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Description	An image depicting a number of the major characters from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise. Art by Yuji Uekawa.
Author or copyright owner	Sonic Team / Sega
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_art_assets_DVD#Other
Date of publication	Unknown; art released in 2009.
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	A variety of prominent characters from the history of Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. The image features Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Rouge, Cream, a Chao, Blaze, and Doctor Eggman.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	n.a.
Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1)	Sonic characters have very distinct visual appearances from the styles of most game characters and from their real-life animal counterparts.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	As this image incorporates a large number of characters, few to no other non-free images will likely be necessary for the article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MajorSonicCharacters.pngtrue

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current	05:18, 31 July 2022		289 × 346 (169 KB)	Pbrks (talk \| contribs)	{{Non-free use rationale 2 \|Description = An image depicting a number of the major characters from Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise. Art by Yuji Uekawa. \|Source = http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_art_assets_DVD#Other \|Date = Unknown; art released in 2009. \|Author = Sonic Team / Sega \|Article = List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters \|Purpose = A variety of prominent characters from the history of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game series. The image features Soni...

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Unique ID of original document	uuid:3C1A6C256D1211DCA84180AE99826EEF
Date and time of digitizing	04:52, 26 September 2007
Software used	GIMP 2.10
Date metadata was last modified	06:10, 10 October 2020
File change date and time	06:10, 10 October 2020
Copyright status	Copyright status not set
Horizontal resolution	137.8 dpc
Vertical resolution	137.8 dpc