Board Thread:Policies/@comment-24800939-20160420135146/@comment-100066-20160501022516

Your synopsis is correct. Thank for bringing us back to topic.

Bot run: Agreed. It will only do what I ask it to do and I will be cautious. You are exactly right; if something gets broken, we can go back and fix it.

Deleting Fan Art Galleries: Agreed. They are not needed. I am fine with the timeline and Annabell's message is great. The workflow page is an excellent idea. I have already added some things to it.

Deleting all Fan Art: This seems like the biggest point of confusion. I will try to clarify without repeating myself too much.

All fan art should be deleted from this site. It should be deleted for two primary reasons.

Reason one, posting fan art is a copyright violation unless we have permission from the artist. I can only think of one instance that has come up in the past where an artist asked to post his own work on his own page. I cannot find another example of posted fan art where we have a clear and verifiable source that gives permission.

Reason two, this website is dedicated to cataloging published Marvel creations. Fan art is not licensed by Marvel nor is it published by Marvel. We are not here to document fan art. Even if a Marvel artist did a commission for someone and said "Sure, post it on the Marvel Database", we would still not want it here because that is not what this site is for. Other websites on the Internet fill that purpose.

If you feel that the "delete all fan art" belongs in a separate discussion, I don't mind creating that, but there isn't much more to say. We are in violation by continuing to have that artwork on our site. This is not a matter of my opinion or group consensus, but it is Wikia's policy and copyright law.