Talk:Jennifer Morrison

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[edit] Finding a picture

http://wallpapers.skins.be/jennifer-morrison/jennifer-morrison-1024x768-22829.jpg Here, check out a photo of her We need a picture here.

I subscribe: WE REALLY NEED A PICTURE HERE.

You could locate one at http://www.carnivorous-carnival.com/jennifermorrison/indexx.html out of the tons that are there. I'm sure there is going to be a free use one there.

Perhaps but make sure the copyright holder is identified and make sure the image is not showing her as a character (in which case, it'd only be fair-use to depict the character, not the actress). --Yamla 17:52, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale

Fair use rationale:

• The image in question, Image:Allison cameron.jpg is used in the context of this article to illustrate the fictional character Allison Cameron (House), played by the subject of this article Jennifer Morrison.

1. No free equivalent image is known to exist (Commons search for Jennifer Morrison, Commons search for Allison Cameron).
2. The image in question was published by the copyright holder as promotional material, its use here does not replace the market role for the original copyrighted media.
3. It is used to illustrate two articles on wikipedia; the article on the fictional character Allison Cameron (House) and the biographical article for the actor Jennifer Morrison.
4. The image has been published.
5. The image meets general Wikipedia content requirements (encyclopedic).
6. The image meets the media-specific policy requirements (format).
7. The image is used in at least one article.
8. The image contributes significantly to the article in question, since this is the role for which the actor in question is most commonly known.
9. The image is only used in the article namespace.
10. The image contains proper attribution of the source of the material, a fair use tag, and a fair use rationale (this one).

--Oden 18:08, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

We still can only use freely-licensed images to depict living people. This is a living person, the image is not freely-licensed. --Yamla 18:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I have been unable to find any limitation in policy regarding the use of fair use images to depict living people. One of the counterexamples on the Fair use guideline states that "An image of a living person that merely shows what they look like." is not fair use, which I have interpreted as that the image has to be put in context (which is also a part of the fair use criteria). There is however a movement among a few wikipedians to introduce such a policy, see Wikipedia:Images of living people. --Oden 18:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

"No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information. [...] However, if the subject of the photograph still exists, a freely-licensed photograph could be taken." This is from WP:FUC. The subject of this photograph still exists and the purpose of an image in the article's infobox is to depict what the person looks like. This is why we have the {{subst:rfu}} tag. Now, if this particular image was attached to a paragraph discussing her appearance in House and accompanied with a fair-use rationale explaining why it was important to show what she looked like there, this image would be acceptable. Similarly, the image is acceptable to depict the fictional character because it is not replaceable in that context. --Yamla 18:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I intepreted "a freely-licensed photograph could be taken" as a suggestion to replace the image with a free one if possible, and not as an excluding factor. Of course, in the context of this article the image is intended to illustrate the actor playing a character and not the person in general. As such, the image is not likely to be created under a free license any time soon (but if it were the fair use image would have to be replaced).

I have moved the image out of the infobox.--Oden 19:02, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Here are three featured articles that have fair use or promotional images: Lindsey Lohan, Uma Thurman and Celine Dion. Since it is hardly likely that these articles would have become featured articles if they violated policy, the more reasonable explanation is that there is no clear consensus regarding the use of fair use images in a living persons biography. --Oden 20:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Not one of those has a fair-use or promotional image in the article's infobox. Please reread WP:FUC. If other articles may violate this policy, that is grounds for fixing those violations, not for violating the policy in another article. --Yamla 20:08, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pic to use

Why not just use the same one in the Allison Cameron article? Thanksy, 13:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree...Why not just use the same one for her character, assuming it's free? tgpuckett 13:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I just read it as I was about to try and edit! It can't be used because it's a promotional image, which can only be used in relation to the name of the character. Noooooo! =( Thanks, Aeryck89 13:54, 5 April 2007 (UTC)