[WikiEN-l] More fair use image overreaching

[Steve Summit]

Will Johnson wrote:
> In a message dated 3/2/2008 4:49:36 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> scs at eskimo.com writes:
> Certainly.  And my reading is that the community consensus is very
> firmly against fair-use content, and indeed all nonfree content.
>
> That's unfortunate because our Non-free policy does not actually state this.
> So I'd say this reading is flawed.

My statement was based on my reading of community consensus,
not on any reading of that policy.

> As Geni pointed out we have 200K of fair use images in Commons.

And I wish they could stay, but they probably won't.

> So it would seem that community consensus is not "very firmly against
> fair-use content".
> Wouldn't you.

I re-affirm my impression that it is.