I m normally pretty modest about these sorts of things so it s probably not clear from my user page but I have 20 years of experience working in online collaborations at every level from noob to big boss and I m trying to give you my best advice on how to be effective at changing things in WP Personally I think WP will be equally fine with or without fair use images so it s not that big a deal to me either way I just want the rules to be clear Since it s you that wants to make other editors change their views the burden is going to be on you to come up with the convincing arguments It doesn t actually work to talk about being pushed to the edge maybe it s true but we lose editors every day for all kinds of reasons only a prolific contributor with lots of friends is going to get any attention that way Expressing frustration is a sign of weakness shows that you can be outlasted in a contest of wills and in this chaotic organization willpower is everything Attacks on the ideology put you in the enemy of WP category perhaps unfairly but that s how it works and nobody listens to their enemies not even if the advice is good You ve chosen a very tough issue to work on it will require iron will infinite patience and no small measure of political deviousness to effect a change