[WikiEN-l] Why are images deleted in such a hurry?
David Gerard
dgerard at gmail.com
Wed Mar 5 19:50:14 UTC 2008
On 05/03/2008, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/03/2008, Todd Allen <toddmallen at 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.
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