Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-27794543-20180711230348/@comment-27794543-20180719083501

I wanted to clarify a couple details.

My hope in starting this thread and with the above polls is to get a discussion started and get a general idea of where people sit on these issues. Given this discussion could lead to a significant policy change, my intention is for this to be a multi-week discussion (sorry to anyone who's fervently waiting to upload their fanart). My intention with the current polls is to gauge people's thoughts, not to be final decisions on policy. My current thought is to have another week, say through the 25th, of general discussion and then try to write out a proposed amended policy. Afterwards, have another week or so to discuss it before final decision is made.

re: crediting / explicitly marking fanart – As far as articles (main namespace), that would mean caption saying "Fan made" or something similar (this is for fan copied symbols/maps & general fanart, not for gifs made straight out of episode stills), actual creator would not be directly named within article. Full credit information & sourcing should be done within File namespace for every file. This is consistent with how other wikis (including Wikipedia) credit images and with how we source screenshots (each screenshot should state episode either in file name or in file description and should include an appropriate copyright tag). For non-screenshots, a source (typically a URL to page where image was found) should be listed plus, when possible, original uploader's name (e.g. see File:Pulse collar.png). Btw, by US copyright laws, images by default are copyrighted. Even if a cast or crew member shares a behind-the-scenes image on twitter/instagram/tumblr/etc. & doesn't explicitly mention copyright, the image is still copyrighted. Thus, these images should be sourced, credited, & copyright tagged on their file pages.