On 05/03/2008, James Farrar
<james.farrar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 05/03/2008, Todd Allen
<toddmallen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I realize that most of these images are
not replaceable by free
> images, but irreplaceable is just one of many requirements for when a
> nonfree image may be used. In many of these cases, the image could be
> taken out and not replaced, and since it is not discussed in the
> article, the article would not suffer for its removal.
False. We've seen studies cited here that
show that the presence of
images help the educational process.
And that record and book covers are a significant part of almost any
record or book release, because people do in fact judge records and
books by their covers. Todd is phrasing a personal editorial viewpoint
as if it follows naturally from WP:NONFREE, and it doesn't.
- d.
The problem is that for the most part we rely on the criticism and
comment justifications for fair use in our rationals (news reporting
doesn't work to well, teaching generally assumes classroom use and
scholarship, and research don't quite fit what we are doing). However
articles such as:
And most of the rest of our album and single articles don't mention
the cover at all so criticism and content is kinda tricky. I would
tend to argue that even fairly minimalistic stuff such as: