Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2015 April 8



File:Virginia Cavaliers Wordmark logo.png

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

The result of the discussion was: Kept, on the basis that the image is free and used. Wrong, innappropriate or incorrectly described/placed are matters best sorted out editorially.- Peripitus (Talk) 12:36, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * File:Virginia Cavaliers Wordmark logo.png ([ delete] | talk | [ history] | links | [ logs]) – uploaded by NJ Jurrjens ( [ notify] | contribs | uploads | upload log).

According to the official athletics logo guide for Mr. Jefferson's institution of learning, this is not an official school logo. We should be using one of the official logos, such as File:University of Virginia text logo.svg or even just the plain V logo to represent the school. The only place I see this used on their website is in a banner ad advertising tickets.

Currently, the image is marked as non-free. Is this subject to copyright protection? It looks like letters with a simple gradient, not anything that would pass a threshold of creativity. If it is not subject to copyright protection, we could move it to Commons in case someone wants to use it somewhere (like their user page), but it should not be used in article space as it is not an official logo. B (talk) 22:40, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep and retag as PD-textlogo. Stifle (talk) 11:31, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Remember that there are two separate issues here - (1) copyright and (2) appropriateness for use in a Wikipedia article. I don't especially care about #1 (though you are welcome to move it to Commons if you feel it is public domain and is within Common's project scope).  As for #2, I contend that it is inappropriate for use in Wikipedia articles because it is not an actual official logo - it is just letterhead from this year's marketing stuff and we should use the actual official logo in our articles. --B (talk) 14:40, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
 * This is a PD-textlogo, so it is not accurate that it is tagged as non-free. However, there does not seem to be any evidence that this logo ever has been used for the indicated purpose. If this is a fake logo, then it should be deleted as being out of scope. I note that the fair use rationale templates contain a link which is claimed to be the source for this image. However, that link goes to a completely different image. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:20, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I have no problem deleting the logo since it technically is not an official school logo. However, I do have a problem using the File:University of Virginia text logo.svg or the plain V logo because those are not the primary logos of the school. According to an outside source that is excellent with the history of logos, the logo has not been used since 1993 . I would be okay with using logo number 7 in Virginia's orange color to represent the school if possible. I am more than happy to discuss this further. --User:NJ Jurrjens (talk) 08:25, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * UVA's own licensing guide from their official website disagrees with sportslogo.net. I'm assuming that UVA knows their own preferred branding.  The V with "VIRGINIA" inside of it - File:University of Virginia text logo.svg - is listed in their guide as a "PRIMARY MARK". --B (talk) 02:07, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
 * By the way, from looking at the sportslogos.net page, I have never in my life seen this ridiculous logo. It claims that UVA is using this logo now?  I have never seen this and I get marketing stuff from them all the time.  Also, they certainly have the helmet logos wrong.  UVA has a lot more variety than that in their helmets.  Here they are in orange helmets.  Here are their ugly helmets they wore at Pitt.  In fact, I could be wrong, but I'm struggling to remember the stripe on their helmet in recent years, even when they wear the blue ones.  From looking at the Virginia Tech page, I'm guessing/assuming that they have user submitted content or something.  This stupidity is nothing we have ever used.  And though we had tons of different logos after the shootings, I don't remember ever seeing this.  It seems unlikely the school would have made this because there is no (R) on the VT.  So the bottom line is, I'm not putting a lot of faith in this site. --B (talk) 02:25, 14 April 2015 (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 media's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this section.