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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description Portrait of John Ashworth Ratcliffe FRS, an important British radio physicist.
Author or
copyright owner
Bassano Ltd
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: National Portrait Gallery, 2004

Immediate source: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw90353/John-Ashworth-Ratcliffe?LinkID=mp72696&role=sit&rNo=0

Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) J. A. Ratcliffe
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
Have searched extensively, but no free portrait could be found
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) Only to illustrate the Wikipedia article about the sitter.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The NPG have no plans to commercialise this image
Other information The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1987
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of J. A. Ratcliffe//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_John_Ashworth_Ratcliffe_FRS.jpgtrue

Licensing

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=== Fair use for J. A. Ratcliffe ===

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

  1. It is a historically significant photo of a famous British physicist.
  2. It is of much lower resolution than the original. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
  3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
  4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the photo brings character to the words.

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current13:48, 20 November 2020Thumbnail for version as of 13:48, 20 November 2020274 × 363 (69 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
15:39, 14 November 2020No thumbnail752 × 996 (145 KB)Jgdc47B (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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