Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hitler Portraits

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The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:25, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Hitler Portraits
Delete. Wikipedia is not a picture gallery. WAvegetarian 16:45, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and ExpandThis gallery of Hitler portraits will be linked to the Adolph Hitler biography page. There is not enough room on the Adolph Hitler bio page for the numerous portraits.  These portraits will strengthen Wikipedia and should stay.  Endurance 16:53, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to commons:Adolf Hitler, but can we first ensure that we have copyright info about all of these please? Saying that though, I think we could have an subarticle from Nazi propaganda dealing with specifically Hitler paintings, but it must contain text not just images. Dunc|&#9786; 16:58, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * As per template:GermanGov these are unfree images because they cannot be altered and therefore cannot be used. Change vote to Delete Dunc|&#9786; 18:19, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * These portait images are all over the Internet and are not copyright protected. Endurance 19:23, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Unless this page is going to discuss portrayals of Hitler, I can't see how it is an encyclopedia article. And it starts a prescedent, which if followed would have serious server implications (a gallery for everyone). So delete  (and if they are 'all over the internet' do we need them here?) --Doc (?) 20:09, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete article and images. Wikipedia is not an image-hosting service. The images that have copyright tags on them are unfree images (no modification allowed), and I have no reason to believe that the others do not have this restriction. --Carnildo 20:14, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Useful and copyright-free ones can be added to Adolf Hitler, any others should be deleted. Niteowlneils 20:54, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * keep. The hitler article is 53 K. The pictures page took longer to appear than the hitler article. If you can not create a sub-article when your article is too long, what are you supposed to do? Copyright is a reason to delete individual pictures, not the whole page unless there is nothing left. These look like nazi propaganda pictures, so why would they be copyright now? Anyway, they make quite an interesting collection of how he wished to be portrayed, especially number 2.Sandpiper 23:55, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete the "article" per Carnildo. Image galleries are not encyclopedia articles.  They belong on Commons rather than WP.  Because these images are unfree, delete them as well. -- Jonel | Speak 02:32, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete the page (not the images). I'm pretty sure this goes against wikipedia policy in no uncertain terms. -R. fiend 03:29, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, an image gallery is not an article. However, if it became an article with text containing artistic, social, historical and political criticism of the images I'd vote to keep. Wyss 13:43, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Dcarrano 00:44, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Unless the page discusses some more encyclopedic matter, eg how the portraits reflect on Hitler's public image at the time. --Ypk 02:50, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ambi 14:08, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
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