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File:NY excelsior plate.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by AnomieBOT ⚡  08:02, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * File:NY excelsior plate.jpg ([ delete] | talk | [ history] | links | [ logs]) &#x20;– uploaded by Shim119 ( [ notify] | contribs | uploads | upload log).

This plate contains artwork that is above the threshold of originality in the United States. While Federal Government works are in the public domain in the United States, the same cannot be generally said for works of U.S. States; New York does not broadly dedicate its works to the public domain. This license plates bears a design that appears to have first been published after March 1, 1989. Per the Hirtle chart, the plate is therefore presumed copyrighted in the United States. As we cannot host copyrighted works absent an explicit free license unless this file's use meets our local exemption doctrine policy, we likewise cannot host images of this plate on the English Wikipedia. No such claim is made, and no reasonable claim exists for this plate (see: WP:NFTABLE). The photograph appears to have as their central focus the copyrighted license plates, so this is a derivative work of a non-free design that uses the design in a greater-than-de minimis manner. As such, this file should be deleted for lacking a valid free license for the copyrighted design owned by the State of New York. — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 02:45, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, orphaned with questionable licensing. Salavat (talk) 05:18, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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File:NY2007Plate.png

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The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by AnomieBOT ⚡  08:02, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * File:NY2007Plate.png ([ delete] | talk | [ history] | links | [ logs]) &#x20;– uploaded by Shim119 ( [ notify] | contribs | uploads | upload log).

This plate contains artwork that is above the threshold of originality in the United States. While Federal Government works are in the public domain in the United States, the same cannot be generally said for works of U.S. States; New York does not broadly dedicate its works to the public domain. This license plates bears a design that appears to have first been published after March 1, 1989. Per the Hirtle chart, the plate is therefore presumed copyrighted in the United States. As we cannot host copyrighted works absent an explicit free license unless this file's use meets our local exemption doctrine policy, we likewise cannot host images of this plate on the English Wikipedia. No such claim is made, and no reasonable claim exists for this plate (see: WP:NFTABLE). The photograph appears to have as their central focus the copyrighted license plates, so this is a derivative work of a non-free design that uses the design in a greater-than-de minimis manner. As such, this file should be deleted for lacking a valid free license for the copyrighted design owned by the State of New York. — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 02:46, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, questionable licensing and would fail fair use policy if converted to a non-free license. Salavat (talk) 05:20, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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File:Hartford Blues 1926.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Whpq (talk) 02:16, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * File:Hartford Blues 1926.jpg ([ delete] | talk | [ history] | links | [ logs]) &#x20;– uploaded by JohnFlynn ( [ notify] | contribs | uploads | upload log).

no evidence of US publication pre-1928. certainly the uploader wouldn't be able to release it under a CC-3.0 license as they almost certainly didn't take it. Therapyisgood (talk) 03:26, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep. We know that the photograph was first published around, as the uploader attests that the copy of the photograph that was scanned and uploaded had been sold and/or distributed to Furlong H. Flynn. Unless Flynn were subject to some pretty strict restrictions on the ability to show other people that photograph or give that copy to someone else, that's the giving of a copy of a photograph to a person who would be free to provide that copy to any member of the public—so we've got publication.
 * With respect to the date of publication: Flynn died in 1977, and the uploader attests that Flynn had the image before his death. As such, a copyright notice was required to have been on the photograph for it to be copyrighted (see: PD-US-no-notice), but none appears in the image. I see no reason to assume that the image was first distributed with one. In the most likely scenario, this was sold to Flynn (and thereby published) at some point around the creation of the photograph in 1926. That would be PD-US for age alone. If it was distributed to Flynn a bit later (say any date between 1928 and 1963), the copyright on that photograph would have had to have been registered and renewed with the U.S. copyright office—I am not able to find evidence that this photo was ever registered with the copyright office nor any related records of a copyright renewal.
 * Overall, while the tag is probably incorrect, the alternate-case scenario here is a PD-US-no-notice, so I see no reason to delete the photo. — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 04:13, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep, per above. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:16, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
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File:Malta Public Transport.png

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The result of the discussion was: relisted on. (non-admin closure) Joseph2302 (talk) 15:16, 24 April 2023 (UTC)


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File:04Kupec.jpg
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The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by AnomieBOT ⚡  01:00, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * File:04Kupec.jpg ([ delete] | talk | [ history] | links | [ logs]) &#x20;– uploaded by Man-of-merritt ( [ notify] | contribs | uploads | upload log).

Dubious claim of own work due to small size and Facebook string in metadata. A larger version could also be found elsewhere prior to the upload to Wikipedia. Ixfd64 (talk) 18:21, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, orphaned with questionable licensing. Salavat (talk) 05:23, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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