వికీపీడియా:Non-free content review/guidelines

The Non-free content review page is a place where Wikipedians discuss whether media without free content licenses are in compliance with Wikipedia's non-free content criteria. A list of current content review requests is maintained on the Category:Non-free content review requested page. 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. Wikipedia's 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 only a limited amount of non-free content under strictly defined circumstances that are deliberately more restrictive than United States fair use law. How to nominate Please follow these steps to nominate the media for review: Add the {{Non-free review}} template to the media page or article. Start a new section with level 2 header (==) at the bottom of this page, using a link to the media as the header title. For example: ==[[:File:ImageNameHere]] == Include reason(s) for nominating (references to specific WP:NFC criteria are helpful) and the article(s) for which fair use is to be evaluated. Be sure to sign your comments with ~~~~. How to close When a discussion has run its course, it can be closed. Active discussions should not be closed unless there is a clear consensus for a particular action, or more than 4 weeks have passed since the media was listed here. Generally, discussions should run for at least 7 days. The clearer the consensus, the sooner the discussion can be closed. Any uninvolved administrator may close a discussion. Non-contentious or withdrawn discussions that do not require the deletion of a file may be closed by other editors in a manner consistent with Wikipedia:Non-admin closure. Closing the discussion Put a {{subst:archive top|STATE YOUR REASON. --~~~~}} template below the media's section header. Put a {{subst:archive bottom}} template under your comments. Closed discussions will be archived by ClueBot III. Media action Depending upon the outcome of the discussion, several actions may be taken. If the media is to be kept, simply replace the {{Non-free review}} template on the media page with {{Non-free reviewed}}. If there is no consensus after a reasonable amount of time has passed, use the {{Non-free reviewed no consensus}} tag instead. If the media is to be removed, the closer should remove the media from the applicable articles. If the media is removed from all articles, it may be tagged with {{Di-orphaned fair use}} or, if the closer is an admin, deleted at their discretion. If the media has a remediable problem, the closer is encouraged to implement the fix or tag the media as appropriate. For example: If the media is deemed to be too high resolution/fidelity (NFCC#3), add the {{Non-free reduce}} template to the media page. If the media does not have a source (NFCC#10A), add the {{subst:nsd}} template to the media page. If the media does not have a copyright tag (NFCC#10B), add the {{subst:nld}} template to the media page. If the media does not have a rationale (NFCC#10C), add the {{subst:frn}} template to the media page. If an article is tagged, follow the same steps individually on each offending image, and remove the Non-free review template from the page. Notes edit guidelines