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Current requests

Slovenian municipal coats of arms

I request review and (partial) undeletion of the files deleted as result of this request without a proper discussion. Although the request was actually mentioned by a third user in one of the unofficial communication channels of the Slovenian Wikipedia community, the requester or involved Commons administrators could have notified the local community through the village pump of the local project about the ongoing discussion. Since these files are actively used on the project, such a notification could have helped ensure that relevant comments were made already during the deletion discussion.

Generally, coats of arms are exempt from copyright law in Slovenia, see Template:PD-Slovenia-exempt. One might argue that some images were "independent creations" (as per the earlier discussion at Commons:Deletion requests/Images of coats of arms of Slovenian municipalities). However, (1) it is highly debatable whether such works can be considered original if they only follow the textual description; and (2) the requester did not verify the actual source of the images. The link he cited is dead, and deleting files originating from dead links could have far-reaching consequences for the project. One of Commons’ goals is to preserve free media, and losing it due to link rot seems counterproductive. In the case of dead links, the assumption should not automatically be that the files are problematic. Fortunately, there are initiatives such as the Internet Archive that help us verify sources.

While some images indeed have come from third-party websites (which are now also dead, for example for Žirovnica), in several cases the files are direct reproductions of official heraldic acts. For example, the deleted coat of arms of Žužemberk (cached copy of the file information page) cites http://public.carnet.hr/fame/hrvat/si-obc20.html#si-zv as the source. This in turn cites Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Žužemberk, št. 8/00, which is an official municipal document. See the archived source. This is an official document, which means that in addition to the copyright exemption, it is also considered informacija javnega značaja (information of public character). Under Slovenian law, such materials must be publicly available and freely reusable, since official acts cannot be restricted by copyright in a way that prevents public access.

Therefore, even if a particular depiction were argued to be an “independent creation,” its publication within an official act places it firmly in the public domain as information of public character.


The files that should be reviewed are:
* File:Coat of arm of Hrastnik.png

I propose to:

  • Undelete the deleted files to allow the community to review them carefully on a case-by-case basis, using archived sources (e.g. via Internet Archive)
  • Subsequent edits by CommonsDelinker on Slovenian Wikipedia should also be reversed where the files are restored (see sl:Special:Contributions/CommonsDelinker)

Best regards, --Miha (talk) 02:56, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Smihael: Maybe, it would be better to upload images that are clearly covered by the exemption and request undeletion only if the upload is prevented due to being binary identical with the deleted ones? Ankry (talk) 05:54, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So due to an overly narrow interpretation of copyright and lack of notice to the affected community, valuable files were lost and now others must dig through archives or search for alternatives to replace them. This is counterproductive — these files should be restored in good faith, and the burden of proof that they are not free should lie with the deletion requester and judged on an individual basis. In general, coats of arms are exempt from copyright protection in Slovenia, and the claim that these are copyrightable individual interpretations is doubtful at best, if not outright flawed... What definitely was flawed, is the deletion process itself, as it wrongly assumed that all files from a certain dead link were problematic. Imagine a hypothetical situation where Flickr shuts down: are we just going to delete thousands of imported images simply because their licenses are no longer easily verifiable? -- Miha (talk) 07:21, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose I was the deleting Admin. First, we cannot manufacture discussion. The DR was open for three and a half months. All of the uploaders were notified and no  Keep appeared there. We get about 10,000 new files every day and around 1,500 of them must be deleted. Most of this work is done by 20 Admins. We simply do not have the human resources to even think about "notifi[ng] the local community through the village pump of the local project about the ongoing discussion".

As for "Imagine a hypothetical situation where Flickr shuts down", this is why we have License Review -- so that there is a record of the license status of files that might otherwise be a problem. As far as I know, none of the uploaders requested license review for any of the files.

Also, please note that "the burden of proof that they are not free should lie with the deletion requester" is backward. Commons clear policy is that those who would keep a file must prove that it is either PD or freely licensed.

Finally, I examined a random dozen of the files before the deletion and found none that qualified for use on Commons. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:13, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment The more pressing question is whether all coats of arms published on official pages of Slovenian municipalities are public domain or only those that have been published in the Official Gazette (Uradni list Republike Slovenije) or elsewhere as annexes to municipal ordinances. --TadejM (t/p) 10:59, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comment. Those are in fact different legal questions, and I think we should not be conflating them.
  • First (copyright): coats of arms, when adopted as official municipal symbols, generally do not qualify for ordinary copyright protection in Slovenia — they are treated as official symbols or public emblems rather than ordinary works. The question of derivative versions is separate: such variants usually do not cross the threshold of originality, as they only follow the wording describing the coat of arms. If there are substantial differences, we should anyway avoid them to prevent confusion.
  • Second (access / source of the file): The doctrine of informacija javnega značaja (the right of access to public information) requires that documents held by public authorities — including municipal graphical identity or coat of arms files — be made accessible and reusable, unless a statutory exception applies. This principle is recognized in the Constitution (see https://e-kurs.si/komentar/kaj-je-informacija-javnega-znacaja/) and is implemented in the Access to Public Information Act (ZDIJZ). ZDIJZ applies to all state bodies, local government bodies, and related public law entities, requiring them to provide access and re-use of public information (including works created by them or acquired from others) unless specifically exempt (for example: national security, personal data protection, internal deliberations, trade secrets) regardless of the medium or format in which the information is stored. Thus, whether the coat of arms was published in Uradni list or only on a municipal website is irrelevant under access law — what matters is that the public authority holds the file and that it is not subject to a statutory exemption.
  • There remains the separate question of how the coat of arms may be used to prevent misuse. That is regulated by municipal acts (usage ordinances, design rules, prohibitions), and is separate from copyright concerns. On Wikimedia Commons, you will often see notices such as despite the copyright status, additional restrictions may apply (e.g. photos of cultural heritage, local usage rules). So potential presence of usage restrictions does not automatically invalidate a file’s eligibility on Commons as long as the file itself is not under copyright protection.
To sum up: the version of the coat of arms found in municipal materials can generally be used without issue, because it has already been published by the public authority, is publicly available, and is effectively exempt from copyright under Slovenian law. Therefore, the requester should check which of the files were sourced from official documents and at least restore those!
In my view, the first part of rationale also covers coat of arms images sourced from elsewhere: even if they are derivatives (and not mere copies of versions found in municipial documents), they typically do not cross the threshold of originality and so do not attract separate copyright. If you accept this logic, then all the files in this discussion should be restored. That said, it is of course a better policy to gradually replace them with versions directly sourced from official documents, and even better if redrawn in vector format (so quality and fidelity are improved). But that is no justification to leave the files deleted in the meantime. -- Miha (talk) 04:43, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I somehow doubt that all municipal coats of arms are copyright exempt in Slovenia. For example, this page cites the Municipality of Grosuplje as the copyright holder. --TadejM (t/p) 10:51, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, there are solid sources to claim that. Article 9 of the ZASP (Copyright and Related Rights Act) lists official legislative, administrative and judicial texts among non-protected creations (i.e. not covered by ordinary copyright). A study, commissioned by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency and co-authored by the Institute for Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, explains that although ZASP uses the term official texts, in practice the category extends to materials published as part of, or as annexes to, official texts—explicitly including drawings of the state coat of arms, municipal coats of arms, flags, traffic-sign drawings, urban plans, and the anthem (see section 2.1.2 Nejasnost pojma uradna besedila, pp. 27–28).
While it's true that some municipalities (as in your example) present themselves as copyright holders, this mostly reflects a widespread misunderstanding of basic copyright principles. Many people — including public officials — are generally un(der)educated about copyright issues and often use “copyright” loosely when they actually mean that it is legally protected by special rules. Again, such claims do not override the copyright status of the works. -- Miha (talk) 11:24, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, "in practice the category extends to materials published as part of, or as annexes". This would mean that only those municipal coats of arms "that have been published in the Official Gazette (Uradni list Republike Slovenije) or elsewhere as annexes to municipal ordinances" qualify as copyright exempt. --TadejM (t/p) 13:20, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Great, so we at least agree that the municipal coats of arms, which are sourced from official sources are not protected by copyright.
I checked https://web.archive.org/web/20091208063825/http://public.carnet.hr/fame/hrvat/si-obc.html and this already concerns many deleted coat of arms. On the first page alone, I found that most of the files were indeed sourced from official acts, including:
  • Ajdovscina
  • Beltinci
  • Benedikt
  • Bistrica ob Sotli
  • Bled
  • Bloke
  • Bohinj
@TadejM Please, go through the remaining files and undelete those coming from official acts.
As for the other files, I still believe they are also unproblematic. In most cases, they likely come from official acts through intermediaries, but this is not the key issue. What matters is the official nature of the symbol, not its intermediate source. To clarify, any faithful depiction (which was as far as I can remember the case for all deleted files) of a coat of arms does not meet the threshold of originality required for copyright protection. Since these symbols are not original designs, they do not qualify for copyright. -- Miha (talk) 14:53, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
And actually, other coat of arms can be easily sourced from official sources. Redirects can be made to resolve any deadlinks caused by this deletion. --Miha (talk) 15:11, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Images could be undeleted if directly taken from an official document (ordinance, see e.g. Vrhnika) but not if the official document contains only a blazon. It will take time to check all of them. Regarding the threshold, these images are quite original and at least some have been designed by a professional company (Heraldika d.o.o); I'm not certain why they would fall below a TOO. --TadejM (t/p) 17:17, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don’t really see a problem here. If you look again at the study I cited above, it is clear that once a coat of arms is part of an official document (including annexes to ordinances), it falls under the category of official texts within the meaning of Article 9 ZASP. That means two things: (1) they are not subject to ordinary copyright, and (2) this applies regardless of whether the drawing was created in-house or commissioned from a third party. The study itself explicitly references Copyright and Related Rights Act with a commentary by Trampuž, Oman and Zupančič. I am trying to obtain a copy of that commentary, which should clear up any remaining doubt on this point.
As for your Vrhnika example. The act you are citing above is no longer in force. The updated Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Vrhnika (13.2.02) removes any ambiguity: Grba in zastave občine Vrhnika se ne sme avtorsko zavarovati (the coat of arms and flag cannot be copyright-protected) and that Izvirnike grba in zastave občine Vrhnika v vseh oblikah hrani Občinska uprava občine Vrhnika (the originals in all forms are kept by the municipal administration). In legal terms, that is equivalent to annex publication. Under ZDIJZ, the official source file can be requested directly from the authority and freely reused.
And even if the earlier act with the poor-quality scan were still valid, that still would not magically make faithful reproductions reach TOO. If the emblem is prescribed and published in an official act (as it is), then any accurate reproduction is non-copyright under ZASP and cannot be treated otherwise. Period. -- Miha (talk) 02:26, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What the actual ordinance really says about Vrhnika is that "Grba in zastave občine Vrhnika se ne sme avtorsko zavarovati [po drugih osebah] brez dovoljenja občine" (the coat of arms and flag must not be copyright-protected [by other parties] without a permission of the municipality). In any case, as the image of the coat of arms was previously published in the Official Gazette, it is copyright-exempt. A similar clause is contained in the ordinance issued by the Municipality of Preddvor: "avtorske pravice si pridrži občina" (Copyright is retained by the municipality).[1] --TadejM (t/p) 09:59, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am going through the list of deleted images and will undelete those that are exact images copied from official publications. For example, File:Trbovlje.png is an exact copy from https://www.e-obcina.si/vsebina/uradni-vestnik-zasavja-st-112015. --TadejM (t/p) 10:54, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have now undeleted some as per the above. --TadejM (t/p) 17:37, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. -- Miha (talk) 02:13, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've got access to the aforementioned commentary on copyright act. The exceprt (pp. 54-55) below discusses how the term "official text" should be interpreted and extended to include other categories.
Pojem besedila - Po vzoru Bernske konvencije zakon govori o »besedilih«, čeprav se v okviru uradnih pristojnosti in oblastvenih upravičenj pogosto objavljajo tudi druge kategorije avtorskih del, in sicer kot del uradnega besedila, kot njegova priloga ali pa samostojno (npr. dela urbanizma, kanografije, zbirke, baze podatkov). Tudi za take kategorije lahko velja, da so uradnega značaja in da je njihovo poslanstvo v čim večjem razširjanju. Z vidika njihovega namena se torej ne razlikujejo od zakonov, odločb ali drugih uradnih besedil. Temu ustrezno pojma »besedila« iz člena 9/1 tč. 2 ZASP ni mogoče tolmačiti samo dobesedno, temveč s primerno razširitvijo na druge kategorije del. Pogoj je, da gre za uradne kategorije (z vsemi značilnostmi tega pojma) ter da se taka interpretacija opravi glede na vse okoliščine primera in previdno. V dvomu bo merodajen predvsem uradni značaj dela: uravnavanja družbenih razmerij s to kategorijo avtorskega dela se ne da doseči le z uradno objavo, temveč tudi z nadaljnjim (za vsakogar) neoviranim in poljubnim reproduciranjem (Ulmer, § 30, II, 2; Schricker/Karzettberger, § 5, tč. 42).
I marked parts relavant for our discussion. Later on they discuss several examples and as already established by the aformentioned study, this also includes coat of arms. You can see that the intention of the exemption is to ensure that, among others official symbols, can be freely used and reproduced in order to fulfill their function. This supports my claim that it is the official nature of the coat of arms that matters, not where it is pusblished (in Uradni list or independently). Therefore the coat of arms from municipial sites should be fine. -- Miha (talk) 14:22, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Konstantín Chernenko - Tapa Diario Clarín.jpg

The reason for deletion was: I don't think the original photo is in the public domain in the United States (which is required on Commons) even if it is in the public domain in Argentina. I doubt the photo even belongs to that Argentinian newspaper, so I doubt it is in the public domain in Argentina either

Also:

The photo should be PD in USA. It was published in some American newspapers during that time without author and copyright notice. For example, The Boston Globe [2] on 14 February 1984, The Evening News [3] on 13 February 1984, Standard-Freeholder on 24 December 1984 [4].

Ping @Turkmenistan and @Ur Nan123 for discussion. Roman Kubanskiy (talk) 20:28, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This is a photo from Associated Press who publish this photo at their web site with the following credit: "Soviet Politburo member Konstantin Chernenko is seen, 1983. (AP Photo)". The location is said to be Moscow, Russia. (ap.org). Thuresson (talk) 20:58, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
AP images published between 1964 and 1977 in a newspaper that did not include a copyright notice for the image are in the public domain. By at least 1981 AP began including copyright notices on some photos.' But this one doesn't have.
I guess it should be {{PD-US-1978-89}} Roman Kubanskiy (talk) 16:51, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Thuresson ? Roman Kubanskiy (talk) 11:04, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose It is not possible to say for sure that this photo is public domain in the country of origin. It is probably not by an Associated Press photographer since the photographer is said to be anonymous. Thuresson (talk) 07:04, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Thuresson country of origin - you mean USSR / Russia? Roman Kubanskiy (talk) 19:13, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think it can be Boris Yurchenko who has worked for AP. Roman Kubanskiy (talk) 14:56, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Boris Yurchenko (Q23901745) died in 2010 so his works are not public domain in Russia. Thuresson (talk) 16:33, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Wilkes Barre Downtown.jpg

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: I was wrong to tag it with the {{Duplicate}} tag. It appears the supposed duplicate file, File:Wilkes Barre Panorama.jpg, contains a different file that was overwritten in breach with COM:OVERWRITE. I'm planning to revert the file to the original, different version should "Wilkes Barre Downtown.jpg" be undeleted. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 11:32, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One of us is confused -- none of the files mentioned above have a deletion tag or have ever been deleted. The subject file is widely used. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:02, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the file was originally uploaded as File:Wilkes Barre Downtown.jpg and then overwritten with a different file, and then deleted as a dupe, before a redirect was created. I think he wants to try undeleting it and then reverting to the original version. Curiously, File:Wilkes Barre Panorama.jpg was also uploaded as one file and then overwritten. -Nard (Hablemonos)(Let's talk) 15:17, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

JWilz12345, given the confused file status here, I'm not sure what you want done. Since the subject file is not deleted, if there is nothing else you need here, please close this. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 22:01, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nard, you're probably right, but JWilz12345 is active on a daily basis, so it's better to actually get them to tell us what to do lest we guess wrong. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 22:26, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JWilz12345: -Nard (Hablemonos) (Let's talk) 23:19, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jameslwoodward@Nard the Bard correct Nard, I have some hunch that "Wilkes-Barre Panorama" image was originally different, and the redirect "Wilkes-Barre Downtown" was originally the current version of "Panorama" image (it's visible in the file history of "Panorama"). JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 00:04, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Anna Eynard-Lullin Bern.jpg

This file was initially flagged at Commons_talk:AI-generated_media#Possible_AI-generated_images with User:MHM55 being concerned that all of User:Beeckfrau's images (mostly outdoor photos of statues) were AI generated. It was then put up for DR, and deleted.

MHM55's concerns about the file are that the timestamp is wrong, that the bust is known to be on display in Geneva yet the filename contains the word "Bern", and that the size of the books is "not realistic".

The DR discussed whether the image might be AI generated: two users said it was "clearly AI-generated" and "clearly a fake image", only singling out "details in the lower part of the statue which do not exist" (although the nature of these details wasn't stated). Other users, including one who said they'd "seen a lot of AI-generated images" (and myself, I've also seen and deleted a lot of this on Commons), didn't think it looked like AI at all. I also don't think that any of Beeckfrau's other images look AI-generated, and MHM55 didn't give any further reasons for thinking so.

Unless there is some giveaway clue that the Anna Eynard-Lullin image was generated by AI, I think the concerns can be explained by Omphalographer's theory that the bust could be a replica. This would resolve the questions of why it was in Bern instead of Geneva and was of an unexpected size. But it could also just be that the filename is misleading (the uploader forgot which library they took it in, or meant something else by the word "Bern") and the reference books on this Geneva Library shelf are unexpectedly larger or smaller than one might think.

Since there don't seem to be any other freely-licenced images of this bust or this person on the internet, Commons would benefit from hosting one if the image is genuine. I don't think we had enough discussion to be able to decide that it was definitely a fake. Belbury (talk) 14:58, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose

  1. A very similar, but not identical, bust appears here with ARR.
  2. All of a random sample of similar images from this uploader show EXIF with Camera=Oppo. This has no useful EXIF.
  3. Contrary to "Since there don't seem to be any other freely-licenced images ... of this person on the internet", we have Category:Anna Eynard-Lullin with 21 files including paintings, photographs, and sculpture. We do not have an image of this bust.

I therefore think it very likely that this is an AI image based on the bust at (1). .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:43, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake on other images of Eynard-Lullin! That makes this less important.
The similar bust was mentioned in the DR and does seem to be the only other reference image to compare it to online. From memory the bust is identical (including the crack across it), the texture of her clothing looks a little different (which may be the lighting; its contours appeared identical) and the pedestal had been swapped out for a different one. From my understanding of AI image editing, if you asked a current model to redraw the same bust but on a bookshelf with different lighting and a different pedestal, other alterations would creep in - and you would have to manually apply other filters to the output, to give the appearance of a pixelised low-light camera image. Belbury (talk) 11:14, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

After further examination of both images under high magnification, I am almost certain that the two photographs discussed above are the same bust. There is a small defect just above where the fold in the cloth that goes down from left to right hits the fold that surrounds the bust. That appears in both images. The subject image shows significant pixelization typical of AI work and, of course, the subject image is missing most of its base. Since the uploader has a history of uploading AI work, I think we must close this as not done and I will do so unless someone can provide a good reason not to do that. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 22:11, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe the user actually has any history of uploading AI content. The only discussion I'm aware of is the discussion at the AI media talk page where User:MHM55 said they were putting all of User:Beeckfrau's statue images into Category:Unconfirmed likely AI-generated images to check, apparently largely because of their "impossible" timestamps. I checked the images and removed them from the category as they didn't appear to be AI generated, and MHM55 said OK. I am not a specialist in this regard. Belbury (talk) 13:53, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Alternative flag of Guadalajara 2.svg and File:Alternative flag of Guadalajara 3.svg

Not out of scope since both images exist at https://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/images/m/mx-jc!e1.gif and https://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/images/m/mx-jc!b2.gif, firstly, and they can be used in an article to illustrate municipal symbols of Guadalajara, a big Mexican city. Both images are supported by photographic evidence, and the illustrations themselves conform to real photographs. Flagvisioner (talk) 18:52, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose Per Commons:Undeletion requests/Archive/2025-11#File:Alternative flag of Guadalajara 2.svg and File:Alternative flag of Guadalajara 3.svg. Thuresson (talk) 12:15, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"FOTW is 'generally considered unrealible'" is not a statement which applies here. I'm sourcing the drawings based on photographs on the site, not information. A photograph of a more current flag can't be faked like a historical flag. Since the photos are clearly more modern and clearly visible in more public spaces in these photos, it is clear they are at least somewhat used in reality. They are unofficial so they should not replace a header image, but serve well to illustrate the evolution of the flag in physically used forms. Flagvisioner (talk) 00:51, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Dravedian Arc - Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (Greco-Roman map adaptation).jpg

Hello, this is another image file Trimtrent has acted rudely and deleted without properly explaining what alterations I need to make, including several others that I spent considerable time creating, uploading, and describing for the purpose of educating the public and waived my copyrights to make these freely available.

Bizzarely the deleted image file in "subject field" was adapted from an existing commons File:Periplous of the Erythraean Sea.svg and I Mention the commons author and licence when I used his original work ie stating it belongs to "George Tsiagalakis / CC-BY-SA-4 licence" and here I adapted it for my academia research project and I too also shared it for the public issuing it as CC-BY-SA-4.0 as I consider the public would benefit from and appreciate. I chose to share it early on Commons, even before formal publication and peer review of my research, which naturally takes many months. I respectfully request that this and my other images be reinstated. If any of the text in the Description section needs to be removed or adjusted, please advise me accordingly so that I can make the appropriate changes in line with Commons’ requirements. Kind regards, Jeeva — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeeva S Sk (talk • contribs) 23:48, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment This file is a crop of the file you state with the addition of a legend that says the present day locations of cities depicted on the map and an illustration of a ship, and the legend moved up within the crop and made smaller. Abzeronow (talk) 00:04, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but whats wrong with that as the author has provided it on the basis of CC-BY-SA-4 and my version adds extra educational information to that image. Plus there are many other Perilous of the Erythraean Sea adaptations by other users and uploaded onto Commons - so why cant mine? Jeeva S Sk (talk) 00:09, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Commons is not the place for your personal research. If you continue to upload such files, you will be blocked. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 02:13, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeeva S Sk see the reply from the deleting administrator directly above. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 08:48, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Administrator: Pi.1415926535, the new file I uploaded yesterday after previous one deleted by you I have removed all mention of my research paper based on the advise provided and just uploaded a new revised image of Perilous of the Erythraean Sea created by George Tsiagalakis with CC SA-BY. 4.0, with just additional new educational info which is commonly know and image of an Indian Ship construction by Radha Kumud Mukhopadhyay (1912, which is now available as public use). And both the new image file, or my description of the image uploaded last night, makes no reference to my research paper and uploaded for public education purposes. As I clearly don't understand. Can I ask are you saying any images on CC cannot be altered by another user in anyway even though proper source attribution is provided for source and the uploading-user becomes the author of the new altered version but obviously meets commons requirements and is uploaded without any copyright restrictions and free to use by others for their altered version?
Please do kindly explain how I can work around this difficulty as its difficult to work out what changes I need to make for my new images I wish to share with the public. Jeeva S Sk (talk) 09:52, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:David Rohde deep state in America.png

I think that the image does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection because it consists only of simple geometric shapes and texts and also because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship. It is simply two arrows crossed and few texts. These are just words stacked on top of each other, arranged according to their standard positions (which is common-property information) on the Y and X-axis. It’s essentially like math: functional, not artistic. And since it’s neither artistic nor original, anyone has the right to arrange them that way on a graph. The words in the picture are just stacked on a graph based on their commonly understood meanings (which nobody owns). They don’t form a single sentence. Anyone can and has the right to arrange them that way. The placement and arrangement of the words is not even complex, sophisticated or original. Therefore, it is not protected.

By "arranged according to their standard position," I mean that terms are placed on the graph based on their commonly perceived associations. For example, everyone knows that "Military-Industrial Complex"—a term used to describe the deep state in the U.S.—is typically framed negatively by liberals, so we position it accordingly on the graph. The same applies to the term "Deep State," which is often used critically by conservatives. This logic extends to the rest of the terms. As for the use of graphs: displaying information visually for easier comprehension has been done for decades and is neither creative nor original. Super ninja2 (talk) 20:17, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose A similar request for this image was not done in August. Asking again without any new information wastes people's time. Please do not do it again or you will be blocked from editing here. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 22:32, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Only one voted in the precious discussion so I thought I should give another chance to more ppl to participate.
Please do not do it again or you will be blocked from editing here
According to what rule? Also, who said this violates any rule? Super ninja2 (talk) 13:39, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Repeated requests for undeletion probably count as spamming. Though you did provide a reasonable explanation, so I don't think the vote counts as spamming, just don't start a third discussion if the current one fails.
Also, looking at your logs, you have uploaded a disproportionate amount of files that were later deleted. That can also get you blocked, so please check the licenses for external files and ensure that your photos don't contain any derivative designs (unless they're de minimis). Your recent contributions do seem better and you look like you're acting in good faith, so just remember to check before you upload stuff and you'll be good. Dabmasterars [EN/RU] (talk/uploads) 14:42, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cdalbumicon-alt.svg

Deleted as an alleged derivative of the American Idiot album cover, but upon further research I have discovered that album cover designer Chris Bilheimer drew his inspiration from this public domain poster (see interview [5]: "American Idiot is a direct homage to Bass’ work"). The stark coloration (black and white and red blood) also drew inspiration from Communist Chinese protest artwork[6] which is also largely in the public domain. And it doesn't matter how much our version reminds people of their version, motifs are not copyrightable, see Rentmeester v. Nike, Inc (which ruled that the iconic Nike Michael Jordan "Jumpman" logo does not infringe an earlier photo of Jordan leaping despite Nike deliberately copying it) Side by side comparison of the images in question here. See also Herbert Rosenthal Jewelry Corporation v. Kalpakian which ruled that similar bee shaped jewelry was not a copyright violation, in yet another case where the defendant admitted deliberately copying the design, due to threshold of originality (Similar visual comparison here).
In addition, the American Idiot cover draws from other public domain sources, such as the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as seen in images like File:Carlo Dolci - Hand holding the Sacred Heart.jpg or File:ML 028 056.jpg. The version in question here, drawing from the public domain arm from The Man with the Golden Arm (as admitted by Chris Bilheimer) and the Wikipedia Logo (originally licensed as GFDL and later relicensed as cc-by-sa), as well as the general textual layout of the American Idiot cover (which is not copyrightable) means this file is appropriately licensed for Commons. You cannot copyright a general motif, especially when it is itself drawn from public domain sources. -Nard (Hablemonos) (Let's talk) 02:48, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose The subject image is very clearly derivative of the American Idiot cover. As I understand it, you are arguing that the American Idiot cover is PD because of the various sources and inspirations that went into it. If that were the case, then the subject would not infringe because you can't infringe on a PD work.

I don't buy it. While several works may have contributed to the inspiration for the American Idiot cover, it is a long way from being derivative of any of them. I don't see any reason why it does not have a copyright. If that is the case, then the subject work infringes. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:53, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose Putting aside the question of copyright, this feels very much like a targeted attack against Jimbo. There are a lot of people on this project that dislike that man, but in the context of "a placeholder file to illustrate copyrighted album covers in various templates", using this one seems entirely inappropriate. That would make it out of scope. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:07, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Estadio Garzon Huila.jpg

La imagen fue tomada por mí con mi telefono celular samsumg galaxi en junio del año 2022. solicito comedidamente la recuperación. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RicardoChavesWiki (talk • contribs) 13:42, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@RicardoChavesWiki: "Own work" licensing is based on AGF. But we cannot apply AGF to users who tried to trick us uploading images grabbed from Internet and claiming that "Own work" on them. Trust is easy to lose and very difficult to regain. Ankry (talk) 07:27, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Nintendo Advanced Video System cartridge console, data recorder and keyboard all together-February 1985 Computer Entertainer.jpg

Not only is there zero proof the free license that Computer Entertainer magazine provided did not cover this specific image (which flips the requirement in COM:PCP that requires more than just mere suspicion a file is unfree), Oriental Art Printing, Inc. v. Goldstar Printing Corp ruled that tightly cropped photos that show ordinary objects (such as pictures of food on a menu) fall below COM:TOO. -Nard (Hablemonos) (Let's talk) 16:03, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose The DR discussed the possibility that this photograph was made by the magazine at CES. I don't buy it -- its carefully lit and shot, with a completely white surround, so it looks to me like a professional product shot done by the manufacturer. Its copyright is therefore not available for CE to license to VGHF. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 17:16, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Possibility". What evidence have you? But let's look into your claim this is a press photo. Press photos were routinely distributed without copyright notices. It didn't matter if they intended it for inclusion in a later work that included a notice. The initial distribution automatically injected it into the public domain. In addition, you are arguing "sweat of the brow" as a basis for copyright, which US courts have routinely rejected. In Oriental Art Printing, Inc. v. Goldstar Printing Corp generic elements like pose or lighting were not considered copyrightable elements without evidence presented, which there is none here. They could have hired the Stanley Kubrick to take this photo and it still wouldn't meet the threshold of originality. And finally, your position is inconsistent. You are arguing that the generic copyright notice and registration in the magazine itself from the publisher confers a copyright to an entity you can't prove even exists, and yet the same publisher freely licensing it is somehow not acceptable. -Nard (Hablemonos) (Let's talk) 18:07, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Hi, Seeing the poor quality of this image, we can't say anything more, except that it was copied from File:Computer Entertainer 3-11.pdf. Yann (talk) 18:48, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Technically, I downloaded the pdf from the source and extracted using Adobe Acrobat & IrfanView. In the other DR made around the same time, there was evidence that Atari was the source of a different CES photo from the same issue. So it's possible Nintendo was the source of this and I had unknowingly uploaded it without knowing it. Abzeronow (talk) 00:35, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment Page 158 of that issue. Press photos, especially as late as 1985, didn't always lack copyright notices, and this certainly looks like a press photo. I don't really give any weight to Oriental Art Printing, Inc. v. Goldstar Printing Corp; it's neither a Supreme Court decision, nor one other circuits have cited or reasoned along similar lines. Basically all photographs have copyright, at least minimally, and I wouldn't say this less than any other. It's really being more catholic than the Pope, but I would say this is probably technically copyrighted by Nintendo or someone hired by them.--Prosfilaes (talk) 00:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Seal of Phnom Penh.svg

Hello, can someone please undeletion seal of phnom penh Thank you. Ayakln (talk) 04:48, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose No reason given why we should reverse the decision to delete this. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 09:57, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Flag of Maha Sarakham province.svg

Hello, can someone please undeletion flag of maha sarakham province Thank you. Ayakln (talk) 05:23, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose No reason given why we should reverse the decision to delete this. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 09:57, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Stamps by Alfred Goldammer

In 2023 these files were deleted by Fitindia "per nomination". The reason given by Adamant1 was: "Stamps of Germany are copyright until at least 70 years after the death artist." But this is wrong. In Germany stamps that don't name the designer are copyright until 70 years after publication (see {{PD-Germany-§134-KUG}}). So most of these stamps are out of copyright in Germany. Adamant1 furthermore wrote: "At least unless their copyright status was renewed by the URAA in the meantime." He is right in that none of these files is in the Public Domain in the United States. But to those uploaded before 1 March 2012, {{Not-PD-US-URAA}} applies, which means they should only be deleted on copyright holder's request. So I request to undelete all files that show pre-1955 stamps that don't have Goldammer's name on them and that were uploaded before 1 March 2012. Thank you. -- Robert Weemeyer (talk) 15:08, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hm. Do we restore files to which {{Not-PD-US-URAA}} can be applied after they were deleted anyway? --Rosenzweig τ 15:39, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose
First, the basic premise of this request is incorrect. The artist, Alfred Goldammer, is named (obviously!), so pma 70 does apply and they will be under German copyright until 1/1/2042.
Second, while we have agreed not to go back and delete files subject to URAA that were uploaded before 2012, I see nothing in policy that would allow us today to restore a file that was still under URAA no matter when it was originally uploaded.
Third, I note that several of these files would still be under German copyright even if the 70 years since publication rule applied.
.     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:57, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(1) It is known that Goldammer designed these stamps. But according to German copyright law the rule 70 years pma only applies if the designer is named on the stamp. See {{PD-Germany-§134-KUG}}. But Goldammer is not named on many if not all of them.
(2) This is the important point. You could say that no files under URAA may be uploaded now, so we also shouldn't undelete such files. On the other hand: If any administrator can delete any pre-2012 URAA files and noone can object and ask for an undeletion, then the rule that these file shouldn't be deleted is toothless.
(3) I mentioned that my undeletion request is only for pre-1955 stamps, for stamps published more than 70 years ago. Most of the stamps in this deletion request are older than 70 years, but a few are not. I did not request their undeletion. -- Robert Weemeyer (talk) 14:15, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose. The publication of German stamps is often an official act. Back when the Bundespost was a government authority, the stamp publication took place in the official gazette, the Bundesanzeiger AFAIK. So, even if the designer is not indicated on the stamp itself, it's easily assumed that it was named in the Bundesanzeiger. You would have to demonstrate that the Bundesanzeiger published the stamps without naming the designer to open the applicability of §138 KUG. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 14:44, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Flag maps

Could you undelete the flag maps of subdivisions?

--GaelVector (talk) 15:54, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have no memory of this specific case and ParizakiIfantis isn't blocked, which would normally happen if I were mass G3-ing someone's files. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:51, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose The first one and the last two (Yigo, Cayo, Orange Walk), as they are probably copyright violations. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:54, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Caricature of Musk doing Nazi salute-2025.jpg

Cited copyrighted work is Commons:De minimis.--Blockhaj (talk) 19:39, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose That's silly. The test of de minimis is whether an average observer would notice the removal of the problematic part. In this case, the image of Musk is the whole point of the file, and is in the file name, so it can't be de minimis. I also think that even though it is obvious this is a crude paste-up, it is problematic to show people doing disreputable acts that they did not actually do. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:53, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The face can be blurred and it would still convey the same message. And the file name has nothing to do with the given copyright. Even with the face blurred it would still be a caricature of Musk doing a nazi salute. As for your last sentence, this is irrelevant since it is a caricature and part of current history. The image was among others used in the Swedish article w:sv:Nidbild (derogatory caricature) and was a prime example of a non-racist derogatory caricature. Blockhaj (talk) 22:47, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The undeletion discussion in the following section is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive.

File:Peace Arch 9-12-2001.jpg

I meant it for educational purposes {{Nicebear12345 (talk) 22:56, 17 November 2025 (UTC)|22:43, 17 November 2025|Nicebear12345}}[reply]

We cannot accept unfree files even if there are educational. Abzeronow (talk) 23:56, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: Per above. Source and author are both "I don’t know". --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:48, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Example.jpg

I am the creator and copyright holder of this photo. I release it under CC BY-SA 4.0 license. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2025-34432-31 (talk • contribs) 23:35, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: No files uploaded by this temp account, no file named in request. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:48, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This account is a sock of User:Creativewithshahin which has two uploads, both deleted as personal images from non-contributors. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:28, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Example.jpg

Photo was authorized to public use — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikileaks user (talk • contribs)

Which deleted photo you want to be undeleted? The mentioned example is neither a photo nor deleted. Ankry (talk) 07:07, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I just deleted File:Rusydi Rosli.jpg, which was their only upload, as a clear copyvio. So probably that, and  Oppose, obviously. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:11, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Example.jpg

File:Isidoro Valverde Álvarez.png

File:Philby Lee.png

The photographer has released its work. The ticket number is ticket:2025111810184201. GY Fan★ 10:51, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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