On 8/1/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/1/06, Garion96 garion96@gmail.com wrote:
I concur with this statement. I found a free image one time, put it on
the
article, it was reverted a few times until finally the fair use image
was
deleted (7 days orphan). Of course then the fair use image was again uploaded, some story again. :) Currently it seems to be stable.
So what exactly is our policy that says that free images are vastly preferable, even when their quality is lower or they are less appropriate for the specific article?
Steve
Copied from the policy [[Wikipedia:Fair use criteria]] Criteria 1.
Always use a more free alternative if one is available. Such images can often be used more readily outside the U.S. If you see a fair use image and know of an alternative more free equivalent, please replace it, so the Wikipedia can become as free as possible. Eventually we may have a way to identify images as more restricted than GFDL on the article pages, to make the desire for a more free image more obvious.
Garion96