Commons:Deletion requests/2025/06/16

June 16

File:Bibliography of infrared spectroscopy through 1960 Part 1 (IA bibliographyofin4281raoc).pdf

Given in a 1980 list of "Standard Reference data" publications, SRD and related are not necessarily under PD-US-Gov terms, as additional copyrights may be claimed under a special exemption. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 07:40, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Bibliography of low energy electron and photon cross section data (through December 1974) (IA bibliographyoflo426kief).pdf

Given in a 1980 list of "Standard Reference Data", SRD is not necessarily under PD-US-Gov terms as additional copyrights may be claimed. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 07:41, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

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File:NBS Technical Note 11176 (1983) (IAutilityprogramsf1176dick).djvu

Uploaded in good faith based on information available at the time, however more recent discussion on other files have put the status of this in doubt, and thus I am brining it DR on the grounds that the assumed PD-US Gov license is no longer certain, Post 1978 work. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 12:04, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Withdrawn' per comments in another discussion ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 19:09, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:NBS Technical Note 11176 (1983) (IAutilityprogramsf1176dick).djvu

Relisting - This appears in a list of the Mid 1980's alongside other "Standard Reference Data" publications. - SRD is not necessarily subject to PD-US gov terms as additional copyrigths may exist or be applied for. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:51, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Swae Lee sig.svg

Improper source - ebay with no way to verify Swae Lee's actual signature Epsilon.Prota (talk) 09:52, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

  •  Comment Agree that ebay (or rather individuals who list things on ebay) should not be assumed to always have reliable information. That said, is there particular reason to doubt this signature? Has this been compared to any verified versions? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:28, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
 Delete Ipso facto copyvio 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 08:40, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
  •  Keep. Signature from the US, so this is far too simple for copyright. In use, so scope/accuracy concerns are moot. IronGargoyle (talk) 18:18, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
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Files in Category:NIST Technical Notes

These all derive from a file previously nominated, the basis is that the assumed PD-USGov license is unclear, and that these ultimately derive from a dataset which does not have an unrestricted distribution (See discussion at Wikisource.).

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 12:08, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

withdrawn per comments in a different discussion. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 19:11, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Files in Category:NIST Technical Notes

Relisting, These all derive from a publication which appears in a mid 1980's catalog, alongside other Standard Reference Data publications. SRD is not necessarily subject to PD-US-Gov license terms as addittional copyrights may exist or be applied for.

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:53, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:PZN Wiesloch Zentralgebäude innen 003.jpg

schlechte Bildqualität RIL91 (talk) 10:13, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

  •  Keep. Adequate quality and one of the only photos we have of the interior of this hospital. IronGargoyle (talk) 12:59, 5 July 2025 (UTC)
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File:ANA_B767-381_JA8578_Pokemon-Jet98.jpg

Neither Japan nor the US have a suitable FOP exception for 2D works. 84.62.193.111 12:35, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Why do we need FOP here, the main object in this image is the aircraft, not the Pokemons ?!? --Denniss (talk) 14:03, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
I have to agree; the plane itself is what has been photographed. It is not an illustration of Pikachu, but a plane with his likeness on the side. Scapler (talk) 15:39, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
I also agree, the image is the airplane, not the Pokemon even though they are objects of interest. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 17:03, 10 June 2011 (UTC)


  • Just a small comment regarding licensing issues: images of the aircraft as a whole are fine, derivative works focussing on the Pokemons not. --Denniss (talk) 00:34, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Kept: per above comments Jcb (talk) 15:50, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

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File:ANA B767-381 JA8578 Pokemon-Jet98.jpg

Pokemon can't be de minimis here. Yann (talk) 09:27, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

 Keep, INUSE, there is already a COM:DM tag on the page, and (quote) we can't find a court case of a similar photo in fact being ruled derivative -- we do have rulings where it was not(unquote). –Be..anyone 💩 17:19, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
  •  Keep: As explained in the previous deletion nomination discussion, the photo is of the aircraft in general and does not focus on individual Pokemon illustrations, so the de minimis exemption applies here. --DAJF (talk) 23:20, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Kept: no valid reason for deletion, per discussion. --Ellin Beltz (talk) 18:24, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

File:ANA B767-381 JA8578 Pokemon-Jet98.jpg

Probable copyright violation despite the previous DR ending in keeping the image. I claim that the Pokémon illustrations are not COM:De minimis. Per our policy, one can do some checks with Commons:De minimis#Guidelines:

All of these bullet points (3 of 6) make for that "the file containing copyrighted work X is less likely to satisfy de minimis" per our guideline.

Furthermore, the keeping decisions were made in 2011. In COM:DM Japan, there's a reference to a copyright law amended in 2012. Here's the pertinent part as written on the reference page: "Article 30-2: When creating a copyrighted work of photography, sound recording or video recording, other copyrighted items that are incidental subjects of the work because they are hard to be separated from the item that is a subject of the work may be copied or translated along the work being created (only if they are minor components of the work being created). However, if, considering the kinds of the incidentally included works and the manner of the copying or translation, it unfairly is prejudicial to the interest of the copyright holders of the incidentally included works, they may not."

These Pokémon images cannot fulfil this "incidental" clause, as they are objectively prejudicing the opportunity of Game Freak / Nintendo to license Pokémon illustrations to potential customers wanting to illustrate the characters. Grand-Duc (talk) 11:02, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi, FYI, there are many deletion requests which concern several dozens of files. I think that this should not be discussed here, but on COM:VPC. Yann (talk) 15:33, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment A few issues I see. 1) Photo stated to have been taken in 1999; any amendments to copyright law in 2012 would not apply unless they were specifically made retroactive. 2)I am unsure of what group discussion Yann thinks this should be listed at; if there is such a listing open, please link. 3)I have to agree that this looks to be significant COM:DW - the file is currently in use to illustrate certain individual Pokemon characters (!) which would argue against the inclusion being de minimus. So ruling should reflect Japan copyright law DW as of time photo was taken. 4) Would the image still be of in-scope usefulness if the visible character images were blurred or otherwise digitally removed? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:37, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

File:Ayla Arslan at EduWiki Conference 2023 Day 1 -03.jpg

please delete this photo 2001:930:11A:831:517:961:BDB1:CB38 11:08, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

I support Ayla's decision to delete this photo. Since I do not have the option to remove it myself, I kindly request the admin to delete it on my behalf. I give my full consent for its removal. Jagseer S Sidhu (talk) 11:17, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment. File is in use. IronGargoyle (talk) 23:12, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment Still in use in id:w. Uploader agrees with deletion, and implies that person shown wishes it deleted, however anon listing gives no reason for deletion. I suggest removing file from use &/or a logged in request for deletion giving reason might make the case clearer. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:43, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
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Files in Category:JA8956 (aircraft)

In each case, the whole aircraft is covered with copyrighted material, so DM cannot possible apply. I note that the last DR that included some of these images was closed as Kept by a non-Admin in violation of Commons rules. ("Non-admins may close a deletion request as keep if they have a good understanding of the process, and provided the closure is not controversial." [Emphasis added]

.     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:32, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

 Delete per nomination. Jim, I think you did a good job with nominating images that have clearly copyrighted material, and excluding the handful where it's actually de minimis. A lot of the other images in Category:Pokémon Jet should also be deleted; the previous deletion nom was, as noted, improperly closed. See also Commons:Deletion requests/File:ANA B747-400D(JA8956) (4960399530).jpg where a similar file was separately deleted. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 15:40, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 Keep and can we stop claiming Commons:Deletion requests/Pokemon Jet was improperly closed - it was not, Jdforrester is an administrator and has been working diligently on Commons for a very long time, demonstrating significant knowledge of copyright legislation and our policies.
The artwork argument is nonsense, frankly. Every aircraft that is not in bare metal/composite, clear lacquer or a single solid colour has some form of artwork on the fuselage of what is otherwise a utilitarian object.
British Airways commissioned Landor Associates to design a new livery which was rolled out from 1984 (much missed, I should add) which was then replaced by the Ethnic tails. There was significant originality in both those liveries, particularly in the Ethnic tails.
Air New Zealand has a complex fern design forming their livery, and other than British Airways and a handful of legacy carriers, most airlines have complex artwork for their livery.
Artwork, whether it's Tintin, Pokemon or the airline's own livery is there for one thing and one thing only, it's advertising. Aircraft don't need logos and colour schemes, a plain white paint job is all they need to protect the fuselage.
We're in danger of differentiating between aircraft/airline livery artwork and comic or other promotional artwork and I see no applicable differentiation that can support this in law.
The images themselves are being generated for one reason - to record a utilitarian object in the process of trying to record each aircraft registration or MSN number. Nick (talk) 16:05, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
I'm open to seeking advice from WMF about this, as I do recognise there's a difficult on squaring de minimis inclusion of copyright artwork which covers such a significant portion of a utilitarian object.
There's a very significant difference between basic airline livery (some examples: 1 2 3 4 5) and these jets. Standard livery is generally simple geometric patterns, large color swaths, and small logos (many of which are PD-shape anyway). The Pokemon jets are full-aircraft artwork, unambiguously copyrighted. There is a file available of this aircraft in a non-copyrightable livery; that is a utilitarian photograph that has no copyright issues. With that present on Commons, there is no need for images where a copyrighted artwork takes up a large portion of the frame. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:12, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
You're having to pick very obvious examples which would never qualify for copyright or where the copyright has long expired to try and illustrate the issues surrounding livery artwork copyright - what about 1 or 2 and where do you begin drawing the line with this or things like this and this ? Nick (talk) 18:03, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Four of those are fairly simple geometric patterns, limited to a small portion of the airliner, or both. No question that they're acceptable. The G-EUPA photo is more questionable, but even then it doesn't cover the whole aircraft. That's vastly different from the Pokemon jets, where complex artwork of unambiguously copyrighted characters covers the entirety of the fuselage. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 16:49, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Kept: I don;t agree with the decision, but in view of the recent UnDR of similar aircraft images, I think consistency calls for keeping these. Therefore the DR is withdrawn by nom. .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 17:42, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Files in Category:JA8956 (aircraft)

Probable copyright violation despite some previous DR ending in keeping some of these images. I claim that the Pokémon illustrations are not COM:De minimis, there's not enough COM:FOP Japan. Per our policy, one can do some checks with Commons:De minimis#Guidelines:

  • the image is categorised in relation to several Pokémon characters
  • Pokémon are referenced in the filename and the description.

These bullet points make for that "the file containing copyrighted work X is less likely to satisfy de minimis" per our guideline.

Some images like File:ANA B747-400D(JA8956) (3874025541).jpg were included not by virtue of showing clear Pokémon images, but because the artwork of blossoms or other plants is also copyrightable.

In COM:DM Japan, there's a reference to a copyright law amended in 2012. Here's the pertinent part as written on the reference page: "Article 30-2: When creating a copyrighted work of photography, sound recording or video recording, other copyrighted items that are incidental subjects of the work because they are hard to be separated from the item that is a subject of the work may be copied or translated along the work being created (only if they are minor components of the work being created). However, if, considering the kinds of the incidentally included works and the manner of the copying or translation, it unfairly is prejudicial to the interest of the copyright holders of the incidentally included works, they may not."

These Pokémon images cannot fulfil this "incidental" clause, as they are objectively prejudicing the opportunity of Game Freak / Nintendo to license Pokémon illustrations to potential customers wanting to illustrate the characters.

Nota bene: I did not nominate the whole content of the category, as I think that images like File:AllNipponAirways B747-400 fukuoka 20040926111804.jpg are obviously totally fine and something like File:ANA B747-400D(JA8956) (4262892086).jpg or File:All Nippon Airways Boeing 747-400D Breidenstein-1.jpg is not having enough precision (angled views, not sideways) in showing copyrighted material, so a defence of De minimis is more likely to be successful. In my opinion, File:ANA B747-400D(JA8956) (5699289759).jpg (not included) sets a good borderline between "keepable" and "to be deleted".

Grand-Duc (talk) 11:17, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

These need to be reviewed one-by-one. For example, File:B747-400D(JA8956)_take_off_(418961242).jpg does not seem to include anything copyrightable at a resolution high enough to allow breach of copyright. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:19, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
On File:B747-400D(JA8956)_take_off_(418961242).jpg, it's not about the Pokémon, but the flower paintings which are IMHO also copyrightable art. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:38, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
Addendum: these flowers are, I think, larger in pixel size than images that get scaled down on EN-WP for fair use purposes, so it's IMHO misguiding to say that "anything copyrightable" isn't included at "at a resolution high enough to allow breach of copyright". Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:52, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  • Is this normal? Nominating photos for deletion because they have some vague pictures of Pokémon in them? Is that really something you want to spent your time doing? - Manifestation (talk) 11:10, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
    @Manifestation: Please refrain from commenting on how other users choose to donate their time volunteering on the project. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 23:15, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Files in Category:9V-OJJ (aircraft)

Probable copyright violation despite some previous DR ending in keeping this kind of images. I claim that the Pokémon illustrations are not COM:De minimis, there's not enough COM:FOP Japan. Per our policy, one can do some checks with Commons:De minimis#Guidelines:

  • the image is categorised in relation to several Pokémon characters
  • Pokémon are referenced in the filename and the description.

These bullet points make for that "the file containing copyrighted work X is less likely to satisfy de minimis" per our guideline.

In COM:DM Japan, there's a reference to a copyright law amended in 2012. Here's the pertinent part as written on the reference page: "Article 30-2: When creating a copyrighted work of photography, sound recording or video recording, other copyrighted items that are incidental subjects of the work because they are hard to be separated from the item that is a subject of the work may be copied or translated along the work being created (only if they are minor components of the work being created). However, if, considering the kinds of the incidentally included works and the manner of the copying or translation, it unfairly is prejudicial to the interest of the copyright holders of the incidentally included works, they may not."

These Pokémon images cannot fulfil this "incidental" clause, as they are objectively prejudicing the opportunity of Game Freak / Nintendo to license Pokémon illustrations to potential customers wanting to illustrate the characters.

-> These FOP rules reference "works of artistic craftmanship", but I do not see that the descriptions given can be complied with by airplane liveries.

Nota bene: I did not nominate the whole content of the category, as the image File:Scoot B787-9 (9V-OJJ) at Taoyuan International Airport.jpg is obviously totally fine.


Grand-Duc (talk) 11:38, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Johnny Bench 1976.jpg

This AP image is from 1976 and not in the public domain, as it’s outside the 1930–1963 range when copyrights weren’t renewed. Sylvarien (talk) 12:18, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

It could be in the public domain, see this discussion, but it needs proof that it was actually published before 1978  REAL 💬 ⬆   20:05, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Files in Category:JA8962 (aircraft)

Probable copyright violation despite some previous DR (or that similar one) ending in keeping some of these images. I claim that the Pokémon illustrations are not COM:De minimis, there's not enough COM:FOP Japan. Per our policy, one can do some checks with Commons:De minimis#Guidelines:

  • the image is categorised in relation to several Pokémon characters
  • Pokémon are referenced in the filename and the description.
  • Some images are used to actually illustrate articles about a Pokémon character.

These bullet points make for that "the file containing copyrighted work X is less likely to satisfy de minimis" per our guideline.

In COM:DM Japan, there's a reference to a copyright law amended in 2012. Here's the pertinent part as written on the reference page: "Article 30-2: When creating a copyrighted work of photography, sound recording or video recording, other copyrighted items that are incidental subjects of the work because they are hard to be separated from the item that is a subject of the work may be copied or translated along the work being created (only if they are minor components of the work being created). However, if, considering the kinds of the incidentally included works and the manner of the copying or translation, it unfairly is prejudicial to the interest of the copyright holders of the incidentally included works, they may not."

These Pokémon images cannot fulfil this "incidental" clause, as they are objectively prejudicing the opportunity of Game Freak / Nintendo to license Pokémon illustrations to potential customers wanting to illustrate the characters.

Nota bene: I did not nominate the whole content of the category, as I think that images like File:ANA B747-400(JA8962) (5035968875).jpg are obviously totally fine. In my opinion, File:Boeing 747-481, All Nippon Airways - ANA AN0381278.jpg (not included and ignoring the fact that its country of origin is Germany) sets a good borderline between "keepable" and "to be deleted", considering the shot angle.

Grand-Duc (talk) 13:04, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Keep all German photos, the ideas that airport terminals are not considered public spaces is entirely hypothetical. I would argue that they meet the qualification of "they are freely accessible for anyone". Also, are the Japanese images treated differently since they were taken before they copyright law was amended? (Oinkers42) (talk) 15:20, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
About the notion that the observation deck of FRA is a public space: There is even a disagreement whether subway and railway stations are "public spaces" as mandated in the German FOP law, locations like graveyards should be, even if they get closed at night. The Besucherterrasse, the observation deck at Frankfurt airport, is outside of the security zones and has limited opening hours (at first, I thought that there were security checks, which would have made FOP much less likely applicable, IMHO, but I was mistaken). I think that all circumstances combined still make the observation deck more like the interior of a museum or a stadium, places where German FOP is not applicable, and not like railway stations, where I tend towards applicability. It was actually deemed in a German court (Oberlandesgericht in Cologne IIRC, that's the appellate court of the second level) that shooting from a private balcony, even with legal access to it, is not covered by FOP. As a side notion, the airport actually advertises it as such: "Wir laden Sie herzlich ein, den „schönsten Balkon Frankfurts“ zu genießen – der Zutritt zur Besucherterrasse ist gratis. Viel Spaß am Flughafen Frankfurt!"; "We cordially invite you to pay the 'most beautiful balcony' of Francfort a visit - the admission is free of charge. Enjoy your stay at Flughafen Frankfurt!"
About the Japanese law: I formed the impression that the older law may have been stricter towards "No FOP", so that images from before the amendment benefitted a bit from it, even if that's not enough for the Pokémon planes. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:07, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Kattikulam Wayanad Paddy fields.jpg

This image shows paddy fields located about 10km from Kartikulam Town. This image can easily misguide people about the facilities available at Kartikulam Town. PeterJobe (talk) 13:24, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

  •  Keep. No valid reason for deletion. File is in use. IronGargoyle (talk) 23:06, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Files in Category:B-18101 (aircraft)

Probable copyright violation despite some previous DR (or that similar one) ending in keeping some of this kind of images. I claim that the Pokémon illustrations are not COM:De minimis. Per our policy, one can do some checks with Commons:De minimis#Guidelines:

  • the image is categorised in relation to several Pokémon characters
  • Pokémon are referenced in the filename and the description.
  • Some images are used to actually illustrate articles about a Pokémon character.

These bullet points make for that "the file containing copyrighted work X is less likely to satisfy de minimis" per our guideline.

In COM:DM Japan, there's a reference to a copyright law amended in 2012. Here's the pertinent part as written on the reference page: "Article 30-2: When creating a copyrighted work of photography, sound recording or video recording, other copyrighted items that are incidental subjects of the work because they are hard to be separated from the item that is a subject of the work may be copied or translated along the work being created (only if they are minor components of the work being created). However, if, considering the kinds of the incidentally included works and the manner of the copying or translation, it unfairly is prejudicial to the interest of the copyright holders of the incidentally included works, they may not."

These Pokémon images cannot fulfil this "incidental" clause, as they are objectively prejudicing the opportunity of Game Freak / Nintendo to license Pokémon illustrations to potential customers wanting to illustrate the characters.

Furthermore, there not enough COM:FOP China. For File:王瑞豐總領事出席中華航空皮卡丘班機首航典禮 03.jpg, there's no country of origin indicated, so it's included per COM:PRP.

Nota bene: I did not nominate the whole content of the category, as I think that File:China Airlines Airbus A321neo ACF.jpg is obviously fine.

Grand-Duc (talk) 13:25, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

 Keep. The files by N509FZ (B-18101@PEK) and File:B-18101 NRT 2025-05-28.jpg do not fall under any of the three criterias listed by the nominator: These are not categorised in relation to several Pokémon characters (unless you count the aircraft category, which is quite a stretch since all aircraft photos are categorised with the plane registration), Pokémon are not referenced in the filename and the description, and they are not used to actually illustrate articles about a Pokémon character. This DR also goes against previous consensus that they do fall under COM:DM or the incidental criteria, because the whole plane is illustrated and not just in part. As a matter of fact, Commons:Deletion requests/File:4X-AHC Martin Harrison.jpg, which involves the same issue, is directly linked inside Commons:De minimis#Examples.
I also think that those involved in the previous discussions should be aware of this and given an opportunity to voice their opinions as well, since this might be considered an attempt to overturn the previous DRs. S5A-0043🚎 04:13, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
OK, that was me sloppily recycling a DR text I wrote for other concurrent cases. But even without a current categorisation as such, the images do not differ much from others which are actually categorised with Pokémon, that one for instance refers "Pikachu" among others, which is more or less as prominent as it is in File:B-18101 NRT 2025-05-28.jpg. So, my arguments should still prevail. Furthermore, the possibly main point of contention in that COM:De minimis is failed by such imagery is indeed also discussed in Commons:Village pump/Copyright#Pokemon Jets deletion requests.
Jim said in the VPC thread that the basic test whether protected artwork is minimal is if a casual onlooker will notice or fail to notice its presence or absence. So, at least in my eyes, File:4X-AHC Martin Harrison.jpg may be a borderline case with DM applicable - I indeed failed to notice until it got pointed out that it's an actual fish that is painted on the plane, I thought that it was only some fancily arranged colour areas. But the Pokémon are very clearly visible, no casual onlooker would overlook them, in fact, they were presumably the main reason to take the photo. That's not De minimis. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 15:35, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
I've got another train of thought. I happened to meet Tvpuppy and came to trust his opinion about matters in several DR, as he's quite proficient in digging up information related to licensing and laws. Maybe he's also able to provide insights on Chinese copyright laws and judicature, especially if the concept of De minimis does actually exist (or any other Wikimedian he knows and who's able to read and understand the relevant languages). It's possible that we're operating on a Western-centric idea and that this notion of De minimis isn't provided for in laws or court rulings. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:29, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
For File:王瑞豐總領事出席中華航空皮卡丘班機首航典禮 03.jpg, the title suggested it was taken at the inaugural flight ceremony. Per this news article (in Chinese) , this event took place at Naha International Airport (Japan), which matches the image source being the “Naha Branch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan”. Tvpuppy (talk) 21:39, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
  • I’m not too familiar with copyright laws in China, but from the brief research I did, I think the concept of “de minimis” is not that well-defined (compare to other countries), as in there aren’t a proper definition on what count or doesn’t count as “de minimis”.
  • In my opinion, I think it would similarly follow the “spirt of the law” for non-FOP of 2D works in China. In COM:FOP China, a court ruling mentioned: “If a 2D art work is displayed in a public place, others can freely use it for commercial purposes after photographing…the licensing and copyright owner's income will be seriously threatened, then the normal use of the work will be affected and the legitimate rights and interests enjoyed by the copyright owner will be prejudiced.". So, in my opinion, if the depiction of a 2D artwork in an image will “seriously threatened the copyright owner’s income”, then I don’t think that depiction can be “de minimis” in that image.
  • For the images nominated above, I cannot truly determine whether the income of “The Pokemon Company” (copyright holder of Pokemon characters and designer of the plane’s livery) will be “seriously threatened” if these image were used commercially. Currently, I do lean more towards the delete side solely based on COM:PCP (for the images taken in China), but I would defer to someone more knowledgeable on copyright law in China to decide whether this is the case.
Tvpuppy (talk) 22:36, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

File:Peter M Wolff.jpg

Copyright violation. Uploader is not the author, see https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overleg_gebruiker:Phoropter99#Vraag_van_JEBlonk_(12_jun_2025_11:54) Phoropter99 (talk) 14:19, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Se Acabó la Fiesta logo.png

This file was initially tagged by Belbury as no permission (No permission since) PLATEL (talk) 14:38, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

I don't know what's wrong here. This file is one of those generated by AI. What permission is needed to use a file that is not protected by any license? PLATEL (talk) 14:39, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
Keep it is AI Braganza (talk) 14:40, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
Is there a page at the https://www.seacabolafiesta.com that says that their logo is purely AI-generated? I couldn't see anything to confirm the uploader's statement that there was no human authorship. Belbury (talk) 15:11, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
I (and not only I) came to the conclusion that this logo is AI-generated, due to several strange artifacts inherent only to AI (look at the whiskers of this squirrel, the lack of paws, etc.). This logo was first appeared in a Telegram post by Alvise Perez, along with another obviously AI-drawn logo with a squirrel (https://t.me/Alviseperez/9842). There (on that not yet vectorized squirrel) other artifacts inherent to AI are visible (for example, several brown pixels on the white part of the tail). Of course, this logo is not officially declared as openly made by AI, but it would be a denial of reality to say that it was made by a human. The situation is very similar to Trumpet of Patriots in Australia. PLATEL (talk) 21:14, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Files in Category:JA607A (aircraft)

Probable copyright violation despite some similar previous DR or that one ending in keeping some of this kind of images. I claim that the Pokémon illustrations are not COM:De minimis. Per our policy, one can do some checks with Commons:De minimis#Guidelines:

  • the image is categorised in relation to several Pokémon characters
  • Pokémon are referenced in the description.

These bullet points make for that "the file containing copyrighted work X is less likely to satisfy de minimis" per our guideline.

In COM:DM Japan, there's a reference to a copyright law amended in 2012. Here's the pertinent part as written on the reference page: "Article 30-2: When creating a copyrighted work of photography, sound recording or video recording, other copyrighted items that are incidental subjects of the work because they are hard to be separated from the item that is a subject of the work may be copied or translated along the work being created (only if they are minor components of the work being created). However, if, considering the kinds of the incidentally included works and the manner of the copying or translation, it unfairly is prejudicial to the interest of the copyright holders of the incidentally included works, they may not."

These Pokémon images cannot fulfil this "incidental" clause, as they are objectively prejudicing the opportunity of Game Freak / Nintendo to license Pokémon illustrations to potential customers wanting to illustrate the characters.

All were shot in Tokio, and there's not sufficient COM:FOP Japan too.

Nota bene: I did only nominate the images with Pokémon liveries in the category.

Grand-Duc (talk) 14:54, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Files in Category:JA73AB (aircraft)

Probable copyright violation despite some similar previous DR or that one ending in keeping some of this kind of images. I claim that the Pokémon illustrations are not COM:De minimis. Per our policy, one can do some checks with Commons:De minimis#Guidelines:

  • Pokémon are referenced in the description.
  • Some images are used to actually illustrate articles about Pokémon.

These bullet points make for that "the file containing copyrighted work X is less likely to satisfy de minimis" per our guideline.

In COM:DM Japan, there's a reference to a copyright law amended in 2012. Here's the pertinent part as written on the reference page: "Article 30-2: When creating a copyrighted work of photography, sound recording or video recording, other copyrighted items that are incidental subjects of the work because they are hard to be separated from the item that is a subject of the work may be copied or translated along the work being created (only if they are minor components of the work being created). However, if, considering the kinds of the incidentally included works and the manner of the copying or translation, it unfairly is prejudicial to the interest of the copyright holders of the incidentally included works, they may not."

These Pokémon images cannot fulfil this "incidental" clause, as they are objectively prejudicing the opportunity of Game Freak / Nintendo to license Pokémon illustrations to potential customers wanting to illustrate the characters.

There's no sufficient COM:FOP Japan too.

Grand-Duc (talk) 14:59, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Selected values of chemical thermodynamic properties (Part 6) Tables for the Alkaline Earth Elements (Elements 92-97) in the standard order of arrangement (IA selectedvaluesof2706park).pdf

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File:Selected values of chemical thermodynamic properties. Part 2. Tables for the elements 23-32 in the standard order of arrangement (IA selectedvaluesof2702wagm).pdf

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File:Selected values of chemical thermodynamic properties (Part 4) Tables for elements 35-53 in the standard order of arrangement (IA selectedvaluesof2704wagm).pdf

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Files found with Special:Search/insource:/NBS/ insource:"270"

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ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:15, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Critically evaluated transition probabilities for Ba I and II (IA criticallyevalua474mile).pdf

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File:A review of rate constants of selected reactions of interest in re-entry flow fields in the atmosphere (IA reviewofratecons484bort).pdf

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File:Bibliography on the analyses of optical atomic spectra - section 3, 42Mo - 57La 72Hf - 89Ac (IA bibliographyonan3063moor).pdf

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File:Bibliography on the analyses of optical atomic spectra - section 1, 1H - 23V (IA bibliographyonan306moor).pdf

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File:Bibliography on the analyses of optical atomic spectra - section 4, 57La - 71Lu 89Ac - 99Es (IA bibliographyonan3064moor).pdf

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File:Bibliography on the analyses of optical atomic spectra - section 2, 24Cr - 41Nb (IA bibliographyonan3062moor).pdf

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File:The NBS alloy data center - permuted materials index (IA nbsalloydatacent324cart).pdf

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File:Heavy-atom kinetic isotope effects (IA heavyatomkinetic349ster).pdf

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File:Chemical kinetics in the C-O-S and H-N-O-S systems (IA chemicalkinetics362west 0).pdf

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File:Chemical kinetics in the C-O-S and H-N-O-S systems - a bibliography - 1899 through June 1971 (IA chemicalkinetics362west).pdf

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File:Bibliography on atomic energy levels and spectra, July 1971 through June 1975 (IA bibliographyonat3631haga).pdf

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File:Bibliography on atomic energy levels and spectra, July 1979 through December 1983 (IA bibliographyonat3633musg).pdf

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File:Bibliography on atomic energy levels and spectra, July 1975 through June 1979 (IA bibliographyonat3632zalu).pdf

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Files found with Special:Search/insource:/NBS/ insource:"366"

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ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:44, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Files found with Special:Search/insource:/NBS/ insource:"369"

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ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:48, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Files found with Special:Search/insource:/NBS/ insource:"371"

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ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:50, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Files found with Special:Search/insource:/NBS/ insource:"380"

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ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:51, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Files found with Special:Search/insource:/NBS/ insource:"392"

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ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:54, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Files found with Special:Search/insource:/NBS/ insource:"396"

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ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:57, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Files found with Special:Search/insource:/NBS/ insource:"426"

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ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:59, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Reform- a general-purpose program for manipulating formatted data files (IA reformgeneralpur444mccl).pdf

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File:PRECISE- a multiple precision version of Omnitab (IA precisemultiplep446beam).pdf

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File:Edpac- utility programs for computer-assisted editing, copy-production, and data retrieval (IA edpacutilityprog470mess).pdf

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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted.

File:BU Law Logo.png

This file was initially tagged by Adeletron 3030 as Logo - Institution founded in the 1800s. Is the logo old enough to be public domain? The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:22, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

  •  Keep. Boston University seal dates to 1869. IronGargoyle (talk) 15:51, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Kept: per User:IronGargoyle. --P 1 9 9  ✉ 16:34, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

File:BU Law Logo.png

This file was initially tagged by YehudaHubert as Copyvio (logo) MGA73 (talk) 16:06, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

  • The school is from 1872. So unless this is a new version I see no reason why this should be a copyvio. --MGA73 (talk) 16:07, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Keep. No new arguments offered. This is a combination of simple text and a logo from the 1800s. IronGargoyle (talk) 16:15, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Edit-insertion programs for automatic typesetting of computer printout (IA editinsertionpro500mess).pdf

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File:COMBO - A general-purpose program for searching, annotating, encoding-decoding, and reformatting data files (IA combogeneralpurp700mccl).pdf

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File:Jeffrey313.jpg

I am no longer interested i want to create a new and better. Jeffrey Figbele (talk) 16:07, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

I no longer needs it. I want to create a new one hence the deletion Jeffrey Figbele (talk) 16:44, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Subroutine for the calculation of CODEN check characters (IA subroutineforcal738garv).pdf

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File:SETAB - An edit-insert program for automatic typesetting of spectroscopic and other computerized tables (IA setabeditinsertp740thom).pdf

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File:Description of the magnetic tape version of the bulletin of thermodynamics and thermochemistry, No. 14 (1971) (IA descriptionofmag760mccl).pdf

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File:Complete clear text representation of scientific documents in machine-readable form (IA completecleartex820dunc).pdf

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File:Computer programs for the evaluation of activity and osmotic coefficients (IA computerprograms928stap).pdf

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File:The NIRA computer program package (photonuclear data center) (IA niracomputerprog903mole).pdf

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File:OMNITAB- a computer program for statistical and numerical analysis (IA omnitabcomputerp101hils).pdf

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File:OMNIDATA- an interactive system for data retrieval, statistical and graphical analysis, and data-base management- a user's manual (IA omnidatainteract125hils).pdf

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File:Annotated accession list of data compilations of the office of standard reference data (IA annotatedaccessi554weis).pdf

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File:The NBS Alloy Data Center- function, bibliographic system, related data centers, and reference books. (IA nbsalloydatacent464cart).pdf

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File:A bibliography on ion-molecule reactions, January 1900 to March 1966. Compiled by the Mass Spectrometric Data Center- F. N. Harllee, H. M. Rosenstock, and J. T. Herron (IA bibliographyoni291harl).pdf

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File:A bibliography of sources of experimental data leading to thermal properties of binary aqueous electrolyte solutions (IA bibliographyofso537smit).pdf

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  •  Keep These should have been bundled together or asked as a question at the Village Pump. I am not seeing any copyright formalities followed, there is no copyright symbol, and no copyright registration in the copyright database, I am assuming because the intention was not to copyright. --RAN (talk) 16:49, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
@Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ): You are welcome to add rationales or group all the relevant DR. I could not find anything relevant in the appropriate catalogs to prove it either way though, hence they are brought to DR on the basis that they can't be shown not to be out of copyright as other Standard Reference Data publications ARE in copyright ( and can be shown to be so - certain NSRD series titles, certainly are), which these were listed alongside (but not in the same series.). If other contributors think these are PD-US-Gov or PD no-notice, then I am more than happy with that as developed viewpoint, provided a suitable explanation is added to the file descriptions, explaining the specific situation with NBS/NIST originated works, and the other typical boiler plate, about using the actual original for anything serious etc. (although the typical Wikimedia general disclaimer covers a lot of it.)

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 22:56, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Bibliography on atomic transition probabilities (November 1977 through March 1980) (IA bibliographyonat5051mill).pdf

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File:Bibliography on atomic transition probabilities (1914 through October 1977) (IA bibliographyonat505fuhr).pdf

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File:A bibliography of sources of experimental data leading to activity or osmotic coefficients for polyvalent electrolytes in aqueous solution (IA bibliographyofso485gold).pdf

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File:Nitrogen oxychlorides - a bibliography on data for physical and chemical properties of CℓN0, CℓN02, and CℓN03 (IA nitrogenoxychlor478west).pdf

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File:An annotated bibliography of compiled thermodynamic data sources for biochemical and aqueous systems (1930 to 1975) - equilibrium, enthalpy, heat capacity, and entropy data (IA annotatedbibliog454arms).pdf

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File:Chemical kinetics of the gas phase combustion of fuels (IA chemicalkinetics449west).pdf

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File:Bibliography of infrared spectroscopy through 1960 Part 2 (IA bibliographyofin4282raoc).pdf

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File:Bibliography of infrared spectroscopy through 1960 Part 3 (IA bibliographyofin4283raoc).pdf

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File:Reaction rate and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry - 1977 (IA reactionratephot513hamp).pdf

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File:Comparison of theoretical and experimental photoeffect data 0.1 keV to 1.5 MeV (IA comparisonoftheo901hubb).pdf

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File:Liquid densities of oxygen, nitrogen, argon and parahydrogen (metric supplement) (IA liquiddensitieso361rode).pdf

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File:Saturated liquid densities of oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and parahydrogen (IA saturatedliquidd361rode).pdf

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File:Findmypast-logo-coral.png

This is a logo of a UK-based company. It is not, as claimed here, Creative Commons and it should not be on Commons due to the United Kingdom's lower threshold of originality. UltrasonicMadness (talk) 16:48, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

  •  Keep. A recent UK court case raised its threshold of originality somewhat. As simple text in two fonts, this certainly falls below it. IronGargoyle (talk) 21:39, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Files found with Special:Search/insource:/NIST/ insource:"488"

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ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:52, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:FBI Wanted Poster for Vance L. Boelter.pdf/File:Vance Boelter law enforcement assistance poster.png

No evidence that the individual portraits are free images; the second in particular could be a professional portrait. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:02, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

 Keep FBI posters are public domain regardless of images. Here are some good examples: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FBI_Wanted_Poster_-_Roy_McGrath.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FBI_Wanted_Poster_January_6_2021_Capitol_bombing.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guan_Tian_Feng_wanted_by_the_FBI_poster_(zh-hant).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Relisha_Rudd_FBI_poster.gif
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luis_Macedo_(FBI).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives PublicDomainFan08 (talk) 21:09, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
There is no statute which stated that the copyright law does not apply to the FBI or any other part of the federal government Trade (talk) 21:19, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
So if all the photos are owned by the FBI then why does the second photo appear here on the website of the subject several months before the shooting?
https://www.pguards.net/leadership-team Trade (talk) 21:21, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
Mugshots (and photos) have appeared on FBI posters with no copyright violation whatsoever. If this really was a copyright violation, the numerous examples I gave above would have been deleted a long time ago. PublicDomainFan08 (talk) 21:24, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
Mugshots are protected by copyright in the vast majority of US states Trade (talk) 22:09, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
So what about the examples above, why aren't they copyright violations? PublicDomainFan08 (talk) 22:36, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
No one is stopping you from nominating them. Be my quest Trade (talk) 00:03, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
The reason I figured these were public domain was because FBI posters have been posted on this site for several occasions with no issues. Why did no one bother to nominate them? I'm not directly asking this to you, but rather everyone. PublicDomainFan08 (talk) 04:15, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
Nobody wanted to go through the trouble to check the origin of the photos featured in them. It's easier for people to just go "FBI's website? Must be public domain then" Trade (talk) 05:37, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
"FBI posters are public domain regardless of images" Care to quote the law on that, rather than "other stuff" on Commons? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:01, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
Apparently not... Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:54, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
Weak Keep, as PublicDomainFan08 mentions, while basically every material posted by the FBI is public domain, but content that focuses on unfree content (be cropped images) could be a copyright violation. Personally I'd say the posters themselves would be still kept by the criteria of de-minimis if they contain Copyrighted content. Unfortunately Federal Agencies (FBI, CIA, US Marshals) rarely mention if the photos that were provided by them were waived by the rights owners or are just used to illustrate on the suspects on particular. (The only instances where a cropped photo could be used if its a record of a state that publishes it as Public Domain, for example: Florida, or CCTV footage as it is non human content.) I'd suggest moving this discussion onto a more general chat since there is a LOT of FBI wanted posters hosted in Commons. Hyperba21 (talk) 12:14, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
I have a very, very hard time accepting the argument that the photos used by the FBI to illustrate the physical appearance of an suspect on an wanted poster could be considered trivial Trade (talk) 13:42, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
"basically every material posted by the FBI is public domain" That is not so. Everything original that they produce is PD, but the work of others does not lose its copyright protection if they use it. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:55, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
 Delete If the FBI is not the copyright owner of the images, then this is not in the public domain. Counterfeit Purses (talk) 21:56, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
Would the file be worthless if we removed the copyvio from it? Trade (talk) 23:17, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
That's an option. I don't know if anyone would use it, but it might be better than nothing. Counterfeit Purses (talk) 14:58, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
 Delete per the COM:Precautionary principle and a relevant quote, "No evidence that the individual portraits are free images" from a similar DR
- Ooligan (talk) 01:27, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Critical evaluation of data in the physical sciences - a status report on the National Standard Reference Data System, January 1977 (IA criticalevaluati947ross).pdf

Appears in a list of "Standard Reference Data Publications" (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Standard_Reference_Data_Publications_196/juwj33pZoTEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Standard+Reference+Data+Publications%22) , SRD is not necessarily under PD-US-Gov terms, as additional copyrights may be applied for. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:55, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Data index for energy transfer collisions of atoms and molecules, 1970-1979 (IA dataindexforener593gall).pdf

Appears in a list of "Standard Reference Data Publications" (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Standard_Reference_Data_Publications_196/juwj33pZoTEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Standard+Reference+Data+Publications%22) , SRD is not necessarily under PD-US-Gov terms, as additional copyrights may be applied for. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:57, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:A catalog of data compilations on photochemical and photophysical processes in solution (IA catalogofdatacom578brum).pdf

Appears in a list of "Standard Reference Data Publications" (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Standard_Reference_Data_Publications_196/juwj33pZoTEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Standard+Reference+Data+Publications%22) , SRD is not necessarily under PD-US-Gov terms, as additional copyrights may be applied for. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:58, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Summary report on the Workshop on High Temperature Chemical Kinetics- Applications to Combustion Research (IA summaryreportonw531garv).pdf

Appears in a list of "Standard Reference Data Publications" (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Standard_Reference_Data_Publications_196/juwj33pZoTEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Standard+Reference+Data+Publications%22) , SRD is not necessarily under PD-US-Gov terms, as additional copyrights may be applied for. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:59, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Applications of phase diagrams in metallurgy and ceramics Volume 2 (IA applicationsofph4962cart).pdf

Appears in a list of "Standard Reference Data Publications" (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Standard_Reference_Data_Publications_196/juwj33pZoTEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Standard+Reference+Data+Publications%22) , SRD is not necessarily under PD-US-Gov terms, as additional copyrights may be applied for. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 17:01, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Applications of phase diagrams in metallurgy and ceramics Volume 1 (IA applicationsofph4961cart).pdf

Appears in a list of "Standard Reference Data Publications" (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Standard_Reference_Data_Publications_196/juwj33pZoTEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Standard+Reference+Data+Publications%22) , SRD is not necessarily under PD-US-Gov terms, as additional copyrights may be applied for. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 17:01, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Bibliography on atomic line shapes and shifts (July 1978 through March 1992) (IA bibliographyonat3664fuhr).pdf

Earlier editons appears in a list of "Standard Reference Data Publications" (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Standard_Reference_Data_Publications_196/juwj33pZoTEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Standard+Reference+Data+Publications%22) , SRD is not necessarily under PD-US-Gov terms, as additional copyrights may be applied for, This is a later editon and brought here as potential SRD. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 17:06, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Comparison penis 42 age 2.jpg

Collage, necesita fuentes y permisos 186.175.29.42 17:14, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Computerizing materials data (IA computerizingmat689rumb).pdf

Appears in a list of "Standard Reference Data" Publications (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Standard_Reference_Data_Publications_198/sXiAcXlB5oEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Standard+Reference+Data+Publications%22&pg=PA7&printsec=frontcover) SRD is not necessarily under PD-US Gov terms, as additional copyrights may be applied for. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 17:15, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Materials Information for Science & Technology (MIST) (IA materialsinforma726grat).pdf

Appears in a list of "Standard Reference Data" Publications (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Standard_Reference_Data_Publications_198/sXiAcXlB5oEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Standard+Reference+Data+Publications%22&pg=PA7&printsec=frontcover) SRD is not necessarily under PD-US Gov terms, as additional copyrights may be applied for. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 17:16, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Allamuchy NJ Freight House - 1955.jpg

Questionable claim of own work due to the age of the photo. Appears to be a scan from printed material (see the white edge at right) rather than scan of an original photo. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 18:49, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

  •  Keep Attribution fixed. --RAN (talk) 17:27, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
    There is no information available about the previous publication. You cannot simply claim that it was published before 1963 without any actual evidence, and you cannot verify that said theoretical pre-1963 publication did not have its copyright renewed without any details about the publication. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 20:38, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
  • Pi.1415926535 changed it back to what they are saying is wrong, and I corrected it again. For a USA copyright you must register for a copyright and renew that copyright and comply with other copyright formalities such as having a prominent copyright symbol and the year and the copyright holder. No image using the word "Allamuchy" appears in the copyright registration database or the copyright renewal database. We generally reserve "unpublished" where we have a clear provenance that shows the image remained as a negative in an archive since creation, otherwise USA case law declares an image has been "made public" when a print leaves the custody of the creator. Those rules were in effect for image created up to 1989. --RAN (talk) 20:41, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
    There is zero evidence of when the photo was published, or whether that publication was copyrighted. You cannot simply take the best-case scenario and arbitrarily declare that to be the truth. This may have first appeared in printed material before 1963 that was copyrighted and renewed as a whole publication, or between 1963 and 1989 but with a proper copyright notice, or after 1989 - and in any of those scenarios it would be copyrighted. Either find out where and when this was actually published, or cease your trolling. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 20:53, 17 June 2025 (UTC)