Talk:Sharbat Gula
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[edit] Images
Please do not reinsert images of Sharbat Gula unless you can tag them correctly and find a way that these qualify under a qualifying license (fairuse... etc). Jtkiefer T | @ | C ----- 22:01, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
- I'm writng to Steve for permission and if I don't hear from him I'll write to NG. CDA 23:03, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- The direct to national geographic showed her with her children. I edited the article for accuracy.Levarro 04:04, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Where is she now?
Anyone know any news about her? Is she alive now? What happened to her next?
- I don't know if this is right, but someone said she went to Canada.--LF2 00:38, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
National Geographic had a follow-up of her when they and McCurry found her again. It included a photo of her from more recent times. I don't have the issue date/number on me.64.162.78.130 02:50, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Charitable foundation
Does anyone have a link to the charitable foundation that can be placed in External Links?
- Done. 68.162.163.48
[edit] Graceless Aging
I'm sorry, but damn... Did anybody else notice how beat up she was looking in her older picture (no pun intended)? She looks more like a 40 year old not 30. It's a shame, because she was a cute girl.
- This is an obvious truth that most people are unwilling to speak; the great thing about Wikipedia is that you can say things anonymously, without fear of repercussions. According to the CIA World Factbook the life expectancy at birth for women born in 2006 in Afghanistan is forty-three and a half years. -Ashley Pomeroy 02:06, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
she is 30? she looks like 55 years old . too bad she was so pretty
[edit] Image Licensing
Currently the image licensing status of the photo "Afghan Girl" is:
This image is of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors who worked on the cover depicted. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of magazine covers
- to illustrate the publication of the issue of the magazine in question,
- with the publication name either visible on the image itself or written in the image description above,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.
To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
Note: It is not acceptable to use images with this tag in the article of the person or persons depicted on the cover, unless used directly in connection with the publication of this image. Such usages will be removed.
Notice that it says that: It is not acceptable to use images with this tag in the article of the person or persons depicted on the cover, unless used directly in connection with the publication of this image. Such usages will be removed. PleASE DO NOT reinsert the photo of Sharbat Gula until it's properly licensed, otherwise it may costitute an infringemnt of Steve McCurrys copyright.·Maunus· ·ƛ· 05:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- this is not a license, it is a rationale, and it is the wrong one. i've added the
This image is a faithful digitalization of a unique historic photograph, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the photographer who took the photograph or the agency employing the photographer. It is believed that the use of this photograph
- to illustrate the event in question where:
- The photograph depicts a non-reproducible historic event, and no free alternative exists or can be created, and
- The image is low resolution and of no larger and of no higher quality than is necessary for the illustration of an article, and the use of the image on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright,
- on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.
If this does not accurately describe this image, please remove this tag and provide a different fair use rationale.
To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
tag, which is indubitably applicable to the image. 67.68.240.172 14:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
