Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Presidents of Liberia

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[edit] List of Presidents of Liberia

Self-nomination. The list is comprehensive and I have significantly improved its format and facts. I have added all the pics and references. Certainly a useful list for Liberian politics. Helmandsare 20:35, 30 March 2006 (EST)

• Support - This list is well-composed and easy to navigate. It follows all criteria as I can see it. -- Tankette7 21:34, 30 March 2006 (EST)
• Object:
  1. The image Image:Gyudebryant.jpg has no source information.
     • The cited source for the image almost certainly did not create it and probably does not own the copyright.
  2. The cited source for Image:Ruth Perry.jpg almost certainly did not create the image, and the image certainly is eligable for copyright. The cited source probably does not own the copyright to the image.
  3. The source link for Image:Sankawulo.gif does not work. The image certainly is eligable for copyright.
     • The cited source for Image:Sankawulo.gif almost certainly did not create the image and probably does not own the copyright.
  4. I can't find Image:Amos Sawyer.jpg on the website cited as the source of the image.
  5. The licensing on Image:Doe.jpg is entirely wrong: it is not a screenshot of a Wikipedia page, and the Romanian Wikipedia copy of that image provides neither source nor copyright status for the image.
  6. The image Image:Ellen Johnson.gif has no copyright information.
     • There is no evidence that Image:Ellen Johnson.gif is from a press kit or equivalent.
  7. The "fair use" claim on Image:Moses Blah.jpg is almost certainly incorrect. Since Reuters is in the business of selling things like images of newsworthy figures, our use of the image competes with theirs.
  8. The image Image:Charlestaylor.jpg does not indicate what "government tv" it's from. Since the image itself is not particularly noteworthy, it probably doesn't qualify for fair use.
  9. The cited source for Image:Tolbert.gif, Image:Edwin Barclay.jpg almost certainly did not create the images, and the images certainly are eligable for copyright.
  10. The image Image:William Tubman.jpg certainly is eligable for copyright.
  11. There is no evidence that Image:Daniel Howard.jpg, Image:Charles King.jpg, Image:Arthur Barclay.jpg are in the public domain, or as to when their creators died.

  --Carnildo 07:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

• Oppose, pretty list, but image concerns need to be addressed. Phoenix2 17:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  • I have changed the copyright information on most of the problem photos to fair use. I hope this is sufficient to end these problems with the copyright on these photos. I can continue to address problems should they come up. Helmandsare 20:25, 5 April 2006 (EST)
• Support, Very well-designed list, glad that copyright images were addressed. I support the list becoming featured. Awesome101 20:40, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
• Support, Very good list, especially now during the time of Charles Taylor's trial. It follows all obvious protocols. bengriffyjr 18:03, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
• I have continued to correct the copyrights of the photos in the page.
  1. Most of the problem photos are from http://www.info-regenten.de/regent/regent-e/liberia.htm, which cites the owner website as the author, which is the Liberian Embassy in the US (the website it lists is inactive, though the embassy still exists). They have therefore released this image to promote their political figures and these images therefore qualify as fair use.
  2. Image:Charlestaylor.jpg is a screenshot from his resignation speech and is most definately a noteworthy image in his presidency.
  3. New, valid images of Samuel Doe and William Tubman have been uploaded and their sources and authors are listed.
  4. The sources and authors for Image:Amos Sawyer.jpg and Image:Ruth Perry.jpg has been corrected.

Again, I believe I have corrected all copyright problems, though I can continue to work on them should the need arise. And a special thanks to all the support voters. Helmandsare 20:25, 5 April 2006 (EST)

If Image:Charlestaylor.jpg is from his resignation speech, then it should be used in the article on him, not in the list of presidents. About the only "fair use" images that can be used in a "list of people" are press kit images, and I'd rather not even have those. Further, just because an image is from a given website does not mean that it's part of that website or organization's press kit -- for example, the Google logos on http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html are not promotional materials. --Carnildo 03:24, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

• • I have changed, as you requested, the picture of Charles Taylor on the list. However, the license on the other pictures you are against do not have a "press kit" tag, they have a promotional tag, which say that the image has been "released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit." As I read it, this tag does not mean that only images in press kits can be used, but rather, photos that are released by an organization to promote or inform people about their organization, such as a picture for a press kit, but not only that, can be classified as fair use. These images have been released by the Liberian embassy to promote their organization and are under a promotional tag. They can be used under fair use and be featured on this list. --Helmandsare 00:45, 9 April 2006 (EST)