Forum:Fair use images in templates

In Wikipedia, fair use images are not allowed in templates or user namespaces. Yet, many templates in Wookiepedia use a screen capture from one of the Star Wars movies. (Usually the image matches the theme of the template. Starwars:Template:Redlinks uses a image from Attack of the Clones where Obi Wan concludes the records might not be complete.)  Furthermore, some users, like Starwars:User:Darth Oblivion, put a fair use image onto their user page.

Such use of fair use images would be violations at Wikipedia. What about here on Wikia sites. I tried to ask Sikon, but he never responded. (Like he never spends much time online anymore.) Will (Talk - contribs) 04:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, to the best of my knowledge (though I am not a lawyer), these uses are not allowed on the English Wikipedia not because of some dislike of fair use images in general, but because they simply constitute a copyright infringement, which means the same applies to Wikia sites.
 * Fair use lets you use the image to identify or comment on the object shown on the image. Using it in templates or on user pages doesn't meet neither of these requirements.
 * Therefore, uses like these should be discouraged and gradually phased out. --TOR 13:17, 4 February 2007 (UTC)