On 5/18/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all, Silly question - are "artists' impressions" (pictures attempting to illustrate a subject in the absence of definitive information) allowed in Wikipedia? There are topics where we will never have a free image. Could we envisage letting editors draw an image, stating clearly that it's simply an "artist's impression"? Would it violate WP:OR?
Are you using "artists' impression" to refer specifically to something drawn by _editors_, or are you including normal (as in exhibited-in-a-museum) paintings? If it's the second option, then clearly yes; just look at any illustrated article about a pre-1850s battle or war.