Erik Moeller wrote:
As for WP:NOR, you could make the argument about any
original creation
by Wikipedians. We do not. What matters more, especially in the case
of living people, is that the original creations are generally
considered to be good, encyclopedic and useful.
We do not condone verbatim copying of of someone else's writings if that
would be a copyright violation; instead we want people to put the
information in their own words.
Why should the situation be any different for images. Only the medium
is changed. The distinction is between original research and original
expression.
Ec