On 24/02/2008, WJhonson@aol.com WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
Would you not agree that a book cover can be used in an article about:
- The book
Generaly
- The author
Unless they drew the cover art no.
Image:Equal Rites full.jpg has in a place in [[Josh Kirby]]. [[Terry Pratchett]] not so much
- The subject
For example a biography of Mahatma Gandhi, could be used in an article about Mahatma Gandhi. Doesn't that seem eminently sensible?
Not really. The cover of a bio of Gandhi isn't of much significance or relivance to the article and would mean we have no chance of makeing a claim based on criticism, comment. It might just be possible to make a case for using a poster of the Richard Attenborough film but it would be pretty weak given the content of the article.
An album cover of for example a Rolling Stones album could be used in a article about the Rolling Stones?
Will Johnson
The issue of album covers is unsettled.