File:Randy Lee Sellers Missing August 16, 1980.jpg

Randy_Lee_Sellers_Missing_August_16,_1980.jpg(246 × 292 pixels, file size: 19 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description Image depicts Randy Lee Sellers; the subject whom the article in question is devoted to.
Author or
copyright owner
Family portrait
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: Originally published 1980.

Immediate source: February 8, 2024 edition of the New York Times. Direct link here

Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Disappearance of Randy Sellers
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)
* No free alternative exists. Subject has been missing since 1980.
  • The low quality, skewed, cropped reproduction photograph here can be reasonably described as "irreplaceable", and meets the Non-free content criteria.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) * Image has been reduced in size from original and is 246 x 292px in size
  • Image has been cropped, and slightly skewed
  • Intended solely for usage upon infobox of the article pertaining to the individual in question
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
* Image has already been widely distributed upon the internet and in printed format since 1980, and in a much better resolution quality.
  • Purpose of distribution of image by family, law enforcement and media alike is, and has been, to illustrate the disappearance of the individual. Willing and encouraged maximum visual outreach
  • Original author credited
  • Image has been cropped and skewed
  • Of a markedly lower visual quality than original. Image is of a tinted hue in addition to being cropped and skewed
Other information The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: August 16, 1980


  • No free equivalent of this image exists (NFCC1)
  • Image has already been widely distributed in the media, via various methods, since 1980, and in doing so, has been displayed in both a better visual quality, in a higher resolution and in an un-cropped form (NFCC4)
  • The precise name given to the file - plus the nature of the content - make any ambiguous usage of this image extremely unlikely (NFCC9)
  • Believed that the use of this image upon only the English-language Wikipedia, to illustrate the infobox of the article relating to the deaths of the persons depicted, falls under the "Non-profit, educational" clause of the 'Fair Use' doctrine, currently upheld by U.S. law. (17 U.S.C. § 107.)
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Disappearance of Randy Sellers//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Randy_Lee_Sellers_Missing_August_16,_1980.jpgtrue

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current00:29, 19 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 00:29, 19 February 2024246 × 292 (19 KB)Kieronoldham (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard
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