Talk:The Lover Speaks

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I am the one edit wonder. Carolaman 21:55, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

• Well, not anymore.Carolaman 20:08, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:The Lover Speaks2.jpg

Image:The Lover Speaks2.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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Added image

Added a cover image, using the FA music article Diorama (album) as a guide for fair use argument. Seeing the above (now that BC has gone the Way of All Unrepentant Editors), I think the image might be on solid ground, and less likely to be challenged reflexively. - `Arcayne (^{cast a spell})

Dates

Dates stated in this article should be revised, for they are quite inaccurate. For instance, it was written that Annie Lennox had covered their son "No More I Love You's" in 2004, being it recorded by her in 1995, and originally by The Lover Speaks in 1986 (according to the info present in the song's article). Same thing as the band being the opening act for the Reurythmics Revenge tour in the 2000s, whereas the Revenge tour of the mentioned duo took place in the late 1980s. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.220.232.61 (talk) 05:05, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Replacement image

I've been asked to seek consensus on replacing the article's existing image 'File:LoverSpeaks cvr.jpg' with 'File:The Lover Speaks duo 1986.jpg'. The first image is of the LP cover of the band's 1986 album. It was uploaded in 2009 and at the time there was no separate article for the album. Seeing there is now a separate page for the album, which I created in 2017, I don't see the purpose of showing the album cover on both pages. As the band split a long time ago, any image to illustrate the article will be non-free so I think it makes more sense to show an image of the band on this page and the cover art of the album on its own article. Ajsmith141 (talk) 20:35, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for initiating discussion regarding this matter. First of all, I took a bit of (probably unwarranted) umbrage at the image being removed without discussion (for which I received an image orphan tag notification); for that, I'm sorry.

That said, it was original cover art for a band that existed for a total of two years. The Free Use rationale seems to have remained intact for a decade, and re-using a non-free image - when no free equivalent is available - is preferable to adding yet another non-free image. Using the same image prevents an (imo) unwarranted use of extra non-free imagery, especially when considering the slight impact of the group in music.

Thoughts? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 20:52, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Jack Sebastian, and my apologises for any offence caused by replacing the image in the first place as that was not my intention. I'm happy to let other editors provide their thoughts on this. If the original image of the LP cover is to remain, that's fine by me and the band image can be deleted. Ajsmith141 (talk) 21:06, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

No apology is necessary. I flew off the handle, as the image was sth my Dad uploaded, back in the day. We're good, and I look forward to input from others. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 01:37, 25 February 2022 (UTC)