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The purpose of this featured articles image survey is to better organize the images on our Wikipedia:Featured articles. This is important to ensure Wikipedia's status as a free content resource (including images) and to comply with criterion #3 of Wikipedia:Featured article criteria.
Although our featured articles are generally of quite high quality, image issues have often been neglected in the past. The main goal of this project is to ensure that every featured article has at least one free content image and that none abuse fair use restrictions.
Your aim is to make a report on a featured article (any you choose), that you should sign with the date. The report should include the number of images and their free/non-free statuses. Fair use images employed in critical comment should be distinguished from eye candy images, as the latter may be restricted in future. Any potential abuses of copyright or fair use should be reported. Recommendations for possible free images would also be helpful.
It would be a good idea to also leave a brief report at the article's talk page, especially if there are any problems.
- Felice Beato
- All images are verified as public domain. Also, the practice of linking to some external images rather than including them is a good idea, and provides a model for how this might be done in articles with copyright problems. Chick Bowen 15:34, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Belton House
- All of the photographs are taken by Giano and properly released (though ideally they should be on Commons rather than here), who also created the floor plan. The two paintings are public domain. The only fair use image is Image:NT Belton book.gif. These book covers are a problem we have to address project-wide--as usual, the commentary here (and the only commentary is in the caption) is on the book, not the cover. Chick Bowen 15:34, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Matthew Brettingham
- Only three images. The painting is public domain, the other two claim PD release by Louisa Brown; there's no indication of copyright one way or the other on her web site, but perhaps Giano has an e-mail from her? Chick Bowen 16:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Buckingham Palace
- All images are public domain or GFDL except Image:British VE Day.jpg, which is claimed as fair use as a historically important image and illustrates the sentence, "the Palace was the centre of British celebrations, with the King, Queen and the Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen, and Princess Margaret appearing on the balcony, with the palace's blacked-out windows behind them, to the cheers from a vast crowd in the Mall." This seems acceptable educational use to me. Chick Bowen 16:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Buddhist art
- Cathedral of Magdeburg
- All images are free and on commons except Image:Barlach Magdeburger Ehrenmal.jpg. This is a GFDL photograph of a copyrighted statue; see Image talk:Barlach Magdeburger Ehrenmal.jpg. The photograph illustrates this sentence: "The eradication of religion could not be accomplished, however, and weekly peace prayers were held in the cathedral beginning in 1983 in front of the Magdeburger Ehrenmal, a sculpture by Ernst Barlach." There is no commentary on the statue itself, and this would probably not be considered fair use according to WP:FUC. It also contains no fair use rationale. We should consider removing this image. Chick Bowen 19:07, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Salvador Dalí
- Deconstructivism
- Dürer's Rhinoceros
- Adolfo Farsari
- El Greco
- Article used one fair use image, Image:Picasso Painter El Greco.jpg, which is used in a side-by-side comparison with a PD painting and the relationship between them is discussed. One other painting, Image:Chicks-from-avignon.jpg, is tagged as PD-US but not on commons since its painter died in 1973. Was Les Demoiselles d'Avignon really published before 1909 (or in the US before 1923)? All other images are PD. Andrew Levine 01:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Quite possibly not. The tagger may have confused publication with creation. I believe the only Picasso works that are public domain are his pre-1923 prints, not paintings. Chick Bowen 05:54, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- The Four Stages of Cruelty
- All images are PD. Andrew Levine 01:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Holkham Hall
- History of erotic depictions
- IG Farben Building
- Paul Kane
- Robert Lawson (architect)
- El Lissitzky
- Michigan State Capitol
- Henry Moore
- Sylvanus Morley
- Benjamin Mountfort
- Oxyrhynchus
- Palace of Westminster
- Palazzo Pitti
- Palladian architecture
- Parthenon
- Francis Petre
- Point Park Civic Center
- Pierre Rossier
- Sanssouci
- Scottish Parliament Building
- Shotgun house
- Shrine of Remembrance
- Sicilian Baroque
- St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
- Templon
- John Vanbrugh
- Roman Vishniac
- Xanadu Houses
- Action potential
- Acute myeloid leukemia
- HIV/AIDS
- Albatross
- Albertosaurus
- Antarctic krill
- Aquarium
- Arctic Tern
- Asperger syndrome
- Asthma
- Australian green tree frog
- 6 PD images, all correctly licensed. --Bob 23:36, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Bacteria
- Thirteen images. Seven are public domain from the U.S. government and its various projects, one PD from Gutenberg, three self-released PDs. Two dual-licensed self-created images. ShadowHalo 08:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Banksia brownii
- Banksia integrifolia
- Blue whale
- Norman Borlaug
- Frank Macfarlane Burnet
- Cane Toad
- Cat
- Cell nucleus
- Cerebellum
- Chagas disease
- Chromatophore
- Cochineal
- Coconut crab
- Cystic fibrosis
- Charles Darwin
- Diplodocus
- Dinosaur
- DNA repair
- Down syndrome
- Elfin Woods Warbler
- Emu
- 8 images. 3 PD (one user created, one US Govt created, one Australia Govt created), 3 GFDL, 1 CC-BY-2.5, 1 CC-BY-SA-2.5. All correctly licensed. --Ali'i 13:23, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Fauna of Australia
- Fauna of Puerto Rico
- Fin whale
- Georg Forster
- Frog
- Gray wolf
- Green and golden bell frog
- Helicobacter pylori
- Hippocrates
- Homo floresiensis
- Humpback whale
- Immune system
- Influenza
- Island fox
- Jaguar
- Kakapo
- Keratoconus
- Krill
- Lesch–Nyhan syndrome
- Marginated tortoise
- Barbara McClintock
- Médecins Sans Frontières
- Menstrual cycle
- Multiple sclerosis
- Myxobolus cerebralis
- Oceanic whitetip shark
- Killer whale
- Paracetamol
- Platypus
- Pneumonia
- Procellariidae
- Prostate cancer
- Proteasome
- Psittacosaurus
- Right whale
- Schizophrenia
- Seabird
- Sei whale
- Sequence alignment
- Short-beaked echidna
- Shrimp farm
- Sperm whale
- G. Ledyard Stebbins
- Stegosaurus
- Synapse
- Tasmanian devil
- Thylacine
- Tooth development
- Tooth enamel
- Tourette syndrome
- Triceratops
- Tuberculosis
- Tyrannosaurus
- United States Navy Marine Mammal Program
- Velociraptor
- Whale vocalization
- Michael Woodruff
- Adi Shankara
- Angkor Wat
- All free content images, including a couple of nice user-generated maps. Includes one image whose source website (the French foreign ministry, actually) had a copyright tag, but that is clearly PD due to age (from 1866).--Pharos 03:04, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Anno Domini
- Baháʼí Faith
- Clement of Dunblane
- Early life of Joseph Smith
- George Fox
- Greek mythology
- Gregorian chant
- History of Buddhism
- History of the Jews in Poland
- Hebrew calendar
- Jocelin
- Kitsune
- Knights of Columbus
- Mosque
- Noah's Ark
- Nostradamus
- Operation Auca
- Pope Pius XII
- Presuppositional apologetics
- Shroud of Turin
- Sikhism
- Joseph W. Tkach
- Xenu
- The "e meter" image in the template is GFDL. The "Xenu space plane" is problematic not for its copyright status (clearly free), but for its speculative nature and that its creator apparently made it "cheesy" on purpose (or perhaps that's a joke). The volcano pic is free and illustrative. The fair use BBC Panorama image (which is not apparently based on any "authentic" image of Xenu) is not used educationally; indeed the program is not discussed at all. The South Park screenshot, by contrast, is justified well by fair use. The two Dianetics book covers have very good fair use justification, as the specific images on their covers are related directly to the Xenu story. The fair use Sea Org logo is also used with its symbolism being commented on. The Hubbard handwriting sample is marked fair use, but is no more educational than would be a simple statement that Xenu writings written in his hand are known.--Pharos 03:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- 1896 Summer Olympics
- I guess I have an issue with images with the ((PD-old)) tag. How do you verify when the author died? Many images in this article have this tag. For that tag to be applicable, the author would have had to have died in 1937, or 41 years after the event. If the photographer was 40-50 years or younger at the time of the event, it is very possible he/she lived beyond 1937. It is just hard to verify. This applies to the following images: Image:Athens 1896 report cover.jpg, Image:1896 Olympic opening ceremony.jpg, Image:Masson flameng.jpg, Image:Leonidas Pyrgos.jpg, Image:Schuhmann flatow weingartner.jpg, Image:Hajos.jpg, Image:Launceston Elliot.jpg, Image:Schuhmann lotta atene 1896.jpg, and Image:1896 Olympic medal.jpg. Image:Panathinaiko.jpg: free image released to PD by author. Image:1896 Olympic games countries.PNG: user created map.↔NMajdan•talk 19:53, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- 1994 San Marino Grand Prix
- Three SVG diagrams dual-licensed under GFDL and CC-BY-2.5. Two free use images of individuals, taken from Flickr, uploaded on Commons, and verified. One FU image (Image:Senna accident.jpg), a screenshot of a television program. Is of a crash during a race, so I don't believe any free image. Has rationale. Everything in this article looks good.↔NMajdan•talk 14:41, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- 2005 United States Grand Prix
- Lot of images in this article and they are all free use (either CC-BY-SA-2.5 or PD). No FU images and no issues.↔NMajdan•talk 14:45, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- 3D Monster Maze
- New Zealand national rugby union team
- Amateur radio direction finding
- Arsenal F.C.
- The Ashes
- Australia at the Winter Olympics
- Baseball
- Moe Berg
- Blackjack
- Fanny Blankers-Koen
- Two problematic images. Image:Blankers koen.JPG is up for deletion from Commons since it's just a derivative photo of a copyrighted statue. Image:Cover FBK bio.jpg is a book cover with no fair-use rationale, and indeed, no possible fair-use rationale since the article's not about the book. Images removed, note left at talk page and article watchlisted. (ESkog)(Talk) 20:36, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Bodyline
- Brabham
- Bulbasaur
- Bullfighting
- Simon Byrne
- Chariot racing
- Chelsea F.C.
- Chess
- Chicago Bears
- Contains several fair use images including the team's helmet, jersey, and logo. All the FU images should have rationale for every individual article it is in; none of these images do. Image:Bears 1924.jpg is listed as PD but is dated 1924 and doesn't indicate the source so whether this is PD is questionable. Image:Chicago92.gif, Image:NFLClock-Bears-Large.jpg: no FU rationale at all. Total tally: 8 FU images, 1 questional PD image, 1 GFDL image.↔NMajdan•talk 19:08, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Had a discussion with the uploader of Image:Bears 1924.jpg on my talk page. Apparently, while he is not the originally photographer, he is the owner of the only known copy.↔NMajdan•talk 14:32, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Chrono Cross
- Chrono Trigger
- City of Manchester Stadium
- Brian Close
- A. E. J. Collins
- Cricket
- Steve Dalkowski
- Donkey Kong (video game)
- Doom
- Dr Pepper Ballpark
- No issues. 1 FU image with rationale, 4 GFDL images.↔NMajdan•talk 19:10, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Empires: Dawn of the Modern World
- Everton F.C.
- FA Premier League
- FIFA World Cup
- Final Fantasy IV
- Final Fantasy VI
- Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy X
- Final Fantasy X-2
- Football (soccer)
- Formula One
- Gliding
- Wayne Gretzky
- Half-Life 2
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Damon Hill
- History of Test cricket (to 1883)
- History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889)
- History of the board game Monopoly
- IFK Göteborg
- Katamari Damacy
- Nellie Kim
- Sandy Koufax
- Image:Koufax2.jpg: FU image of the player during a game. Has rationale but needs to specify which article. As the player is retired and 70+ years old, I believe an FU image of the athlete is permissible. Image:SandyKoufax1955Card.jpg: An image of the player's 1955 Topps rookie card. No rationale. Also not mention of the card anywhere else in the article so I don't know if this image supports "critical commentary." I believe if this image is to stay, some discussion of it should be necessary. Image:Dodger 32.png a user-created PD image of the player's number. Summary: No free use image of the player.↔NMajdan•talk 19:16, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Cynna Kydd
- Denis Law
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- Suzanne Lenglen
- Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Manchester City F.C.
- Metal Gear Solid
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Monopoly (game)
- Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
- New England Patriots
- 3 FU logos, 1 FU helmet, 1 GFDL image (of the outside of City Hall during a parade). All FU images need rationale.↔NMajdan•talk 19:22, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- New Jersey Devils
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
- Perfect Dark
- Alain Prost
- Ted Radcliffe
- Rugby World Cup
- Seabiscuit
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
- Gilberto Silva
- StarCraft
- Sunday Times Golden Globe Race
- Sydney Roosters
- Ian Thorpe
- Jim Thorpe
- Image:Jim Thorpe olympic.png: Image says copyright has expired due to author's life + 70 years but no verifiable proof. Very possible the author (photographer) is still alive or has not been dead for 70 years (meaning the author died in 1937, 22 years after this photo was taken). Image was published before 1923 so possibly PD in the US. Image:Jim Thorpe football.png: Possibly same issue. Image:Jim Thorpe.jpg: Looks good. Image:Jim Thorpe stamp.png: FU stamp, needs rationale. Image:WFI.jpg licensed using ((PD-retouched-user)) but no indication of original source to verify PD status.↔NMajdan•talk 19:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Torchic
- Weight training
- Xiangqi