User:Ilse@/fairuse

Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia. Therefore non-free images are generally not allowed. In some cases an exception can be made when a non-free image significantly increases readers' understanding of the topic of the article it is used in. More information about the use of non-free content is available on Non-free content.

The following four steps are designed to help Wikipedians in using non-free images.

Step 1. Check significance
Each use of a non-free image in an article must be significant.

Only include a non-free image in an article when all these points can be confirmed:
 * 1) the subject of the image is explicitly discussed in the text of the article
 * 2) the image conveys information that is significant for the readers' understanding of the topic of the article
 * 3) the information in the image cannot be conveyed by means of words alone
 * 4) the information in the image cannot be conveyed by means of an alternative and non-free image
 * 5) the image caption points out the significant information in the image

Step 2. Specify non-free use rationale

 * See for detailed information WP:NFURG.

Include one non-free use rationale for each article that uses the non-free image.

Use Non-free use rationale to include all necessary components:

Step 3. Specify location
Specify the location of the image in the purpose of use description: in the infobox of the article X in the lead of the article X in the section Y of the article X

Step 4. Specify significance

 * See for detailed information WP:NFCC, policy criterion #8 "Significance".

Good purpose of use descriptions specify the significance in the non-free use rationale:
 * "To identify the logo of CNN in the infobox of the article CNN." [ 1 ]
 * "To illustrate the visual style of the film Baseball Bugs in the section Plot synopsis of the article Baseball Bugs." [ 2 ]
 * "To visually identify Mickey Mouse in the infobox of the article Mickey Mouse." [ 3 ]

Bad purpose of use descriptions don't specify the image location and/or the significance:
 * "The screenshot is used to illustrate something described in the article."
 * "Its use here is entirely encyclopedic."
 * "This is a visual representation of the topic."