A recent image use change was discussed and accepted on Simple English
Wikipedia (
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy).
We're going to move towards using the free images available from
Wikimedia Commons exclusively. There are several benefits to this
move, particularly in helping Simple become a highly-portable source
to aid inter-language article translation. By using only free images
on Commons, which can be immediately used on any project just by
creating an image link, we eliminate potential legal problems and
speed the overall process.
A side-benefit is that this move will help discourage proliferation of
"pop culture" topics on Simple - such as Pokemon, albums, and movies -
which are arguably better done on the home-language Wikipedias. Simple
tries to concentrate on "core" encyclopedia topics and related.
If anyone is interested in helping create an easy-to-read,
easy-to-translate encyclopedia, please visit
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Welcome.
-- Netoholic