Commons:Fandom files

This page is a proposed Commons guideline, policy, or process. The proposal may still be in development, under discussion, or in the process of gathering consensus for adoption. References or links to this page should not describe it as "policy".

Fandom, formerly known as Wikia, is a popular set of user-generated Wikis.

Fandom pages have a license posted in the footer, often Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted, which applies only to text, not other media like images and video or comments.

Images and videos on Fandom are presumed to be copyrighted and should not be uploaded to Commons unless explicitly identified as public domain or freely-licensed. Even if a specific image on a Fandom wiki is specifically claimed to be freely licensed (which should appear under "more info" when viewing that image), users importing that content to Commons should take appropriate steps to ensure that license is accurate, as Fandom does not have any license verification process.

Media from Fandom should preferably be placed into Category:Images from Fandom when possible.

If there is any suspicion that media from Fandom is non-free, they should be nominated for deletion, via COM:SPEEDY for obvious cases or COM:DR for any other case.

Except where otherwise permitted, the text on Fandom communities (known as “wikis”) is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC BY-SA).

Some wikis use licenses other than the CC BY-SA license. The license used by an individual wiki is made clear on the edit page of that wiki. Individual wikis may not use a license other than CC BY-SA unless it has been explicitly permitted by, or it was subject to a different license at the time it was acquired by, Fandom, Inc. Non-permitted uses of alternate licenses automatically default to CC BY-SA.

— Fandom, Inc., in: https://www.fandom.com/licensing

Text on Fandom is licensed {{CC-BY-SA-3.0}}, unless specified otherwise on the Wiki. Since the content is user-generated, re-users of this content should be wary of potential copyright violations by Fandom users.

The CC-BY-SA disclaimer only applies to text, not other media like images, sounds, and video.

Non-text media on Fandom should not be assumed to be available under the same license as the text. Please view the media description page for details about the license of any specific media file.

If you are uploading files to Fandom, you should cite the source of the file, attribute the authors, and note any copyright information, where applicable. Individual communities may elaborate upon and refine requirements for file uploads.

— Fandom, Inc., in: https://www.fandom.com/licensing

All non-text media on Fandom is presumed to be copyrighted, and should not be uploaded to Commons unless proven to be free, i.e. explicitly freely-licensed or public domain. Anything not freely-licensed or public domain is presumed to be copyrighted; a copyright symbol or notice is not necessary.