Board Thread:Fanon Wiki Proposals/@comment-26485526-20180608022613

Hey all,

So I was combing through the policy page recently, and one thing that I happened to notice was that there was no official policy on logos.

Now, this is probably due to the fact that having a logo on your fanon is not a requirement (and it should stay that way), but I do remember myself having to chase certain people to get credit for my logos, which was not fun, and yeah, I was just surprised that this was more of an unwritten rule than anything else.

WHEREAS: According to wikipedia, Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work. By that definition, using a logo made by someone else on your season, and not providing credit for it, is indeed plagiarism.

WHEREAS: If plagiarism is against policy in schools in regards to assignments and research papers, and if plagiarism is ultimately the grounds for copyright lawsuits, there is no reason (in my opinion), for there to not be an official policy against plagiarism on this wiki.

As such, below (in italics) is the wording that I propose be added to the Survivor Fanon Wiki policy specifically in regards to the use of logos. Please feel free to disagree, but more importantly, please add your thoughts in the comments below because I need to know if you guys are in favour of this as this is a community policy.

''While a lot of people like using logos on their fanons, logos are NOT a requirement, so if you don't have one, please don't stress out over it.

If you would like a logo though, please feel free to make one yourself with any software that you like.

Much like with fanon names, using logos from a real TV season is not allowed, for it may be grounds for copyright infringement. We do not want CBS or SEG becoming litigious at us, so please bear with this limitation.

If you really want a logo and don't know how to make your own, you are free to find logos online or to ask another user to make one for you. If you find a logo online, you must credit where you found the logo (the Author's Notes section of your season page is a good spot for this). If you found the logo online, but do not know who made the logo, at least put on your page that you found the logo online and that it is not your original work.

If you ask another user to make you a logo, you must credit that user on your season page for the logo as well because that user put in a lot of time and effort to make it for you, and they should not have to beg you for credit.

Failing to credit another user for their logo is a form of plagiarism (the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work.) As such, if you post the logo made by another user on your season and do not credit them within one week (7 days), then the user that made the logo would then be allowed to request an admin to remove the logo from your page and delete the logo's image file.

Again, you are not required to have a logo on your fanon.''

Thank you guys so much for reading this, and PLEASE add your thoughts about this in the comments section as this is a community wiki. If you have any proposed changes to this, or if you don't think this is necessary, please voice your reasoning. If you want this policy accepted as is, please make that known as well. You have my reasoning above, and now it's your turn to add your voice. Again, thank you so much for taking the time to read this. Have yourselves a great day/evening. 