Template talk:Non-free aircraft image

Valid fair use reasoning?
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A common additional piece of reasoning is as follows: the aircraft was never put into production/does not exist today, therefore the creation of an equivalent free image is impossible.

Do these reasons amount to a valid justification for fairuse? Ingoolemo talk 00:14, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Perhaps. When an aircraft does not exist, very limited fair use may be valid.--Jusjih 11:41, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes on the need for faid use. It's plainly impossible to replace fair use and it's impossible to adequately portray the appearance of an aircraft without a photograph. Whether the specific image is fair use woudl depend on the image and context but it seems very likely, since images of aircraft are usually marketing materials and are usually not used for marketing in Wikipedia articles. Jamesday 22:21, 21 June 2006 (UTC)


 * But is it necessary "to adequately portray the appearance of an aircraft"? --Damian Yerrick (☎) 06:28, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You would also still need to provide fair use rationale. The fair use tag is not adequate in establishing by it is fair use; you must always provide fair use rationale when uploading a fair use image.↔NMajdan &bull;talk 14:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)