Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Malaysian coats of arms


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   no consensus. Stifle (talk) 11:03, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

List of Malaysian coats of arms

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Gallery of non-free images. ViperSnake151 21:20, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.   -- Undead Warrior (talk) 21:47, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. As the deletion rationale has to do only with copyright-related legal issues, I don't believe AfD is the appropriate place to discuss this article. It can be speedied under criterion G9, or it can be kept. Either way, I believe this is one best handled by Wikimedia's legal team, which should be notified about the existence of this article. I took the liberty of listing this article at Copyright problems/2008 October 4. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 22:11, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. Nomination is in 2 parts: "gallery" and "non-free". Galleries of images are often not encyclopedic, so it could be deleted for that reason. Without discussion, it seems a certain fair use infringment though, true.Yobmod (talk) 19:26, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malaysia-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  18:12, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, X  clamation point  03:09, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. The material invites graphical presentation in just this manner.  Print encyclopedias traditionally feature plates depicting coats of arms, flags, and the like.  If they can do it so can we. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 13:50, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment When a print encyclopedia features “plates depicting coats of arms, flags, and the like,” it either choses images that are in the public domain, or it pays royalties to the copyright owners. These gallery images are not in the public domain, and as a matter of policy Wikipedia never pays royalties.—teb728 t c 20:49, 12 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep as per Smerdis. Edward321 (talk) 23:26, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete The use of the images is decorative with no pretense of critical commentary that would justify fair use. As such all but one of them are certain to be removed from the article. Indeed all but three could be summarily removed for lack of a non-free use rationale. With the removal of the images the article will have virtually no remaining content. —teb728 t c 00:01, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   kur  ykh   05:28, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.