Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:الكناب من جيل الى جيل.jpg

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Info created by A2071 – uploaded by A2071 – nominated by XRay -- XRay 💬 17:57, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Info I find this photo so fascinating that I nominated it. Unfortunately, it has a few issues with its categorization and description, but the subject matter was so compelling. -- XRay 💬 18:08, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- XRay 💬 17:57, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is indeed a fascinating image, but I believe a Commons featured picture should be minimally documented, which is not the case. The only thing we have is the image name, which Google translates "The books are passed down from generation to generation." But a lot of aditional information is available, just by dumping the image into Google Gemini: the photographer, the sculpture, place, etc. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 18:48, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I gave it a try. However, I'm now concerned that the photographer, Mohammad Hossein Madadi, uploaded the photo himself. -- XRay 💬 19:00, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Concerns have grown even further, as the sculpture is reportedly located in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. -- XRay 💬 19:06, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I will support if we have the right to host this picture on the site, but I don't know if that's true yet given the above questions. Cmao20 (talk) 15:07, 23 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Quite right, I see at least two issues here. First, is this image subject to copyright? Even if the uploader is the author, that does not imply the image is free. Second, may photographs of the sculpture in Saudi Arabia be published? -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:12, 23 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Comment @A2071: Unfortunately, I can't answer the questions that have come up. I would ask the photographer to comment on this. -- XRay 💬 08:44, 26 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Can only agree – the photo is fascinating, but at the same time there may be legal problems, at least regarding the sculpture. According to Commons:Freedom of panorama, the United Arab Emirates don’t have freedom of panorama (and Saudi Arabia doesn’t have it, too). Of course it is possible that the photographer got a permission to take and even to publish the photo including the sculpture. But only the photographer can explain this … – Aristeas (talk) 09:32, 26 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]