Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26221704-20160822185129/@comment-27517770-20160823063431

DayBefore wrote: Unrelated, but if we're tossing new rules out there, I've got a suggestion. There's sort of a problem regarding art sourcing around here. I wanna say, like, a solid half of the thumbnails here ar made up of uncredited fan art. Just a small "source" header near the bottom of the page with some links would be an easy fix--with the exception being "official" art (IE: in-game sprites/art done by creators/developers, etc).

I'm pretty sure that the wikia guidelines state that anything on wikia falls under fair use unless the file is specified differently. Not to mention, the TNs here are all made by the users here. If somebody took somebody else's TN and claimed it as their own, that would be a problem. There's nothing saying that you can't give credit for the pictures used, but I don't think there should be a rule enforcing it. It would be needlessly tedious. There's always the problem with proper citation, too. If you don't properly cite something, you might as well not cite it at all, because it has the same effectiveness legally speaking. And going through making a proper citation is a waste of time that could be better spent, especially because everything on Wikia falls under fair use and faces no legal danger. And by very definition, TNs are fair use in themselves. They are modified images, so there's no worries regarding copyright.