Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Better Out Than In

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Files in Category:Better Out Than In

No FOP in the US for art. Also, see COM:GRAFFITI

• File:"Concrete Confessional" Banksy in Cooper Union October 2013.jpg
• File:"Geisha" Banksy 17 October in "Better Out Than In" New York City residency.jpg
• File:"Ghetto 4 Life" Banksy in South Bronx October 2013.jpg
• File:"Hammer Boy" Banksy in Upper West Side October 2013.jpg
• File:"Reaper" Banksy 25 October installment in "Better Out Than In" New York City residency.jpg
• File:"Waiting in Vain" Banksy in Hells Kitchen October 2013.jpg
• File:Banksy 15 October installment in Better Out Than In New York City residency.jpg
• File:Banksy 18 October installment in Better Out Than In New York City residency.jpg
• File:Banksy 28 October installment from "Better Out Than In" New York City residency.jpg
• File:Banksy 9 October installment in "Better Out Than In" New York City residency.jpg
• File:Banksy's "Concrete Confessional" transformed.jpg
• File:Banksy's Ronald McDonald sculpture from Better Out Than In New York City residency.jpg
• File:Bansky. Intervencion urbana en Manhattan..JPG
• File:Closeup of Banksy 18 October installment in Better Out Than In New York City residency.jpg
• File:This-Is-My-New-York-Accent Banksy New-York-City Untapped-Cities1.jpg

Elisfkc (talk) 21:11, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for bringing these back up. These were among the first uploads I ever made. Sometime afterward, I became aware that there may be copyright issues, so I asked about it at Commons talk:Copyright rules by subject matter. Both the existing lengthy discussion and response from my inquiry suggested the files were safe. Perhaps consensus has since changed? If it means anything, Banksy is pseudonymous and based in England, where I understand they have freedom of panorama (so it would be odd to take legal action on a few Commons images taken in the US, but be OK with those in the UK, is my thinking). Meanwhile, Category:Street art in the United States is full of close-up images of graffiti. It would be a shame to delete the more notable imagery, created by one of the world's most famous street artists, devaluing the articles and documentation of his work (which often is quickly seized, destroyed, or defaced). However obviously I'll bow to policy and consensus :) and I understand we're trying to be cautious. Regards — MusikAnimal ^talk 11:14, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

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Kept: deleted a few that seemed to be legal (sculptures, paintings), kept the rest per COM:GRAFFITI. --Sebari – aka Srittau (talk) 13:29, 15 July 2018 (UTC)