Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Celebrities

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Files in Category:Celebrities

This category is a honeypot for catching vanity uploads and copyright violations. Here is a first batch of web-size images without metadata. They are very unlikely to be OK for Commons, either because of lack of proper license and permission, or for being out of scope, or both.

Yann (talk) 14:42, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To say that images of celebrities are "out of scope" is ridiculous. A celebrity is a person who is well known for being well known. If a person is a celebrity, then an image of them is totally and completely within the scope of Commons. That being the case, evidence must be presented that these images are either of non-celebrities or are copyright violations. Please present that evidence. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:53, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't say that. Many images in this category are not of celebrities, that's the point. And most images of celebrities are copyright violation, that's the other point. Yann (talk) 07:46, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand the use of this category. Should we delete the category, irrespective of which images within it are kept or deleted? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:17, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Who are you arguing with? Trade (talk) 17:50, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How does that remark look like an argumentative one to you? I don't understand that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:38, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this category should be deleted. But the discussion should happen on COM:VP#Category:Celebrities. Yann (talk) 22:12, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep At least for File:Masoud Shafaghi.jpg since he has a Wikidata entry and Wikipedia article. Although admittedly they are clearly promotional, but whatever. Delete for the rest at least for now since I couldn't find anything about the other people I researched. --Adamant1 (talk) 13:49, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this may be in scope, but as a 640 × 630 pixels image without metadata, it is very likely a copyvio. Yann (talk) 13:53, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe, maybe not though. I at least wasn't able to find any evidence of it being used anywhere else when I looked for it with TinEye. I know the site isn't 100% reliable though. So I wouldn't be upset or surprised if the closing administrator just deletes it anyway. Really they probably should anyway, but the evidence (or really lack of it) is what it is and I don't think just because resolution sucks or that it lacks metadata definitively proves anything either way on their own. It's possible your right about it COPYVIO though. Some, if not all, of the other images clearly are. --Adamant1 (talk) 14:43, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Could you at the very least have excluded images with Wiki articles? --Trade (talk) 17:50, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I checked all images, and removed 4 from the list, which may be OK. I deleted obvious copyvios. The rest are mostly likely also copyvios. Yann (talk) 20:55, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I kept Bhagwant anmol at kanpur literature fest as notable, in use and probably not stolen (just a low quality picture). I deleted the most of the rest. These are a few for more precise consideration:

Alex Mirabal is the guy from here. Could he be notable? Google kinda knows him. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 20:09, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ashok Bansal seems to be this person: [1], [2]. Maybe notable, the picture is not found on the Web. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 20:29, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Amitabh Shah with cricketer Irfan Pathan - Irfan Pathan is pretty much notable, see Category:Irfan Pathan; another guy seems to be rather known businessman; cannot find the picture on the Web. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 20:32, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
E.-Tendayi-Achiume - notable and in use, cannot find the picture on the Web - however, it looks like she was pictured at this event but the uploader provided completely different date and did not specify the event. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 20:58, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
FOTO PRANATA2 - notable, in use, don't see it on the Web but definitely does not look like an own work. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 21:09, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Gus Azmi di Pondok Pesantren Nurul Barokah, Purbalingga 2022 - notable, in use, don't see it on the Web but definitely does not look like an own work. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 21:09, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Imelda Soraya - notable, in use, don't see it on the Web. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 21:09, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Imran Hossain Shanto drumming live - notable, don't see it on the Web. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 21:09, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Irfanaziz - more or less notable as a sport coach, the picture seems to be absent on the Web. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 21:22, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Jesús Francisco Campos Landeros - can be notable, the picture seems to be absent on the Web. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 21:30, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Leraloeb - notable, in use, cannot find the picture on the Web. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 21:33, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Md Aktar Hosen Rintu - might be notable, cannot find the picture on the Web. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 21:54, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Closed. Many images already deleted. Some other images kept *might* have problems; if so they can be renominated individually or in smaller closely related groups. (Such broad deletion requests of images by unrelated users and different circumstances may not be helpful for making a broad decision about all of them.) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:20, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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