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

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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 Nihonjoe 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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