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In T177122, a short term fix was made for specific instance of PageImage incorrectly returning non-free images. There appears to be some agreement that the fix was inadequate in the broader view. It appears that PageImage filters based on the file page having a particular <span> value applied to the file page. I would describe this method as unreliable, invisible, redundant, and apparently undocumented (at least undocumented on EnWiki). Can PageImages replace (or supplement) non-free filtering with a check for [[Category:All non-free media]]? This is how the community tracks non-free files. I believe the category would be a far more reliable mechanism. It is also the obvious means the community would use when attempting clean up incorrect usage of a non-free file.

In T177122, a short term fix was made for specific instance of PageImage incorrectly returning non-free images. There appears to be some agreement that the fix was inadequate in the broader view. It appears that PageImage filters based on the file page having a particular <span> value applied to the file page. I would describe this method as unreliable, invisible, redundant, and apparently undocumented (at least undocumented on EnWiki). Can PageImages replace (or supplement) non-free filtering with a check for [[Category:All non-free media]]? This is how the community tracks non-free files. I believe the category would be a far more reliable mechanism. It is also the obvious means the community would use when attempting clean up incorrect usage of a non-free file. P.S. Wikidata has a list of the [[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6811831#sitelinks-wikipedia | equivalent category on 35 wikis]]. I am unsure whether that covers all wikis that allow non-free media.

In T177122, a short term fix was made for specific instance of PageImage incorrectly returning non-free images. There appears to be some agreement that the fix was inadequate in the broader view. It appears that PageImage filters based on the file page having a particular <span> value applied to the file page. I would describe this method as unreliable, invisible, redundant, and apparently undocumented (at least undocumented on EnWiki). Can PageImages replace (or supplement) non-free filtering with a check for [[Category:All non-free media]]? This is how the community tracks non-free files. I believe the category would be a far more reliable mechanism. It is also the obvious means the community would use when attempting clean up incorrect usage of a non-free file. P.S. Wikidata has a list of the [[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6811831#sitelinks-wikipedia | equivalent category on 35 wikis]]. I am unsure whether that covers all wikis that allow non-free media.