Well, image upload for userpage use is explicitly permitted on Commons[1], as long as it is used and copyright status is fine. (To get meta uploader right, you need a clear use case, and it is rarely given. Meta does not allow EDP (fair use), so if it is fair use, it cannot be hosted on Commons nor on meta.)
[1]: See [[c:COM:SCOPE]], I'm mobile so cannot find section, but there must be one about this. -Revi [[User:-revi]] -- Sent from Android -- 2015. 2. 21. 오후 9:15에 "Marielle Volz" <mv...@wikimedia.org>님이 작성: > That's what I was going to do originally, but then I looked at my profile > picture on en wiki[1] I saw this message: > > "Do not copy this file to Wikimedia Commons. > > While the license of this image or media file, uploaded and used on (a) > Wikipedia contributor(s) user page(s), may be compliant with Commons, its > usefulness to other projects is unlikely. It should not be copied to > Commons unless a specific other usage is anticipated." > > I took that to mean that profile pictures in general were discouraged from > being placed in commons. If that's the case, then it makes sense for > profiles on meta to have the same policy. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marielle_volz.jpg > > On Feb 21, 2015 12:06 PM, "Erwin Dokter" <er...@darcoury.nl> wrote: > > > On 21-02-2015 12:14, Marielle Volz wrote: > > > >> Could we get uploading privileges allowed for normal users (such as > >> myself) > >> on meta? Otherwise profile photos will require special privileges. > >> > > > > We have Commons for that. Meta does not allow non-free or fair-use images > > anyway. > > > > Regards, > > -- > > Erwin Dokter > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
