SmashWiki:Image copyrights

All images on SmashWiki fall into one of three main categories. This page outlines those categories and how to treat them.

Game media
As a wiki based on video games, the majority of our images will be screenshots or official images of said games (whether raw or edited, whether vanilla or hacked). It is assumed that all such images are copyrighted by the games' creators and fall under fair use. Such images should have license-screenshot on them:

However, as the vast majority of images on the wiki are of this type, it is not strictly necessary to add this specific template - it is the default that should be assumed for all images without a tag.

Photographs of players and tournaments
As a wiki based on a game played competitively, we have several images of players and tournaments. These fall into three subcategories:

Taken by an individual
These photos are almost certainly public domain, and should have license-photo-pd applied:

Taken by a group
Official press images of people may or may not be copyrighted by the relevant company. Screenshots of players or commentators on streams may or may not be copyrighted by the streamer and/or streaming service. They should have license-photo-cr:

Contain a copyrighted element
A photograph of a TV with a game in the background would fall under this, as might photographs of systems or controllers. These should have license-photo-crcontent:

User-made diagrams, icons, etc
These images are typically owned by whoever made them, though they may require a disclaimer should they contain a copyrighted element. They should have license-usermade: