Talk:Sultaana Freeman

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I've uploaded two images of Freeman (with veil and a full face mug shot). Now, however, I'm not sure they're products of the US Federal Govt (likely Illinois and Florida state). Anyone know if I can use these as public domain?

I'm going to assume these are fair use, since both were part of court documents that are of public record. Sublium

[edit] Sources

| Court TV archive

| Findlaw info on FL DL case

| Additional Battery conviction information

Sublium

[edit] What's with the Picture??

Do you really think that a woman who is going through all the trouble she is going through just to not have to uncover her face for a drivers license photo would want her unveiled photo available on an online encyclopedia available to the entire globe?!?!?

I think it is obvious to anyone who possesses a shred of intellect that putting that unveiled picture of her up there is like slapping her in the face! It's like you're saying... "You can go through all the trouble you want to cover yourself; it doesn't matter because the whole world is still gonna see you uncovered."

I think it is obvious that having that photo there is extremely disrespectful...

After all, there are probably hundreds of much much more famous people on wikipedia that do not have photos... why would there, in any logical sense, be a photo of someone who is not really well-known at all?!?

And just because the pictures are public domain anyways doesn't mean you should broadcast it publicly to the whole world by making it available at a place like this where everyone will see it. If someone wants to look for her picture in her court files, they can do so... but no need to broadcast her picture like what is being done!

Mujaahid 00:46, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. The picture is relevant because it refers to Freeman's previous conviction for child abuse, not because it's a "Nyah nyah everyone can see your face" response to her driver's license battle. Certainly, it would be one thing if I included a picture of her at, say, a birthday party, because it's not relevant.

Going by your argyment that "If someone wants to look for her picture in her court files, they can do so... but no need to broadcast her picture like what is being done," then I suppose we should remove Tom Delay's mugshot from his Wikipedia entry, right? After all, you can find his mug shot elsewhere, so what's the point of having it here?

The inclusion of her mug shot is relevant to this article. But I'd like to hear what others have to say. - Name Not Needed 03:12, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I have re-included the mug shot and have tried to keep its inclusion as neutral as possible. After reading Wikipedia's content disclaimer, I don't believe that removing the mug shot can be justified by "She doesn't want anyone to see her unveiled face." Thoughts? - Name Not Needed 22:59, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia's "we don't go out of our way to be dicks" policy says: show her face if it's necessary for the article, not simply because we can. Now, does the photograph add to the article? Personally, I don't believe it does — but there's a legitimate argument to be had about that. Please remember, though, that we don't deliberately disrespect the subjects of our articles. That's just mean. fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 13:24, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

The reason there's a Wikipedia entry about her in the first place is because of the drivers license deal. I don't see how adding a mug shot from a previous arrest is relevant at all? I understand that it is relevant to mention the previous conviction, but I don't see how it's relevant to add a picture from that incident, since A, that preivous conviction isn't the issue at hand which made her noteworthy and B. it's clearly disrespectful to show her face to the whole world because of something that hasn't got much to do with the issue, even though she went out of her way to not show it to other than close relatives. Hamdo 20:16, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the points above, so I was bold and removed the mug shot from the article. Since she is noteworthy for her driver's license lawsuits and that is how she is described in the article intro, a mug shot from a previous arrest isn't really pertinent. Also, it is very important to be respectful, especially with religious issues, which are especially touchy--for similar reasons, the Muhammad article doesn't include an image of him, because including one would be disrespectful to Muslims. It is important to illustrate articles, and it's already done with her DL photo, which respectfully shows her with her face covered. I'll include the image link here, in case it needs to be re-inserted into the article sometime. [[1]] --69.69.160.209 14:32, 17 August 2006 (UTC)