Wikipedia:Files for deletion/Replaceable fair use/File:YoshikazuKotani.png


 * 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.

Fair use
We've been over this before, Chowbok. The likelihood of being able to obtain a free picture of Yasui is extremely low or completely unlikely due to the laws in Japan. Unless you can provide a free replacement, or prove that one is actually obtainable, then please stop marking these images. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  06:49, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree, thank you. This is getting really irritating. All these images were taken by me from the original, altered on Photoshop with autocontrast/autocolor/autolevel to illustrate who Kotani is. I don't think I've limited the musicals from selling the photo in anyway, in fact, I think it probably makes the fans want to buy it even more. I wasn't trying to break the rules or anything, as I even listed the reasons why I felt the image fit under Wikipedia's Fair Use rules. I think the image serves its purpose in illustrating who Kotani is. Vera26 23:35, 26 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) 18:08, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The image only serves to illustrate what the person looks like, therefore it could be replaced by any other image depicting the person. Also the Japanese version (ja:小谷嘉一) does not have any image at all.--Oden 13:16, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
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