Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kabukichō

Kabukichō edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2019 at 14:36:16 (UTC)

Original – Kabukichō red gate and colorful neon street signs

Reason: High quality, good EV, great composition
Articles in which this image appears: Kabukichō, Tokyo
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: Basile Morin

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 14:36, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – There are at least 10 recognizable persons in this photo from a red-light district. How about personality rights in a case like this? --Janke | Talk 16:38, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- That is not quite what personality rights protect. Say for example I own a company that makes strawberry jam and I take a photo of you to use on my logo; I plaster your photograph on every jar and use your likeness to advertise and sell my product. I would be violating your personality rights. That is not the same as taking your photograph in public, and selling the photograph or using the photograph on my commercial website. I don't think any personality rights apply in this case, unless Japan has some specialized laws. The crucial difference is the use of the likeness akin to a trademark which is not the case here. What may apply is WP:BLP. However, I don't think any of the faces are that clearly recognizable here. Even if they were, they are in public and have no expectation of privacy here, AFAIK. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 17:08, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agree -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:53, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Just on this point, this photo depicts one of the entrances to the Kabukichō area from the main road through Shinjuku. While some parts of Kabukichō are a red light district, this part most certainly isn't: it's a touristy street of restaurants and bars which attracts vast crowds. Nick-D (talk) 23:23, 15 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Different from Shinjuku Golden Gai, in the same district, where photography is explicitly prohibited -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:55, 15 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support and thanks a lot, Tomer T, for the nomination. Already featured on Commons. Iconic place in Shinjuku -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:53, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:29, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Geoffroi 06:02, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:43, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Kabukicho red gate and colorful neon street signs at night, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:29, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]