On 1/20/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Actually I think you've just highlighted a point where Wikipedia /does/ have a claim to fair use: commentary. Parody and satire are not within the scope of an NPOV encyclopedia, but commentary probably *is*.
BTW, what is the current reason fair use images are allowed on en:?
I suspect historical ones. They were allowed to start with (since if they are truely fair use they probably are better than nothing) and I doubt you could get a consensus together to get rid of them.
-- geni