Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gallery of Durham University

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was transwiki to Commons. Jayjg ^(talk) 02:25, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gallery of Durham University (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • AfD statistics)

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Obviously fails WP:NOTREPOSITORY. This should be copied to Commons. —fetch·comms 23:15, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Transwiki to Commons Commons does galleries. 76.66.193.224 (talk) 06:36, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 14:39, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - as per indepent source of galleries/pictures, Ignore all rules and the Bill of Rights. By the rationale for deletion, there is no reason for Wikipedia to have the abiility to store media files of any type. Users should have the ability, no the right to determine where their works are stored. In my own case, I have googled my username and media pictures that I released into the public domain are being used for advertisements which is not what I desired. Had I known that others would corrupt my works in this way, I would (and will in the future) carefully consider where and how I license media files. Freedom on Wikipedia should not determined by the few even in an AfD. Granted the "D" is debate, but most users now interpret it to be DELETE. Ignore all rules and keep this basic freedom to determine when and how media files are stored. ----moreno oso (talk) 14:54, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTREPOSITORY specifically mentions pages that are mere galleries of images, not every image altogether. Wikimedia Commons is the appropriate place for large galleries as these--maybe that's why we have no Gallery of Duke University, or a List of galleries of universities? In any case, if you release a work into the public domain, it can be used for any purpose, so if you don't want it in ads, don't make it PD. It's not corruption, it's your own fault for making your work PD. There are plenty of noncommercial licenses available, so that just means you can't upload them here under an NC license. I see no convincing argument on your part to keep this--WP:INDY has to do with reliable sources--none of which appear in the gallery, and the Bill of Rights doesn't apply to keeping this page here in any forseeable way. —fetch·comms 20:53, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Transwiki to Commons - The images in this gallery are not described in much of an encyclopedic manner. So until they are I'd say move the gallery over to the Commons. --Dlrohrer2003 23:12, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Transwiki to Commons - morenooso's argument makes no sense at all, this belongs on commons Yoenit (talk) 13:48, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.