Talk:Lucas Samaras

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Where is the rule that fare use images cannot be used in a gallery? I cannot find such a rule, but can find many examples to the contrary.

Bill E. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.200.90.146 (talk) 01:56, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

The issue is that each claimed fair use must be grounded on separate, substantive commentary in the article that justifies the use of each image. See Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria, particularly #3 ("minimal use") and #8 ("significance"). The fact that we have an article on the artist does not mean that we have the legal right to post a gallery of whatever works of his we can find. Postdlf 00:11, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
See WP:NFC#Unacceptable images: "The use of non-free media in lists, galleries, discographies, and navigational and user-interface elements normally fails the test for significance (criterion #8), and is thus nearly always unacceptable." —Angr 09:38, 1 September 2007 (UTC)