Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-27794543-20180711230348/@comment-4801337-20180717180151

I think we should allow gifs - if the uploader made the gif themselves. I personally make gifs for the wikis I run (or where I contribute actively). I find them fitting for:
 * relationship pages eg the ones I recently did for Andi and Jonah (Andi Mack); Booker and Nia (Raven's Home).
 * other articles best described by an action. e.g: a dance / song (TNS), telekinesis (thundermans), basketball team (andi mack).

Although it takes time to capture and edit the frames (and add texts) to make those gifs, I still think the credit generally goes to the network / studio - not the gif creator. If you were to add parameters to give credit to gif creators, it would just look unnecessarily ugly.

Of course, there will be users who upload gifs that they didn't make. In that case, the policy should be to keep it. But if someone else claims copyright, it can just be taken down and replaced with a still image.

This way, you don't discourage people who want to share their art with the rest of the community, but at the same time avoid drama with those who claim copyright by removing their images when they claim it.