File talk:Kukere by Iyanya.ogg

Sample is far too long for its fair use rationale
The Non-free content policy requires minimal use.

The fair use rationale says "This is to illustrate Iyanya's smash single, Kukere".

As of [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iyanya&oldid=571533851 16:59, 4 September 2013], Iyanya did not have any commentary about this song other than it was one of the artist's more well-known works.

As the article currently stands, the only justification to even have a sample is 1) as a sample of the song that would be recognizable as the song, and/or 2) as a sample of the "sound" that this artist has which is recognizable as being of this artist.

A one-minute sample is far longer than is needed for either of these two goals. For most songs, a first line, a first line of a chorus, another well-known line, or a short well-known instrumental passage would meet both goals. Anything over 15-20 seconds begs the question "why is such a long sample required, is a shorter sample available that meets the same goal?" Anything less than 5-10 seconds will likely not be questioned. Anything in between may be questioned but not as hard as a longer passage.

In any case, the policy also requires more information about where the sample came from, specifically, the offset into the linked-to song where the sample starts.

As an aside, if this went to Files for deletion, odds are high that it would not survive due to the lack of significant commentary about it on the article in which it is used. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  21:37, 4 September 2013 (UTC)