Commons:Deletion requests/File:Machado de Assis real negro.jpg
The colorization of the original black and white photograph does not seem to be uploader’s own work, and since that process is sufficient to generate copyright, the image is a clear violation of such right, to begin with. Furthermore, the original file description, “Through a detailed study, the image of Machado de Assis was able to be created by restoring his negroid features and correcting a historical injustice”… this description does not cite any source that attests to that being the true skin color of Machado de Assis. In that sense, this image, widely used in Wikimedia projects without proper analysis, not only constitutes original research but also creates a chain of misinformation. I therefore consider it to be out of scope as well.
RodRabelo7 (talk) 08:15, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Comment: The person depicted in this photograph is the w:en:Machado de Assis and the original photograph appears to be File:Machado de Assis aos 57 anos.jpg. The upload needs to be tagged+categorized as altered, but the jpg image nominated for deletion is COM:INUSE on multiple wikis and the tif image is currently in use on Portuguese wikibooks, so we can't delete either for reasons of scope alone. If you object to the use of either image on the various wikis, you are free to make edits on them (they are, after all, wikis), but that decision has to be made locally rather than via a Commons DR. (And this article confirms that this was the result of some academic work, so I don't see this as being purely OR; more on that later).Returning to the issue of copyright, there is non-trivial change that is made to the shape of Machado de Assis' head, and this goes beyond mere AI colorization and beyond what I would expect from an automated process, so I think that there is some unique copyright that arises in the retouched image that was not present in the original. And, upon further investigation: yes, there is some documentation on who created this: it appears to have been created by some group called "The Real Machado de Assis", which matches the username of the uploader. The one thing I'm not able to do is to independently confirm that the group actually licensed this photo under some COM:L term; the upload was made after a website with the photo was launched, so all I have to rely on is the username. We can try contacting them to confirm evidence of permission, but I'm not inclined to delete the photo at this moment in light of all of the above. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 15:08, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
- Comment Pinging DarwIn, who may be interest on this deletion request. I’ll see what I can do about it as soon as possible. RodRabelo7 (talk) 03:18, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
Delete Thanks for the ping. I would tend to delete this as a non notable fake, and therefore out of scope. It should be replaced with the true photograph in the articles where it is in use, though. Darwin Ahoy! 22:00, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- I replaced its use in all articles. There are still a couple of pages using it, which seems to be botlike stuff, and therefore irrelevant. Darwin Ahoy! 22:17, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
Deleted: Deleted 1, Kept 1 that is still in use by Portuguese Wikibooks. --Abzeronow (talk) 17:23, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
