File:Photograph of the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado.png

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Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale

Description

A historic photograph of the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado.

Author or
copyright owner

Erin D. Maxwell

Source (WP:NFCC#4)

Original publication: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=events-19990503-f5tornado

Immediate source: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/oun/wxevents/19990503/stormphotos/tornado_a9_800.png

Date of publication

August 11, 2011 (earliest known publication)

Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)

1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado

Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)

A single photograph to show the large, historic, and destructive 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado near peak intensity.

Not replaceable with
free media because (WP:NFCC#1)

A historical photograph which cannot be reproduced without breaking copyright rules.

Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)

A single, low-resolution photograph of the tornado.

Respect for
commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)

A single, low-resolution photograph, which was used by the National Weather Service (NWS), a branch of the United States federal government, on their respective webpage.

Per the NWS disclaimer, "The information on National Weather Service Web servers and Web sites is in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the public."
This photograph appears on a web site and on the web servers of the National Weather Service starting in at least August 2011.
Erin D. Maxwell started working for the United States National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma in 2002, nine years before this photo was published on the National Weather Service website, but three years after this photograph was taken. As such, it was not taken as part of a U.S. government employees' official duty, and copyright was established when the photograph was taken. It is unknown if Erin D. Maxwell surrendered the copyright of this photograph when it was released onto the National Weather Service website in August 2011.
There are discrepancies (listed below) for the attribution/copyright status of the image. Some indications are that it is copyrighted while others indicate it is free-to-use.

This image may or may not be free to use and was uploaded under the non-free image guidelines as a precaution.

Other information

Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licensing Discussion: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Bridge Creek, OK tornado 1999-05-03.png

Attribution / Copyright Discrepancies:

Per the NWS disclaimer, "The information on National Weather Service Web servers and Web sites is in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the public."

This photograph appears on a web site and on the web servers of the National Weather Service starting in August 2011.

Erin D. Maxwell started working for the United States National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma in 2002, nine years before this photo was published on the National Weather Service website, but three years after this photograph was taken. As such, it was not taken as part of a U.S. government employees' official duty, and copyright was established when the photograph was taken. It is unknown if Erin D. Maxwell surrendered the copyright of this photograph when it was released onto the National Weather Service website in August 2011.

This photograph was published by WSLS-TV in this 2019 article with the attribution of "Photo Credit: NWS Norman general forecaster Erin Maxwell".

This photograph was published by TornadoTalk in this 2019 article with the attribution of "via NWS Norman general forecaster Erin Maxwell".

This photograph was published by Weather Underground in this 2020 article with the attribution of "Courtesy Erin Maxwell via NWS/Norman".

This photograph was published by WHSV-TV in this 2022 article with the attribution of "NWS".

This photograph was published by The Weather Channel in this 2024 article with the attribution of "National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma | Erin Maxwell".

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado//en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Photograph_of_the_1999_Bridge_Creek%E2%80%93Moore_tornado.pngtrue

Licensing

This image is a faithful digitisation of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who created the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this image may qualify as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

Please remember that the non-free content criteria require that non-free images on Wikipedia must not "[be] used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media." Use of historic images from press agencies must only be of a transformative nature, when the image itself is the subject of commentary rather than the event it depicts (which is the original market role, and is not allowed per policy). Fair use

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
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If this tag does not accurately describe this image, please replace it with an appropriate one.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:02, 28 November 2024		380 × 262 (142 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	01:41, 27 November 2024	No thumbnail	800 × 553 (743 KB)	WeatherWriter (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard

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File usage

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1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado
File:Photograph of the 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado.png (file redirect)

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Horizontal resolution	236 dpc
Vertical resolution	236 dpc