Commons:Deletion requests/File:B.F. Skinner at Harvard circa 1950.jpg

‎File:B.F. Skinner at Harvard circa 1950.jpg: emphasize: I am not a psychologist, but knew B.F. Skinner and his family personally.
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:I am more than a little displeased at being dragged out of retirement over such a trivial matter. Do we now look for reasons to delete uploaded photographs based on what seem to be gut instincts? We trawl through contribution histories looking for reasons to be [[meta:Don't be a dick|dicks]]? Shame on you! What in the world could have possibly provoked this unwanted intrusion? It's easy to delete content but hard to build it, and the culture of deletionism is part of the reason I quit Wikipedia: content isn't hedges to be trimmed. In many cases (such as this), it's a very personal matter. And now you want my personal details? No thanks. At any rate, it's true that based on my contributions, you would rightly conclude that I am a mathematician and a humanist. But I'm quite baffled by the implication that there might not have been mathematicians and humanists at Harvard in the 1950's.
 
:I am more than a little displeased at being dragged out of retirement over such a trivial matter. Do we now look for reasons to delete uploaded photographs based on what seem to be gut instincts? We trawl through contribution histories looking for reasons to be [[meta:Don't be a dick|dicks]]? Shame on you! What in the world could have possibly provoked this unwanted intrusion? It's easy to delete content but hard to build it, and the culture of deletionism is part of the reason I quit Wikipedia: content isn't hedges to be trimmed. In many cases (such as this), it's a very personal matter. And now you want my personal details? No thanks. At any rate, it's true that based on my contributions, you would rightly conclude that I am a mathematician and a humanist. But I'm quite baffled by the implication that there might not have been mathematicians and humanists at Harvard in the 1950's.
 

 

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:Now let me rebut the deletion rationale directly: you have apparently not even looked at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Silly_rabbit my contribution history], which includes over 15,000 live edits to the main English Wikipedia project. Not only have I contributed this image of B.F. Skinner, but I have also several times edited the article on radical behaviorism, and also submitted images of his original teaching machine (which I also own—not just the image, but the actual machine. I will gladly submit further images to prove this if necessary).
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:Now let me rebut the deletion rationale directly: contrary to your stated rationale, you have apparently not even perused [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Silly_rabbit my contribution history], which includes over 15,000 live edits to the main English Wikipedia project. Not only have I contributed this image of B.F. Skinner, but I have also edited the article on radical behaviorism and a number of related articles, and also submitted images of his original teaching machine (which I also own—not just the image, but the actual machine. I will gladly submit further images to prove this if necessary). I am not a psychologist, but I knew B.F. Skinner and his family personally. I still correspond occasionally with his daughter, Julie Vargas.
 

 

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:During my tenure at Wikipedia, I participated in many aspects of editing, including a certain amount of ''actual'' copyright cleanup (earning, for instance, a barnstar by [[User:Moonriddengirl]] herself, if that means anything). I am quite familiar with the foundation's policies on free content and non-free content. Even if I did not own the photo as I claim, there are yet two more things to consider before entertaining deletion. First, Wikipedia's servers are located in the United States where the safe harbor provision of the DMCA prevails. If [[User:Dcoetzee]], the Wikimedia Foundation, or anyone else associated with the project were presented with a claim against my exclusive ownership of this image, then the correct course of action would of course be to remove the image (but possibly restore it at a later time via OTRS should the complaint prove frivolous, etc.) But all we have here is the ''gut feeling by another editor'' who cannot even provide a source to the image that he or she believes the item under discussion infringes upon! Second, even if the image were owned by another entity, it would clearly fall under provisions of fair use that are amply covered at WP:NFC: There is no possibility of obtaining a photo of B.F. Skinner c. 1950 (with which the image is clearly captioned), when he was at the height of his influence over the development of psychology, nor indeed ''any'' image of B.F. Skinner since he passed on shortly after his APA address in Tampa in 1990—which I attended and had dinner with him afterwards. This image does not deprive anyone of profit. (Indeed, how could it since I've already released it under the C.C.?) Obviously the person nominating the image for deletion should provide some clear explanation of ''who'' this image deprives of profit, if he or she thinks that it is not fair use.
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:During my tenure at Wikipedia, I participated in many aspects of editing, including a certain amount of ''actual'' copyright cleanup (earning, for instance, a barnstar by [[User:Moonriddengirl]] herself, if that means anything). I am quite familiar with the foundation's policies on free and non-free content. Even if I did not own the photo as I claim, there are yet two more things to consider before entertaining deletion. First, Wikipedia's servers are located in the United States where the safe harbor provision of the DMCA prevails. If [[User:Dcoetzee]], the Wikimedia Foundation, or anyone else associated with the project were presented with a claim against my exclusive ownership of this image, then the correct course of action would of course be to remove the image (but possibly restore it at a later time via OTRS should the complaint prove frivolous, etc.) But all we have here is the ''gut feeling by another editor'' who cannot even provide a source to the image that he or she believes the item under discussion infringes upon! Second, even if the image were owned by another entity, it would clearly fall under provisions of fair use that are amply covered at WP:NFC: There is no possibility of obtaining a photo of B.F. Skinner c. 1950 (with which the image is clearly captioned), when he was at the height of his influence over the development of psychology, nor indeed ''any'' image of B.F. Skinner since he passed on shortly after his APA address in Tampa in 1990—which I attended and had dinner with him afterwards. This image does not deprive anyone of profit. (Indeed, how could it since I've already released it under the C.C.?) Obviously the person nominating the image for deletion should provide some clear explanation of ''who'' this image deprives of profit, if he or she thinks that it is not fair use.
 

 

 
:TLDR: I am willing handle this matter via OTRS if the community so seriously doubts my credibility, although I would prefer it if it could be handled by consensus here. I'm concerned that this nomination may imply that the process is broken. Then again, I am retired. So do whatever you will. [[User:Silly rabbit|Silly rabbit]] ([[User talk:Silly rabbit|talk]]) 22:18, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 
:TLDR: I am willing handle this matter via OTRS if the community so seriously doubts my credibility, although I would prefer it if it could be handled by consensus here. I'm concerned that this nomination may imply that the process is broken. Then again, I am retired. So do whatever you will. [[User:Silly rabbit|Silly rabbit]] ([[User talk:Silly rabbit|talk]]) 22:18, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

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