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This is a request for comment (RFC) on the use of fair use images in lists. This RFC aims to gather community opinion on the use in lists of images claimed to be fair use, and to generate a consensus about whether current usage is acceptable, and if not, how affected lists ought to change in order for the use of images to be acceptable.
There is currently an ongoing dispute at list of Lost episodes about the use of fair use images (specifically screenshots from the television program, and images of DVD covers) to illustrate the list. The issue has broader significance for similar lists of television episodes, and lists generally, which use fair use images. As such, it is appropriate that the issue be discussed here.
Note that much of the discussion so far relates to lists of episodes in television shows, and much of that relates to the Lost list, although feel free to discuss issues which relate to fair use images in lists more generally.
Newcomers to this discussion may wish to look at Talk:List of Lost episodes/Use of images for reference of previous discussion, but should direct new discussion here.