Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/George VI of the United Kingdom

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The article was promoted 23:04, 16 March 2007.

George VI of the United Kingdom[edit]

Support Self-nominated We've just done his brother, Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. DrKiernan 08:42, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

~~Minor object:~~ Not my strong point, but the images Image:033278.jpg and Image:Kinggeorge-FDR.jpe seem to have (minor) copyright problems. The first doesn't specify which reason for crown copyright expiry is relevant. The second gives "These pictures may be used for research and educational purposes, but may not be published or sold in any way." as the fair use rationale, which doesn't seem to work because they are being published. 4u1e 17:36, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support ~~Comment~~ Well written, referenced and an interesting read. As a note, the Image:Kinggeorge-FDR.jpe source links is dead. I'm curious about Image:Edward VII UK and successors.jpg - when does crown copyright apply?, as that appears to have been taken by the wife of the then King. One final thing, what do you mean by "of modern times" when talking about not recording his time of death? RHB ^{Talk - Edits} 19:13, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have added the source for Image:033278.jpg (which was missing) - it is a work by the Canadian government (National Film Board) and hence Crown Copyright (which in broad terms is copyright for works created by His/Her Majesty's Government) has expired. I have removed Image:Kinggeorge-FDR.jpe. Crown copyright is 50 years from publication, personal copyright is 70 years (in the US) from death of the author, so either way with the photo by Queen Alexandra, copyright has expired. I don't know what "of modern times" means - I have removed the sentence. DrKiernan 19:32, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Objection struck. Thanks. 4u1e 11:36, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good work! John Smith's 12:30, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Comprehensive, well-written and well-cited.--Yannismarou 18:04, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article review. No further edits should be made to this page.