User talk:Thuralt

Hello, Am just interested, Are you a Wikipedia edittor from Kenya? ^stephenWanjau _{Talk to Me. Email Me.} 05:35, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Thats super cool, putting Africa on the map via Wikipedia, you can join a local Wikimedia Chapter here in Kenya. Visit our homepage here. ^stephenWanjau _{Talk to Me. Email Me.} 10:26, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Manu-chandaria.jpeg

Thanks for uploading File:Manu-chandaria.jpeg. I noticed the description page specifies that this media item is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails the first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media item could be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media item is not replaceable, please:

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Thanks for the heads up. Have you come across any freely licensed media that serves the same purpose? If you have then you are quite welcome to replace the existing one. Before uploading the photo I came across a suitable replacement in Flickr and asked the owner for permission to use the media since it wasn't freely licensed but there wasn't any response and I decided on the current one from the mentioned source. I have since left him/her many more, as recently as today, but I'm still awaiting a reply. I am curious though as to how you came to the conclusion that it fails the fair use rationale because, as I said, if there are more suitable alternatives you are aware of, you are at liberty to replace the media. If, however, you feel that text alone could have sufficed then that would be subjective. But in any case I'll certainly look for suitable replacements and see what to do.Thuralt (talk) 16:32, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

I have not come across any freely licensed media that serves the same purpose. I have also not come to the conclusion that it fails the fair use rationale. The issue is that it fails WP:NFCC#1 in that a free equivalent "could be created". When it comes to living people, there is rarely any reason that a free picture could not be taken of the person, even if one has not been created or found as of yet. This is the case even when the notable person does not routinely make public appearances or the like. VernoWhitney (talk) 18:37, 19 October 2012 (UTC)