User talk:Rdenney

May 2022
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 * Thank you. Yes, I've been on Wikipedia for about nine years, though inactive for a while. Definitely respecting copyrights. rdenney (talk) 21:51, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * ~Diannaa I see the copy of page 500 of the original Tannehill Deed has been removed. That is a personal photograph taken at the courthouse of a publicly available document from 1839. I don't see why there would be a copyright issue. This are public records? Other copies of the same document are available on-line through the Portal to Texas History. Part of the issue here is that a certain author in Austin published modified copies of that document. That info has then been showing up in official applications e.g. for the Nat'l Register of Historic Places. Let me know how to proceed. rdenney (talk) 13:27, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * rdenney (talk) 13:27, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Diannaa I also see the verbiage about the 1891 school was removed. That is from the publication from my own Travis County Historical Commission, there is no copyright, and that material routinely used in City of Austin publications word for word. Again, just let me know how to proceed. rdenney (talk) 13:35, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Diannaa - I talked w/ a colleague of the Commission that does a lot of our deed research. His understanding is that deeds are public domain, and certainly one that is 139 years old? rdenney (talk) 14:41, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Diannaa I went back and re-wrote the section about the African American school from our (TCHC) publication so as to avoid any copyright issues, then cited out publication. Hoping this addresses the concerns. rdenney (talk) 16:16, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hopefully I have gotten the licensing on the deed photo fixed. rdenney (talk) 18:22, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * rdenney (talk) 18:22, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

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