User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Understanding Fair Use/@comment-3441771-20121128022518

&ldquo;A common misconception about fair use is that providing attribution (aka saying who is the rights holder) automatically qualifies.&rdquo; and &ldquo;... placing a copyright notice or watermark on the image. While this may make the copyright owner less likely to complain in some cases, it does not create a fair use.&ldquo;

So true, so true. Great blog; I've been expecting Wikia to touch this subject.

Setting aside the pitfalls of images, my advice would be that if you don't want flack from your editing, don't copy/paste any text. I'm seeing it more and more. This isn't in the spirit of editing at all; it doesn't take a lot of effort to highlight text. Write your edits in-your-own-words and cite where you read it. It's not rocket-science, it makes your wiki respectable.