File:CherrieMahanDisappeared1985UnsolvedA.jpg

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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description This image depicts the subject whom the article in question is devoted to the disappearance of (Cherrie Mahan). The sole file usage intention is to illustrate the infobox of the Wikipedia article pertaining to the death of the individual in question.
Author or
copyright owner
School portrait
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: Extensively published (via various methods) since February 1985 to the present

Immediate source: NBC News. com immediate source here

Date of publication February 23, 1985
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Disappearance of Cherrie Mahan
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
No free alternative exists. Subject has been missing since 1985.

The image used here is of a low resolution quality, 213 x 284 in size (original image is 470 x 593 px).

The low quality, tinted color, skewed and cropped reproduction photograph here can be reasonably described as "irreplaceable," and meets Non-free content criteria. In particular, given the fact the image has been distributed outside of Wikipedia in a much greater quality than here - that no free alternative exists & that the image is significant given the content of the article.

Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) NFCC3 guidelines: "An entire work is not used if a portion will suffice." The portion of the image used here is cropped from that used upon the source from where the image is taken. In addition, the source itself uses a low quality reproduction of the actual original image (NFCC3).

Intended solely for usage upon this article.

Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
Image is cropped and skewed, is not intended for use in any manner which can be described as detrimental to the original copyrighted media (NFCC2).

Image is of a low resolution quality, 213 x 284px, in a color hue of lower quality to original, all therefore making commercial use of reproduced copies of the image highly unlikely

Image is skewed slightly from the original.

Source of the actual image in question has been named, as has date and source of original publication and the likely original author of the image itself from as well as meeting the criteria outlined, this image meets the Non-free use rationale guidelines outlined by Wikipedia (NFCC10).

Other information The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1985


This image has no free equivalent; therefore meeting the Wikipedia guideline (NFCC1).

Precise name I have given to the file, plus the nature of the content, make any ambiguous usage of the image extremely unlikely (NFCC9)

The use of this image upon solely the English-language Wikipedia, to illustratethe infobox of the article relating to the disappearance of the person depicted, falls under the "Non-profit, educational" clause of the 'Fair Use' doctrine, currently upheld by U.S. law. (17 U.S.C. § 107.)

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Disappearance of Cherrie Mahan//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CherrieMahanDisappeared1985UnsolvedA.jpgtrue

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current22:48, 23 April 2020Thumbnail for version as of 22:48, 23 April 2020204 × 273 (39 KB)Kieronoldham (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard
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