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WikiIndex hosts {{tag|images}} and other media files in order to enhance the textual content of this wiki. These media can provide visual context, and make pages more asthetically appealing. Common deletion reasons are listed at the interface page [[MediaWiki:Filedelete-reason-dropdown]], and include: | WikiIndex hosts {{tag|images}} and other media files in order to enhance the textual content of this wiki. These media can provide visual context, and make pages more asthetically appealing. Common deletion reasons are listed at the interface page [[MediaWiki:Filedelete-reason-dropdown]], and include: | ||
;Copyright violation: Depending on the [[:Category:License|license]] of a certain piece of media, and if someone wants to enforce [[:Category:Copyright|copyright]], we may be obliged to remove someone else's images, sounds, or videos. However, under United States law, we ''are'' entitled to host [[WikiIndex:Copyrights|copyright]] images under a '[[WikiIndex:Fair | ;Copyright violation: Depending on the [[:Category:License|license]] of a certain piece of media, and if someone wants to enforce [[:Category:Copyright|copyright]], we may be obliged to remove someone else's images, sounds, or videos. However, under United States law, we ''are'' entitled to host [[WikiIndex:Copyrights|copyright]] images under a '[[WikiIndex:Fair use|fair use]]' clause. | ||
;Author request: Files which have been uploaded by a [[user]], and that same user subsequently asks that it be [[Template:Delete|deleted]]. This also applies to content in other [[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions|namespaces]]. | ;Author request: Files which have been uploaded by a [[user]], and that same user subsequently asks that it be [[Template:Delete|deleted]]. This also applies to content in other [[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions|namespaces]]. | ||
;Duplicated file: Unneeded identical copies of the same image. | ;Duplicated file: Unneeded identical copies of the same image. | ||
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File deletion is up to the discretion of an [[Sysop|admin]], and it is reversible. Accidents happen, and if you feel like a file deletion was unnecessary or an accident, please contact the deleting admin to review. | File deletion is up to the discretion of an [[Sysop|admin]], and it is reversible. Accidents happen, and if you feel like a file deletion was unnecessary or an accident, please contact the deleting admin to review. | ||
;See also | ;''See also | ||
*[[WikiIndex:Terms of Service]] | *[[WikiIndex:Terms of Service]] | ||
[[Category:Images| ]] | [[Category:Images| ]] | ||