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February 8

File:Julleuchterphoto.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs) – uploaded by Nicholasweed (notify | contribs | uploads).
File:1st Company Insignia.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs) – uploaded by HarryKG (notify | contribs | uploads).
  • This image is being listed for deletion "en masse" along with all of the others uploaded by this user. The reason for this nomination is a little bit strange and, while it would usually be more appropriate to tag every image as lacking license information, I think it would be more disruptive to have an edit war with the uploader across 49 image pages. Every image HarryKG (talk · contribs) uploaded is lacking license information. Additionally, the source for every image lists himself as the creator of the work, but many of them are obviously screenshots, video caps, etc. I used AWB to tag each and every one of the images as lacking license info, however the uploader has gone back and removed quite a few of these tags, and has, in their place, added a description of the image. In no case, however, did the user actually add a license tag or provide any information about the images' copyright statuses. Therefore, the images still qualify for deletion as having no license information. But, like I said, I think it would be disruptive and tedious to go back and keep adding the no license tags back on every image page each and every time the uploader removes them. Therefore, unless appropriate license tags are added, I request all of these images be deleted. NickContact/Contribs 05:48, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • As disruptive as it would be to remove in use images? I don't think so. Deletion isn't for clean-up. If the images are in use and appropriate, then fix them instead of deleting them because you don't want to deal with a difficult editor. There are procedures in place for doing so.--Crossmr (talk) 12:12, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The procedure in this case would be speedy deletion of all files under one or more file-related CSDs and a block of the uploader until such time as he acknowledges that he understands the requirements for uploading images. I have deleted some under F4 (no license) and some under F9 (copyvio). I will probably delete more. I have only explicitly closed the FFDs where the CSD was not F4. Anomiebot will close the others. Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:16, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • If the problem is that the wrong license is on the page and a proper license for their use exists and the use is appropriate, the proper procedure would be to fix that. Not delete the files because some user is "difficult".--Crossmr (talk) 06:01, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
File:Bill Finger by Jerry Robinson.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs) – uploaded by Hiding (notify | contribs | uploads).
  • Replaceable drawing. Damiens.rf 15:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • In what sense is this image replaceable? Hiding T 14:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Since it's been shown that it's acceptable to illustrate this bio with a drawing, we must do that with a free drawing. Simple drawings like this are replaceable. --Damiens.rf 16:24, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Though this comment post-dates the comment below, Hiding has clearly rebutted your claim that this image is replaceable with a free drawing. He correctly notes that it's impossible to create a free drawing of a dead man from a non-free image, as that would just be a non-free derivative work subject to the copyright of the original work that it was based upon. There is no recognized presumption applicable here that a free image of any sort exists or could be created of a dead subject. postdlf (talk) 16:54, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        By looking to many different images of the same person, you get what the person looks like. An skilled artist with this information can make a completely new drawing of the person (using different cloths, in a "neutral" straigh-to-the-camera look, and this work will not be a derivative of the previous images. This is not much different than reading a lot of copyrighted sources to write an article on Wikipedia. --Damiens.rf 17:44, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • It's very much different. You're rather simplifying the difficulty involved in making such a drawing, both in terms of creating an accurate drawing as a composite of others that is still substantially different from its sources, and in terms of reliably judging under copyright law that the drawing is sufficiently different from the sources it relied upon that it is not a derivative work (for what it's worth, I have a BFA and a law degree). So you're really inviting more serious problems than you're trying to solve. So even allowing such images is simply not the accepted practice on here, or on Commons for that matter, and every attempt I've seen in either forum to pass off user-created images that were at all based on copyrighted images has resulted in their deletion. It's best to have a prophylactic rule against such images, which, as I noted, would require both artistic expertise to create and legal expertise to evaluate in every instance, by comparing the image against all of its sources. postdlf (talk) 18:01, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          So, everyone that makes and distributes a drawing of Harrison Ford, but had never seen the man in person (or in Wikipedia), is a copyright violator? In any case, the drawing we want as a replacement does not have to be "accurate", this the current one isn't either. --Damiens.rf 18:10, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • The current one is by an artist notable enough to merit an article, which to some extent may belie concerns of accuracy, though I don't know of a reason to doubt that it's an accurate portrayal. As for your rhetorical question, such a Ford fanatic may be infringing copyright, they may have a fair use claim, but it's unlikely that they would develop a non-derivative, informative drawing based only on looking at copyrighted images. And, as I noted above, we really don't want to go down the rabbit hole of having to personally make the legal determination of what is and isn't a derivative illustration in each and every case. postdlf (talk) 18:49, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            And why is it ok for us (ie, why is it fair use) to ignore this notable artist's rights over this image. Also, why is this notable artists depiction of the man necessary for the article? --Damiens.rf 20:21, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            Asked and answered. And those are different questions than replaceability, which is the sole deletion rationale presented above. postdlf (talk) 23:11, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, replaceability is hotly contested, no free images of Bill Finger exist, and no free one can be created since the man is dead and any drawing would therefore be created from a copyrighted image of the man and be subject to copyright. Hiding T 14:52, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Anyone with a shovel and camera can take a copyright free image of him, so a free equivalent is always available. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:26, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In addition, Jerry Robinson produced this drawing knowing Bill Finger (with whom he worked). Moreover, there are only two or three known photographs of Finger, and they are not of particularly high circulation or resolution (two can be seen here), so the liklihood of a photograph being found that would be better illustrate Finger is slim. The liklihood that a better provenanced drawing could be sourced or created in also very unlikely. In addition - not that it matters here, as Postdlf has noted - Robinson created this artwork for the sole purpose of depicting and identifying Finger, a very important figure, but one whose face is/was rarely seen. ntnon (talk) 20:58, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Following Hiding, Postdlf and ntnon it should be kept, for now anyway unless a better image turns up. It is worth noting that the Dial B for Blog images have been deliberately given a sepia tint and made fuzzier (as can been seen with the image of Catherine Yronwode, as it is the same one we use here). So it is likely that these images exist in a larger and clearer format that is seen on those pages and the original image for this would be ideal. It'd be worth contacting the individual who runs the blog to ask them about the original image. It might be worth speaking to Catherine as she is an active editor here. I doubt any of this will yield results over night (or ever) but they are angles worth pursuing, until they turn something up though it seems the drawing is our best bet until then. (Emperor (talk) 17:27, 14 February 2010 (UTC))[reply]
File:Picken.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs) – uploaded by PKM (notify | contribs | uploads).
  • As the section there on "burden of proof" shows, I am not. Still, it's a collaborative enterprise, and it is clearly beneficial to find a replacement. So I'll apologise for the sarcasm, but the message is the right one. Nominators do not need to find replacements themselves, only to have a reasonable case that a replacement can/does/will exist. Regards, Angus McLellan (Talk) 15:44, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, all. Nice detective work. - PKM (talk) 18:45, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
File:Redgrave-Head.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs) – uploaded by Tyrenius (notify | contribs | uploads).
  • Non-free (although with a permissive license) picture of an existing object. Also, I'm not sure why the article needs this specific imagery anyway. Damiens.rf 15:41, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep website license allows wiki use. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 16:42, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is "Photo © Stuckism 2004: may be used with credit as indicated on the web" equivalent to a free license (GFDL, CC or whatever other license is considered "free)? If it is, then the image is freely licensed and this FfD is irrelevant as a license problem is the only reason this would be deleted. If that qualification does not count as a free license, however, then this image is used as fair use, because images cannot be licensed free for Wikipedia only. Assuming the image is nonfree, it should be deleted as totally failing NFCC.8 As a side note, is the artwork itself copyrighted? If so, is it possible to release a photograph of the work under a free license? ÷seresin 04:33, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
File:Yvonne Craig.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs) – uploaded by Postdlf (notify | contribs | uploads).
  • Non-free image of a living woman. Damiens.rf 15:50, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • To be fair, it's an image from over 40 years ago of a living woman who is now 72, who apparently hasn't done any acting since the early '70's, so an image of her now is not in any sense the informational equivalent of one of her during her active career period, particularly given the importance of physical appearance to acting (if she were a politician, then the difference arguably wouldn't matter as much). There are two other images in the article illustrating two of her notable roles. However, in one of them she is wearing a mask, and in the other one, she is covered in head-to-toe green makeup, so neither is the equivalent of the image under consideration here. postdlf (talk) 15:57, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • According to imdb, she is still active. Also, her youngself look is no more real that her oldself look. Even more, also according to imdb she made 15 movies between 1923 and 1977 (and she was not old at that time). The trailers for any of these movies are public domain. Some research will certainly review a good free image of this lady. --Damiens.rf 16:22, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • The WP article doesn't state any roles for her past 1974, but if she's still active (and particularly if the movie trailer sources are viable), you've convinced me. But it's important to remember that replaceability always requires an "equivalent...that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose." That the subject is still alive is relevant but not necessarily conclusive. postdlf (talk) 16:39, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep an image from peak of career is not a substitute for someone at the terminus of their career. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 16:40, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • The article is not about the peak of Yvonne Craig's career. It's about Yvonne Craig. --Damiens.rf 16:53, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Its not about Yvonne Craig as an old woman either. It is about her entire life. Younger photos provide context, any photo generated today cannot do that.--Crossmr (talk) 12:15, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Being about her entire life, any photo would be just as valid. --Damiens.rf 16:32, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • As WP:NFC#UUI#11 states, "for some...retired individuals whose notability rests in large part on their earlier visual appearance, a new picture may not serve the same purpose as an image taken during their career, in which case the use would be acceptable." (emphasis added) This clearly recognizes that we are not to treat an article's subject as a singular thing, such that any depiction is the informational equivalent of any other. You made some good, much more nuanced points above regarding why this image may not be necessary (barely), but your apparent insistence that all potential images of a subject are replaceable with any other is not supported by non-free content policy, guidelines, or basic editorial judgment. postdlf (talk) 14:38, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Despite any preferences you may have for her earlier look, she kept being an active actress as she got old, and a current image, or any screenshot from a trailer before 1977 will be just as much "she". Free images exist and can be created, but some work should be done. Sean Connery has also changed a lot, but no unique "look" of him is more "valid" or "correct" than the others. --Damiens.rf 16:32, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - replaceable.--Rockfang (talk) 03:19, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep unless provided with a time machine.--Crossmr (talk) 12:15, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Asking for a time machine is a silly argument, you can wait till she dies and then you would have all the time in the world to photograph the corpse, and later the bones. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 18:28, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Then I could just photoshop on some young skin and it would look just like this photo right?--Crossmr (talk) 00:33, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
File:19580428 Walter O'Malley Time Magazine Cover.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs) – uploaded by TonyTheTiger (notify | contribs | uploads).
No article needs an illustration, many reference works are devoid of illustrations. They are there to enhance the reader's experience within US copyright law and Wikipedia's concept of fair-use. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 17:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
By our common practice here, some articles do "need" imagery. It's commonly accepted, for instance, that biographies needs headshots, articles about music albuns need the album cover, articles about books need the book cover, articles mentioning controversial or award winning photographies need to show the photograph, articles about famous paintings need to show the painting. There are many others "rules", but surely not "articles that mention someone made the cover story of a magazine needs to show the cover image". --Damiens.rf 18:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]