Talk:British Rail D0260

message: I've gone through MOS:IMAGES, (and that is not perfect by any means) but I wanted to share these relevant quotes.  None of this is what I've written.  I find it difficult to disagree with any of it however.  I am also not cherry picking quotes:
#  "Images must be significant and relevant in the topic's context, not primarily decorative."
#  "not every article needs images"
# "Images should look like what they are meant to illustrate"
#  "Resist the temptation to overwhelm an article with images of marginal value"
And from MOS:LEADIMAGES:
# "It is common for an article's lead or infobox to carry a representative image—such as of a person or place, a book or album cover—to give readers visual confirmation that they've arrived at the right page."
#  "The lead image is perhaps the first thing to catch the reader's eye, so avoid lead images that readers would not expect to see there."
#  "Lead images should be natural and appropriate representations of the topic; they should not only illustrate the topic specifically, but also be the type of image used for similar purposes in high-quality reference works, and therefore what our readers will expect to see. Lead images are not required, and not having a lead image may be the best solution if there is no easy representation of the topic."
It seems that "consensus" is being used to override the WP:MOS.  Perhaps someone could address these points and either say why (1) the WP:MOS doesn't apply to this article or (2) why the WP:MOS is in fact wrong.  The alternative is in fact that not including a lead image of something we don't have an image of is in fact the only appropriate course of action.
I'd be grateful if people tried to keep their comments on topic. Tony May (talk) 15:46, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Addressed here. Copy/pasting the same argument across multiple articles is unhelpful. VQuakr (talk) 14:52, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for your response user:VQuakr; actually I think both articles, although broadly similar insofar as we have a prominent photograph which is not the subject, are in fact slightly different.  There are additional copyright issues with the use of the model photograph, for example.  I think further discussion is needed here.  Tony May (talk) 17:28, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Might I suggest a query be made at WP:IMAGEHELP for the copyright question? Copyright restrictions on an image of a model is pretty specialized so getting help there would be good. VQuakr (talk) 20:27, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for the suggestion.  VQuakr - The fact that it is not an image of the subject should be enough to disqualify it from use, given the quotations above. Tony May (talk) 16:03, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: If we're not talking about copyright concerns, the rest has been addressed at the other page. VQuakr (talk) 16:38, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

text:  With all the respect that I can muster, User:VQuakr, the only thing that has been addressed at the other page is a truly bizarre attempt to derail the conversation by talking about cupcakes. Tony May (talk) 16:58, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[MOS:IMAGES]] - various quotes that do not seemingly apply to this article