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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: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]