Forum:Important update: Image licenses
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Hi, everyone! As some may have noticed in Recent Changes, this wiki now has copyright License types for images. This move was made in order to ensure that the wiki is compliant with the fair dealing system used in the United Kingdom, which is where Miraheze is based in. While we plan on adding more types of licenses at the moment, we ask that all editors on the wiki make sure that any future file uploads to the wiki are marked with the appropriate type of license. To do this when uploading a file, find the drop-down menu labeled under “Licensing”, which is under the Summary field, and select the option that best applies to where you got the file that you are uploading to the wiki (e.g. “Image or video capture taken from a television show” for a capture of a logo found on a TV show”). If you are unsure about what specific license applies to the file you are uploading, select “I am unsure of the license” or ask an administrator or other staff member for help. Please remember to state where your captures are sourced from, as well. Additionally, If you find a file that does not have a license listed on its page, please help out by adding the appropriate license to the file in its description. You can do this by editing the file’s page and adding the appropriate license, which is a template, below the Summary section, and a full list of licenses for reference may be found here. When adding the appropriate template, use the listed text that comes before the vertical bar mark in each bullet point (e.g. “Television capture”). Here is an example:
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