File:Virginia Ragsdale.jpg

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Description Virginia Ragsdale (December 13, 1870 - June 4, 1945), teacher and a mathematician
Author or
copyright owner
Friends Historical Collection, Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: "Virginia Ragsdale: From farm girl to Ph.D.", Jamestown News

Immediate source: http://www.jamestownnews.com/news/features/article_9f5f60ff-12c3-5c7f-8090-8edda2d59a1d.html

Date of publication March 21, 2012
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Virginia Ragsdale
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
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free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
As the subject is deceased, no free equivalent could reasonably be obtained or created to replace this media
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) *The use of this image on Wikipedia is contended to be a fair use, since it is used solely for educational purposes in a not-for-profit encyclopedia, is necessary for cultural and historical purposes, and the material value of the possible copyright is not believed to be lessened by its use here
  • It is believed that the use of this image on the English-language Wikipedia to illustrate an article on the person in question falls under the "Non-profit educational" clause of the Fair Use doctrine currently upheld by United States law. (17 U.S.C. § 107)
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
*It is a low resolution copy
  • It is only being used to illustrate the article in question
  • The image is irreplaceable; a free analogue is impossible to produce as the original will be covered by copyright for the foreseeable future
  • Owing to the limited web-resolution of the image, only a small portion of a copyrighted work is used It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the image in any way For the same reasons, the portion of the copyrighted work used is of inherently lower quality than the original, reducing the risk of competitiveness and therefore the effects of this copy on the market for or value of versions held by the owner of the copyright
Other information The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: June 4, 1945
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Virginia Ragsdale//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Ragsdale.jpgtrue

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current07:24, 25 December 2017Thumbnail for version as of 07:24, 25 December 2017265 × 376 (22 KB)Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
02:34, 3 January 2014No thumbnail298 × 423 (40 KB)Fluellen7 (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard
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