Thread:Sakaros/@comment-17114085-20191027112010

Hello Sakaros,

I am a relatively new user from the Warhammer 40k Fanon Wiki and I've recently come to blows with one of the staffers there on what constitutes Fair Use when it comes to images I've uploaded onto their site. I'm not the only one and this has sparked a debate thread to resolve the matter.

On that thread the Admin which I've been arguing against pointed out that their Image Policy is based off of the image policy of the Star Wars Fanon wiki so I came here to check out what you guys classify as Fair use and what I've posted has no difference to what your users post on here. For example: I posted and filled out the template correctly, providing the original sources and even how I edited the image, as well as making sure the author didn't expressly prohibit the use of his work elsewhere and that it was available through free download and was not being sold by the author. I don't see any difference with what I posted to these images:, , ; that were posted here on your wiki.

I am not a lawyer nor any expert on the matter of copyright/fair use. Since their policy is based off the Star Wars Fanon wiki's policy and the way you do things here doesn't seem to cause any problems and provides the users more freedom with what they post, I'd just like your help to try to convince the 40k Fanon staff that they don't need to be so overly zealous against the use of third party images as long as they are correctly sourced and the author hasn't forbidden it and doesn't request the image to be taken down. 