This is partly about respect for the community artists, and partly about copyright issues. (For example, many images on this wiki are full-res uploads claiming "fair use" due to using low-res images, which is simply not true.)  I think that we, as a wiki, should have permission for every image that isn't public domain or Creative Commons (both of which have license templates).

I haven't created the relevant policy pages and lists of permissions yet, but they're in my tasklist. In the meantime, I've just been keeping a personal list of blanket permissions:  User:VeganCritter/Desktop/Recent_Fan_Art_To_Add

Please obtain permission before uploading artwork so we can add the permission on the image's page and in each reference. If an artist provides blanket permission for using their art, then we should also add it to the artist's Category:Art by ArtistName page.

Thanks! 