Wikipedia talk:Deletion of all fair use images of living people

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What about this template images of actors from films are fair use images of living people, so such images should be deleted shouldn't they?--Vaya 12:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Late reply, but not necessarily. It may be possible to obtain a free image of Johnny Depp (for instance) but it's impossible to obtain a free image of Johnny Depp portraying Jack Sparrow. Film screenshots do more than just show what the actor looks like. Mangojuice^talk 21:02, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Tnx :)--Vaya 13:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for an even later reply, but I'm only just noticed this mass removal of images that borders on vandalism. So let's get this straight... All good quality, studio approved, publicity stills are to be removed from biographical articles, and replaced with crappy, out-of-focus, fan pics - and all because you're afraid of getting sued? If I was an image obsessed celebrity, I would not be pleased. Astronaut 17:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Afraid of being sued is not the reason. Being a free content encyclopedia is. If a celebrity is not pleased, (s)he can always release an image under a free license. Garion96 (talk) 21:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Being a free content encyclopedia would appear to rule out ANY fair use materiel. I'm still having a hard time understanding why if it's fair use in one article, it suddenly isn't fair use in a related article. If I understand the WP:FU policy correctly, using copyrighted publicity images for identification of a celebrity is a good enough fair use rationale. Astronaut 22:26, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

It's the "could be created that would serve" part of Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria #1. An image of a celebrity could be created under a free license. By someone taking a picture, or ask permission from someone to release an image under a free license. Non-free content should only be used when it is irreplaceable. Like this image. Garion96 (talk) 01:13, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Athletes

There is a similar issue with athletes. A picture of an athlete when that person was participating in the sport should be allowed. For example, Willie Mays is alive and possibly could be photographed. But, in an article about Willie Mays as a baseball player should have a picture of him when he played the sport. Never been to spain 17:37, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Jailed people

I am concerned also about notable people who is currently in jail. I doubt some of us will ever be able to take a photo of Charles Manson, for instance. --Angelo 14:04, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Exceptions section

I notice the "Exceptions" section has cites to image pages, yet two lead to the same red link: Image talk:Woodward 01.jpg . --Kife 18:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Where can I request for an exception?

I would like to request for an exception for the photo of "Miss K" on the front page of New York Times. Miss K is a volunteer nurse during the 2019 Hong Kong protests whose right eye was shot by the Hong Kong police. The teenage girl has been anonymous, a.k.a. Miss K by the media, and now disappeared for a political asylum by a unknown country as she has been wanted by the China/Hong Kong police. Therefore "their image can be captured by a Wikipedia photographer and released under a free license" doesn't apply to Miss K. I would like to update the said front page to Wikipedia but I don't want to violate the "Deletion of all fair use images of living people" policy. I noted that there were at least two exceptions for the policy: Osama bin Laden and Crash Test Dummies. I believe the situaion of Miss K is similar to bin Laden in 2007 (when the exception was granted to bin Laden) to a certain extent: People will not be able to take free license picture for Miss K as she will be hiding in the coming years. Therefore I would like to request for an exception. Thanks. --Scorpionmathew (talk) 06:26, 26 May 2021 (UTC)