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.
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