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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Image use

Hi,

Based on advice from you, Wiki-newbie, and Peta, I recently overhauled the use of images at Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Originally there were 24 images in the article. 17 images have been removed in the past few days. That means that the article has only 7 fair use images left (and two free use ones). The remaining fair use images have been given detailed rationales on their respective pages. The seven images left are all very low resolution (I personally replaced high resolution ones with low resolution versions), and are (not in order):

Screenshots

1. A screenshot of the logo, - in the infobox (I feel that this image is very important to the article)
2. Buffy taking on a vampire in the Format section (this section talks about how the show was structured around Buffy's battle against supernatural evil, and the screenshot illustrates that battle)
3. Sunnydale High the main setting for early seasons in the Setting section (Sunnydale High - the school in which most of Buffy was based for the first three years - I feel that this image is very significant to the feel of the series, since for 3 years every single episode had many scenes in this fictional setting)

Promotional photographs

My own opinion is that these four promotional photographs have been delibarately circulated by the copyright owners who only stand to gain from the use of such images.

1. Gellar as Buffy from the unaired pilot in the origins section (I feel it is useful to have a photo of Gellar as Buffy early in the article, and I feel this is very appropiate to the origins section , since it is the first time Gellar was acting as Buffy. I also think it is useful to have an image of Gellar as Buffy early in the article, so that readers unfamiliar with the topic can have an immediate idea of what Buffy 'the Vampire Slayer' Summers actually looks like).
2. The cast as their characters in the Main characters section. Once again I feel it is useful to have an image of the main characters, and allows unfamiliar readers to have a reference point in their minds to what the characters look like.
3. Angel - in the secion about the spin-off, Angel
4. Cover: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1 comic series. Whedon has said that these new comics will be an official and canon continuation of the television series, and therefore I believe this particular comic is very important in relation to the TV series.

I think that the remaining images illustrate parts of the series in a way that words cannot: I carefully kept only the images which I felt really belonged in the article and removed those I thought the article could manage without.

I also believe I have removed or merged the one sentence paragraphs.

I hope I have addressed the issues you brought up, and you are willing to offer your support at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but regardless thank you for collectively (along with other users) bringing to attention the problems in the article. -- Paxomen 02:26, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Buffy nomination restarted

Since you have were involved with discussion before at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you might appreciate knowing that the nomination for the Buffy articles has been restared at the same wiki page. I am letting everyone know who might not be aware (whether they were for or against the article becoming featured). Cheers -- Buffyverse 22:19, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Kxgl-fm radio.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:Kxgl-fm radio.png. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:07, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

False alarm

Your image is not orphaned. KXGL was vandalised which orphaned the image temporarily. I've fixed everything up. --Stephantom (talk) 20:47, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

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