Hello. The discussion timer here has run out. Given the lack of opposition to the changes proposed, I will be moving forward to voting for the following changes to be implemented:
The SCP Foundation Wiki is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. All rules regarding image use are dependent upon this fact.
For information on general licensing of the SCP Foundation Wiki, please read the Licensing Guide.
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The SCP Foundation Wiki is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. All rules regarding image use are dependent upon this fact.
For information on general licensing of the SCP Foundation Wiki, please read the Licensing Guide.
For image/media sites that have been approved for use, see the Whitelist under CC-Compliant Images/Media. If attempting to use media from a site that has not been approved for use yet, please contact a member of Licensing.
Afterwards, under CC-Compliant Images/Media, we would put the following:
You may use images under these licenses singularly and/or combined together via photo-manipulation software (as long as the software itself is cc-compliant). The final license of an image combining two differently licensed images would be the license among the two images that's the most restrictive.
Note that this applies to media besides images as well, including films, audio, etc.
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You may use images under these licenses singularly and/or combined together via photo-manipulation software (as long as the software itself is cc-compliant). The final license of an image combining two differently licensed images would be the license among the two images that's the most restrictive.
Note that this applies to media besides images as well, including films, audio, etc.
Whitelist
Throughout the internet, there are scores of websites that claim to host thousands of public domain images; however, an examination of these websites reveal that they obtain their content via scraping off other, more reputable websites. Additionally, these image sites may host further problems. MaxPixel, for example, has the dubious honor of users downloading malware when downloading images. Pikist reverses the images it finds and claims them as its own. These scraper websites take the template of sites like Pixabay and Pexels, all without attributing those who took the images.
The SCP Wiki is well aware that the nature of public domain means that attributing image creators is not necessary. However, the wiki requires all users to attribute all media they incorporate into their articles, regardless of origin. As such, the wiki has implemented a whitelist of approved sites to obtain images from. Please note, however, that some of these sites host both images compatible with CC BY-SA 3.0 as well as those that are not. Please make sure the image you are taking is under a usable license. If you're not sure, please message a member of Licensing.
Whitelisted Sites:
- CC Search
- Wikimedia Commons
- Library of Congress
- Snappygoat
- Wikipedia General Resources
- Public Domain Review
- Public Domain Vectors
- Torange
- Pixabay (Anything uploaded before January 2019 is CC0 Public Domain. Anything after that date is not usable.)
- Pexels (Anything uploaded before July 2018 is CC0 Public Domain. Anything after that date is not usable.)
- Flickr
- DeviantArt
- NPS Historic Photo Collection, and other US government sites
If an image you would like to use was found on a site that is not on this list, first try to look for it on one of the above sites. If it cannot be found on there, you may message a member of Licensing to determine if the site is deemed reputable enough to be used. If so, that site will be added onto the whitelist for convenience.
Additionally, with the whitelist in place, the following section will be removed as it encourages authors to disturb artists by asking for their intellectual property to be released under Creative Commons:
If there is an image that you know to be non-compliant but want to use, first, find another image that is cc-compliant. If a replacement image cannot be found or made, and the article cannot survive without the image you want, there is a procedure you must follow.
1.) Contact the original author of the image, if possible. If this is not possible, then the image will not be usable.
2.) Give a short summary of the SCP Foundation Wiki as an online creative writing site, and explain that you want to use the author's image on an article.
3.) Explain that the SCP Wiki, including all of its contents, is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, and that the author's image would necessarily have to be re-licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 to be used on the site. Link them the terms of CC BY-SA 3.0 for them to read.
4.) If they do not agree to these terms, in part or in full, then the image cannot be used. Only if they do agree to the full extent of these terms, then the image can be used.
5.) Please provide proof that this has occurred via a screenshot/screenshots of the conversation between you and the author. Also notify the author of the image to make a note on their official accounts that the image is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 as well.
Once again, all proposed changes will not be implemented retroactively, and public domain images from non-whitelisted sites currently on the Wiki will remain.
Voting on this policy is open to Operational Staff and above. Please use the following code for voting:
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