Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-1986314-20131213185251/@comment-24252369-20140125054225

Podddo wrote: Speaking of image policy, a lot of people download fan art off of deviantart and upload them here, also their OCs/Recolors, should anything be done about that? at least the fan art part? I mean, this is a wiki about official content, there are lots of other websites to upload fan art to if you want to so bad.

According to the Art Rules:

"Non-official or non-Sonic images do not fall under the fair use doctrine on Sonic News Network, as their subject is outside the scope of the wiki. Therefore any non-official or non-Sonic images must be accompanied by permission from the original artist before being uploaded, else they may be deleted. If you are the artist yourself, you must state this clearly on the image page."

This would mean that any fan art must have permission from the original artist on Deviant Art.