Wikipedia:Files for deletion/Replaceable fair use/File:Postelsia1.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.

While it may be true that there are currently no free images of Postelsia that would be suitable for use in a taxobox, that is irrelevant because Postelsia is an extant organism, anyone can go find some and take a free picture of it. Wikipedia only allows fair use claims for images that can't reasonably be duplicated (e.g. stills from a movie or photos of historical events). See Fair_use_criteria. DopefishJustin 05:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, it's not currently feasible for me to travel to the west californian coast, and trek the rocky beaches taking pictures. Yes, it is an extant organism, but it has a very small range.  I live on the east coast, and being under 18, cannot really take leave from school to go take pictures of something for a non-profit website.  That wouldn't really be an excused absence.  It would really be nice of someone to go take a picture and load copyrightless onto wikipedia, but most people don't even know what postelsia is, let alone care enough about to go take pictures of it.  I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm whining, but it's a little frustrating, because there really aren't any good public domain images.  Werothegreat 12:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm being a hardass, but unfortunately Wikipedia doesn't get any legal leeway just because something is frustrating or geographically infeasible. You might try some of the options at Requested pictures - there are Wikipedians all over the place, so just because you don't live in the right spot doesn't mean there isn't someone helpful who does. Your best bet is probably to try to contact the owner of the site you got this photo from and ask him to release it under a free license (see Example requests for permission), provided of course that he actually took the picture himself and didn't just grab it from somewhere else. He probably doesn't mind, it's just that you have to ask first rather than assume that (and people like to hear about what's being done with their work in any event). DopefishJustin 02:06, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
 * ''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it.