Forum:SH Archive/Proposal to lift the ban on galleries (assuming it hasn't already been lifted)

Hi.

I think we really need to lift the ban on galleries that has been in effect on this wiki (that is, if it hasn't already been lifted).

From what I heard of the ban, apparently it was implemented because some mods feared that using galleries would somehow result in a copyright lawsuit from LucasFilm Ltd or other parties. However, I should point out that merely uploading images at all would logically result in that same risk, yet we upload them anyways. And in either case we usually are required to actually list the source of the image as well as what the image is, and implement the type of use for the image/source of image before we even upload them onto the wiki. So long as people do that, I honestly don't see how that would break any copyright violations, especially when the user has already given credit where it was due upon uploading the files in the first place. Besides, the galleries makes it a bit more easier to actually display things that would otherwise not completely work in the article itself, especially if there are multiple types of designs for something (ie, logos, different covers for magazines/comics, variant designs of buildings of a specific type in some realtime strategy games such as Galactic Battlegrounds, etc., etc.).

I'm not a mod, so I figured I'd take it in for discussion. Weedle McHairybug (talk) 19:24, December 22, 2013 (UTC)