Wikipedia:Files for deletion/Replaceable fair use/File:ChadWackermanYamaha-1.jpg


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of a fair use image as a replaceable image. Please do not modify it. 

The result was to delete the image.

The image is a promotional image of Chad Wackerman - offered for that purpose - there is no free image available that I could locate - or I would have used it - if one exists - FIND IT. This is a correctly tagged and used image and should not be deleted - it is the same image offered to press sources freely worldwide by Yamaha. This is ludicrous and harassment. Tvccs 03:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Our fair use policy forbids using a non-free image if a free image could be created that could be used in its place. See criterion #1 and counter-example #8. In this case, it would be possible to create a free image; therefore this non-free image may not be used. Whether a free replacement image exists or not at this time is not relevant. – Quadell (talk) (random) 16:15, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * That is your interpretaion and there are others who totally disagree with you, as does the Wikipedia essay on Publicity Photographs. I have no access to any free images, and this was the only image I could locate that properly qualifies under fair use promotional.  Tvccs 01:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Essays are not policy. Read Counter-example #8 at WP:FU (which is policy). There is no way to twist those words to mean that we can use a non-free image of a living person like this one, which is just used to show what they look like. It's not just my interpretation -- it's the plain language of our policy. – Quadell (talk) (random) 17:07, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair Use Rationale
The image in question is used in the context of the article to illustrate the artist Chad Wackerman
 * 1) No free equivalent image is known to exist.
 * 2) The image in question was published by the copyright holder as promotional material, is available freely via the artist's web site, and its use here does not replace any market role for the original copyrighted media.
 * 3) The image as used here presents no potential legal or copyright liability to Wikipedia.
 * 4) It is used to illustrate a biographical article on wikipedia: Chad Wackerman.
 * 5) The image has been published.
 * 6) The image meets general Wikipedia content requirements (encyclopedic).
 * 7) The image meets the media-specific policy requirements (format).
 * 8) The image is used in at least one article.
 * 9) The image contributes significantly to the article in question.
 * 10) The image is only used in the article namespace.
 * 11) The image contains proper attribution of the source of the material, a fair use tag, and a fair use rationale (this one).  Tvccs 05:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
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