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The overly strict fair use policies and guidelines, i.e., Wikipedia:Non-free content, Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria and Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, prohibit the exhibition of fair-use images on user pages, even if the user's intention is to list all the fair-use images they have uploaded to English Wikipedia.
You can use (free) images from Wikipedia on your own site, or anywhere you like. You can use images that are freely-licensed images, provided you comply with the individual image' s license terms. While all article text is licensed under the GFDL, free images have several free content licenses to choose from.
Wikipedia can be a fun place, a stimulating forum, and an addictive hobby. It can also be a threat vector for safety, security, and privacy. While most editors will not encounter any more than minor annoyances from people they disagree with, some people will become targets of harassment, or in extreme cases, violence or imprisonment.
Wikipedia is not censored, which in practice means that in relevant areas throughout the site, you will find possibly distressing or offensive content and pictures showing subjects like violence, nudity, sexual activity or controversial topics. Such material is present in a small percentage of articles.
John Seigenthaler, an American journalist, was the subject of a defamatory Wikipedia hoax article in May 2005. The hoax raised questions about the reliability of Wikipedia and other websites with user-generated content. Since the launch of Wikipedia in 2001, it has faced several controversies. Wikipedia's open-editing model, which allows any user to edit its encyclopedic pages, has led to ...
Wikipedia's primary mission is not to be a repository of free images. Its primary mission is to be the best possible encyclopedia. As a result, Wikipedia has -- and must have -- thousands upon thousands of articles about the arts that can only be relevantly illustrated with copyrighted graphics.
Why don't you make a child-safe version of Wikipedia? We do—because we license everything with a Creative Commons license for open reuse, for any purpose, even commercial use. Sites all over the world reuse our material, and are free to select a subset of the content that is judged suitable for children by local laws and customs.
Sometimes you have to be extra careful when saving a page, remember to check if it contains personal information and whatnot to identify you. If you do realize that you've added personal information to a page, contact an oversight and have it hidden from the public view.