Wikinews:Image use policy

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This page is an official policy on the English Wikinews. It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

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This policy is meant to apply to images only, but may at a future date extend to other media accepted by the upload process.

Free images

Images which meet the Definition of Free Cultural Works (see the specific licenses meeting this standard) should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository shared by all projects.

Fair use images

Images can be accepted locally if they fall under the fair use defense. Since Wikinews is a news organization, the fair use defense would not apply to images from other news web sites or blogs.

Under this clause, the following image types may be uploaded to the English Wikinews:

• logos
• publicity photos
• covers of books and electronic media
• some screen shots

Specifically, images that are part of "press kits" or are otherwise made available for press use can be uploaded locally.

Wikinews has a general policy on fair use which governs this issue.

Image editing

This is a proposed policy. You can choose to follow it. If it is followed by all, and has wide community support, it may become an official policy. Please comment on the collaboration page of the policy on any changes you would like to make, or just edit the page directly. References or links to this page should not describe it as "policy".

Images on Wikinews may sometimes be edited. Ideally, this should be done only when:

• there is a genuine need for the alteration
• it doesn't alter anything of substance to the news event
• alterations should be noted and described on the image description page
  • For images on commons, this can be done by adding {{RetouchedPicture}}
• unaltered images should be available to readers