Commons:License review policy

This page is a proposed Commons guideline, policy, or process.

The proposal may still be in development, under discussion, or in the process of gathering consensus for adoption. References or links to this page should not describe it as "policy".

Details about license reviewing can be found at Commons:License review.

License reviewer and administrators are authorized to license review files / confirm licenses.
License reviews by unauthorized users (abusefilter) can be reverted.
To become a license reviewer a formal request at Commons:License review/requests is needed. Requests must be open for a minimum of two days (48 hours). License reviewers and administrators are authorized to close requests. Closed requests can be archived after two days.

Wikimedia Commons policies and guidelines

Policies

Project	General disclaimer Project scope Allowable file types Evidence Neutral point of view Precautionary principle Pages, galleries and categories Use of gender neutral language
Content	Licensing policy De minimis Fair use When to use the PD-Art tag Deletion policy Criteria for speedy deletion Revision deletion Language policy Category policy
Behaviour	Blocking policy Page protection De-adminship Paid contribution disclosure Translation administrators Signatures Username policy

Guidelines

Content	What Commons is not Non-copyright restrictions Fan art Nudity Photographs of identifiable people Derivative works When to use the PD-scan tag Galleries Using ImageAnnotator File renaming Overwriting existing files Grandfathered old files
Behaviour	Assume good faith Ownership of pages and files Talk page guidelines User-specific galleries, templates and categories Administrators Vandalism Rollback Patrol

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Choosing a license	Copyright rules Copyright rules by subject matter Copyright rules by territory Copyright tags PD files
Copyright principles	Threshold of originality Derivative works 2D copying Screenshots Freedom of panorama URAA-restored copyrights
Using files	Reusing content outside Wikimedia Credit line Reuse of PD-Art photographs
How to detect copyright violations	License laundering Problematic sources Flickr Picasa Web Bad sources License review

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