Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Al-Jaffali Mosque

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Files in Category:Al-Jaffali Mosque

There is no freedom of panorama in Saudi Arabia, therefore these photos can't be hosted on Commons until such time as there is a change in Saudi law.

• File:Aljaffaly Mosque-MyOwn1 (1).jpg
• File:Aljaffaly Mosque-MyOwn1 (2).jpg

russavia (talk) 15:18, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

There was a change in law in Saudi Arabia in 2006 or 2007. I'm not sure it may have been Royal Decree No. (5142/M B). There was a doc version of the text with pictures of the signs at this place. There is a page called "Taking Photographs at Public Places" on the SCTA site which is probably as official as it can get in Saudi Arabia. I haven't a clue how to deep link to that script driven site so one will have to search at this page or in the archives. There is a newspaper article at arabnews, 3 August 2006. This may not be pure "Freedom of Panorama" but it is alot more than the old "No photography in the public". Maybe someone can find the official text at a linkable place. Maybe a search by someone fluent in arabic would yeald better results. If this information is considered valid someone at home with the wp proceedures please undelete the other saudi photos. --T.woelk (talk) 21:00, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

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Deleted: Without further details we cannot rely on an unseen proclamation. Note that eliminating the rule "No Photography in Public" is not FOP -- it could simply mean that you can now legally take picutres of out-of-copyright works. .     Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 14:18, 23 August 2012 (UTC)