Talk:David Lewis (philosopher)
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[edit]What a disappointment. Seriously. I LOVED the other picture of David Lewis, he had a great beard a smile in his eyes and (it appears) relaxing in his backyard. Now we have this Black and White picture of what? A high school year book photo? Cmon. I was so inspired by the previous picture for years and always imagined myself growing old doing philosophy in my backyard just like I imagined David doing in his backyard (sans beard). It reflects the joy of his character so much better than the new one. I mean the man's pen name comes from his cat. He deserves and equally tender and spirited photo to be remembered by. Non-pegasus (talk) 02:42, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Aza24 I can't compare revisions on my phone. You reverted an edit in April due to a copyroght issue, were we removing the photo that had been here for years or a different one, if you can remember? Non-pegasus (talk) 02:45, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Non-pegasus, the image you are probably talking about was deleted at the commons, because there was no evidence it was in public domain (removed off this page by a different editor, see [1]). The image I removed had only been on the page for a few weeks, and it was deleted because it was simply pulled right from Britannica, also without a valid licensing tag.
- Of course, we could re-upload either via our historical image tag (see the tag at File:Anthony Payne bust length.png, for example), but since a free one exists (the page's current image), that makes said rationale much weaker, and probably inadmissible. Aza24 (talk) 11:51, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Aza24 Thank you for your explanation, I understand but that's too bad. Non-pegasus (talk) 12:06, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Non-pegasus, I much agree that the former image (the one with the hat, I presume?) was much better and more characteristic. Let me mull over this, we could argue that the current one doesn't represent him at all—as a college student yearbook picture—so a copyrighted version would be vastly more ideal. Aza24 (talk) 12:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Aza24 Thank you for your explanation, I understand but that's too bad. Non-pegasus (talk) 12:06, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
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