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Thanks for creating Appleford School, Rouseaubade!

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The file File:Appleford School Logo.jpg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

There is no evidence that the shielf was actually released to the public domain as claimed. The copyright is likely held by the school in question. Furthermore, the image was inapropriately uploaded as a JPG. I have uploaded a PNG version Appleford School logo.png. Since the file is likely copyrighted and is no longer used in any article it should be deleted.

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Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated files}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and files for discussion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Auguel (talk) 00:26, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rouseaubade, I see you reverted my proposed deletion. I also see you are saying that the image was released to the public domain by the creator (a parent of the school), I have no reason to distrust this, but I don't think this is sufficient proof. As evidence you stated: "The license statement can be found online at: https://twitter.com/ApplefordSchool". Was this referring to a specific tweet which released the file? Can you find the specific tweet and share it? Auguel (talk) 18:00, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Auguel. I deleted it as per the default instructions which set out the process if I dispute a proposed deletion. I have a letter from the Headmaster of the school in pdf format on a google drive. Let me know if this is not okay: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1De2zSDvCqWPicEr5-EPkZr9b__aXahVt/view?usp=sharing

Hi Rouseaubade, I can't access the drive as it requires authentication. Anyway, I posted the file at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2021 December 4#File:Appleford School Logo.jpg for discussion of the license, you should reply there and possibly share the document there as well. Best. Auguel (talk) 18:39, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, here it is: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1De2zSDvCqWPicEr5-EPkZr9b__aXahVt/view?usp=sharing

Unfortunately, this letter does not mention anything about the copyright status of the design, and the default legal status of any work in the US (and many parts of the world) is that it is under copyright if not otherwise specified. As such the design cannot be kept on wikipedia with a public domain license. Auguel (talk) 18:52, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll just draw my own. Crazy

Even if you draw your own you would still not own the copyright of the design, assuming it is a faithful copy of the original. However, I'm not sure why you want to keep this file on wikipedia so much. There is a mechanism for using a non-free file on wikipedia under fair use, and so you could switch the licensing of the file to copyrighted-fair-use, but this is only possible for files which are currently used in articles. The reason I proposed this deletion in the first place is because I uploaded a png version of the same file with a transparent background (File:Appleford School logo.png) which is licensed under fair use and is currently used in the article. Is this version of the file not satisfactory for you? I don't think there's any reason to have two versions of the same image on wikipedia? Auguel (talk) 22:09, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I've misunderstood you all this time. Sorry for wasting your time. Thank you

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