[WikiEN-l] Why are images deleted in such a hurry?

[Todd Allen]

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:44 AM, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/03/2008, Todd Allen <toddmallen at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  I realize that most of these images are not replaceable by free
>  >  images, but irreplaceable is just one of many requirements for when a
>  >  nonfree image may be used. In many of these cases, the image could be
>  >  taken out and not replaced, and since it is not discussed in the
>  >  article, the article would not suffer for its removal.
>
>  False. We've seen studies cited here that show that the presence of
>  images help the educational process.
>
>
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If we accept that in and of itself as justification for a nonfree
image's use, we could use that to include any nonfree image anywhere,
so that alone is not justification. If the image is undiscussed, it's
still unacceptable, even if it would be nice. "Nice" or "helpful"
aren't enough for nonfree image use. Also, I'd like to see this study.
Does it state that -any- image helps the educational process, even
when it's only marginally related to what's actually being discussed
and the image itself isn't discussed at all? What study is this? I've
seen that bantered around, but I've never seen any particular study
actually -cited-.

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