Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Teheran US embassy propaganda statue of liberty.jpg
Walls of the former US embassy covered in mostly anti-US-murals graffiti after the Iranian hostage crisis (1979-1981)[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jun 2015 at 07:37:18 (UTC)
- Reason
- HQ + EV
- Articles in which this image appears
- Top pic: Iran hostage crisis + Propaganda in Iran + Anti-American sentiment in Iran
Low pic: Propaganda in Iran - FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
- Creator
- Nikopol
- Support as nominator – Alborzagros (talk) 07:37, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
- Comment - These, one would assume, are still copyrighted in Iran. As such, they should be hosted locally, with a note that they are not copyrighted in the US as Iran has no copyright relations with the US. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 08:26, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
- I was under the impression that the WMF's position was that we should respect Iranian copyright, even if the US government does not. Josh Milburn (talk) 11:23, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
- That it is, but that would apply to Commons. The English Wikipedia only requires that images be free in the US. (And yes, this has been a point of contention before). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:25, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
- I was under the impression that the WMF's position was that we should respect Iranian copyright, even if the US government does not. Josh Milburn (talk) 11:23, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
