Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 January 28



File:Limestreet-samanthasmith.jpg

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the media below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the media's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the discussion was: delete. As noted, there is no indication that the article would suffer from the absence of the non-free image. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:42, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * File:Limestreet-samanthasmith.jpg ([ delete] | talk | [ history] | links | [ logs]) &#x20;– uploaded by Paul Benjamin Austin ( [ notify] | contribs | uploads | upload log).

There is no evidence of permission, but even if there was, the Estate of Samantha Smith does not own copyrights to the "Lime Street". Also, I think the file cannot be kept under fair use as it is not necessary for the understanding of the article.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:18, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, Sony Pictures Television holds the copyright to Lime Street but the clip is on the official Samantha Smith You Tube channel with their consent. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 22:04, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Can you show us the wp:permission consistent with Wikipedia's license?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:46, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * it was in an email to the Samantha Smith Dot Info webmaster. I didn't ask Sony. By the way, its been many days and no one else has commented so i can guess that the photo is not really an issue. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 15:05, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Deletion discussion needs to be formally closed. It is usual to wait 7 days before closing. Since there is no permission from the copyright holder, the image will certainly be deleted.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:07, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It should be OK as fair use as her role in Lime Street is notable. Had it not been for the accident, newspapers state that Samantha and her Family were going to move permanently to Los Angeles, to pursue her career in Hollywood. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 15:21, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:NFCCP#8: Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding. Omission of this image is certainly not "detrimental to that understanding".  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:50, 4 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete There is no license for this image and if it was correctly tagged as fair use of a screenshot, it would fail WP:NFCC because there is no critical commentary about the screenshot thereby doing nothing to increase the reader's understanding of the show and its exclusion is not detrimental to the understanding of the Smith. Aspects (talk) 06:08, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the media's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this section.