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Usage of images

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia!

Unfortunately, you are now going to get to see the lame side of Wikipedia: compliance with copyright idiocy. I saw you added the image from The Migration Series to the Jacob Lawrence article. This would make perfect sense in an encyclopedia, and is indeed what is done for the likes of artists from the 1800s and before. And it improved the article! Unfortunately, we might have to roll that back. The issue is that "fair use" images that are still under copyright have rather strict rules about their use, and one restriction is "contextual significance" - that use of an image not be "decorative" (people argue about what this means) but rather have sourced commentary. Basically, it means you can't just put a gallery of a post-1900 artist's work in their article, despite this being the best way to understand their work... you need to pick one or two works that have some sourced commentary and illustrate the typical artstyle. (And some artists you can get away with multiple ones if they were very eclectic or switched between artstyles.)

So, you need to either add some sourced commentary to the Jacob Lawrence article that is specifically on The Migration Series as art, or we need to remove the image from there. (And if we did add it, then we need to include a "fair use rationale" on the File:Migration Series Panel 1.jpg page - that rationale is currently for "this is only used in an article on which the work itself is the subject.) Alternatively, if we're going to sneak another picture in, I think I'd be down for using a different panel, just so that we can put more of the work on Wikipedia. If you need help with this, I have the "official" book that MoMa / Phillips published on "The Migration Series" and have been meaning to buff up that article myself, but would be happy to have some help. SnowFire (talk) 09:32, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Ross Grayson Bell for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ross Grayson Bell is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ross Grayson Bell until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Proposed deletion of Imogen Binnie

The article Imogen Binnie has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Comatmebro User talk:Comatmebro 00:36, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Just to let you know, I've already taken care of this. I'm not tremendously familiar with Binnie, but since I'm one the usual primary maintainers of the Lambda Literary Awards articles I recognized her name as somebody who'd won one a couple of years ago — so I've added a couple of references to the article to save it from the prod fire. It still needs more content and sourcing before it's actually a solid article, but it's at least not a deletable article anymore. Bearcat (talk) 22:22, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

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April 2017

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Proposed deletion of Shakti Durga

The article Shakti Durga has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Article is almost entirely sourced by WP:PRIMARY sources, the remaining sources are not enough to establish notability as they're a single news story about Durga and a brief article about a festival. The notability here is just too weak for an article.

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Thanks for creating Barbara Thornborrow, Bd7941a!

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Boleyn (talk) 17:08, 17 July 2017 (UTC)