Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2025 March 27

March 27

File:Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa.jpg

Invalid fair use rationale. Although the public domain image of Betsy Arakawa dates from 1971, when she was 11, she is actually identifiable and was actually locally known in Hawaii as a pianist, which is evident by reading some newspapers from the time. Her appearance is not very different, just older (duh). As a result, this copyrighted image is easily replaceable. It also weirdly pictures her with her husband, when the biography is not about him but her. It makes a favor to those arguments at the AFD claiming her notability was dubious as she was "only known" for her death and for being the spouse of Hackman. Bedivere (talk) 03:50, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I do think it is odd to only have a photo of her as an 11-year-old, so I think it probably makes sense to have a fair use image of her as an adult, although I don't think it necessarily matters which image and I have no objections to replacing the one with Hackman in it. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 11:53, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't the image be cropped to just her face, so as not to show her husband? It seems worth having an image of someone as an adult rather than as an 11-year-old to me. Mrfoogles (talk) 16:57, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The image of her as a child does not fulfill the same purpose as one of her as an adult, so the fair-use rationale for an adult image is justified. I also recommend cropping the current image so it shows only her, or finding another image that shows only her. — Goszei (talk) 22:04, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for a different reason: as an image meant to illustrate Arakawa, the image shouldn't have other people in it. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 21:17, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Amen break notation (local copy).svg

This file has two problems. It is {{C-uploaded}} but it should have been F8 speedied as soon as they are off the Main Page. Most importantly, it was deleted from Commons as being copyrighted and we have no non-free use rationale:

File:Amen break notation.svg
This file was initially tagged by MIDI as fair use and the most recent rationale was: Transcription of a copyrighted composition. Propose re-upload to appropriate projects with (for example) Wikipedia:Template:Non-free sheet music Quick1984 (talk) 15:46, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Deleted: per nomination. --Abzeronow (talk) 00:07, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

209.227.161.66 (talk) 11:10, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm. I don't remember any of the details of why I uploaded this, but I don't have any objections to it being deleted. RoySmith (talk) 11:17, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not 100% sure on this, but might it be short enough to be deemed uncopyrightable? Then again, the Commons version was deleted. Jay Cubby 14:27, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I'll be blunt, this isn't copyrighted. It's too simple (in musical terms). Just 4 measures. Likewise, it has been sampled and uncontested. Its copyright was not asserted prior to 1989 despite its use in other music. [1]. This is PD and credit should certainly go to the author. Buffs (talk) 00:48, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Abzeronow: what do you think about this? Bedivere (talk) 00:39, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the ping, Bedivere. I'm not a musician @Ikan Kekek: but even short works can be copyrighted if they are creative enough. The article notes that the author of the song could not pursue legal action due to the statute of limitations. And en:Amen break says that Richard Lewis Spencer is the copyright holder for the song. Abzeronow (talk) 01:04, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes indeed. Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:04, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:"Poland" by Lil Yachty alternate cover art.jpg

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more files. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the file's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by Explicit (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT ⚡ 16:12, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No discussion of the alternative album art, which in this day and age is a fail of NFCC Jay Cubby 14:03, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:4Him Season of Love alternate cover.jpg

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more files. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the file's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by Explicit (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT ⚡ 16:12, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No discussion of the alternative album art, which in this day and age is a fail of NFCC Jay Cubby 14:04, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the file's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

File:Recumbent seat 2.JPG

This is a unneeded cropped part of a non-free image which was deleted from Wikipedia because it did not meet the non-free content criteria. Mrfoogles (talk) 16:55, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No realistic encyclopedic value. Ajpolino (talk) 02:19, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree, I don’t see the point of this picture. ScrabbleTiles (talk) 06:48, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]