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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. Կատեգորիա:Բոլոր ոչ ազատ պատկերներ 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] or: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 Төркем:All non-free media 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 使用非自由内容 Similar to enwiki; strongly discouraged for images of living people. A bot removes all EDP images from non-article namespaces. zh:Category:維基百科非自由內容