Talk:SM J Mall

Too many images

There are 18 images being used in this article, which seems to be way too many per WP:NOTGALLERY and WP:IUP#Adding images to articles. One image of the exterior of the mall in the main infobox is fine, and then perhaps one of two more in the body of the article to show some distinguishing interior features as well. This article isn't intended to be Wikipedia version of the mall's official website in terms of both text and images. In addition, the freedom of panorama in the Philippines doesn't extend to buildings (i.e. malls) constructed after November 14, 1972. So, care needs to be taken to make sure the files are OK to be uploaded to Commons or Wikipedia under a free license because there's going to be no way to justify so many images if they need to be treated as non-free content. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:19, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@Marchjuly if the images are merely for decorative gallery purposes, then kindly remove them per WP:NOTGALLERY. However, the images may stay since as per prevailing consensus here (since 2012), English Wikipedia is not bound to comply Philippine law: it is only bound to respect U.S. law (1976 U.S. Copyright Act as amended and codified as Title 17, U.S. Code). That's why {{FoP-USonly}} exists; enwiki can become a "de facto" hosting site of unfree buildings of 110+ no-FoP countries, using only U.S. law as the basis (lex loci protectionis principle). See also Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2024 August 25#File:Philippine Arena (Bocaue, PHI).JPG. Of course, this is contentious outside the U.S., as it means enwiki is breaking the copyright law of the Philippines (and enwiki is the most-accessed Wikipedia edition here; Tagalog Wikipedia does not receive substantial readership unlike enwiki). Some Wikimedians disagree with the U.S. law-only principle, on the basis that WMF is gradually taking foreign laws into consideration (see also this discussion on my Commons talk page). On top of that, there has been at least one court ruling here in the Philippines (by a regional trial court) which declares foreign entities should comply with Philippine copyright law, as long as that entity is a fellow member of Berne Convention which the Philippines is also a signatory; although this is not about an online infringer (about infringing a printed material), it has set a precedence of the courts here to even incriminate overseas users for not complying Philippine copyright law (see Copyright law of the Philippines, the section regarding St. Mary's Publishing House vs. a Fujian, China-based book distributor). JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 08:37, 5 November 2024 (UTC)