User talk:Bahaltener

Thanks for uploading File:Christy Marx.png. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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I can try contacting Christy herself, and check who owns that photo exactly. — Bahaltener (talk) 05:28, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bahaltener. If the photographer who took the photo agrees to

Wikimedia OTRS saying they do, then it might be possible to convert this to a free license; otherwise, there's really no good way to justify pretty much any copyright-protected image of Marx for use on Wikipedia.

Another possibility would be for someone to create a free equivalent image of Marx to serve the same encyclopedic purpose. Perhaps she can have someone she knows simply take her photograph, and then have that person upload it directly to Wikimedia Commons per c:COM:UPLOAD as their own work. They shouldn't post it online anywhere since that will likely complicate things a bit (at least not unitl after it's been uploaded to Commons), but just upload it to Commons. If they upload the photo in the highest resolution possible with the original Exif data under one of the licenses accepted by Commons per c:Commons:Licensing, things should be fine. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:55, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply

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