User:SnowyCinema/Inclusion policy brainstorming

Non-government works
Anything that was published, self-published or not, that fell into the public domain by some "natural" means. These means may include the following:
 * Published in the US before 1926
 * Published before 1964 and not renewed
 * Published before 1978 with no copyright notice
 * Published between 1978 and 1989 without a copyright notice, with no subsequent registration within 5 years
 * Sound recordings published before 1923 (as of 2022)

Government works
Any work that was published by a government official of any government body, whether municipal, territorial, or federal, as long as the works are by default published under a free license per that government's laws. Examples:
 * Anything published by the US federal government
 * Anything published by the Massachusetts state government that meets the qualifications for free licensing per their terms
 * Anything published by the UN that meets their requirements for default free licensing
 * Anything published by China that meets their requirements for default free licensing

Automatically excluded
Works that are:
 * Too simple to be considered a "work" (example: the transcribed text of logos, simple street signs, slogans).
 * Otherwise obviously inconsiderable as a work (example: single images that are not considered anything more than images).

Unpublished works
Unpublished works should be considered heavily for inclusion if they were created by a notable individual or party. If the author is unknown or unnotable, the document itself should at least be historically relevant in some way. Community consensus can decide the integrity of an unpublished work's inclusion, where there may be disputes, on a per-case basis.