Template talk:User GTHS
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- Responding to a comment on my user talk page:
The GTHS logo image is not licensed under a free content license (such as the GFDL). Thus, it may only be used on Wikipedia under the "fair use" policy. That policy, in turn, says that such images may only be used in encyclopedia articles, not on user pages (or on templates intended for user pages). Specifically, fair use criterion 9 says:
- Fair use images may be used only in the article namespace. Used outside article space, they are not covered under the fair use doctrine. They should never be used on templates (including stub templates and navigation boxes) or on user pages. They should be linked, not inlined, from talk pages when they are the topic of discussion. This is because it is the policy of the Wikimedia Foundation to allow an unfree image only if no free alternative exists and only if it significantly improves the article it is included on. All other uses, even if legal under the fair use clauses of copyright law, should be avoided to keep the use of unfree images to a minimum. Exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis if there is a broad consensus that doing so is necessary to the goal of creating a free encyclopedia (like the templates used as part of the Main Page).
—Ilmari Karonen (talk) 12:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. So it's OK to use on the Gymea THS article because it's an encyclopaedic article. Whereas it's not OK to use on a personal user page. Once again, please accept my apology :-).--Just James 22:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
