On 9/11/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
Steve Bennett wrote:
On 9/11/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
That's about as far from "minimal use" as you get, allowing blanket exceptions based on classes. If we're going to tighten the rules, let's have nonfree images only when significant, sourced commentary exists on the image itself. Remember the old saying you can't judge a book by its cover...
An article on a CD with no image of the CD cover? Ugh. I mean really, yuck.
While we're at it, could someone define "low resolution"? Every editor uploading an image of a CD cover seems to have to use their own judgment. A standard size, like 600x600 or something, would be great.
Steve
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If "ugh" and "yuck" are the only arguments against it, I'd say that's a good argument it's decorative.
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Ugh and Yuck in this context refer to how badly the articles would be degraded. An article on Andy Warhol or Jackson Pollock without an example of their art ... http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock ... eww. This art isn't decorative, it's informative. Even unfree images for identification - [[Homer Simpson]] really isn't a quality encyclopaedia without a picture of him. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Simpson#Homer_Simpson <- Really, this does a poor job of conveying The Simpsons ...
It depends - fair use images are really overused, no doubt, but making a truly comprehensive encyclopaedia requires them. Of course, we also flag our unfree images so they can easily be removed by any downstream user anyhow. Removing the fair use stuff from Wikipedia.org wouldn't improve the quality of the downstream free use stuff, it would only make the encyclopaedia shittier. Of course, unfree quoted text should probably be flagged.
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