On 10/07/07, WikipediaEditor Durin <wikidurin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
* Some users have been debating, at great length,
that boiler plate fair
use rationales can be used to bring these images in compliance. This is
in large part due to the idea that fair use criteria is sufficiently met if
the fair use image serves to __identify__ the thing in question. Under
this argument, it is not necessary to have any critical commentary
regarding the product being displayed, or the cover art/logo being
displayed.
Without essaying an opinion on this - as Durin has commented, the
discussion on this topic is cyclical and nigh-upon endless - I agree
that help is urgently needed. The situation as it stands is causing
massive amounts of donkey-work, taking editor time away from where it
could be spent usefully. Example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Image:Down_i…
An album cover is tagged with needing a rationale. The uploader is
notified. Unfortunately, he's not around, and a few days later the
image gets deleted as "no rationale" because nobody saw the notice.
Five days later, another well-meaning user goes to the effort of
scanning the album cover himself and uploading it himself, tagging it
with {{Non-free album cover}}:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DownInTheTubestationFront.jpg
No doubt this in turn will be tagged as "no rationale" and we can go
around the merry-go-round again.
--
Earle Martin
http://downlode.org/
http://purl.org/net/earlemartin/