Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of Communist California.jpeg
Activist art. No context within any article. Not used with exception of a few user pages. DevinCook (talk) 06:37, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Images primarily or only used on user pages are allowed -- consult {{User page image}}. This is a "Special or fictional flag". Commons has many hundreds of them, and they usually aren't deleted just for being "Special or fictional" -- only if they're maliciously hoaxing or hatemongering.... AnonMoos (talk) 14:20, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- In the case of this image, I would favor the "maliciously hoaxing or hatemongering" argument. -DevinCook (talk) 21:18, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- Really? en:User:Kelapstick/UBX/CommieCali says "This User doesn't think California is the First Communist State of America, he just likes this flag." -- AnonMoos (talk) 22:11, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- In the case of this image, I would favor the "maliciously hoaxing or hatemongering" argument. -DevinCook (talk) 21:18, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
Kept: In use. Hopefully communist witch hunt is past. Yann (talk) 09:20, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Out of COM:SCOPE user-generated flag; violation of COM:NOTHOST, COM:SELFIE, COM:EV. A realistic educational purpose is a policy requirement for all Commons files. All files with no such purpose must be deleted: "Wikimedia Commons is not your personal free web host". GPinkerton (talk) 20:16, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Keep per previous discussion on this topic. The file is in use on a user page. Mysterymanblue 22:26, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Mysterymanblue: COM:INUSE states: "If an image is in use on another project (aside from use on talk pages or user pages), that is enough for it to be within scope." (emphasis added) Being in use on a talk page or user page does not mean it is within COM:SCOPE. COM:SPAM suggests "Artwork without obvious educational use, including non-educational artwork uploaded to showcase the artist's skills" … "are not realistically useful for an educational purpose" and "An otherwise non-educational file does not acquire educational purpose solely because it is in use on a gallery page or in a category on Commons, nor solely because it is in use on a user page". If a file – such as this one – is out of scope; it should be deleted. GPinkerton (talk) 01:24, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
Kept: no valid reason for deletion. "The uploading of small numbers of images (e.g. of yourself) for use on a personal user page of Commons or another project is allowed as long as that user is or was an active participant on that project.". —Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 17:53, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
This is a fake flag for "Communist California." The only usage outside of file logs seems to be on a user talk page along with the caption "This User previously lived in the Shit-Hole State of California, and believes it to be the First Communist State of America." So at least IMO it doesn't follow the "good faith" part of the guideline about a file being kept if it's in use. There's no educational value to it outside of that either. So the image should be deleted as OOS, if not also due to the clearly malicious nature of it. Adamant1 (talk) 03:55, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
Delete trolling is OOS Dronebogus (talk) 01:17, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
Deleted: per nomination. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:41, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
