Wikipedia:Fair use review/guidelines

The Fair use review page is a place where Wikipedians discuss whether images tagged as fair use are in compliance with Wikipedia's non-free content criteria.

Uses that are legal, or perceived to be legal, may still not be allowed by Wikipedia policy on non-free content. The primary goal of this policy is to protect Wikipedia's mission to produce content that is perpetually free for unlimited distribution, modification and application by all users in all media. The policy embodies a compromise between this goal and another central part of our mission, production of a quality encyclopedia. As a further concern, we wish to minimize legal exposure. We, therefore, permit a limited amount of non-free content under strictly defined circumstances that are deliberately more restrictive than United States fair use law.

[edit] How to nominate

Please follow these steps to nominate an image for a fair use review:

• Add the {{fairusereview}} template to the image.
• Start a new section with level 1 header (==) at the bottom of this page, using a link to the image as the header title.^[1] For example: == [[:Image:ImageNameHere]] ==
• Include reason(s) for nominating (references to specific WP:NFCC criteria are helpful) and the article(s) for which fair use is to be evaluated.
• Be sure to sign your comments with ~~~~.

[edit] Notes

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