Thread:Sakaros/@comment-76.79.39.174-20190926034134/@comment-3528596-20190926162118

Hello Mr. Parker,

I’m Sav, the bureaucrat of the Star Wars Fanon Wiki. While I sympathize immensely with your position, unfortunately, the SWF administration isn’t the best avenue for the resolution of your issue.

Although we do have a site Image Policy, we don’t make determinations on the validity of Fair Use claims. That’s largely based on an old determination by Wikia Staff:

"If a source or license is required, then it's incumbent upon the uploader/user—not the whole wikia—to ensure that the image meets whatever licensing requirements there are. If it does not meet the licensing requirements and the copyright holder wants the image taken down, the copyright holder can send a DMCA takedown notice to Wikia."

- Brandon Rhea

(In this quote, the lowercase “wikia” refers to the site, what’s colloquially known as a “wiki,” and the uppercase “Wikia” refers to the company FANDOM/Wikia).

So while admin Sakaros has given this warning, per the Image Policy, to Knight of Malta, the uploader in question, that if images (such as File:Defense of the Empire Medal (Imperial).png) aren’t sourced and licensed within his 72 hour limit, they will be deleted, once images (such as File:Order of Imperial Glory SGG.png) have a source and license, we can’t make a determination as to the validity of the licensing claim.

The bottom line is this: the quickest way to get the images taken down is to send a message to Knight of Malta requesting his consent that the images are deleted. Should he not respond or refuse (or for any other reason you desire), you’ll need to submit the DMCA takedown request to Wikia.

Again, I’d like to say I’m sympathetic to your issue, and it’s reasons like this we have an Image Policy at all (which many wikis do not). Unfortunately, there’s not much more the SWF administration can do.

If you have any questions or any other requests, I would be more than happy to satisfy them to the best of my ability.