Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-26831136-20150426043743/@comment-1392727-20150426084307

The image policy never did apply to user avatars. This is made clear on the page. Every rule applies to images uploaded within the wiki's database, that is, images you intend to upload in this wiki's space (for e.g. mainspace or userspace). Avatars are stored in Wikia, not here.

Every policy on this wiki is for this wiki only, not other wikis hence why avatars obviously do not apply. There was never a rule for avatars. I hope this is clear now.