Non-free content
This page examines the status of non-free content (like fair use) on Wikimedia Projects. Note that the Wikimedia licensing policy requires that any project allowing non-free content implement an Exemption Doctrine Policy.
Exemption Doctrine Policy
An Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) is required by the Wikimedia licensing policy for any Wikimedia project that hosts non-free content.
Some EDPs are listed at the Wikidata item: Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria (Q4391089).
A manually maintained list exists below.
Note that, regardless of policy, some Wikimedia projects have zero local media files, and therefore have no non-free content. If the situation is permanent (e.g. because local upload was disabled), the policy may be superseded.
Lists of exemption doctrine policies and other information by Wikimedia project
Description of fields
- Language code: the Wikimedia language code, followed by a colon for easier searching
- Local uploads: either yes/no, or names of user groups (i.e. only available if you have one of the corresponding permissions).
- Please note: being "yes" doesn't mean you can just start local uploading right now, being autoconfirmed users on each wikis are the minimum requirement for uploading functions (except Commons, but non-free contents are not allowed).
Wikipedia
- To reduce page size, projects listed at List of Wikipedias having zero local media files are only listed if they have an EDP.
- For actual usage of files and policy enforcement see Non-free content/taking stock#Wikipedia.
| Language code |
Language name |
Local uploads |
Non-free content |
Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) | EDP summary | Root category with non-free content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ab: | Abkhazian | administrators | ? | Unclear | ||
| af: | Afrikaans | yes | yes | af:Wikipedia:Beleidsontwerp vir beperkte gebruik van nie-vrye media | originally based on enwiki | Kategorie:Nie-vrye kentekens |
| als: | Alemannic | yes | custom | Erklärige zum Urheberrächt | similar to dewiki | Kategorie:Wikipedia:Bild |
| am: | Amharic | yes | ? | Unclear | ||
| an: | Aragonese | administrators | yes | Imáchens con licencias no libres | an:Categoría:Imáchens no libres | |
| ang: | Old English | administrators | ? | Unclear | ||
| ar: | Arabic | yes | yes | Non-free content | similar to enwiki | ar:تصنيف:صور استعمال عادل |
| as: | Assamese | yes | ? | Unclear | শ্ৰেণী:সকলোবোৰ অ-মুক্ত মিডিয়া | |
| az: | Azerbaijani | administrators, uploaders | yes | az:Vikipediya:Ədalətli istifadə meyarları | Similar to trwiki | Kateqoriya:Vikipediya faylları |
| azb: | South Azerbaijani | yes | yes | azb:ویکیپدیا:غیر آزاد محتوا مئیارلاری | Similar to enwiki. | azb:بؤلمه:ویکیپدیا غیر آزاد محتوا مئیارلاری |
| ban: | Balinese | administrators | yes | Daging mapangikat | similar to older idwiki policy | Kategori:Semua media nonbebas |
| bar: | Bavarian | yes | custom | Reglweak fia pragmatische Ausnahma | similar to dewiki | Kategorie:Bild (Meta) |
| be: | Belarusian | yes | yes | Крытэрыі добрасумленнага выкарыстання | similar to enwiki | Катэгорыя:Файлы:Добрасумленнае выкарыстанне |
| be-tarask: | Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography) | yes | yes | Крытэры добрасумленнага выкарыстаньня | similar to enwiki | Катэгорыя:Вікіпэдыя:Файлы з абгрунтаваньнем добрасумленнага выкарыстаньня |
| bg: | Bulgarian | administrators | no | |||
| bh: | Bhojpuri | administrators | yes | विकिपीडिया:Non-free content | Similar to enwiki | श्रेणी:Fair use images |
| bn: | Bangla | yes | yes | উইকিপিডিয়া:মুক্ত নয় এমন উপাদান | developing similar to enwiki's; non-free images of living people are strongly discouraged | বিষয়শ্রেণী:সৌজন্যমূলক ব্যবহারের চিত্র |
| br: | Breton | administrators | no | |||
| bs: | Bosnian | yes | yes | Kriteriji upotrebe neslobodnog sadržaja | similar to enwiki | bs:Kategorija:Neslobodni sadržaj na Wikipediji |
| ca: | Catalan | yes | yes | Continguts no lliures | Narrowly defined circumstances when no other option is or will be available and when it is necessary to understand the subject; cannot be used for decorative purposes; strongly discouraged for living people. | Categoria:Imatges d'ús legítim |
| ce: | Chechen | administrators, uploaders | yes | Дикачу ойланца лелор | Категори:All non-free media | |
| ckb: | Central Kurdish | administrators | yes | ویکیپیدیا:بارکەرەکان | پۆل:ھەموو ڕاگەیێنەرە نائازادەکان | |
| cs: | Czech | administrators | no | Licenční politika u souborů | ||
| cy: | Welsh | yes | yes | Wicipedia:Cynnwys di-rydd | Categori:Cyfryngau i gyd nad yw'n rhydd | |
| de: | German | yes | custom | Bilder, deren Urheber nicht bekannt ist | Some simple logos are uploaded using the tag "Bild-LogoSH". The design of such logos is below the threshold of originality. The copyright tag does not mention this clearly (to avoid complaints). Therefore, Bild-LogoSH is not a fair use but a public domain tag. If the date of death of the creator is unknown, images are allowed if they are old enough. Some of these images can be non-free. These images are marked with Bild-PD-alt-100 or Bild-PD-alt-1923. |
Kategorie:Datei:NoCommons |
| dty: | Doteli | administrators | yes | विकिपिडिया:अ-मुक्त सामग्री | Similar to enwiki | श्रेणी:All non-free media |
| el: | Greek | yes | yes | Βικιπαίδεια:Κριτήρια εύλογης χρήσης Fairuse criteria, not a new policy | Allowed for logos, album covers, paintings and such, frames of films and generally images that are absolutely necessarily to the article. Simple artilcle illustration and portrait of a person (even deceased) is not "fair use" except for actors and fashion models. The criteria are almost the same as those on English Wikipedia, based on US copyright law. The Greek law has a provision that short excerpts of a work can be used for presentation, critical analysis, commentary etc. | Κατηγορία:Αρχεία εύλογης χρήσης |
| eml: | Emiliano-Romagnolo | yes | yes | eml:Wikipedia:File mia lìber | Like it.wiki. | |
| en: | English | yes | yes | Non-free content criteria | Narrowly defined circumstances, strongly discouraged for images of living people. | en:Category:Wikipedia non-free content |
| eo: | Esperanto | yes | yes | Vikipedio:Regularo pri justa uzo | Kategorio:Bildoj sub Justa uzo | |
| et: | Estonian | yes | yes | Mittevaba sisu kriteeriumid | art works open to public in Estonia | Kategooria:KunstiteoseFoto |
| fa: | Persian | yes | yes | معیارهای محتوای غیر آزاد | Similar to enwiki. | رده:تصاویر استفاده منصفانه |
| fi: | Finnish | yes | yes | Sitaattioikeus | Non-free images or music samples are allowed if 1) they are not replaceable by free content considering the purpose which they are serving in the article and 2) they are used in accordance with the quotation right of the Finnish copyright law. Historically significant non-free images are forbidden, as they could be replaced. Also non-free images of living people are forbidden. | Luokka:Kuvat |
| fr: | French | yes | yes | Exceptions au droit d'auteur | Logotypes, recent buildings and money. | Catégorie:Wikipédia:Exceptions au droit d'auteur |
| frr: | Northern Frisian | yes | custom | License types incl. non-free content (B.,D.,E.,F.,G.) | Policy according to dewiki. | Kategorie:NoCommons |
| fy: | Western Frisian | yes | yes | Unclear | Kategory:Unfrij ôfbyld | |
| ga: | Irish | yes | yes | ga:Vicipéid:Leathanach tuairiscithe íomhá | Catagóir:Íomhánna nach bhfuil saor | |
| gan: | Gan | administrators | no | |||
| gl: | Galician | yes | no | Unclear | ||
| glk: | Gilaki | yes | yes | غیرآزاد تاتایي نهأن | Similar to enwiki. | glk:Wikipedia:منصفانه استفاده |
| he: | Hebrew | yes | yes | he:ויקיפדיה:רישוי תמונות/שימוש הוגן | Looks like similar to enwiki but also mentioned fair use rationales within Israel, strongly discouraged for images of living people. Most likely, other Hebrew projects (see below sections) are copy-pasting same policy from hewiki. | קטגוריה:ויקיפדיה - תמונות שימוש הוגן |
| hi: | Hindi | yes | yes | Uses the one from English Wikipedia.[1][2] | Same as enwiki.[1][2] | hi:श्रेणी:सभी ग़ैर-मुक्त मीडिया |
| hr: | Croatian | yes | yes | Politika doktrine izuzetaka | Kategorija:Pravedna uporaba | |
| hu: | Hungarian | yes | yes | Nem szabad tartalom felhasználása | Allows fair use and limited permissions from copyright holders. Fair use in Hungary is very limited, and only applies to "non-conventional" work types (e.g. screenshots), never photos or paintings. Limitations on namespace, resolution etc. are similar to those on English Wikipedia. | Kategória:Jogvédett fájlok |
| hy: | Armenian | yes | yes | Ոչ ազատ պատկերների օգտագործում | Based on Armenian legislation (Law on Copyrights and related rights, article 22). Very similar to enwiki. | |
| id: | Indonesian | yes | yes | Kriteria isi nonbebas | Similar to enwiki as of 1 October 2020 with additional legislation for Indonesian content (2014 Indonesian Copyright Act No. 28 and its neighbouring and child rules). Thousands copyright violations; the wiki was notified of their non-compliance, and will be exterminated under the new policy. Living people and active musical groups are strongly discouraged. | id:Kategori:Semua media nonbebas |
| inh: | Ingush | yes | yes | Дикача уйлаца пайда эцара бехкамаш | Similar to enwiki. Non-free content must have no free equivalent, must not hurt the copyrighted work's commercial value, must have been previously published elsewhere, must be used minimally, and is permitted only in article and incubator namespaces. | |
| is: | Icelandic | yes | yes | EDP per is.wiki | 1) Allowed when no comparable file is on commons. 2) Short excerpts of a work can be used for critical analysis or commentary. 3) Pictures of buildings and artwork placed permanently outdoors with the photographers' permission. 4) Pictures of trademarks. 5) Documents from the Icelandic government. 6) Free images should be uploaded to commons. Note: All text on is.wiki, including information about images, has to be in Icelandic. | Flokkur:Ófrjálst efni |
| it: | Italian | yes | yes | EDP per it.wiki | Non-free images are allowed if they are not replaceable by free content considering the purpose which they are serving in the article. Narrowly defined circumstances when no other option is or will be available and when it is necessary to understand the subject. Allowed only for: institutional logos (not associations or other logos), stamps and such, frames of films, deceased persons. Disallowed for living people. The Italian copyright law has a provision that short excerpts of a work can be used for presentation, critical analysis, commentary, etc.
Non-free images must be used only in the main namespace of the article directly referring to the subject of the image itself (not in templates, talk pages, user pages, etc) and cannot be used for decorative purposes. | |
| ja: | Japanese | yes | yes | 1) 屋外美術を被写体とする写真の利用方針 ("policy on usage of images portraying outdoor artwork"), 2) 日本で著作権が消滅し、米国で著作権が消滅していない画像の利用方針 ("policy on the use of images whose copyright expired in Japan but not in the United States of America", experimental policy) | 1) This is a policy on usage of photographs portraying outdoor artwork, concerning freedom of panorama. §46 of Japanese copyright law allows non-commercial reproduction of artistic works located permanently in open places accessible by public, or where it could easily be seen by public. The use must be considered "fair use" regarding the US copyright. 2) This is an experimental policy on usages of images that are in the public domain in Japan but not in the United States because of URAA (Uruguay Round Agreement Act). The use must be considered "fair use" regarding the US copyright. | Category:自由利用できないファイル |
| kn: | Kannada | yes | yes | kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಸದ್ಬಳಕೆ | File size restriction, pixel restriction for images, time limits for audio & video. Also per Indian Copyright exemptions, It copyright law identifies certain types of uses, including criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research as examples of activities that may qualify as a fair use. | |
| ko: | Korean | administrators, uploaders | yes | ko:위키백과:비자유 저작물의 공정한 이용 | similar to enwiki but a permission is required to upload to local | ko:분류:위키백과 비자유 저작물 |
| ks: | Kashmiri | sysop (current) | yes | ks:وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:غٲر آزاد مَواد مٕیار | similar to enwiki | ks:زٲژ:غٲر آزاد مَواد مٕیار |
| ky: | Kyrgyz | administrators | ? | Unclear | Категория:Эркин эмес файлдар | |
| lad: | Ladino | administrators | yes | lad:Vikipedya:Exemption Doctrine Policy | Substantially the same as enwiki, with a few minor tweaks | Kateggoría:Fair use images |
| lb: | Luxembourgish | yes | yes | Richtlinne fir d'Applikatioun vun der Ausnamsdoktrin | similar to enwiki | Kategorie:Fair-use-Bild |
| lt: | Lithuanian | yes | yes | Fairuse | Kategorija:Sąžiningo naudojimo paveikslėliai | |
| lv: | Latvian | yes | yes | Godprātīga lietošana | ||
| mai: | Maithili | administrators | ? | Unclear | ||
| mk: | Macedonian | yes | yes | mk:Википедија:Подигање на слики#Праведна употреба | mk:Категорија:Википедија:Неслободна содржина | |
| ml: | Malayalam | yes | yes | Unclear | similar to enwiki [citation needed] | വർഗ്ഗം:All non-free media |
| mr: | Marathi | yes | sysops | विकिपीडिया:मराठी विकिपीडिया संचिका परवाना नीती | ||
| ms: | Malay | no | yes | Kriteria kandungan tidak bebas | somewhat similar to enwiki, but taking into account the Akta Hakcipta Malaysia Local uploading function has been disabled since 27 July 2016, albeit with a very weak consensus with only one user support the disabling of local uploads. Another voting session towards the disabling of local uploading function was held for one month until 6 July 2024, which clearly indicated only half of the community supported the disabling of local uploading function while another half opposed it, revealing that consensus on disabling of uploading function was not reached. |
ms:Kategori:Kandungan Wikipedia bukan bebas |
| my: | Burmese | yes | yes | my:ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:အခမဲ့မဟုတ်သော အကြောင်းအရာ သတ်မှတ်ချက် | Similar to enwiki | my:ကဏ္ဍ:ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား အခမဲ့မဟုတ်သော အကြောင်းအရာ |
| mzn: | Mazanderani | yes | yes | غیرآزاد چیون معیار | Similar to enwiki, with a difference in the use of the image of living people. | mzn:وپ:منصفانه استفاده |
| ne: | Nepali | yes | ? | Unclear | ||
| nl: | Dutch | administrators | no | |||
| nn: | Norwegian Nynorsk | yes | no | Unclear | ||
| no: | Norwegian | yes | no | Unclear | ||
| oc: | Occitan | administrators | yes | Excepcions al drech d'autor | Logotypes, recent buildings, stamps, and money. | Categoria:Imatge en fair use |
| or: | Odia | administrators | yes | Unclear | Similar to enwiki. Narrowly defined circumstances, strongly discouraged for images of living people. [citation needed] | en:Category:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଅଣମୁକ୍ତ ଚିତ୍ର |
| pa: | Punjabi | yes | yes | Non-free content | similar to enwiki | |
| pt: | Portuguese | yes | yes | Política de Isenção da Doutrina | The policy allows only the content that is relevant to understanding the article. Users need to be extended confirmed (have an account that is at least 30 days old and with at least 500 edits) to post non-free files and the maximum upload size is 500 kilobytes. | pt:Categoria:!Conteúdo restrito |
| ro: | Romanian | yes | yes | Materiale_protejate | Similar to enwiki's. Romanian copyright law allows for similar fair use exemptions. | Categorie:Imagini cu utilizare cinstită |
| ru: | Russian | administrators, uploaders, eliminators, file movers | yes | Добросовестное использование | Similar to enwiki. Non-free content must have no free equivalent, must not hurt the copyrighted work's commercial value, must have been previously published elsewhere, must be used minimally, and is permitted only in article and incubator namespaces. | ru:Категория:Файлы:Несвободные |
| sa: | Sanskrit | yes | yes | Unclear | Similar to enwiki's. As of now, no formal policy page exists, but one is in development. [citation needed] | |
| si: | Sinhala | yes | yes | Unclear | similar to enwiki [citation needed] | ප්රවර්ගය:Wikipedia non-free images |
| simple: | Simple English | administrators, uploaders | no | Image use policy | no image uploads, but free-use sound uploads are allowed | Category:Wikipedia audio files |
| sl: | Slovenian | yes | yes | Politika izjem | similar to enwiki | Kategorija:Slike - poštena uporaba |
| sq: | Albanian | yes | sysops | Wikipedia:Përmbajtja jo e lirë | Kategoria:Fair use | |
| sr: | Serbian | yes | yes | Политика доктрине изузећа | Категорија:Слике под поштеном употребом | |
| ta: | Tamil | yes | yes | Unclear | in development [citation needed] | |
| tcy: | Tulu | yes | yes | tcy:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಸದ್ಬಳಕೆ | Similar to English Wikipedia and exactly as w:kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಸದ್ಬಳಕೆ, additional requirements File size restriction, pixel restriction for images, time limits for audio & video. Also per Indian Copyright exemptions, It copyright law identifies certain types of uses, including criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research as examples of activities that may qualify as a fair use. | |
| te: | Telugu | yes | yes | te:వికీపీడియా:Non-free content criteria | Similar to enwiki. | te:వర్గం:Fair use images |
| th: | Thai | administrators, uploaders | yes | เงื่อนไขสำหรับเนื้อหาไม่เสรี | similar to enwiki but a permission is required to upload to local | th:หมวดหมู่:ภาพมีลิขสิทธิ์ที่ผู้อัปโหลดยอมรับการใช้งานอย่างชอบธรรม |
| tl: | Tagalog | administrators | yes | in development Pamantayan ng nilalamang 'di-malaya |
Similar to enwiki as the Philippines shares the same fair use doctrine of the United States, but modified to allow for the use of looser Philippine fair use interpretations in certain circumstances. Strongly discouraged for images of living people, and images of standing buildings are forbidden. | tl:Kategorya:Mga larawan sa ilalim ng patas na paggamit |
| tr: | Turkish | yes | yes | Adil kullanım politikası | strongly discouraged for images of living people | tr:Kategori:Adil kullanım görselleri |
| tt: | Tatar | yes | yes | Намуслы куллану шартлары | ||
| uk: | Ukrainian | yes | yes | Критерії добропорядного використання | similar to enwiki | uk:Категорія:Зображення:Сумлінне використання для конкретних статей |
| uz: | Uzbek | yes | yes | Insofli foydalanish mezonlari | Similar to enwiki. Non-free content must have no free equivalent, must not hurt the copyrighted work's commercial value, must have been previously published elsewhere, must be used minimally, and is permitted only in article and incubator namespaces. | Turkum:Noerkin fayllar |
| vec: | Venetian | yes | yes | Unclear | Categoria:File | |
| vi: | Vietnamese | yes | yes | Tiêu chuẩn cho nội dung không tự do | similar to enwiki | vi:Thể loại:Nội dung không tự do Wikipedia |
| wuu: | Wu | administrators | ? | |||
| zh-min-nan: | Minnan | administrators | no | |||
| zh-yue: | Cantonese | yes | yes | Project:公平使用 | Similar to enwiki and zhwiki, with however the exception that non-free living people are prohibited here, by uploading such files, uploaders may be subject to blocks. | zh-yue:Category:合理使用图像 |
| zh: | Chinese | yes | yes | 非自由内容使用准则 | Similar to enwiki; strongly discouraged for images of living people. A bot removes all EDP images from non-article namespaces. | zh:Category:合理使用图像 |
Wiktionary
| Language code |
Language name |
Local uploads |
Non-free content |
Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) | EDP summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cs: | Czech | administrators | no | ||
| de: | German | administrators | no | ||
| en: | English | administrators | yes | Wiktionary:Non-free content criteria | based on enwiki's but only 1 fair use file is uploaded (as of 2023), non-sysops who want to upload local files based on good reasons should seek a consensus (and then contact any of the adminships) at wikt:Wiktionary:Grease pit |
| es: | Spanish | administrators | no | ||
| he: | Hebrew | yes | yes? | Unclear | [1] gives some pages mentioned "fair use" but unclear whether they allow it or not |
| is: | Icelandic | administrators | no | ||
| it: | Italian | administrators | no | ||
| ja: | Japanese | no | no | ||
| pl: | Polish | yes | no | ||
| pt: | Portuguese | no | no | ||
| ru: | Russian | yes | yes | Викисловарь:Критерии добросовестного использования | based on ruwiki's |
| sv: | Swedish | administrators | no | ||
| th: | Thai | administrators | no | ||
| vec: | Venetian | administrators | no | ||
| vi: | Vietnamese | no | no | ||
| zh: | Chinese | no | no |
Wikisource
| Language code |
Language name |
Local uploads |
Non-free content |
Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) | EDP summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oldwikisource | oldwikisource | yes | no | ||
| ar: | Arabic | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| as: | Assamese | administrators | ? | no non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21) | |
| az: | Azerbaijani | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| be: | Belarusian | administrators | ? | no non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21) | |
| bg: | Bulgarian | administrators | no | ||
| bn: | Bangla | administrators | no | কপিরাইট নীতিমালা | No non-free files present. Locally hosted PD-books according to lex loci but not PD-US. |
| br: | Breton | no (de facto) | yes | some non-free texts, no policy | |
| bs: | Bosnian | administrators | ? | no non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21) | |
| ca: | Catalan | yes | yes | Continguts no lliures | Unfree media is discouraged; some media files are free according to US law but not to lex loci. |
| cs: | Czech | administrators | no | ||
| cy: | Welsh | administrators | ? | no non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21) | |
| da: | Danish | administrators | no | ||
| de: | German | yes | ? | Non-free media seems to be disallowed, but the situation is unclear. | |
| el: | Greek | administrators | ? | Non-free media seems to be disallowed, but the situation is unclear. | |
| en: | English | yes | no | Unclear | Fair use is explicitly prohibited on Wikisource. But for files 1. that are public domain in the United States but not in their source countries (if not US-origin), and/or 2. out of Commons' Scope, like project-internal stuffs, not mainspace contents, they are uploaded locally per se. |
| eo: | Esperanto | administrators | ? | no non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21) | |
| es: | Spanish | administrators | ? | no non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21) | |
| et: | Estonian | administrators | ? | no non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21) | |
| fa: | Persian | administrators | yes | Defers to Persian Wikipedia | This project does not have its own EDP; instead, it links across to fawiki's. |
| fi: | Finnish | yes | no | no non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21) | |
| fo: | Faroese | administrators | ? | no non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21) | |
| fr: | French | yes | yes | Respect du copyright, Vote | Unfree media is discouraged; some media files are free according to lex loci but not US law. |
| gl: | Galician | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| gu: | Gujarati | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| he: | Hebrew | yes | ? | s:he:ויקיטקסט:רישוי תמונות/שימוש הוגן | Many images, some of which may be non-free, are present. |
| hu: | Hungarian | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| hy: | Armenian | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| id: | Indonesian | no | no | Unclear | |
| is: | Icelandic | administrators | ? | no non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21) | |
| it: | Italian | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| ja: | Japanese | no | no | ||
| kn: | Kannada | administrators | yes | kn:project:ಸದ್ಬಳಕೆ | same as Kannada Wikipedia, per Indian Copyright exemptions, It copyright law identifies certain types of uses, including criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research as examples of activities that may qualify as a fair use. |
| ko: | Korean | administrators | no | ||
| la: | Latin | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21). | |
| li: | Limburgish | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21). | |
| lt: | Lithuanian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21). | |
| mk: | Macedonian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21). | |
| ml: | Malayalam | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| mr: | Marathi | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| nl: | Dutch | no | no | ||
| no: | Norwegian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21). | |
| pl: | Polish | yes | no | ||
| pt: | Portuguese | yes | no | ||
| ro: | Romanian | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| ru: | Russian | yes | yes | Unclear | Unfree media is discouraged; some media files are free according to lex loci but not US law. Fair use limited allowed for photographs on author pages. |
| sa: | Sanskrit | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| sah: | Yakut | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| sk: | Slovak | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21). | |
| sl: | Slovenian | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| sr: | Serbian | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| sv: | Swedish | administrators, autopatrollers | no | Media published in Sweden and Finland has to respect Swedish and Finnish copyright law, besides the US. | |
| ta: | Tamil | administrators | yes | Unclear | Some non-free files appear to be present. |
| te: | Telugu | yes | ? | Unclear | |
| th: | Thai | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| tr: | Turkish | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21). | |
| uk: | Ukrainian | administrators | ? | Авторське право, Голосування | |
| vec: | Venetian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21). | |
| vi: | Vietnamese | administrators | no | ||
| yi: | Yiddish | administrators | |||
| zh: | Chinese | no | no | There are still local files to cleanup, the community has decided to fully disable uploading of files due to handling uncertain copyright easter eggs. | |
| zh-min-nan: | Minnan | yes | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-21). |
Wikibooks
| Language code |
Language name |
Local uploads |
Non-free content |
Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) | EDP summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| af: | Afrikaans | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-24). | |
| ar: | Arabic | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| az: | Azerbaijani | administrators | yes | Unclear | The fair-use tag does not link to an EDP. |
| be: | Belarusian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-24). | |
| bg: | Bulgarian | administrators | no | ||
| bn: | Bangla | administrators | no | Unclear | The upload form description (copied verbatim from bn.wp) says that non-free media is allowed. However, no EDP is correctly linked from that form. |
| bs: | Bosnian | administrators | yes | Unclear | The fair use policy is a broken link. |
| ca: | Catalan | administrators | no | ||
| cs: | Czech | administrators | no | ||
| cv: | Chuvash | administrators | yes | Unclear | Various screenshots of non-free software are present. |
| cy: | Welsh | administrators | yes | Unclear | Various screenshots of non-free software are present. |
| da: | Danish | administrators | no | Non-free media are not allowed per Wikibooks:da:Wikibooks:Ophavsret. | |
| de: | German | yes | no | ||
| el: | Greek | administrators | yes | Unclear | The image use policy is a redlink. Many images that appear non-free are present. |
| en: | English | sysop, uploader | yes | Media | Local uploads for non-free content only. |
| eo: | Esperanto | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-24). | |
| es: | Spanish | no | no | ||
| et: | Estonian | administrators | yes | Unclear | Various screenshots of non-free software are present. |
| eu: | Basque | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| fa: | Persian | yes | yes | Defers to Persian Wikipedia | This project does not have its own EDP, instead linking across to fawiki. |
| fi: | Finnish | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| fr: | French | administrators | ? | Unclear | |
| fy: | Western Frisian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-24). | |
| gl: | Galician | administrators | ? | Unclear | The image use policy is a redlink. |
| he: | Hebrew | yes | ? | b:he:ויקיספר:רישיונות/שימוש הוגן | |
| hi: | Hindi | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-30). | |
| hr: | Croatian | administrators | yes | Unclear | The fair-use tag, in use on 2 images (as of 2013-01-30), does not link to an EDP. |
| hu: | Hungarian | yes | ? | Unclear | The upload form description (copied verbatim from hu.wp) contains a broken link to "image guidelines". A template used on hundreds files states no copyright information is provided, which is clearly a copyright violation. |
| hy: | Armenian | administrators | yes | Unclear | Various screenshots of non-free software are present. |
| ia: | Interlingua | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-30). | |
| id: | Indonesian | administrators | yes | Unclear | Fair use is permitted per the upload form, there is plenty of non-free media present, and a license tag (b:id:Template:Fairuse) exists. But there is no EDP. |
| is: | Icelandic | administrators | no | ||
| it: | Italian | yes | yes | b:it:Aiuto:Copyright immagini#(d) Fair use | The EDP (if you can call it that) only allows non-free images of money. |
| ja: | Japanese | yes | ? | Unclear | Like fa, ja defers to Japanese Wikipedia. However, it links to jawiki's general image use policy, not specifically to the EDP, so it is unclear if non-free media is accepted on Japanese Wikibooks. Some non-free media seems to exist. |
| pt: | Portuguese | administrators | no | ||
| ru: | Russian | yes | yes | b:ru:Викиучебник:Критерии добросовестного использования | based on ruWiki's |
| vi: | Vietnamese | administrators | yes | Unclear | Various screenshots of non-free software are present. |
| zh: | Chinese | yes | yes | b:zh:Wikibooks:版权信息#合理使用原则和特殊条款 |
Wikiquote
Note: All Wikiquote editions host text under fair use doctrines. Currently, the table below relates to images only. Anyone is welcome to expand the table to include text-related EDP links.
| Language code |
Language name |
Local uploads |
Non-free content |
Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) | EDP summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| af: | Afrikaans | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| ar: | Arabic | administrators | ? | Unclear | The image use policy is a redlink. There appear to be a few non-free files. |
| az: | Azerbaijani | administrators | ? | Unclear | There are a couple of non-free (?) logos. |
| be: | Belarusian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| bg: | Bulgarian | administrators | no | ||
| br: | Breton | administrators | yes | Defers to Breton Wikipedia | This project does not have its own EDP, instead linking across to brwiki. |
| ca: | Catalan | administrators | yes | Unclear | There are a few non-free files copied from other projects (such as q:ca:File:Companys.jpg). |
| cs: | Czech | administrators | no | ||
| de: | German | administrators | no | ||
| el: | Greek | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| en: | English | no | no | Text governed by Fair use. | |
| eo: | Esperanto | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| es: | Spanish | no | no | ||
| et: | Estonian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| eu: | Basque | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| fa: | Persian | administrators | yes | Defers to Persian Wikipedia | This project does not have its own EDP, instead linking across to fawiki. |
| fi: | Finnish | administrators | ? | No upload form and no fair-use files are actually present. | |
| fr: | French | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| gl: | Galician | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| gu: | Gujarati | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| he: | Hebrew | yes | yes | q:he:ויקיציטוט:רישוי/שימוש הוגן | |
| hi: | Hindi | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| hr: | Croatian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| hu: | Hungarian | administrators | no | ||
| hy: | Armenian | administrators | yes | Unclear | There are a few non-free files, but no evidence of a policy. |
| id: | Indonesian | administrators | yes | Unclear | There are a few non-free files, but the fair use policy is a redlink. |
| is: | Icelandic | bureaucrats | no | ||
| it: | Italian | no | no | ||
| ja: | Japanese | administrators | ? | Unclear | Like br and fa, ja defers to Japanese Wikipedia. However, it links to jawiki's general image use policy, not specifically to the EDP, so it is unclear if non-free media is accepted on Japanese Wikiquote. Whatever the case, there is no non-free media present. |
| ka: | Georgian | administrators | yes | Unclear | There are non-free content tags in use on several images, but the linked policy page does not exist. |
| kn: | Kannada | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| ko: | Korean | no | no | No obviously non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| ku: | Kurdish | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| ky: | Kyrgyz | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| la: | Latin | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| li: | Limburgish | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| lt: | Lithuanian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| ml: | Malayalam | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| mr: | Marathi | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| nl: | Dutch | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| nn: | Norwegian Nynorsk | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| no: | Norwegian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| pl: | Polish | no | no | ||
| pt: | Portuguese | administrators | yes | Unclear | There are a few non-free files, but no evidence of a policy. |
| ro: | Romanian | administrators | yes | Unclear | There are a few non-free files, but no evidence of a policy. |
| ru: | Russian | no | no | ||
| sk: | Slovak | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| sl: | Slovenian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| sq: | Albanian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| sr: | Serbian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| su: | Sundanese | administrators | ? | Google Translate doesn't understand Sundanese :( | |
| sv: | Swedish | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| ta: | Tamil | administrators | yes | Unclear | There are a few non-free files, but no evidence of a policy. |
| te: | Telugu | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| te: | Telugu | administrators | yes | Unclear | There are many non-free files, but no evidence of a policy. |
| th: | Thai | administrators | no | No non-free files present (as of 2020-02-25). | |
| tr: | Turkish | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| uk: | Ukrainian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| ur: | Urdu | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| uz: | Uzbek | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| vi: | Vietnamese | administrators | no | ||
| wo: | Wolof | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| zh: | Chinese | no | no | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). |
Wikinews
| Language code |
Language name |
Local uploads |
Non-free content |
Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) | EDP summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ar: | Arabic | administrators | no | ||
| bs: | Bosnian | no | no | ||
| ca: | Catalan | no | no | ||
| cs: | Czech | administrators | ? | No files have been uploaded other than the logo (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| de: | German | yes | yes | Unclear | |
| el: | Greek | no | no | ||
| en: | English | yes | yes | Fair use | |
| eo: | Esperanto | no | no | ||
| es: | Spanish | no | no | ||
| fa: | Persian | administrators | ? | ویکیخبر:استفاده منصفانه (Unclear consensus) | Fair use is allowed with {{تصویر خبر فوری}} temporarily in case of breaking news, they are being listed in رده:تصاویر خبرهای فوری, exactly like en.news' {{Breaking news image}}. ویکیخبر:نظرخواهی برای افزودن بخش بارگذاری پرونده originally asked upload enabling; cf. phab:T28565. "Policy" page was created in December 2014 without any apparent discussion. |
| fi: | Finnish | no | no | ||
| fr: | French | no | no | ||
| he: | Hebrew | yes | ? | Unclear | There are a few non-free files, but no evidence of a policy. |
| it: | Italian | administrators | yes | Unclear | Image copyright tags link back to Italian Wikipedia policies |
| ja: | Japanese | no | no | ||
| ko: | Korean | administrators | no | ||
| no: | Norwegian | administrators | yes | n:no:Wikinytt:Bildepolicy | |
| pl: | Polish | yes | yes | Dozwolony użytek | |
| pt: | Portuguese | no | no | ||
| ro: | Romanian | no | no | ||
| ru: | Russian | no | no | ||
| sr: | Serbian | no | no | ||
| sq: | Albanian | no | no | ||
| sv: | Swedish | no | no | ||
| ta: | Tamil | no | no | ||
| uk: | Ukrainian | no | no | ||
| zh: | Chinese | no | yes? | n:zh:Wikinews:合理使用 | There's somewhat a consensus to enable local upload, but the task to request enable upload has declined because the consensus is foggy on establishing EDP. |
Wikiversity
| Language code |
Language name |
Local uploads |
Non-free content |
Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) | EDP summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| betawikiversity | betawikiversity | administrators | ? | Presumably, non-free content would not be permitted on this project, but there doesn't seem to be a policy. | |
| cs: | Czech | administrators | no | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| el: | Greek | administrators | ? | Under development | Doesn't appear to have any non-free content (as of 2013-01-06). |
| en: | English | yes | yes | Uploading files: Exemption Doctrine Policy | |
| es: | Spanish | no | no | Local upload form hidden by CSS. | |
| fi: | Finnish | administrators | ? | Unclear. Some non-free files appear to be present | |
| fr: | French | administrators | ? | Unclear. Some non-free files appear to be present | |
| it: | Italian | administrators | ? | Most files are awaiting deletion. | |
| ja: | Japanese | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| ko: | Korean | yes | no | ? | |
| ru: | Russian | yes | ? | Unclear | |
| sl: | Slovenian | administrators | ? | No non-free files present (as of 2013-01-06). | |
| sv: | Swedish | no | no | ||
| zh: | Chinese | no | ? | Unclear. Some non-free files appear to be present |
Wikivoyage
| Language code |
Language name |
Local uploads |
Non-free content |
Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) | EDP summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| de: | German | administrators | ? | Unclear; appears to accept some free media that is not accepted by Commons | |
| el: | Greek | administrators | ? | Unclear; no non-free files present as of 2013-08-08. | |
| en: | English | yes | yes | Non-free content | Only photographs of travel-relevant artwork and architecture are allowed, and aside from the copyrighted content, the photos must otherwise be freely licensed. |
| es: | Spanish | no | no | ||
| fa: | Persian | yes | yes | Non-free content | Policy was translated from English Wikivoyage and it describes fair use exemptions in multi countries, of copyrighted artwork and architecture. other free licensed works are allowed. (Consensus). Local upload was enabled with T102714. |
| fr: | French | yes | yes | Contenu non libre (DRAFT) |
Only photographs of travel-relevant artwork and architecture are allowed, and aside from the copyrighted content, the photos must otherwise be freely licensed. |
| he: | Hebrew | yes | ? | Unclear | |
| it: | Italian | administrators | no | ||
| ja: | Japanese | administrators | ? | ||
| nl: | Dutch | no | no | ||
| pl: | Polish | administrators | ? | Unclear; no files present as of 2013-08-08. | |
| pt: | Portuguese | no | no | ||
| ro: | Romanian | administrators | ? | Unclear; no files present as of 2013-08-08. | |
| ru: | Russian | yes | yes | Правила добросовестного использования | Only photographs of travel-relevant artwork and architecture are allowed, and aside from the copyrighted content, the photos must otherwise be freely licensed. |
| sv: | Swedish | administrators | no | "All content is 100% free." (voy:sv:Wikivoyage:Regler och riktlinjer) | |
| uk: | Ukrainian | administrators, uploaders | no | only noFOP photos are allowed | |
| vi: | Vietnamese | no | no | ||
| zh: | Chinese | yes | yes | voy:zh:Wikivoyage:合理使用 (Translated from enwikivoyage, needs more discussion) |
Only photographs of travel-relevant artwork and architecture are allowed, and aside from the copyrighted content, the photos must otherwise be freely licensed. |
Other projects
| Language code |
Language name |
Local uploads |
Non-free content |
Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) | EDP summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| commons | commons | global uploads | no | ||
| incubator | incubator | bureaucrats | no | No local file uploads, except logos and XML archives of deleted test projects. | |
| mediawikiwiki | mediawikiwiki | uploaders, administrators | no | Uncertain status, mw:Project:Uploaders says not the place to upload non-free media, mw:Project:Fair use policy is proposed for merging with mw:Project:Image policy. | |
| meta | meta | uploaders, administrators | no | Meta:Fair use has been rejected as per consensus. | |
| outreach | outreach | no | no | ||
| species | species | no | no | Image guidelines | |
| wikidata | wikidata | no | no | ||
| wikifunctions | wikifunctions | no | ? | A new developing project, lack of discussions on this matter yet | |
| wikimania | wikimania | uploaders, administrators | yes | wikimania:Wikimania:Uploaders | logos of partners or sponsors, when considered not free by Commons, are uploaded to Wikimania Wiki locally |
| wikitech | wikitech | yes | no | Someone asked an administrator here to find up such a policy for local uploading, but nothing given |
See also
- Wikimedia licensing policy
- Do fair use images violate the GFDL?
- commons:Commons:Turning off local uploads
- Python:Deledpimage.py – a bot run on the Chinese Wikipedia to clean up EDP images. [dead link]
- Local upload configuration info