"Andrew Lih" andrew.lih@gmail.com wrote in message news:2ed171fb05092701414ca01dbd@mail.gmail.com... [snip]
If you write an article on the [[Ford Mustang]] and you use a photo from ford.com claiming fair use, that's one thing. If you use that same (or smaller) Ford Mustang picture on the [[Category:Rear wheel drive vehicles]] page as an icon for the page, that is gratuitous use.
No argument.
However this is not what I am referring to.
If you add [[Category:Pictures of Ford cars]] to that page, the picture will then appear on the appropriate page **as a member of that category**. Not illustrating the category...not describing it...simply as a **member** of the category.
Some people seem to think that our Fair Use policy should be so draconian that this kind of picture should not be allowed to belong to any category, simply because the automatic display of the image's thumbnail on the associated category page constitutes violation of Fair Use.
So if we attach a category to the {{Fair Use}} template (say [[Category:Fair Use Images]] for the sake of argument), we are apparently committing an offense by simply retrieving the category to inspect what images have been described as "Fair Use" for the purpose of verifying that the description is correct.
This is the kind of nonsense up with which I am not inclined to put.
I would like clarification or I will have to stamp my foot and pout.