Editing Encyclopedia:Image use policy (section)

====Collages and montages====
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[[Collage]]s and [[Photomontage|montages]] are single images that illustrate multiple closely related concepts, where overlapping or similar careful placement of component images is necessary to illustrate a point in an encyclopedic way. (See [[:File:Phoebian Explorers 2 PIA06118.jpg]] for an example montage.) The components of a collage or montage, as well as the collage or montage itself, must be properly licensed; and (as with galleries) fair-use components are rarely appropriate, as each non-free image used in the creation of the montage contributes towards consideration of [[WP:NFCC#3a|minimal use of non-free images]]. If a gallery would serve as well as a collage or montage, the gallery should be preferred, as galleries are easier to maintain and adjust better to user preferences.