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Add living people since this has been the unofficial consensus since this has been established. Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor |
Undid revision 1086567346 by Interstellarity (talk) Seek consensus first. Also, I don’t think it’s unofficial that this has been the case since the policy was started back around 2007. |
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There is no automatic entitlement to use non-free content in an article or elsewhere on Wikipedia. Articles and other Wikipedia pages may, in accordance with [[Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Text|the guideline]], use brief verbatim textual excerpts from copyrighted media, properly attributed or cited to its original source or author (as described by the [[WP:CITE|citation guideline]]), and specifically indicated as direct quotations via quotation marks, {{tag|blockquote|o}}, {{tlx|Quote}}, or a similar method. Other non-free content—including all copyrighted images, audio and video clips, and other media files that lack a free content license—may be used on the English Wikipedia only where '''all 10''' of the following criteria are met.
# {{/span|1}}'''No free equivalent.''' Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose
# {{/span|2}}'''Respect for commercial opportunities.''' Non-free content is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted material.
# {{/span|3}}'''Minimal usage:'''<ol type="a" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li>{{/span|3a}}'''Minimal number of items.''' Multiple items of non-free content are not used if one item can convey equivalent significant information.</li><li>{{/span|3b}}'''Minimal extent of use'''. An entire work is not used if a portion will suffice. Low-resolution, rather than high-resolution/fidelity/bit rate is used (especially where the original could be used for deliberate copyright infringement). This rule also applies to the copy in the File: namespace.</li></ol>
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