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The publisher icon has not been altered and is not used as WapTRICK branding. All selected image bytes are unchanged publisher originals. Full Apache-2.0, CC BY-SA licences, applicable source reuse terms and trademark policy follow. evidence/repositories/wikipedia/wiki-trademarks.txt Source: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Trademark_policy Source HTML SHA-256: f674daae6a3a41230c354e39e793eb701f608d84bfd5c68d9de04abb02d7f32a Policy:Wikimedia Foundation Trademark Policy - Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide About the Foundation Home Official website Contact us Wikimedia News Movement Blog Movement Calendar Questions for Wikimedia? 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Toggle 1 What does this policy apply to? subsection 1.1 1.1 The "Wikimedia marks" 1.2 1.2 "Use" of the Wikimedia marks 1.3 1.3 "We" or the "Wikimedia Foundation" 1.4 1.4 "You" 1.4.1 1.4.1 Community members 1.4.2 1.4.2 Chapters, user groups, and thematic organizations 1.4.3 1.4.3 Other organizations or individuals 1.5 1.5 "Mission" 2 2 How to use the Wikimedia marks Toggle 2 How to use the Wikimedia marks subsection 2.1 2.1 Proper form 2.2 2.2 Notice or trademark symbol 3 3 When you may use the Wikimedia marks without asking us Toggle 3 When you may use the Wikimedia marks without asking us subsection 3.1 3.1 Use of trademarks on the Wikimedia sites 3.2 3.2 Community-focused events 3.3 3.3 Outreach and recruiting new contributors 3.4 3.4 Community logo use 3.5 3.5 Discussing something other than Wikimedia sites (fair use) 3.6 3.6 Refer to Wikimedia sites (nominative use) 3.6.1 3.6.1 News reporting 3.6.2 3.6.2 Personal blogs and social media 3.6.3 3.6.3 Artistic, scientific, literary, political, and other non-commercial uses 3.7 3.7 Make your own branded stuff 4 4 Special uses that require permission Toggle 4 Special uses that require permission subsection 4.1 4.1 Quick License for special community uses 4.1.1 4.1.1 Photo contests 4.1.2 4.1.2 GLAM-Wiki initiatives 4.2 4.2 Domain names 4.3 4.3 Events and conferences 4.4 4.4 Publications 4.5 4.5 Movies & TV shows 4.6 4.6 Commercial merchandise 5 5 Prohibited uses Toggle 5 Prohibited uses subsection 5.1 5.1. Misleading mirrors and mimicking sites 5.2 5.2 Linking to non-Wikimedia sites 5.3 5.3 Misrepresentation 6 6 Trademark Misuse Toggle 6 Trademark Misuse subsection 6.1 6.1 Reporting misuse 6.2 6.2 Revoking permission for misuses 7 7 Revision and Translation of the trademark policy Toggle 7 Revision and Translation of the trademark policy subsection 7.1 7.1 This trademark policy can be revised as follows: 7.2 7.2 Translation of the trademark policy 7.3 7.3 Questions 8 The purpose of our trademark policy Toggle The purpose of our trademark policy subsection 8.1 1. The trademark policy balances two community interests. 8.2 2. Why use trademarks? 8.3 3. How we maintain our trademark rights. 8.4 4. Facilitating trademark uses that promote the Wikimedia mission. 8.5 5. What else is new? 9 0 Trademark policy Introduction Toggle 0 Trademark policy Introduction subsection 9.1 0.1 What is "trademark protection"? 9.2 0.2 What are the "Wikimedia sites"? 10 1 What does this policy apply to? Toggle 1 What does this policy apply to? subsection 10.1 1.1 What is a "wordmark"? 10.2 1.2 What is a "non-stylized wordmark"? 10.3 1.3 What is "trade dress"? 10.4 1.4 Who is a "community member"? 10.5 1.5 Why cannot a movement organization just freely use the trademarks? 10.6 1.6 What is the relationship between this trademark policy and a chapter, user group, or thematic organization agreement? 11 2 How to use the Wikimedia marks Toggle 2 How to use the Wikimedia marks subsection 11.1 2.1 Can my logo, name, or company name be smaller than the Wikimedia mark if it is really obvious that my products and services are not offered by the Wikimedia Foundation? 11.2 2.2 What if I clearly state that the products or services are provided by me? 11.3 2.3 What do you mean by "outside the Wikimedia sites"? 11.4 2.4 Can I still create terms that combine Wikimedia trademarks with other words like "Wikipedian in Residence"? 11.5 2.5 Can I translate the text in the marks? 11.6 2.6 Can I add graphic elements to, for example, celebrate a special event? 11.7 2.7 What types of remixes of Wikimedia logos may be used outside of Wikimedia sites? 11.8 2.8 May I use high-resolution versions of the logos? 11.9 2.9 Where do I place a trademark notice? 11.10 2.10 What if I do not have enough space to include a notice? 11.11 2.11 How should I refer to the trademark in the notice? 11.12 2.12 What if I use more than one trademark? 11.13 2.13 When do I have to use the trademark symbol? 11.14 2.14 Can you give some examples of how to use the trademark symbol? 11.15 2.15 What size does the symbol have to be? 11.16 2.16 But I want my website to look really pretty! Can I make the symbol smaller or put it somewhere else? 11.17 2.17 What does "no endorsement by or affiliation with the Wikimedia Foundation" mean? 12 3 Using the Wikimedia Marks without asking permission Toggle 3 Using the Wikimedia Marks without asking permission subsection 12.1 3.1 Can you give me some examples of when I can use the marks on the Wikimedia sites? 12.2 3.2 What events are not "community-focused"? 12.3 3.3 Can you give me some examples of community-focused events? 12.4 3.4 If my event is community-focused, which marks can I use? 12.5 3.5 Can you give me some examples of outreach work? 12.6 3.6 What are educational materials? 12.7 3.7 What about representing the community in an institution? 12.8 3.8 There is a Wikimedia Community logo? 12.9 3.9 What does fair use mean? 12.10 3.10 Can you give me more examples of fair use? 12.11 3.11 Can you give me some examples of uses that are not fair use? 12.12 3.12 Can you give me examples of nominative use? 12.13 3.13 Can I use a logo or a screenshot in my news or magazine article or news on TV? 12.14 3.14 Can I include a logo or a screenshot in a blog post or a status update? 12.15 3.15 Can I use a trademark in my username, avatar, or icon? 12.16 3.16 Can you give me some examples of artistic, literary, and other non-commercial uses? 12.17 3.17 Can you give me examples of linking to Wikimedia sites? 12.18 3.18 Can I use the marks to link to Wikimedia sites using QR codes? 12.19 3.19 What kind of stuff can I make? 12.20 3.20 Can I sell merchandise as long as I do not make any profit? 12.21 3.21 Can I make stuff for others? 12.22 3.22 What about commercial merchandise? 12.23 3.23 Can I ask commercial vendors to create custom items for me that use Wikimedia marks? 12.24 3.24 Is it okay to commission someone else to create lots of items with the Wikimedia marks for meet-ups and similar events? 12.25 3.25 Can I use high-resolution logos on commercial merchandise? 13 4 Special uses that require permission Toggle 4 Special uses that require permission subsection 13.1 4.1 If I need permission, will I have to pay for a license? 13.2 4.2 Do I need permission for every photo contest? 13.3 4.3 Can I print out t-shirts with the Wikimedia logo to give out as prizes for the photo contest? 13.4 4.4 How can I use the marks as a Wikipedian in Residence? 13.5 4.5 Can you give an example of cybersquatting? 13.6 4.6 Can I use a Wikimedia mark as part of my domain? 13.7 4.7 Can I use a Wikimedia mark if I use a different top-level domain? 13.8 4.8 But I want to set up a special domain myself! 13.9 4.9 What does "public event" mean? 13.10 4.10 What event uses require permission? 13.11 4.11 Are there any exceptions to when events require permission? 13.12 4.12 What is a "publication"? 13.13 4.13 Can I write a book about Wikipedia? 13.14 4.14 Does this also apply to handbooks, like "A beginner's guide to Wikipedia", aimed at community members? 13.15 4.15 Does it make a difference if the book is being published by an educational publisher? 13.16 4.16 Do I need permission to show the Wikipedia marks in a film I am making for my school project? 13.17 4.17 Will I have to donate a portion of the retail price for commercial merchandise? 13.18 4.18 What do I have to say if I am donating a portion of my proceeds to the Wikimedia Foundation? 13.19 4.19 Where should I state how much of my proceeds will be donated? 13.20 4.20 Do I need to mention donations to the Wikimedia Foundation if I do not donate anything at all? 14 5 Prohibited uses Toggle 5 Prohibited uses subsection 14.1 5.1 Can I make a fake Wikipedia article if it is intended as a joke? 14.2 5.2 How do I distinguish between a prohibited mimicking site and a parody site? 14.3 5.3 How do I avoid mimicking Wikimedia sites when I use the MediaWiki software? 14.4 5.4 Can I use the marks to link to a mirror of a Wikimedia site? 14.5 5.5 Can you give me some examples of misrepresentation with respect to the marks? 15 6 Reporting Trademark Misuse Toggle 6 Reporting Trademark Misuse subsection 15.1 6.1 How do you fight trademark infringement? 15.2 6.2 Who is responsible for enforcing Wikimedia's trademarks? 15.3 6.3 What happens when you receive a report of a potential trademark infringement? 15.4 6.4 Can I send a cease and desist letter on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation when I find misuse? 16 7 Revision of the trademark policy Toggle 7 Revision of the trademark policy subsection 16.1 7.1 Why can you just change the FAQ section? 16.2 7.2 What if I do not agree with the changes to the policy? 17 8 Other questions Toggle 8 Other questions subsection 17.1 8.1 What is "naked licensing"? 17.2 8.2 What are the Visual Identity Guidelines? 17.3 8.3 How do the Visual Identity Guidelines relate to the trademark policy? 17.4 8.4 What if I have more questions? Toggle the table of contents Policy : Wikimedia Foundation Trademark Policy Add languages Add links Policy Discussion English Read View source View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read View source View history General What links here Related changes Permanent link Page information Get shortened URL Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki (Redirected from Policy:Trademark policy ) Translate this page Other languages: Afrikaans Bahasa Indonesia British English Deutsch English Esperanto Nederlands Soomaaliga Tiếng Việt Türkçe Zazaki brezhoneg català dansk español euskara français galego hrvatski italiano kabuverdianu magyar occitan polski português português do Brasil română shqip suomi svenska čeština Ελληνικά български кыргызча македонски русский српски / srpski українська עברית ئۇيغۇرچە اردو العربية مصرى پښتو नेपाली বাংলা ਪੰਜਾਬੀ മലയാളം ไทย 中文 日本語 한국어 This policy is approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees . It may not be circumvented, eroded, or ignored by Wikimedia Foundation officers or staff nor local policies of any Wikimedia project . Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this content and a translation, the original English version takes precedence. May I use the Wikimedia marks? This summary is not a legal document. YES, please! You have the right to use marks to: · Truthfully describe a Wikimedia site ; · Accurately report news ; · Create artistic, literary, and political works ; or · Link to Wikimedia sites . This policy also allows you to use marks : 1. On the Wikimedia sites . 2. Outside the Wikimedia sites when you: · Organize a Wikimedia community-focused event ; · Do outreach and recruit new editors ; or · Place marks on t-shirts, cakes, and other things without selling them . Please always comply with the Visual Identity Guidelines . Get a regular license · for events and conferences , · publications , movies, and TV shows , · for things that you want to sell, and · other uses. YES, but first... please sign a Quick License for Wikimedia photo contests , and GLAM . Sorry, NO. Not for linking to non-Wikimedia sites , or creating mimicking websites, or otherwise misleading others. Trademark policy 1. Scope of policy 2. How to use the marks 3. Free use 4. Use with permission 5. Prohibited use 6. Report violations 7. Revisions and translations 8. Purpose Frequently asked questions The Wikimedia marks represent free educational content developed through an open and collaborative process. Trademark protection reinforces the connection between the Wikimedia marks and the projects they represent. The protection serves to ensure that the marks are only used for activities that promote our mission . When readers see the puzzle globe mark in the top left corner of a website that looks like Wikipedia, they should be confident that they are looking at neutral, notable, and high-quality content that is the result of the rigorous and transparent editing process on Wikipedia. Likewise, people should be able to rely on their impression of Wikimedia involvement when they see the Foundation mark or one of the Wikimedia logos on websites or products. The goodwill supporting the Wikimedia marks has been generated by a prolific and passionate volunteer community. The Wikimedia community has developed the leading online source of free educational content. To preserve the goodwill they have created, we have prepared this policy according to the community's direction. The resulting policy ensures that all uses of the marks are consistent with our mission and promote the Wikimedia movement. Our mission of sharing knowledge relies on and encourages free speech. To make it really easy to share knowledge, this trademark policy embraces all free-speech protections built into trademark law to the broadest extent possible. The trademark policy also seeks to minimize the hurdles of trademark licensing. We are particularly liberal in approving uses by the Wikimedia community that are closely aligned with our mission. To further make it easier for community members to use the marks, this policy introduces some creative trademark solutions. It allows community members to use the Wikimedia marks without a trademark license for Wikimedia community-focused events and outreach work. The policy further introduces a " Quick License " for other common uses that community members can quickly fill out and email to us. It is really wikiwiki ! Read more about the purpose of our trademark policy here. 1 What does this policy apply to? 1.1 The "Wikimedia marks" This policy applies to all trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation. The trademarks are both registered and unregistered trademarks, including non-stylized wordmarks and the trade dress of each Wikimedia site. See also a non-exhaustive list of our trademarks . In this policy, we refer to them as the "Wikimedia marks" or just "marks." FAQ 1.2 "Use" of the Wikimedia marks This Policy applies whenever you want to use the Wikimedia marks. Section 2 of this policy applies to all uses of the marks. Other sections apply only to uses that do not require separate permission , uses that require a trademark license , or uses under agreements held by chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups that are recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation. If some term in your trademark license is inconsistent with this policy, you should follow the license terms. 1.3 "We" or the "Wikimedia Foundation" This Policy regulates the use of marks held by the Wikimedia Foundation. Sometimes, this policy simply refers to the Wikimedia Foundation as "we." 1.4 "You" This Policy applies to "you" if you want to use the Wikimedia marks and explains how you may use them. You may be a Wikimedia community member, chapter, thematic organization, or user group. You may also be an unrelated individual or organization. 1.4.1 Community members The Wikimedia community includes everyone who contributes to a Wikimedia site in furtherance of our mission. It also includes members and staff of chapters, thematic organizations, user groups, and the Wikimedia Foundation. The members of the Wikimedia community share a common mission of creating and distributing free educational content. They are the core of the Wikimedia movement . Accordingly, community members may freely use the Wikimedia Community logo . They are also free to use all Wikimedia marks on the Wikimedia sites and for Wikimedia community-focused events , as well as outreach work without obtaining a trademark license. Community members can also easily fill out a Quick License for certain other community uses, such as Wikimedia photo events. We generally give priority to community requests for uses that require an ordinary trademark license . FAQ 1.4.2 Chapters, user groups, and thematic organizations Chapters, user groups, and thematic organizations recognized by Wikimedia Foundation are called "movement organizations". They are independent from the Wikimedia Foundation and support and promote the Wikimedia sites. These groups enter into agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation, which allow them to use certain Wikimedia marks. Any use should primarily further Wikimedia's mission . To use the marks beyond the specified scope of its agreement, an organization can ask for a separate trademark license or simply comply with this policy when the use does not require a license. An organization can, of course, always select its own names, logos, and domain names. It does not have to use our marks. FAQ 1.4.3 Other organizations or individuals Wikimedia sites are so well known that authors and script writers frequently want to portray them in books and movies. Similarly, other companies may want to reuse content from Wikimedia sites in web or mobile applications. In doing so, these individuals and companies may want to display our marks in movies, books, apps, or other media. As long as users are not confused about the source of those works, this type of use can promote the Wikimedia sites and mission by expanding the reach of free knowledge and potentially recruiting new Wikimedia community members. But it is important that the Wikimedia marks are not misleadingly used to market others' products because that will confuse Wikimedia users. We therefore have to be careful when licensing the marks for these purposes. For example, when licensing the marks to an organization that has its own logo, we need to make sure that it does not display any Wikimedia mark more prominently than its own logo or name. It is helpful to always have a proper separation between the organization's name and logo and any Wikimedia mark. Users should clearly see that the organization's products or services are provided by that other organization rather than the Wikimedia Foundation. Such use is never allowed without a trademark license. 1.5 "Mission" The Wikimedia marks should be used only for activities that promote our mission , which is to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally." 2 How to use the Wikimedia marks Please follow the Visual Identity Guidelines whenever you use the marks whether with or without a trademark license. Whenever you use the Wikimedia marks, please note the following: 2.1 Proper form You may use the wordmarks as a proper name (e.g., "Wikidata is great") or as an adjective (e.g., "the Wikimedia sites are awesome"). This includes any of the official translations and transliterations of the Wikimedia marks. On the Wikimedia sites, you may use the marks in any form. You may create remixes of the wordmarks and logos, abbreviate them, and add to them. Outside the Wikimedia sites, you may only use Wikimedia wordmarks in their full form and properly capitalized (e.g., "Wikibooks"). The logos should not be modified without separate permission from the Wikimedia Foundation. We need to make sure that the logos remain distinctive from other marks. FAQ 2.2 Notice or trademark symbol When reasonable, please include this notice when you use a mark outside the Wikimedia sites: "[Wikimedia Wordmark / name of logo as listed here ] is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation and is used with the permission of the Wikimedia Foundation. We are not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation." The notice should appear near the first use of a Wikimedia mark. One notice is enough if you display multiple marks, provided the notice refers to all of them. You do not need to display this notice if you are using the Community logo under Section 3.4 . If the mark will primarily appear on a mobile screen or another medium with limited visual space, you may instead use a trademark symbol (™) with the mark to show that it is a Wikimedia trademark. For size and location of the trademark symbol, please see the Visual Identity Guidelines . When you use a symbol due to limited space and there are additional pages to your material, please include the notice in the text of a prominent page (e.g., most mobile apps have an "about us" section and may display terms during installation). Regardless of whether you use a notice or a trademark symbol to identify your use of Wikimedia marks, please make sure that your use does not suggest endorsement by or affiliation with the Wikimedia Foundation. FAQ 3 When you may use the Wikimedia marks without asking us 3.1 Use of trademarks on the Wikimedia sites You may use and remix the Wikimedia marks on the Wikimedia sites as you please. FAQ 3.2 Community-focused events You may use the trademarks for events that promote our mission and are intended to be predominantly attended by Wikimedia community members. These are events like hackathons, editor meetups, photographer excursions, and WikiCons . For example, you can put the Wikipedia puzzle globe logo on banners and posters at an edit-a-thon you have organized. GLAM initiatives and photo contests require a Quick License under Section 4.1 . This provision does not allow you to use the marks for fundraising. FAQ 3.3 Outreach and recruiting new contributors You may use the marks consistent with our mission to educate people about the Wikimedia sites and to recruit new contributors, as long as you make it clear that you do not work for the Wikimedia Foundation. You can create educational material or banners to decorate a public fair stand or to publicize an edit-a-thon . This provision does not allow you to use the marks for fundraising. FAQ 3.4 Community logo use The Wikimedia Community logo can be used freely. But you may not file trademark applications incorporating the logo. The Wikimedia community wants to ensure that the logo remains available for all to use. FAQ 3.5 Discussing something other than Wikimedia sites (fair use) Wordmarks can sometimes have a primary meaning, in addition to representing a brand (like the words " apple " or " facebook "). Our wordmarks were not real words before our projects were created. But we will interpret fair use broadly to include the use of our wordmarks when you clearly mean to talk about something other than the Wikimedia sites. FAQ 3.6 Refer to Wikimedia sites (nominative use) You can use the non-stylized wordmarks (e.g., "Wikipedia") to describe: A Wikimedia site or another aspect of the Wikimedia movement in a text (e.g., "I love reading about coal balls on Wikipedia"). A derivative work of Wikimedia content in a way that is not misleading (e.g., "the encyclopedic content on this site is derived from Wikipedia"). You may use all Wikimedia marks on your own website as a hyperlink to the Wikimedia sites. The use of logos in hyperlinks should follow the Visual Identity Guidelines (e.g., the marks may be resized, but not modified in any other way). FAQ Here are some other specific cases of nominative use: 3.6.1 News reporting You may use the Wikimedia marks to make truthful statements about the Wikimedia sites in news reports and commentary. FAQ 3.6.2 Personal blogs and social media You may use the Wikimedia marks to make or illustrate truthful statements about the Wikimedia sites in personal blogs and social media. But please do not do it to imply endorsement by or affiliation with the Wikimedia Foundation. To avoid confusion, do not use the Wikimedia logos in the background, as your profile image, or in the header of your blog, in the name of your blog, or in your social media username. This section is not meant to restrict your use of the Community logo under Section 3.4 . FAQ 3.6.3 Artistic, scientific, literary, political, and other non-commercial uses You can use the Wikimedia marks to discuss the Wikimedia sites in artistic, scientific, literary, and political works. But please send us a request if you want to place a Wikimedia mark on the cover of your book, display a Wikimedia mark in a movie, or organize an event or presentation that could be interpreted to be endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please see Section 4 . You may use the marks in satire or jokes. To avoid confusing users that your work is affiliated with the Wikimedia sites, it may be helpful to mark your work as "satire" or "parody." FAQ 3.7 Make your own branded stuff You may create things with the marks for your own use. These can be t-shirts , caps, desktop wallpapers, lanyards and even cakes ! But please do not sell them, and make sure that your design follows the Visual Identity Guidelines . If you want to sell your branded stuff, you may request a license under Section 4.6 . FAQ 4 Special uses that require permission All uses that are not allowed under Section 3 or prohibited by Section 5 of this policy require a trademark license. This section discusses only the most common uses that require a license. When you use our marks under a trademark license, you need to comply with its terms as well as with this trademark policy. If some term in your license is inconsistent with this policy, you should follow that license term. Movement organizations will only need a separate license when the use is not already authorized by their organizational agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation or this policy. FAQ 4.1 Quick License for special community uses A Quick License is a simple trademark license for common community uses, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki initiatives. It is available on Meta-Wiki . You can start using the marks as stated in the Quick License as soon as you email a filled-in Quick License to trademarks@wikimedia.org . There is no need to wait for approval. FAQ 4.1.1 Photo contests Photo contests allow people to submit freely licensed original photographs to Wikimedia Commons to compete for the best image. You can obtain a Quick License for flyers, posters, slide presentations, websites, and social media for a photo contest. If you are a movement organization , you may already have an agreement that covers photo contests. FAQ 4.1.2 GLAM-Wiki initiatives You may use the marks in a collaboration with someone outside of the Wikimedia movement with a Quick License . This license applies to collaborations with parks, museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions to share their information with the world through the Wikimedia sites. If you are a movement organization , you may already have an agreement that covers GLAM-Wiki initiatives. Some GLAM initiatives include Wikipedians in Residence – Wikipedia contributors who work with a specific GLAM to develop the organization's relationship with Wikipedia. Please use a Quick License to represent yourself as a Wikipedian in Residence on online professional profiles, your personal blog, and social media, as long as your work is consistent with the mission. FAQ 4.2 Domain names You need permission to register or use a domain name that contains a Wikimedia mark in it. Do not register a domain that looks or sounds similar to a Wikimedia mark or includes a misspelled Wikimedia mark, because that can confuse Wikimedia users. FAQ 4.3 Events and conferences You need a trademark license if you plan to host a public event or a conference that uses a Wikimedia mark. You should include the following information when requesting a license to use our marks in an event. What is the proposed title of the event? Who is hosting, sponsoring, or coordinating the event? Include contact information (and Wikimedia username if relevant) for the person organizing the event. Is the event organized for community members? What is the topic of the event? The location, date, and duration of the event. Include handouts, examples, mockups, or other descriptions of the proposed use. When you obtain a trademark license, it will apply only to the specific event in your request. You will need to apply for a new license if you want to host another event. FAQ 4.4 Publications You need a trademark license if you want to use a Wikimedia mark in a publication, unless your use qualifies as fair or nominative use under U.S. trademark law or other applicable foreign laws. You should include the following information when requesting a license to use our marks in a publication. What is the proposed title of the publication? Contact information (and Wikimedia username if relevant) for the applicant. Who is the author, editor, and publisher of the publication? For fiction, what is the storyline? How do you want to use and discuss the mark? Include screenshots of the pages in your publication that includes or discusses the mark. (For a book, where in the book will the mark appear?) If your publication will display a screenshot of a Wikimedia site, please include that as well. Will the publication be in hard copy, an e-book, or some other type of medium? What is the print run and distribution area for the publication? How many editions will it have? When you obtain a trademark license, it will only apply to the specific publication in your request. You will need to apply for a new license if you want to make another publication. FAQ 4.5 Movies & TV shows You need a trademark license to use the Wikipedia logo in a movie, TV show episode, or online production. You should include the following information when requesting a license to use our marks in a movie or TV show episode. What is the proposed title of the movie or TV show episode? Contact information (and Wikimedia username if relevant) for the applicant. The names of the screenwriter, director, producer, distributor, actors, and any interviewees (for documentaries). How will the Wikimedia mark be displayed or discussed? Include a screenshot of any Wikimedia site that you want to show. Include a script and any footage that has already been created. Unless discussed in the script, specify the location of the film and whether it will advertise a product in conjunction with the use of Wikimedia marks. Where, when, and how will the movie be distributed? How will it be advertised? Do you intend to display the Wikimedia marks on the advertisement? When you obtain a trademark license, it will only apply to the specific film, TV show episode, or online production in your request. You will need to apply for a new license if you want to shoot another film or TV show episode. FAQ 4.6 Commercial merchandise You may make merchandise with the Wikimedia trademarks for commercial use, if: You obtain a trademark license from the Wikimedia Foundation; You follow our Visual Identity Guidelines; and You truthfully advertise to customers how much of the selling price, if any, will be donated to Wikimedia sites. FAQ 5 Prohibited uses 5.1. Misleading mirrors and mimicking sites Please do not create a website that mimics the "look and feel" of a Wikimedia site. This especially applies to imitated Wikipedia articles. If you have a good reason to create a mimicking site, please contact us at trademarks@wikimedia.org . You do not need to contact us if you just want to use the MediaWiki software to create a wiki or if your mimicking site is clearly a parody . If you create a mirror, make sure to comply with the relevant licenses for the content. Avoid copying links to Wikimedia policies and contact details. Please do not use the Wikimedia marks in a mirror of a Wikimedia site. FAQ 5.2 Linking to non-Wikimedia sites You may use Wikimedia marks to link to Wikimedia sites only. Please refer to Links to Wikimedia sites if you want to link to a Wikimedia site from your website. FAQ 5.3 Misrepresentation When you use a Wikimedia mark under this policy, please use it to represent only the project for which it stands. Please do not create the impression that your use is in any way endorsed, sponsored by, or is part of the Wikimedia Foundation. This section also applies when you are granted a license to use a mark that does not permit you to suggest such an endorsement. FAQ 6 Trademark Misuse 6.1 Reporting misuse Fighting trademark misuse is very important. We put a lot of effort into going after cases of trademark infringement because we want to protect the valuable trademark rights the community has created. If you see a mark being used in any way that could be infringing, please tell us! Just send an email to legal-tm-vio@wikimedia.org . We really appreciate your help! FAQ 6.2 Revoking permission for misuses We may revoke the right to use the Wikimedia marks under this policy at any time by providing notice in any manner if we determine that a trademark use is inconsistent with our mission or could harm community members, movement organizations, or the Wikimedia Foundation. 7 Revision and Translation of the trademark policy 7.1 This trademark policy can be revised as follows: We will propose major changes to the community in three languages selected by us. We will give notice of the proposed revision on the Wikimedia sites and in an email to WikimediaAnnounce-L or a similar mailing list. The community can then comment for at least 30 days. For minor changes or changes required by law, when possible we will provide three days' notice to WikimediaAnnounce-L or a similar mailing list. Minor changes include language fixes, administrative changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements. This section does not apply to the user-friendly summary, the FAQs, the purpose statement for the trademark policy, the trademark request form, and the violation reporting form. They are not part of this trademark policy and can always be revised without notice. FAQ 7.2 Translation of the trademark policy If there are any differences in meaning between the original English version of this trademark policy and a translation, you should follow the original English version. 7.3 Questions Please do not hesitate to contact us at trademarks@wikimedia.org if you are not sure whether your use is in compliance with this policy or local trademark laws. The purpose of our trademark policy This statement is not a part of the trademark policy. It is not even a legal document. It simply explains the background for our new trademark policy. The Wikimedia marks represent the goodwill created by the many volunteers that make up the Wikimedia community. That is why internet users can trust that sites bearing Wikimedia marks contain free and neutral educational content developed by committed Wikimedians through good faith collaboration. Ensuring that the Wikimedia marks are only used consistently with our mission helps protect the community's hard work and the reputation of the Wikimedia sites. 1. The trademark policy balances two community interests. The decentralized nature of the Wikimedia sites allows passionate contributors all over the globe to serve the mission of free knowledge. The first interest is therefore to ensure that contributors can easily use the Wikimedia marks in their work. The second interest is to protect the reputation of the Wikimedia marks. The marks signify educational content generated through an open and collaborative process. The reputation of the marks is particularly important given that the content that they represent is delivered digitally over the internet and could easily be misrepresented to the unwary user. In order to serve the Wikimedia community interests, we need to apply trademark law creatively. The principles of trademark law were not developed with our unique organizational model in mind. But our goal is to make trademark protection work smoothly for our community. The trademark policy therefore respects the demands of trademark law while facilitating the use of the marks by the Wikimedia community. 2. Why use trademarks? Trademarks allow a user to trust her or his intuition that a mark she or he recognizes will in fact lead her or him to the work that she or he is seeking. Trademark protection is not an intellectual property right that can be established or sold separately from the work that it represents. It is nowhere near as restrictive as copyright or patent protection. Those doctrines have demanded that we adopt open license approaches—such as Creative Commons and GNU GPL—to make the law better serve our mission. There is no equivalent open trademark license that we can adopt. Yet the unique contours of trademark law allow us to creatively make it work in our favor. It allows liberal re-use of Wikimedia content, while preserving the integrity of the Wikimedia sites. Because of our distinct trademarks, readers will instantly know which educational material has been created in the wiki way by our community. 2.1 How trademark rights protect against misuse. Trademark rights help safeguard the marks that represent the Wikimedia movement from misuse. People may use the marks misleadingly because of the popularity of the Wikimedia sites. Some try to make their own websites or services more appealing by using our marks. Others misappropriate the marks or the general appearance of the Wikimedia sites to attract attention. But that attention is misguided because the marks are used to pass off work that is not genuine Wikimedia content. If we were to permit this, users may mistakenly believe that this inferior content was produced by the Wikimedia community and their opinion of the Wikimedia sites would dwindle. For example, nobody likes to see sham Wikipedia articles created solely to promote companies in a way that is inconsistent with our mission. Similarly, cybersquatters often try to register common misspellings and variations of the Wikimedia marks in domain names. They do so to redirect users looking for the Wikimedia sites to advertising and other unrelated content. They can, for example, lead users to sites designed to spread malware by encouraging them to click on a pop-up ad stating, "Congratulations! You are the millionth visitor!" They can also expose users to phishing scams by asking them to enter their password on a page that looks like a Wikimedia site. These are all examples of misuses that we can fight using trademark rights. We need to retain the right to pursue these kind of misuses to protect the hard work of the Wikimedia community. 2.2 The importance of free speech in the trademark doctrine ensures that the Wikimedia trademarks do not interfere with free knowledge. Our mission of sharing knowledge relies on and encourages free speech. Trademark protection can exist in this ecosystem, as the doctrine leaves a lot of room for speech-related activities. For instance, the unique fair use doctrine under trademark law allows any use of a wordmark in a non-trademark sense (i.e. when the word could mean something other than the trademark). Trademark law also has a "nominative use" doctrine. This doctrine allows free uses of a mark to refer to the item branded with that name. Finally, trademark law also embraces use of marks in art and political speech. This spectrum of free uses of a trademark distinguishes this body of law from intellectual property rights like copyright and patent. By employing trademark protection over the Wikimedia marks, we do not impede these types of uses by anyone. Our liberal approval of trademark requests will further ensure that community members can easily use the Wikimedia marks to promote the mission , even for non-fair use purposes. 3. How we maintain our trademark rights. To preserve the Wikimedia trademarks for the movement, we need to monitor for misuses and carefully license the marks. Misleading uses can weaken the connection between a mark and the goodwill that it represents, potentially resulting in loss of trademark rights. It could cause us to lose our ability to protect against other misleading or abusive uses. This is why it is important to keep track of the uses of the Wikimedia marks and to take action against misleading uses. Similarly, trademark law requires trademark holders to monitor the quality of the work that is allowed to carry the trademarks under a license. Failure to control the quality through a license and monitoring can result in " naked licensing ," causing a trademark holder to lose its rights. It is therefore important to require a level of quality that reflects a quality of the Wikimedia sites and reputation. 4. Facilitating trademark uses that promote the Wikimedia mission. While we have certain legal obligations, we do not want trademark requirements to be an obstacle for the work of the Wikimedia community. The trademark policy seeks to facilitate the ease of licensing Wikimedia marks. Many uses are also specifically permitted by the trademark policy and do not require separate permission. Other uses fall under the many fair use categories, which we also outline for users in the policy. We are also thinking creatively about how we can make it easier for community members to use the marks to further the Wikimedia mission . To that end, we have introduced a liberal solution in the trademark policy for particular uses of Wikimedia marks called the " Quick License ." It is a Quick License because instead of requesting a license and waiting for it to be prepared, community members just need to fill it out and email it to trademarks wikimedia org . While the Quick License makes trademark use easier for common community uses, it includes some measures to maintain trademark protection of the Wikimedia marks. The license includes a quality control requirement and a reservation of a right to terminate the license if a mark is used in a way that is inconsistent with the Wikimedia mission. 5. What else is new? Other than introducing a number of liberal solutions to assist community members in their work, the new trademark policy has very few substantive changes. We have focused on clarifying our trademark policy and practice as much as possible to make the use of the marks easier. Community members provided a lot of comments about trademark provisions that were previously ambiguous. We have worked to clarify those and other provisions in the new trademark policy and FAQs. We want the policy to be easily navigated and understood. We have therefore introduced a user-friendly summary at the beginning of the trademark policy that links to relevant provisions of the policy. We have also significantly expanded the FAQs and interlinked them with relevant provisions in the policy. The language of the policy and the FAQs was further tested under various readability indices to make sure that we wrote them in a straightforward way. Finally, we have introduced forms for requesting trademark licenses and reporting misuses that we hope will make those two processes smoother. Back to trademark policy . Frequently asked questions These FAQs are not part of the trademark policy. They are not even a legal document. But we hope that you find them helpful. :) 0 Trademark policy Introduction 0.1 What is "trademark protection"? Trademark law protects the association between a mark and the work, such as goods or services, that it represents. It is intended to protect users from confusion as to the source of certain work. Also, users who see a trademark rely on that association and will have expectations about the reputation and level of quality and level of service comparable to what they have come to expect from the other work provided under the marks. Therefore, trademarks are very powerful and valuable tools that embody the Wikimedia Foundation and its community members' reputation and serve as a "shorthand" way for users to recognize a work, product, or service. 0.2 What are the "Wikimedia sites"? The Wikimedia Foundation runs several free software and free content sites, some of which are listed here: Our projects . 1 What does this policy apply to? 1.1 What is a "wordmark"? It is a trademark that is a text-only word (like "Wikipedia" or "Wikimedia") that is used in connection with the work that it represents to identify the source. In addition, a wordmark includes all official translated and transliterated marks (e.g. " Vikipedi "). 1.2 What is a "non-stylized wordmark"? Non-stylized wordmarks are simply words like "Wikimedia" and the project names, like "Wikipedia," "Wiktionary," and so on. In comparison, the stylized wordmarks are these names in their special formats, such as with certain fonts. For example, the special format for the "Wikipedia" wordmark looks like this: . Both stylized and non-stylized wordmarks are trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation. 1.3 What is "trade dress"? For our purposes, trade dress is the design of a website or article that identifies the source of the website or online material. Think of it as the "look and feel" of a site. One example is the specific design and appearance of a Wikipedia article, or the Wikipedia main page. The trade dress of any Wikimedia site is also a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation. Trademark laws also protect trade dress. Back to The "Wikimedia marks." 1.4 Who is a "community member"? Everyone who contributes to a Wikimedia site. It also includes staff and members of chapters, thematic organizations, user groups, and the Wikimedia Foundation. Back to Community members 1.5 Why cannot a movement organization just freely use the trademarks? As the legal holder of the trademarks, we need to control their use to preserve the trademark protections for the community. You can read more about that here . 1.6 What is the relationship between this trademark policy and a chapter, user group, or thematic organization agreement? Chapters, user groups, and thematic organizations must comply both with this trademark policy and their respective agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation. If there are inconsistencies between this trademark policy and a chapter, user group, or a thematic organization agreement, the organization should follow their agreement. Back to Chapters, User Groups and Thematic Organizations 2 How to use the Wikimedia marks 2.1 Can my logo, name, or company name be smaller than the Wikimedia mark if it is really obvious that my products and services are not offered by the Wikimedia Foundation? No. We need to make sure it is extremely clear that the Wikimedia Foundation is not providing your products or services. This is a simple, consistent way of doing that. 2.2 What if I clearly state that the products or services are provided by me? Sorry, your logo, name, or company name must still be bigger than any Wikimedia marks and reasonably separated from Wikimedia's marks. People do not always read the fine print (shocking, I know!). So, we need to make it as clear as possible that your products or services are not provided by the Wikimedia Foundation. 2.3 What do you mean by "outside the Wikimedia sites"? Uses of the trademarks that are not on the Wikimedia sites , such as Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, Wikidata, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, or Wikimedia Meta-Wiki. For the purposes of this trademark policy, the use of trademarks on Wikimedia Cloud VPS will be considered a Wikimedia site. Accordingly, you use the marks outside the sites when you place them on flyers for an edit-a-thon. 2.4 Can I still create terms that combine Wikimedia trademarks with other words like "Wikipedian in Residence"? Yes. This provision is not meant to stop community members from creatively combining the marks with other words to create new terms for the Wikimedia movement as long as they do it on the Wikimedia sites. 2.5 Can I translate the text in the marks? You may translate the text in the marks on the Wikimedia sites . 2.6 Can I add graphic elements to, for example, celebrate a special event? You can create remixes for special on-site purposes, but please do not change the logos outside our sites. These and many, many other questions are answered in the Visual Identity Guidelines . 2.7 What types of remixes of Wikimedia logos may be used outside of Wikimedia sites? Certain remixes of Wikimedia logos may be used outside of Wikimedia sites as long as the remix does not look too similar to any of the Wikimedia marks. Please make sure that the remix will not be confused with the original Wikimedia logo. 2.8 May I use high-resolution versions of the logos? Yes! Here you go . 2.9 Where do I place a trademark notice? Just treat the notice as a footnote. A person reading your document, looking at your website, or watching your film should be able to easily find the notice. Good examples are: at the end of the (same) page of a document, in the imprint of a book, at the bottom of a webpage, and in the credits of a video. 2.10 What if I do not have enough space to include a notice? Do not worry! If the mark is going to be seen on a mobile or other medium with little space, you can simply use the trademark symbol (™) for any Wikimedia trademark you use. 2.11 How should I refer to the trademark in the notice? Wordmarks can be referenced verbatim (i.e. "Wikimedia Commons"). Logos should be described according to the Visual Identity Guidelines . Examples include the "Wikipedia Puzzle Globe" and the "'W' icon." 2.12 What if I use more than one trademark? Make sure to describe all the trademarks in the notice, like this: "The Wikidata wordmark and logo are the trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation." 2.13 When do I have to use the trademark symbol? You only need to use the trademark symbol when you do not have enough space to write the entire notice, like when you are using a trademark on a mobile screen. 2.14 Can you give some examples of how to use the trademark symbol? Here is an example: "Wikimedia Commons™ is one of the wonderful Wikimedia projects our community has developed to make media files, such as images, sounds, and video clips, publicly available to everyone!" 2.15 What size does the symbol have to be? When you use a wordmark (like "Wikipedia"), you should use the same font size for the trademark symbol as the wordmark itself. In this context, superscript formatting is encouraged for the symbol. When the mark is an image (like the puzzle globe), you should select a font size for the symbol that matches the size of the image and place the symbol so that it is clearly visible and close enough to the upper right corner of the image without touching it. 2.16 But I want my website to look really pretty! Can I make the symbol smaller or put it somewhere else? Unfortunately, no. Remember, you only need to put the symbol next to the first or most prominent use of the mark. Back to Notice or Trademark Symbol 2.17 What does "no endorsement by or affiliation with the Wikimedia Foundation" mean? You need to make sure that people do not mistakenly think that you may speak on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation or one of its sites. For instance, you need to make sure that no one thinks you work for the Wikimedia Foundation. 3 Using the Wikimedia Marks without asking permission 3.1 Can you give me some examples of when I can use the marks on the Wikimedia sites? You may use the marks on user pages , help pages , and pages about Wikimedia or the Wikimedia projects . You can also use the marks in a mailing list , on IRC , or to name a tool on the Wikimedia sites. The sky is the limit, as long as the use is related to a site, promotes the mission, and complies with the Terms of Use . Back to Use of trademarks on the Wikimedia sites 3.2 What events are not "community-focused"? An event that includes mostly people who are not community members is not a community-focused event. (Please see the FAQ on events in general .) This does not mean that you cannot have guests at your meetup! 3.3 Can you give me some examples of community-focused events? Community-focused events are those events that are primarily open to community members and promote the mission. They tend to be related to improving the overall quality of the Wikimedia sites. Examples include conferences and monthly meetups hosted by community members, as well as other specific events like the "London Wikipedians regular's table," Wiki-Conference in Russia, and Wikipedia Workshop Köln (DE). Back to Community-focused events 3.4 If my event is community-focused, which marks can I use? First, all Wikimedia community-focused events can bear a trademarked name. You may also use the Wikimedia logos to decorate your venue, but only to the extent they are relevant. For example, you cannot use the Wikisource logo for a Wikimedia Commons-only event. However, keep in mind that the 'Wikimania' name and logo are reserved for the yearly Wikimania conference . 3.5 Can you give me some examples of outreach work? You can put up a stand at a street fair. Here are some examples of that . You may want to present the Wikimedia sites in your club or reach out to seniors . You can also give a talk in a school or create a university course . 3.6 What are educational materials? Educational materials help people to understand the Wikimedia sites. They can be leaflets, videos , cheat sheets , and other guides . 3.7 What about representing the community in an institution? You need to sign and email us a Quick License if your institution wants to call you "Wikipedian in Residence" as part of a GLAM project, or something similar. Back to Outreach and recruitment of new editors 3.8 There is a Wikimedia Community logo? Yes! It was officially adopted as the logo for Meta-Wiki in 2008. 3.9 What does fair use mean? In U.S. trademark law, the concept of fair use allows you to use any trademark as long as your usage fulfills certain conditions. This policy cannot restrict your fair use rights. We added Sections 3.5 and 3.6 to make your rights easier to understand. For jurisdictions that do not recognize fair and nominative use as set out under U.S. law, these sections provide permission to do this. 3.10 Can you give me more examples of fair use? This category of fair use is tricky in our case because our wordmarks were not real words before our projects were created, unlike "apple" or "facebook." But we would consider it fair use if you were to write a book in the Wiki software and refer to it as a "wiki book," even though Wikibooks is a distinctive trademark. If you are using the wordmarks to describe our projects, that is also a type of fair use (nominative use). You can read more about nominative use here . 3.11 Can you give me some examples of uses that are not fair use? Using a Wikimedia mark to advertise your book. Selling t-shirts with the Wikimedia Foundation logo. Creating your own encyclopedia and labeling it with a Wikipedia Puzzle Globe. Using the Wikimedia Foundation logo to fundraise for unrelated projects. Claiming that content is "derived from Wikipedia" when in fact it is not. Back to Discussing something other then Wikimedia sites (fair use). 3.12 Can you give me examples of nominative use? Here are some examples: Describing a Wikimedia site: In a presentation that describes how Wikipedia works, using the wordmarks in slides in your bullet points would be a nominative use. The same also applies for a blog post that describes Wikidata. If you want to "illustrate" your slides or your blog post with any of the image marks, please refer to artistic, literary, and other non-commercial uses . However, you cannot use a trademark as a generic term. For example, you cannot set up a wiki on motorcycles and refer to it as "a wikipedia for motorcycles." Making true factual statements: "Wikipedia is the world's largest online encyclopedia. But Wikipedia is only one of the many sites created by the thousands of volunteers that make up the Wikimedia movement." "I have been a Wikipedia editor since 2009" (on your personal website). Describing derivative work: "Source: Wikipedia" "This artwork was created using images from Wikimedia Commons." "The encyclopedic content on this site is derived from Wikipedia." "From Wikipedia" or "to the Wikipedia article" (as used by a QR code project) More specific examples: Refer to the sections on news reporting ; personal blogs and social media ; artistic, literary, and other non-commercial uses ; and links to Wikimedia sites . Back to Refer to Wikimedia sites (nominative use). 3.13 Can I use a logo or a screenshot in my news or magazine article or news on TV? Yes, as long as the image illustrates the discussion in the article. Do not use our trademark just to attract attention to your work. That will confuse your readers or viewers, and ours! Back to News reporting 3.14 Can I include a logo or a screenshot in a blog post or a status update? Yes, as long as the image illustrates the discussion in your post. Do not use trademarked images just to attract attention to your page. Viewers of your blog or your user page should not be confused and think that your page is endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its sites. 3.15 Can I use a trademark in my username, avatar, or icon? Unfortunately, no. We appreciate that you feel a connection to the Wikimedia sites. The Wikimedia community is very welcoming! However, we do not want people to think you can speak on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. You can still use the Community logo in your username, avatar, or icon. Back to Personal blogs and social media 3.16 Can you give me some examples of artistic, literary, and other non-commercial uses? Using the trademarks to discuss a scientific thesis in an academic paper. Illustrating a point in the slides for an educational presentation with a screenshot of a Wikimedia site. Using the marks in an art project. Creating a parody for the purposes of conveying a political message. Writing a book in which a character reads a Wikipedia article. Back to Artistic, literary, and other non-commercial uses. 3.17 Can you give me examples of linking to Wikimedia sites? Yes, you can find sample link templates here . 3.18 Can I use the marks to link to Wikimedia sites using QR codes? No. This permission to use the logos to link without a license applies to online links. To use QR codes you need to use the non-stylized Wikipedia wordmark. You can read more about that in the FAQs for nominative use . Back to Links to Wikimedia sites. 3.19 What kind of stuff can I make? You can make shirts , hats, bags, mugs, pins, pens, stickers, posters, desktop wallpapers, and even cakes . Pretty much anything as long as you do not sell it. Here are some examples. 3.20 Can I sell merchandise as long as I do not make any profit? No, you cannot sell merchandise without a license. For more information on this see the section on commercial merchandise . 3.21 Can I make stuff for others? Yes, as long as you give it away for free. 3.22 What about commercial merchandise? First, you can buy merchandise from the Wikimedia shop . Proceeds from this merchandise are used towards the Wikimedia sites. If you want permission to sell your own merchandise, see the section on commercial merchandise . 3.23 Can I ask commercial vendors to create custom items for me that use Wikimedia marks? Of course! You may ask vendors like bakers and t-shirt sellers to create items with Wikimedia marks especially for you or your friends. This is okay because it is for your own personal use and no one is creating a business surrounding the sale of items with Wikimedia trademarks. And do not worry, vendors will not be required to strictly follow the Visual Identity Guidelines when it is not possible on items like cakes. For example, all these cakes are fine. 3.24 Is it okay to commission someone else to create lots of items with the Wikimedia marks for meet-ups and similar events? Yes! As long as the items are not sold to participants, it is okay to ask a vendor to create multiple items with the Wikimedia marks for community-focused parties and gatherings like edit-a-thons under Section 3.2 of the policy. 3.25 Can I use high-resolution logos on commercial merchandise? Yes! While our previous trademark policy did not permit the use of high-resolution logos, we have removed that restriction from the new policy. Back to Make your own branded stuff. 4 Special uses that require permission 4.1 If I need permission, will I have to pay for a license? Usually, there is no license fee. However, we want to keep track of how our trademarks are used. Also, we want to make sure every use complies with our mission and standards. This is why we require a formal license in certain cases. Back to Special uses that require permission. 4.2 Do I need permission for every photo contest? You only need to get a license if you advertise the photo contest outside a Wikimedia site. This includes posters, social media, and blogs. You can freely use the marks for community-focused events. Community-focused events are those that are intended to be predominantly attended by Wikimedia community members. They do not include events open to the general public. Back to Photo contests. 4.3 Can I print out t-shirts with the Wikimedia logo to give out as prizes for the photo contest? Yes. You can always make t-shirts with the Wikimedia logos and give them away as long as you are not selling them. Back to Make your own branded stuff 4.4 How can I use the marks as a Wikipedian in Residence? The marks may be used in any way that identifies you as a Wikipedian in Residence. Please avoid confusion about official endorsement. You should clarify that you are not a representative of the Wikimedia Foundation. Back to GLAM-WIKI initiatives. 4.5 Can you give an example of cybersquatting? In the past, someone registered the domain wikkipedia.org to attract traffic to their own site. This is called cybersquatting or typosquatting that infringes our trademark. We strictly enforce our policy against confusing domain names. Please tell us if you see an infringing domain name. 4.6 Can I use a Wikimedia mark as part of my domain? Unfortunately, no. If you do, there is a risk that you will confuse readers that are looking for Wikimedia content or other material related to Wikimedia. Movement organizations may be permitted to use the Wikimedia mark as part of their domain, but only after receiving special permission. 4.7 Can I use a Wikimedia mark if I use a different top-level domain? You cannot register a Wikimedia mark as a domain, no matter the top-level domain , including country code top-level domains. For example, you may not register "wikipedia.jobs" even though it uses ".jobs", a different top-level domain, because "wikipedia" is a Wikimedia mark. 4.8 But I want to set up a special domain myself! If you have a legitimate reason to set up a domain, please email trademarks@wikimedia.org . Back to Domain names. 4.9 What does "public event" mean? A public event is an event that is not predominantly attended by community members. An event is also public when it is announced to the public with signs or advertisements or in an event schedule. Hence, this rule does not apply to community-focused meetups and conferences. 4.10 What event uses require permission? Using a trademark for an event includes naming the event or using a Wikimedia logo on advertisements, leaflets, signage or a website. 4.11 Are there any exceptions to when events require permission? If the name of the event uses a mark just to describe its content, that might fall under nominative use . An example for this would be announcing a course called 'Editing Wikipedia for Beginners' or 'Using Wikimedia Commons as an Amateur Photographer'. However, always include a notice that explains that your use is with permission from the Wikimedia Foundation and that you are not affiliated with the Foundation. Also, events hosted by a local Wikimedia chapter, thematic organization, or user group can use the marks subject to their respective agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation. Back to Events and conferences. 4.12 What is a "publication"? Publications include books, other print media, and web pages. They also mean audiovisual media like music, and other recordings, film and online video. See Outreach and recruiting new editors for materials that provide education about a Wikimedia site. See Section 4.5 for trademark uses in films. 4.13 Can I write a book about Wikipedia? Of course you can, and we would be happy to hear about it ! But you should not display the Wikimedia Marks on the cover of your book or on your product packaging without asking for permission. This is because it could look like endorsement from Wikimedia Foundation and mislead users. You are of course free to use the non-stylized Wikimedia wordmarks in a book title but remember to ask for permission. 4.14 Does this also apply to handbooks, like "A beginner's guide to Wikipedia", aimed at community members? Yes. But, please send us a request and we will give prompt permission when appropriate. We love Wikipedia guides! 4.15 Does it make a difference if the book is being published by an educational publisher? No, you will need permission as well, because even educational publishers are commercial entities. Back to Publications. 4.16 Do I need permission to show the Wikipedia marks in a film I am making for my school project? If you are showing your film to the public, or at your school or workplace, you need permission. But we will make sure to make the permission process as easy and fast as possible. Back to Movies and TV shows. 4.17 Will I have to donate a portion of the retail price for commercial merchandise? No. But you will have to tell your customers if you do not donate your profits. 4.18 What do I have to say if I am donating a portion of my proceeds to the Wikimedia Foundation? Just clearly state what portion of your proceeds will be given to the Wikimedia Foundation. You can, for example, say: "X% of your purchase will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation." 4.19 Where should I state how much of my proceeds will be donated? We recommend placing the notice right next to the purchase price, where it will be clearly visible to all buyers. 4.20 Do I need to mention donations to the Wikimedia Foundation if I do not donate anything at all? Yes. You should state that 0% of your profits will go to the Wikimedia Foundation. Otherwise, users may mistakenly believe that you are doing fundraising for the Foundation. Back to Commercial merchandise. 5 Prohibited uses 5.1 Can I make a fake Wikipedia article if it is intended as a joke? There are exceptions where this is permissible, but they are very limited. You will likely not fall under such an exception if your mimicking site has any commercial background. Please refer to the section on Parodies . Most importantly, you must make sure that no one (really no one!) could confuse your site with any part of a Wikimedia site. 5.2 How do I distinguish between a prohibited mimicking site and a parody site? Here is an example of a mimicking site: Contrary to the Wikipedia guidelines , you create an article on Wikipedia about yourself or your organization. For unknown reasons, "your" article is deleted. This makes you mad. You register the domain "businesspedia.org" and design a website that looks just like the Wikipedia article that just got deleted, including a link to your own website. You are happy to attract more traffic to it by confusing internet users. Booo! An example of parody site: Imagine you have a great friend called Rory and his birthday is coming up. You register the domain "rorypedia.org" and design a website that looks just like a humorous Wikipedia biography on your friend Rory. Since you do not want anyone to confuse "Rorypedia" and Wikipedia, you put a bright colored bar on the top of your site saying, "This page is a present for Rory from his awesome friends and not affiliated with Wikipedia. Happy birthday, Rory!" And you take down the site once the birthday party is over. Yaaay! 5.3 How do I avoid mimicking Wikimedia sites when I use the MediaWiki software? All wikis using MediaWiki do in fact share certain graphic elements under the default theme, but the Wikimedia sites have certain visual features that distinguish them. Do not imitate these distinguishing features. For example, you should not use logos that are confusingly similar to the Wikimedia marks or name your site something that sounds like a Wikimedia site. But you can use the "Powered by MediaWiki" button as that button simply describes that the wiki is powered by MediaWiki. Be sure to directly download the MediaWiki software if you want to use it. Please do not try to blindly copy the HTML code of a Wikimedia site! If you do, you will accidentally import features from our sites, like our Terms of Use or our "contact us" details. Being contacted about problems on your unrelated website understandably makes our wonderful email response team volunteers very unhappy. Back to mimicking sites. 5.4 Can I use the marks to link to a mirror of a Wikimedia site? No. The Wikimedia marks can only be used for linking to a real Wikimedia site. By that, we mean those sites that are run by the Wikimedia community. Also, if you want to set up a mirror of a Wikimedia site, please refer to the section on mirrors . Back to Linking to non-Wikimedia sites. 5.5 Can you give me some examples of misrepresentation with respect to the marks? A misrepresentative use can be something that represents yourself. That includes using a Wikimedia logo in your logo, letterhead, or the name of your organization. Online examples are your social media avatar, favicon, and website domain. Back to Misrepresentation. 6 Reporting Trademark Misuse 6.1 How do you fight trademark infringement? Each year, we receive over 100 reports of trademark violations from community members. We also employ outside contractors and legal counsel to help protect our trademark portfolio globally. Within our resource constraints, our legal team pursues misuses of our marks to ensure that the Wikimedia logos remain distinctively associated with the Wikimedia community. After careful and sensitive evaluation, we send out cease-and-desist letters, which are usually effective. In the few instances that cannot be resolved by other means, we consider litigation to protect the marks. 6.2 Who is responsible for enforcing Wikimedia's trademarks? Trademark enforcement is currently handled by the Wikimedia Foundation legal team to ensure consistency and compliance with trademark law. But we rely on the Wikimedia community to help us identify potential trademark infringements. 6.3 What happens when you receive a report of a potential trademark infringement? When we receive a complaint that our trademarks are being misused, we first send a confirmation to the person submitting the complaint. Potential infringements are then logged into our system. The legal team then combs through each of those complaints to investigate the alleged infringement. We visit the site personally to make sure the complaint has merit. Then we apply US trademark law in assessing whether there is actual "misuse" and it is a valid infringement of the trademark. In general, the standard of "misuse" in US law is whether the use of the trademark is "confusingly similar" to the Wikimedia Foundation's use of the trademark. In other words, will the potential infringers use of the trademark confuse users into thinking their site is sponsored by or hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation? We always contact the potential infringer first to see if they will voluntarily stop using our marks or work with us to make their use less confusing. If we are unable to work things out informally, and they refuse to comply with a cease and desist letter, we decide whether to move forward with litigation to stop the infringement. 6.4 Can I send a cease and desist letter on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation when I find misuse? Please do not. We really appreciate your help with trademark enforcement, but please report any misuses to us so that we can determine what action is appropriate. Back to Reporting Trademark Misuse. 7 Revision of the trademark policy 7.1 Why can you just change the FAQ section? The FAQs are not part of the trademark policy. We created them to help you understand the policy. We want to add new questions from the community in the future and to clarify any answers users may find confusing. That is why we want to be able to update the FAQs easily. 7.2 What if I do not agree with the changes to the policy? We encourage you to share your comments and concerns with us during the community feedback period following any announced changes. We will take all comments under careful advisement and ensure that any changes to our policy are consistent with our mission. Back to Revision of the trademark policy. 8 Other questions 8.1 What is "naked licensing"? Failure to exercise quality control in trademark licensing is referred to as "naked licensing," and can sometimes result in loss of trademark rights. 8.2 What are the Visual Identity Guidelines? They are a set of guidelines you should follow when using any of the Wikimedia marks. These guidelines ensure that the marks always look their best and are not distorted in any way. 8.3 How do the Visual Identity Guidelines relate to the trademark policy? The Visual Identity Guidelines are a separate document from the trademark policy and can be revised without notice. These guidelines help to make sure the Wikimedia marks are always used consistently with the same level of quality. Consistent use is important in order for us to maintain protection over the Wikimedia marks. It helps avoid confusion among users that may view marks similar to the Wikimedia marks. If Wikimedia marks are displayed consistently, users can be sure when they are viewing actual Wikimedia content instead of an imposter site. 8.4 What if I have more questions? If you have any other questions that are not addressed here, please post them on the discussion page. We will try to expand and improve our FAQs over time. Retrieved from " https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Trademark_Policy&oldid=592633 " Categories : Policies Trademark policy This page was last edited on 28 August 2026, at 13:33. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. 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Violating the Privacy of Others Infringing the privacy rights of others under applicable laws (which may include the laws where you live or where you view or edit content); Soliciting personally identifiable information for the purposes of harassment, exploitation, or violation of privacy, or for any promotional or commercial purpose not explicitly approved by the Wikimedia Foundation; and Soliciting personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18 years, or under the age of majority where you are if higher than 18 years, for an illegal purpose or violating any applicable law regarding the health or well-being of minors. Engaging in False Statements, Impersonation, or Fraud Intentionally or knowingly posting content that constitutes libel or defamation under the laws of the United States of America; Posting or modifying content with the intent to deceive or mislead others; Attempting to impersonate another user or individual, misrepresenting your affiliation with any individual or entity, hiding your affiliation with any individual or entity when disclosure is required by these terms or local Project policy, or using the name or username of another person with the intent to deceive; and Engaging in fraud. Committing Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights Infringing copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other proprietary rights under the applicable law. Misusing Our Services for Other Illegal Purposes Posting child pornography or any other content that violates applicable law concerning child pornography or child sexual abuse material, or encouraging, grooming, or advocating for others to create or share such material; Posting or trafficking in obscene material that is unlawful under applicable law; and Using the services in a manner that is inconsistent with applicable law. Engaging in Disruptive and Illegal Misuse of Facilities Posting or distributing content that contains any viruses, malware, worms, Trojan horses, malicious code, or other device that could harm our technical infrastructure or system or that of other users; Engaging in automated uses of the Project Websites that are abusive or disruptive of the services, violate acceptable usage policies where available, or have not been approved by the Wikimedia community; Disrupting the services by placing an undue burden on an API, Project Website or the networks or servers connected with a particular Project Website; Disrupting the services by inundating any of the Project Websites with communications or other traffic that suggests no serious intent to use the Project website for its stated purpose; Knowingly accessing, tampering with, or using any of our non-public areas in our computer systems without authorization; and Probing, scanning, or testing the vulnerability of any of our technical systems or networks unless all the following conditions are met: such actions do not unduly abuse or disrupt our technical systems or networks; such actions are not for personal gain (except for credit for your work); you report any vulnerabilities to the relevant developers (or fix it yourself); and you do not undertake such actions with malicious or destructive intent. Shortcut : PAID Paid Contributions Without Disclosure You must disclose each and any employer, client, intended beneficiary and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. You must make that disclosure in at least one of the following ways: a statement on your user page, a statement on the talk page accompanying any paid contributions, or a statement in the edit summary accompanying any paid contributions. In addition, if you make a public posting off the Projects advertising editing services on Wikipedia in exchange for compensation of any kind, you must disclose all Wikipedia accounts you have used or will use for this service in the public posting on the third-party service. Applicable law, or Project-specific policies and Foundation policies and guidelines, such as those addressing conflicts of interest, may further limit paid contributions or require more detailed disclosure. For example, infringing Wikimedia Trademarks (defined hereinafter at Section 6) to advertise paid editing services, removing disclosures on previously adequately disclosed paid edits, or logged-out paid editing in a manner that makes adequate disclosure a practical impossibility violate this section. A Wikimedia Project community may adopt an alternative paid contribution disclosure policy which may supplement or replace this section. If a Project adopts an alternative disclosure policy, you may comply with that policy instead of the requirements in this section (titled "Paid Contributions Without Disclosure") when contributing to that particular Project. For more information, please read our FAQ on disclosure of paid contributions . Undisclosed editing by users receiving compensation creates an unreasonable burden on volunteer editors who investigate and enforce community policies . Therefore, for violations of this section related to undisclosed paid editing, you agree to submit to binding "Med-Arb" (a "Marketing Company Mediation") as described in section 14 of these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to exercise our enforcement discretion with respect to the provisions in section 4 of these Terms of Use. Where required, enforcement of these terms may include actions not listed in the Wikimedia Foundation Office Action Policy . If enforcement is required in new circumstances, we will make an effort within at most one (1) year to update the Office Action Policy to catalog the new type of action. 5. Password Security You are responsible for safeguarding your own password and other security credentials, and should never disclose them to any third party. 6. Trademarks Although you have considerable freedoms for reuse of the content on the Project Websites, it is important that, at the Wikimedia Foundation, we protect our trademark rights so that we can protect our users from fraudulent impersonators. Because of this, we ask that you please respect our trademarks. All Wikimedia Foundation trademarks belong to the Wikimedia Foundation, and any use of our trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, or domain names must be in compliance with these Terms of Use and in compliance with our Trademark Policy . 7. Licensing of Content To grow the commons of free knowledge and free culture, all users contributing to the Projects or Project Websites are required to grant broad permissions to the general public to redistribute and reuse their contributions freely, so long as that use is properly attributed and the same freedom to reuse and redistribute is granted to any derivative works. In keeping with our goal of providing free information to the widest possible audience, we require that when necessary all submitted content be licensed so that it is freely reusable by anyone who may access it. You agree to the following licensing requirements: Text to which you hold the copyright: When you submit text to which you hold the copyright, you agree to license it under: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License ("CC BY-SA 4.0"), and GNU Free Documentation License ("GFDL") (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). Reusers may comply with either license or both. The only exception is if the Project edition or feature requires a different license. In that case, you agree to license any text you contribute under the particular license prescribed by the Project edition or the feature. Please note that these licenses do allow commercial uses of your contributions, as long as such uses are compliant with the terms of the respective licenses. Where you own Sui Generis Database Rights covered by CC BY-SA 4.0, you waive these rights. As an example, this means facts you contribute to the projects may be reused freely without attribution. Attribution: Attribution is an important part of these licenses. We consider it giving credit where credit is due – to authors like yourself. When you contribute text, you agree to be attributed in any of the following fashions: Through hyperlink (where possible) or URL to the article to which you contributed (since each article has a history page that lists all contributors, authors and editors); Through hyperlink (where possible) or URL to an alternative, stable online copy that is freely accessible, which conforms with the relevant license, and which provides credit to the authors in a manner equivalent to the credit given on the Project Website; or Through a list of all authors (but please note that any list of authors may be filtered to exclude very small or irrelevant contributions). Importing text: You may import text that you have found elsewhere or that you have co-authored with others, but in such case you represent and warrant that the text is available under terms that are compatible with CC BY-SA (or, as explained above, another license when exceptionally required by the Project edition or feature). For a list of compatible licenses, see Creative Commons . You shall not import content that is available solely under GFDL. You agree that, if you import text under a CC license that requires attribution, you must credit the author(s) in a reasonable fashion. Where such credit is commonly given through page histories (such as Wikimedia-internal copying), it is sufficient to give attribution in the edit summary, which is recorded in the page history, when importing the text. The attribution requirements are sometimes too intrusive for particular circumstances (regardless of the license), and there may be instances where the Wikimedia community decides that imported text cannot be used for that reason. Non-text media: Non-text media on the Projects are available under a variety of different licenses that support the general goal of allowing unrestricted reuse and redistribution. When you contribute non-text media, you agree to comply with the requirements for such licenses as described in our Licensing Policy , and also comply with the requirements of the specific Project edition or feature to which you are contributing. Also see the Wikimedia Commons Licensing Policy for more information on contributing non-text media to Wikimedia Commons. No revocation of license: Except as consistent with your license, you agree that you will not unilaterally revoke or seek invalidation of any license that you have granted under these Terms of Use for text content or non-text media contributed to the Projects or features, even if you terminate use of our services. Public domain content: Content that is in the public domain is welcome. It is important however that you confirm the public domain status of the content under the law of the United States of America as well as the laws of any other countries as required by the specific Project edition. When you contribute content that is in the public domain, you warrant that the material is actually in the public domain, and you agree to label it appropriately. Re-use: Reuse of content that we host is welcome, though exceptions exist for content contributed under "fair use" or similar exemptions under applicable copyright law. Any reuse must comply with the underlying license(s). When you reuse or redistribute a text page developed by the Wikimedia community, you agree to attribute the authors in any of the following fashions: Through hyperlink (where possible) or URL to the page or pages that you are reusing (since each page has a history page that lists all contributors, authors and editors); Through hyperlink (where possible) or URL to an alternative, stable online copy that is freely accessible, which conforms with the license, and which provides credit to the authors in a manner equivalent to the credit given on the Project Website; or Through a list of all authors (but please note that any list of authors may be filtered to exclude very small or irrelevant contributions). If the text content was imported from another source, it is possible that the content is licensed under a compatible CC BY-SA license but not GFDL (as described in "Importing text," above). In that case, you agree to comply with the compatible CC BY-SA license and do not have the option to relicense it under GFDL. To determine the license that applies to the content that you seek to reuse or redistribute, you should review the page footer, page history, and discussion page. In addition, please be aware that text that originated from external sources and was imported into a Project may be under a license that attaches additional attribution requirements. Users agree to indicate these additional attribution requirements clearly. Depending on the Project, such requirements may appear, for example, in a banner or other notations pointing out that some or all of the content was originally published elsewhere. Where there are such visible notations, reusers should preserve them. For any non-text media, you agree to comply with the applicable license under which the work has been made available (which can be discovered by clicking on the work and looking at the licensing section on its description page or reviewing an applicable source page for that work). When reusing any content that we host, you agree to comply with the relevant attribution requirements as they pertain to the underlying license or licenses. Modifications or additions to material that you reuse: When modifying or making additions to text that you have obtained from a Project Website, you agree to license the modified or added content under CC BY-SA 4.0 or later (or, as explained above, another license when exceptionally required by the specific Project edition or feature). When modifying or making additions to any non-text media that you have obtained from a Project website, you agree to license the modified or added content in accordance with whatever license under which the work has been made available. With both text content and non-text media, you agree to clearly indicate that the original work has been modified. If you are reusing text content in a wiki, it is sufficient to indicate in the page history that you made a change to the imported text. For each copy or modified version that you distribute, you agree to include a licensing notice stating which license the work is released under, along with either a hyperlink or URL to the text of the license or a copy of the license itself. 8. Copyright Compliance Global Copyright Compliance If you believe that content on Wikipedia violates intellectual property rights, it can be reported to the Wikimedia Foundation following our illegal content reporting process (see section 10 below). Please note that due to the harmonization of international copyright law, in many cases it will be possible to submit a notice of copyright violation under either your local law or US law. To be valid under US law, a copyright notice must follow the requirements of the DMCA, listed below. We will terminate, in appropriate circumstances, users and account holders of our system and network who are repeat infringers on our Projects and services. DMCA Compliance The Wikimedia Foundation wants to ensure that the content that we host can be reused by other users without fear of liability and that it is not infringing the proprietary rights of others. In fairness to our users, as well as to other creators and copyright holders, our policy is to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the formalities of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). Pursuant to the DMCA, we will terminate, in appropriate circumstances, users and account holders of our system and network who are repeat infringers on our Projects and services. However, we also recognize that not every takedown notice is valid or in good faith. In such cases, we strongly encourage users to file counter-notifications when they appropriately believe a DMCA takedown demand is invalid or improper. For more information on what to do if you think a DMCA notice has been improperly filed, you may wish to consult the Lumen Database website. If you are the owner of content that is being improperly used on one of the Projects without your permission, you may request that the content be removed by filing a notice under the DMCA. To make such a request, please email us at legal wikimedia org or snail mail our designated agent . Alternatively, you may make a request to our community, which often handles copyright issues faster and more effectively than the process prescribed under the DMCA. In that case, you can post a notice explaining your copyright concerns. For a non-exhaustive and non-authoritative list of the relevant processes for the different Project editions, visit the Copyright Problems page . Before filing a DMCA claim, you also have the option of sending an email to the community at info wikimedia org . 9. Third-party Websites and Resources You are solely responsible for your use of any third-party websites or resources. Although the Projects and Project Websites contain links to third-party websites and resources, we do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for their availability, accuracy, or the related content, products, or services (including, without limitation, any viruses or other disabling features), nor do we have any obligation to monitor such third-party content. 10. Management of Websites The community has the primary role in creating and enforcing policies applying to the different Project editions. At the Wikimedia Foundation, we rarely intervene in community decisions about policy and its enforcement. It is possible to notify us of illegal content, or content that violates our Terms of Use (including all policies and other documents incorporated by reference) for other reasons by contacting us directly . However, you can typically make a request directly to the Project's community: this may be more efficient, and is more consistent with our Projects' aim to empower the user community. Please note that this contact method functions as the Foundation’s grievance redressal mechanism for all jurisdictions that require one. Grievances submitted through this contact will be reviewed, in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Each Project will usually provide "Help" or "Contact" pages for further guidance, or specific tools for reporting issues. Alternatively – if in doubt – you can ask members of the community for help, by sending an email to info wikimedia org or a more language-specific address from the Volunteer Response Team page . Please note that these mailboxes are monitored by users of the Projects, not the Foundation. As a result, they should not be threatened or issued with legal demands. If you contact the Foundation with a problem, we will typically explore whether and how existing community-led mechanisms can investigate and, where appropriate, resolve it. In an unusual case, the need may arise, or the community may ask us, to address an especially problematic user or especially problematic content because of significant Project disturbance or dangerous behavior. In such cases, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion (or where legally compelled), to: Investigate your use of the Projects or our services (a) to determine whether a violation of these Terms of Use, Project edition policy, or other applicable law or policy has occurred, or (b) to comply with any applicable law, legal process, or an appropriate governmental request; Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, false or unverifiable information, security, or technical issues or respond to user support requests; Refuse, revert, disable, or restrict access to contributions of any user who violates these Terms of Use; Ban a user from editing or contributing or block a user's account or access for actions violating these Terms of Use, including repeat posting of unlawful material under applicable law in line with human rights principles; Take legal action against users who violate these Terms of Use (including reports to law enforcement authorities); and Manage otherwise the Project websites in a manner designed to facilitate their proper functioning and protect the rights, property, and safety of ourselves and our users, licensors, partners, and the public. Those Foundation moderation activities may be informed or performed by software (such as traffic flood ("Denial of Service") protection). In those cases human review is normally available, upon request . In the interests of our users and the Projects, in the extreme circumstance that any individual has had their account or access blocked under this section, they are prohibited from creating or using another account on or seeking access to the same Project, unless we provide explicit permission. Without limiting the authority of the community, the Foundation itself will not ban a user from editing or contributing or block a user's account or access solely because of good faith criticism that does not result in actions otherwise violating these Terms of Use or community policies. The Wikimedia community and its members may also take action when so allowed by the community or Foundation policies applicable to the specific Project edition, including but not limited to warning, investigating, blocking, or banning users who violate those policies. You agree to comply with the final decisions of dispute resolution bodies that are established by the community for the specific Project editions (such as arbitration committees); these decisions may include sanctions as set out by the policy of the specific Project edition. Especially problematic users who have had accounts or access blocked on multiple Project editions may be subject to a ban from all of the Project editions, in accordance with the Global Ban Policy . In contrast to Board resolutions or these Terms of Use, policies established by the community, which may cover a single Project edition or multiple Projects editions (like the Global Ban Policy), may be modified by the relevant community according to its own procedures. The blocking of an account or access or the banning of a user under this provision shall be in accordance with Section 13 of these Terms of Use. If you believe we have not satisfactorily acted on a problematic content report, or if you have been subjected to a Foundation moderation action that you wish to challenge, you may be able to submit an appeal . Other information about routes of appeal may also be explained to you at the time, or in Project-specific help pages. We reserve the right to suspend (temporarily, or permanently) our handling of reports or other correspondence from users or third parties, whether about allegedly illegal or otherwise problematic content or conduct, or requesting appeals against moderation actions, if such correspondence was made in bad faith, repetitive, unfounded, and/or abusive. In appropriate circumstances, your email address may even be blocked on our email system(s), and you will then need to contact us at our postal address if you wish to further correspond with us during that block. For less serious cases (e.g. up to three polite emails about one or more meritless complaints), this is likely to be temporary. More frequent or more abusive communications are more likely to lead to permanent measures. Additional information for persons in the EU can be found on our page about EU compliance and reporting . 11. Resolutions and Project Policies The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees releases official policies from time to time. Some of these policies may be mandatory for a particular Project or Project edition, and, when they are, you agree to abide by them as applicable. 12. API Terms We make available a set of APIs, which include documentation and associated tools, to enable users to build products that promote free knowledge. By using our APIs, you agree to abide by all applicable policies governing the use of the APIs, which include but are not limited to the User-Agent Policy , the Robot Policy , and the API:Etiquette (collectively, "API Documentation"), which are incorporated into these Terms of Use by reference. 13. Termination Though we hope you will stay and continue to contribute to the Projects, you can stop using our services any time. In certain (hopefully unlikely) circumstances it may be necessary for either ourselves or the Wikimedia community or its members (as described in Section 10) to terminate part or all of our services, terminate these Terms of Use, block your account or access, or ban you as a user. If your account or access is blocked or otherwise terminated for any reason, your public contributions and a record of your activities on or in relation to the Projects (including any correspondence you have sent us) will be unaffected (subject to applicable policies), and you may still access our public pages for the sole purpose of reading publicly available content on the Projects. In such circumstances, however, you may not be able to access your account or settings. However, regardless of any other provision in these Terms of Use, we reserve the right to suspend or end the services at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. Even after your use and participation are banned, blocked or otherwise suspended, these Terms of Use will remain in effect with respect to relevant provisions, including Sections 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-16, and 18. 14. Disputes and Jurisdiction Highlighted for emphasis We hope that no serious disagreements arise involving you, but, in the event there is a dispute, we encourage you to seek resolution through the dispute resolution procedures or mechanisms provided by the Projects or Project editions and the Wikimedia Foundation. If you seek to file a legal claim against us, you agree to file and resolve it exclusively in a state or federal court located in San Francisco County, California. You also agree that the laws of the State of California and, to the extent applicable, the laws of the United States of America will govern these Terms of Use, as well as any legal claim that might arise between you and us (without reference to conflict of laws principles). You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of, and agree that venue is proper in, the courts located in San Francisco County, California, in any legal action or proceeding relating to us or these Terms of Use. To ensure that disputes are dealt with soon after they arise, you agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action you might have arising out of or related to use of our services or these Terms of Use must be filed within the applicable statute of limitations or, if earlier, one (1) year after the pertinent facts underlying such claim or cause of action could have been discovered with reasonable diligence (or be forever barred). If "choice of forum" clauses like the one above are not accepted by the courts where you normally reside, then (i) our choice of forum clause, above, shall be ignored, and (ii) you can refer any dispute to the courts of the jurisdiction where you normally live, following the applicable law rules of those courts. Similarly, if applicable law does not allow the enforcement of the choice of law in this section, then you can resolve a dispute according to the choice of law rules in the court of competent jurisdiction. Marketing Company Mediations As described in section 4 of these Terms of Use, you agree to resolve violations of the Paid Contributions without Disclosure in a Marketing Company Mediation at the Foundation's discretion. Marketing Company Mediations are binding mediations where, at the end of either a half or full day session, any disputed items that remain unresolved will be decided by the mediator in a legally binding decision. They will be conducted in meetings by teleconference or videoconference. If an in-person meeting is required, then the Marketing Company Mediation will take place in San Francisco County, California. The parties will split all fees and expenses related to the mediation/arbitration equally. You agree, as part of a Marketing Company Mediation, to cooperate with the Foundation, including by timely providing any documentation in your possession relating to your undisclosed paid editing activities including the accounts used, articles affected, and clients who purchased such services. Marketing Company Mediations are subject to and governed by the Federal Arbitration Act to the extent that the mediator becomes an arbitrator. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its attorneys' fees (including all fees necessary to determine the applicability of the Marketing Company Mediation and to enforce the binding result) and all costs relating to the investigation and enforcement of its rights. A party may be deemed "prevailing" even if it is not successful on every claim asserted. If for some reason the entirety of these Marketing Company Mediation requirements are found to be unenforceable, you agree to resolve any disputes as described in the beginning of this section. 15. Disclaimers Highlighted for emphasis At the Wikimedia Foundation, we do our best to provide educational and informational content to a very wide audience, but your use of our services is at your sole risk. We provide these services on an "as is" and "as available" basis, and we expressly disclaim all express or implied warranties of all kinds, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We make no warranty that our services will meet your requirements, be safe, secure, uninterrupted, timely, accurate, or error-free, or that your information will be secure. We are not responsible for the content, data, or actions of third parties, and you release us, our directors, officers, employees, and agents from any claims and damages, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with any claim you have against any such third parties. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or through or from our services creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms of Use. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through your use of our services is done at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material. You agree that we have no responsibility or liability for the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any content or communication maintained by the service. We retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time with or without notice. Some states or jurisdictions do not allow the types of disclaimers in this section, so they may not apply to you either in part or in full depending on the law. 16. Limitation on Liability Highlighted for emphasis The Wikimedia Foundation will not be liable to you or to any other party for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses, regardless of whether we were advised of the possibility of such damage. In no event shall our liability exceed one thousand U.S. dollars (US$1,000.00) in aggregate. In the case that applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you, although our liability will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. 17. Modifications to these Terms of Use Just as the Wikimedia community's input is essential for the growth and maintenance of the Projects, we believe that community input is essential for these Terms of Use to properly serve our users. It is also essential for a fair contract. Therefore, we will provide these Terms of Use, as well as any substantial future revisions of these Terms of Use, to the community for comment at least thirty (30) days before the end of the comment period. If a future proposed revision is substantial, we will provide an additional 30 days for comments after posting a translation of the proposed revision in at least three languages (selected at our discretion). The community will be encouraged to translate the proposed revision in other languages as appropriate. For changes for legal or administrative reasons, to correct an inaccurate statement, or changes in response to community comments, we will provide at least three (3) days' notice. Because it may be necessary to modify these Terms of Use from time to time, we will provide notice of such modifications and the opportunity to comment via the Project websites, and via a notification on WikimediaAnnounce-l . However, we ask that you please periodically review the most up-to-date version of these Terms of Use. Your continued use of our services after the new Terms of Use become official following the notice and review period constitutes an acceptance of these Terms of Use on your part. For the protection of the Wikimedia Foundation and other users like yourself, if you do not agree with our Terms of Use, you cannot use our services. 18. Other Terms These Terms of Use do not create an employment, agency, partnership, joint control or joint venture relationship between you and us, the Wikimedia Foundation. For the purposes of European Economic Area law, United Kingdom law, or other laws that involve a similar concept, you are not acting "under the authority of" the Foundation when you use the services. If you have not signed a separate agreement with us, these Terms of Use are the entire agreement between you and us. If there is any conflict between these Terms of Use and a signed written agreement between you and us, the signed agreement will control. You agree that we may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms of Use, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Projects or Project Websites. If in any circumstance, we do not apply or enforce any provision of these Terms of Use, it is not a waiver of that provision. You understand that, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by us, you have no expectation of compensation for any activity, contribution, or idea that you provide to us, the community, or the Projects or Project editions. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in these Terms of Use, we (the Wikimedia Foundation) and you agree not to modify the applicable terms and requirements of any free license that is employed on the Projects or Project editions when such free license is authorized by these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use were written in English (U.S.). While we hope that translations of these Terms of Use are accurate, in the event of any differences in meaning between the original English version and a translation, the original English version takes precedence. If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms of Use is found unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms of Use and will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and all other provisions of these Terms of Use will remain in full force and effect. Thank You! We appreciate your taking the time to read these Terms of Use, and we are very happy to have you contributing to the Projects and using our services. Through your contributions, you are helping to build something really big – not only an important collection of collaboratively edited reference Projects that provides education and information to millions who might otherwise lack access, but also a vibrant community of like-minded and engaged peers, focused on a very noble goal. These Terms of Use went into effect on June 7, 2023. Previous versions of the terms: Terms of Use (2014–2023) : effective from June 16, 2014, until June 7, 2023 Terms of Use (2012–2014) : effective from May 24, 2012, until June 16, 2014 Terms of Use (2009) : effective from 2009 until May 24, 2012 Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this content and a translation, the original English version takes precedence. 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