Commons:Photographs of identifiable people/Update 2013/Other image sources

Scope Review 2013 links:

Discuss stage 2 of this review

Translation

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Background

• Main review page: Background and process
• FAQ

Links to current rules

• Project Scope
• Photographs of identifiable people

Discussion: Introductory Scope wording

• Aim of Wikimedia Commons
• Excluded educational content

Discussion: Files

• Must be a media file
• Must be an allowable free file format
• Must be freely licensed or public domain

• Licensing terms
• Evidence
• Precautionary principle

• 'Realistically useful for an educational purpose'
• PDF and DjVu formats

Discussion: Pages, galleries and categories

• General pages, galleries and categories
• User pages, galleries and categories

Discussion: Areas of particular concern

• Censorship
• "Neutral point of view"

Discussion: Identifiable people

• Lead
• Legal issues
• Consent
• Moral issues
• Identification
• Examples
• Removal requests
• Other image sources

Other proposals

• Other proposals

Other image sources

Photographs with free licences that are hosted on other websites (such as Flickr) are often uploaded to Commons by users other than the photographer. This can make it difficult to ascertain whether consent was given. A free image licence only covers the photographer's rights and says nothing about the subject. It may be necessary to contact the owner of the photographs regarding permission from the subject, even though the licence means we do not need the photographer's permission.