This is a
failed proposal.
Consensus for its implementation was not established within a reasonable period of time. If you want to revive discussion, please use
the talk page or initiate a thread at
the village pump. |
This amendment is meant to supersede the current WP:FUC#9 by allowing Fair-use images to be used within the Portal namespace. Wikipedia fair use does not currently allow the use of fair use images in portals. However, it is believed that this restriction prevents the addition of valuable content to portals, a resource designed for the reader.
The current policy:
Proposed changes (changes are bolded and italicized):
As with all policies it will be necessary to agree upon and implement new guidelines to accommodate fair use images in portal so that use remains within the law and current policies, these guidelines would be laid out at the appropriate page.
This amendment was originally proposed at Wikipedia:Fair use/Amendment/Fair use images in portals, however that discussion waned and became inactive as of December 13, 2006. A straw poll was conducted on October 10 which ran until November 1, the results showing that a majority of editors were in favor of this change - it should be pointed out that Wikipedia is not a democracy and this poll is merely meant to be used as a tool for discussion. Below is a list of relevant discussions that had been brought up at Wikipedia talk:Fair use:
This is a
failed proposal.
Consensus for its implementation was not established within a reasonable period of time. If you want to revive discussion, please use
the talk page or initiate a thread at
the village pump. |
This amendment is meant to supersede the current WP:FUC#9 by allowing Fair-use images to be used within the Portal namespace. Wikipedia fair use does not currently allow the use of fair use images in portals. However, it is believed that this restriction prevents the addition of valuable content to portals, a resource designed for the reader.
The current policy:
Proposed changes (changes are bolded and italicized):
As with all policies it will be necessary to agree upon and implement new guidelines to accommodate fair use images in portal so that use remains within the law and current policies, these guidelines would be laid out at the appropriate page.
This amendment was originally proposed at Wikipedia:Fair use/Amendment/Fair use images in portals, however that discussion waned and became inactive as of December 13, 2006. A straw poll was conducted on October 10 which ran until November 1, the results showing that a majority of editors were in favor of this change - it should be pointed out that Wikipedia is not a democracy and this poll is merely meant to be used as a tool for discussion. Below is a list of relevant discussions that had been brought up at Wikipedia talk:Fair use: