User talk:Mdreger

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Muni Metro
May I direct your attention to our fair use policy regarding images, including maps, diagrams, etc. Images from websites such as that of the Muni website are actually copyrighted (in this case by the agency, SFMTA), and are to be used as little as possible. If you have any questions regarding this, feel free to ask me on my talk page linked here. Again, welcome to Wikipedia! — Kurykh  01:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia doesn't really need a bit-for-bit copy of the exact same map in the train. Your link to the actual map at the bottom of the article is sufficient. The map shown in the article is only for reference purposes in respect to the article itself, and maybe for other Muni Metro-related articles. — Kurykh  01:24, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry to jump in here, but I'm not sure if this has been made explicit to you, and it explains the rationale for this: Wikipedia cannot actually make use of copyrighted materials like the Muni map. It's not just a fact we can cite; it's a copyrighted image and we can't put it on Wikipedia any more than we could, say, put up an MPEG containing all of Star Wars. Works produced by the US federal government by law are in the public domain (and thus can be used by Wikipedia), but this doesn't apply necessarily to state and local government agencies (like Muni). --Jfruh (talk) 01:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)