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File:MattCarol.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by Peripitus (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 08:04, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:MattCarol.jpg (delete | talk | history | links | logs) – uploaded by Playhouse76 (notify | contribs | uploads | upload log).

Subject's article was deleted as non-notable. Orphaned and no foreseeable encyclopedic use. — ξxplicit 00:55, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Arkham Knight Nightwing Promo.jpg

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File:Arkham Knight Nightwing Promo.jpg (delete | talk | history | links | logs) – uploaded by Fighting Fefnir (notify | contribs | uploads | upload log).

Non-free promotional image being used in

WP:NFCC#8. The image itself is not the subject of any sourced commentary within that particular section, so omitting it would not be detrimental to the reader's understanding at all in my opinion. The sentence "Robin design is an alternate costume for Tim Drake." seems to be the only sentence about the costume itself, and I don't think a non-free image is needed for the reader to understand that. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:03, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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File:Siya Ke Ram.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by Mark Arsten (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 02:01, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:Siya Ke Ram.jpg (delete | talk | history | links | logs) – uploaded by Kartiktiwary (notify | contribs | uploads | upload log).
File:SiyaKeRam.jpg (delete | talk | history | links | logs) – uploaded by Divya Thaakur (notify | contribs | uploads | upload log)

It looks like someone was trying to upload a "new version" of a previously uploaded non-free image, but then decided to make two separate files for the same image. The new version added to "File:Siya Ke Ram.jpg" is so different from the "old version" that I do think they should be considered to be the same file. Once the non-free versions that are not being used are deleted from "Siya Ke Ram.jpg", we'll be left with two practically identical files (with even essentially the same name) which is something which is not allowed per

WP:NFCC#3a. Any suggestions on what to do here? Marchjuly (talk) 11:27, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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1st of ol thnku User:Marchjuly for creating a beautiful user talk page 4 me. Firstly i tried uploading new version of d title pic.the older version contains old name Maryada Purushottam Siya Ke Ram as it was announced but the serial is released with the name Siya Ke Ram so that older version was totally wrong. Older version doesn't show the real name but i was failed to upload. So i upload it with new name. Divya Thaakur (talk) 13:25, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Paramural bodies.PNG

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The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by Explicit (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 04:02, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:Paramural bodies.PNG (delete | talk | history | links | logs) – uploaded by RobertsBiology (notify | contribs | uploads | upload log).

This is either in the public domain (as stated in

Stefan2 (talk) 14:47, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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File:Tariq Imran Legislative Process of Law.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by Explicit (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 04:02, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tariq Imran Legislative Process of Law.jpg (delete | talk | history | links | logs) – uploaded by Crown Prince (notify | contribs | uploads | upload log).

Unused, no foreseeable use.

Stefan2 (talk) 22:55, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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File:Dancehalls of Pacific Street Facing West San Francisco 1909 SFLibraryCode AAB-6692 CropA.jpg

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WP:NFC#UUI exists in order to minimize the use of non-free content. In order to justify its use in other articles, its removal should be detrimental to the readers' understanding of that article, which it ultimately is not. — ξxplicit 05:53, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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File:Dancehalls of Pacific Street Facing West San Francisco 1909 SFLibraryCode AAB-6692 CropA.jpg (delete | talk | history | links | logs) – uploaded by James Carroll (notify | contribs | uploads | upload log).

Fails

Stefan2 (talk) 23:13, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • Keep - The complaining criteria,
    WP:NFC#UUI
    §6 , states that "An image to illustrate an article passage about the image, if the image has its own article (in which case the image may be described and a link provided to the article about the image)"
The use of this previously discussed and approved image [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files/2014_February_27#File:Dancehalls_of_Pacific_Street_Facing_West_San_Francisco_1909_SFLibraryCode_AAB-6692_CropA.jpg ] is not about "an article passage about the image", but is merely the use of a reduced-size image as it pertains to a topic within the article, in order to better engage and illuminate the reader. The phrase "about the image" is not satisfied, and that is why this proposal for deletion is misapplied, and threatens the quality of an article which hardly has any photos to begin with.
In support of keeping the image, its use displays "Contextual Significance" in accordance to
WP:NFCC#8
which states, "Contextual significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding." Below are some examples of Contextual Significance for this photo,
  • Within the Barbary Coast, San Francisco article, the photo helps the readers' understanding of a forgotten historic era, and also functions to hook the readers' interest in a subtopic -- to encourage them to further read its satellite article, Terrific Street.
  • Within the Terrific Street article, the photo is paired with another current-day photo of similar viewpoint, in order to contrast the change in buildings and a neighborhood over the course of a century.
Also in support of keeping the photo,
WP:NFCC#1 states, "No free equivalent. Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose." There is no free equivalent photo that presents Pacific Street from the view necessary for comparison in the Terrific Street
article.
Both instances of the photo serve to better inform and engage the reader in giving a more vivid experience. To needlessly delete any current use of this photo would be detrimental to Wikipedia, and not serve any real purpose.James Carroll (talk) 20:58, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion you are linking to is about whether the file is unfree or not. Since we have no evidence that it is free, we have to assume that the file is unfree. In
Stefan2 (talk) 21:14, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Can you quote the text of
WP:NFC#UUI §6 here, as you read it? I am having trouble telling what you are referring to. James Carroll (talk) 21:21, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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See above: In
Stefan2 (talk) 21:30, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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You still have not given me an accurate quote, concerning the text for
WP:NFC#UUI §6, that you are referring to, "An image to illustrate an article passage about the image, if the image has its own article (in which case the image may be described and a link provided to the article about the image)"James Carroll (talk) 21:39, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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You still have not given me an accurate quote - incorrect, see above. An image to illustrate an article passage about the image, if the image has its own article (in which case the image may be described and a link provided to the article about the image) - exactly. The venue can be described by linking to the article about the venue, instead of including an image of it. --
Stefan2 (talk) 22:14, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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James commented on my talk page since I was involved in the previous discussion, but I will like to make sure that James is aware that this is not about outright deletion of the file, simply its use of the file on Barbary Coast. The use in Terrific Street appears fully valid and the image is not going to be deleted, but Stefan is properly pointing out that we can link to Terrific Street on the Barbary Coast article instead of reusing the picture as to minimize the use of non-free (per
WP:NFCC#3a). --MASEM (t) 23:17, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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It may not be about "absolute deletion", but the photo would be permanently removed from the Barbary Coast article where it has provided a valuable function there for nearly 2 years -- to encourage the reader's appetite to go on and read the Terrific Street satellite article. Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words. However within the Terrific Street article the photo is much smaller, at the very bottom of the article for a specialized purpose, and does not have as commanding presence as it does in the Barbary Coast article.
WP:NFCC#8 says, that photo-removal should be halted "if the photo's presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding." James Carroll (talk) 23:38, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Be aware of
arguments to avoid in these types of discussions - it doesn't matter how long its been there, since there is much more non-free use than there are admins that watch for it so we will miss them. As for the NFCC#3a, this extended to reusing the same media across multiple articles, and why we ask for each use to be justified rather than just the media file. As for NFCC#8, recognize it is a two-pronged test, the test for increasing understanding, and the test for deterring understanding. It is nearly always the case that a file can be shown to significiant increase the understanding just by being present, but if the image or aspect of the image is not discussed in significant detail and just used for decoration, it fails the deterring understanding. Further, with a like to the article where the image in context is clearly meeting all NFCC tests is a "free-er" solution than reusing the image. --MASEM (t) 17:25, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Masem, I have to ask if you have yet viewed the use of the photo within its context in the two articles, Terrific Street and Barbary Coast, San Francisco? Does it really seem like there is an excessive use of photos? Also, since the photo is over a century old and its use in Wikipedia has been given written permission (form is at right) by the San Francisco Public Library, that there is not likely to be any copyright violation and in essence the photo is virtually in the public domain ( in reality it is more 'free' than 'non-free' ).
Form granting permission to Wikipedia for use of this photo, from the San Francisco Public Library
Because the photo serves specifics purposes to "increase understanding" and are not "just used for decoration," it is true that NFCC#3a and NFCC#8 are satisfied for the following reasons,
  • Within the Terrific Street article the image itself is discussed, as it is paired with another photo from the present which is taken from the same viewpoint. And that comparison is discussed in the opposing text which is titled "Pacific Street Today," and describes the changes that time has brought to the nightclubs' buildings (shown in photo) over the past century.
  • Within the Barbary Coast, San Francisco article the contents (nightclubs shown) of the image are discussed -- that is the entertainment-scene and nightclubs shown in the photo are discussed, and those nightclubs are still further discussed in detail within the satellite article (Terrific Street), which is linked via the Main Article Command from that paragraph. To remove that photo from the Barbary Coast, San Francisco article would ultimately end up "deterring understanding" of the Barbary Coast’s Terrific Street entertainment-scene era, because without that dramatic photo some readers might miss the opportunity to pursue the small linking-text of the Main Article Command, and not bother to read the more detailed satellite article (Terrific Street), which gives greater focus and insight into this lost entertainment-scene era which occurred during the birth of jazz music within America.
I made a serious investment of my time in creating the Terrific Street article, dramatically expanding and sourcing the Barbary Coast, San Francisco article, and sought written permission from the San Francisco Public Library for these photos, because this is an exciting piece of San Francisco's history that deserves increased focus and understanding. Nothing that I did was "just for decoration," but was all part of a dedicated strategy to bring only the best possible form for these two special articles. James Carroll (talk) 20:16, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The document you are displaying in this section is not from the copyright holder and is therefore useless. --
Stefan2 (talk) 14:27, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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If you look at other Photo-Records from San Francisco's Public Library photo archive, you would see that they make an attempt to identify a copyright holder, and print that information upon the file record for that photo. The fact the the File Record for this photo lists no copyright holder and even states that the photographer is unknown, very strongly suggests that there is no copyright holder. If you open up the two links below for the SF Library's records below, you will see two different photos and their respective Photo-Records. The first Record identifies a copyright holder for a photo (see "Restrictions Apply" ) and identifies an 'Author' (Alan J. Canterbury). But the other photo record (for the photo discussed here) does NOT list a copyright holder, does NOT list an 'Author', and says that permissions are resolved by the San Francisco's Public Library.
A photo record WITH a copyright claim, http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/record=b1008421
And the currently discussed photo with NO copyright claim, http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/record=b1011628
And we have secured that written permission to use that photo with the form at the right. James Carroll (talk) 16:33, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Whether the copyright holder is anonymous or unknown has no effect on whether the copyright holder exists. --
Stefan2 (talk) 17:53, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Completely agree that we can not avail ourselves of a public domain or licensed use basis, given that we do not know when the photo was first published. Just to supply a little more context in regard to the library's permission, the library is not in a position to grant a license from the unknown holder of the original copyright. What they are granting is a license to any copyright they have in the scanned reproduction that they have uploaded online. As Wikipedia follows the reasoning of
Bridgeman v. Corel, we consider such scans to be faithful reproductions of two dimensional images that fail to evince the creativity/originality required for copyright protection. That said, I think approaching the library for permission was both diligent and admirable. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 17:57, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
  • Keep. I agree with User:James Carroll's arguments above. The Barbary Coast, San Francisco article is so poorly illustrated that this image serves an important role here. Yoninah (talk) 22:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I believe that the policy arguments regarding
    WP:NFC#UUI §6 expressed above are correct as the policy stands now. However, while it is theoretically possible that our use could have market impact upon the unknown holder of a copyright in a 1909 photograph that is hosted on a library's website, the possibility that a second fair use of the image in a highly relevant article where it would serve an educational purpose, as User:James Carroll has so ably argued, would have additional market impact is vanishingly small. This is an example where we might benefit from a 'slightly less minimal' use approach where such usage meets all the other non-free criteria. This is not to suggest that the image should be used in every marginally related article. I might recommend keeping this particular use and working on some more general rule incorporating lack of likelihood of market harm and some small number of additional uses. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 16:16, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
Since we don't know if or when this was first published, we have to treat the picture as copyrighted. For example, if it was first published in, say, 2010, and taken by an anonymous photographer, then the copyright expires in 2030 (120 years after the photograph was taken). Or if it was first published in 1977 (worst case), then the copyright expires in 2073 (95 years after it was first published). --
Stefan2 (talk) 21:00, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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To answer the question re: why I"m bringing up
WP:NFCC#8 being met, we just disagree but I acknowledge that you have far more experience in looking at many more cases. Thanks for making the time for a reply. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 22:12, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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File:Robert Dear in a mugshot.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by Explicit (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 04:02, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:Robert Dear in a mugshot.jpg (delete | talk | history | links | logs) – uploaded by DreamGuy (notify | contribs | uploads | upload log).

Per Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2015 November 26#File:Chris Mercer.jpg, the image of the perpetrator of the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting may no longer be necessary. Removal of the image may not affect a reader's understanding of the shooting. In fact, the perpetrator is not the main subject of the article, regardless of the length of the section about the perpetrator. George Ho (talk) 23:25, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep the perpetrator is always key to a crime. I can understand not wanting to have the person committing the crime be given recognition and be immortalized, but that is not Wikipedia policy yet. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:55, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete A non-free picture of a person should only be used in the article about the person. If the person doesn't have an article, then this means that the picture shouldn't be used anywhere. See
    Stefan2 (talk) 00:02, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • Delete per
    WP:NFCC#8. I ask anyone !voting Keep to read it carefully first, then explain how the knowledge that the perpetrator looks like this, and not like this, significantly increases readers' understanding of the article topic (the shooting, not any individual), and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding. Hint: "the perpetrator is always key to a crime" fails to explain that. ―Mandruss ☎ 00:25, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Delete - I completely agree with this reasoning. No one really needs or deserves to know what the perp looks like. Parsley Man (talk) 00:39, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per
    WP:NFCC#8. As others have noted, seeing the picture does not increase a reader's understanding of the shooting, so its absence would not be detrimental to that same reader's understanding. (I didn't gain any understanding of the suspect's mental state at the time the crime was committed by seeing the picture.) BlueMoonset (talk) 00:08, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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File:Thank you letter SS.jpg

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File:Thank you letter SS.jpg (delete | talk | history | links | logs) – uploaded by Josh Rumage (notify | contribs | uploads | upload log).

Unused, no foreseeable use, presumably invalid public domain claim.

Stefan2 (talk) 23:40, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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