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3) The image may only be used to illustrate an encyclopedic article, or informative account, of X, or in which X is mentioned, or an informal discussion in which X is mentioned (such as a wikipedia User page) or otherwise to illustrate or represent X in connection with some discussion or description of X. 4) Any user of the image must allow ...
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Images of canceled U.S. postage stamps including meter stamps may be published in color or black and white, [2] sized to be the "exact" size, no more than three-fourths of life size, or at least one and a half times life size, measured along each dimension, with partial images subject to the same ratio requirements. [3]
In short, Wikipedia media (with the exception of "fair use" media—see below) should be as "free" as Wikipedia's content—both to keep Wikipedia's own legal status secure and to allow as much re-use of Wikipedia content as possible. For example, Wikipedia can accept images under CC-BY-SA (Attribution-Share Alike) as a free license, but not CC ...
Wikipedia:Picture of the day is an image which is automatically updated each day with an image from the list of featured pictures. The {{ POTD }} template produces the image shown above. Category:Wikipedia Picture of the day lists the different templates that can be used.
Wikipedia:Images (the image guideline) has a section on image choice and placement, but this also does not directly address the ethics and morals of the use of controversial or otherwise problematic images. Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not has a not censored section, which broadly argues against the exclusion of objectionable material if it is ...
Anything else may still qualify as fair use in the right context, but a fair use rationale is still required to use such images on Wikipedia. To obtain freely licensed images, you can take photos yourself and upload them under a free license, place a request for other Wikipedians to create such images, or ask the copyright holder of a non-free ...
This template is for images listed in the bad image list and is placed on the Image/File page and Talk page. This template lists its pages in Category:Wikipedia restricted images. (Note: The addition or removal of this template does not actually add or remove restrictions on where the image can be used. For that, see MediaWiki talk:Bad image list.)