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File:Kuroko Massive Sulfide Cross section.png

Source: https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/2062/report.pdf Author is U.S. Geological Survey and Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana, Tecnica Minera, C.A. Works authored solely by USGS are public domain in USA. No evidence found that copyright licence is CC-BY-SA as claimed by uploader. No evidence found that this work by Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana is either public domain or CC-BY-SA. Copyright licence is unlikely to be compatible with use on Wikimedia Commons. GeoWriter (talk) 15:52, 22 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

On May 22, 2018 at 12:22 PM "U.S. Geological Survey" <[email protected]> wrote: -- reply above this line -- Hello xxx,

All USGS products, including Bulletin 2062, are in the public domain and can be freely used without permission. All we ask is that you acknowledge the USGS as the source. For more information, see our Copyrights and Credits statement.

Please be aware that some of our publications and websites include copyrighted images or diagrams that we are using with permission of the owners, but those should be clearly marked.

I hope that helps!

Sincerely, Liz Colvard

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We hope this response has sufficiently answered your questions. If not, please reply to this email for additional details about your inquiry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pi3.124 (talk • contribs) 20:00, 22 May 2018 (UTC) (UTC)[reply]

User:Pi3.124, the message above, forwarded from the USGS, satisfies my concerns about the copyright status of this image.

I request withdrawal of my request for deletion for this image. According to Commons:Deletion_requests#Closing_discussions, I must not close this discussion because I created it. Therefore, I hope an administrator will close this discussion.

The copyright licence of this image is currently CC-BY-SA on Wikimedia Commons. I suggest that this should be changed to CC-PD as granted by the USGS.
GeoWriter (talk) 16:24, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My request for closure of this deletion request is at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard#Request to withdraw Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kuroko Massive Sulfide Cross section.png.
GeoWriter (talk) 09:56, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kept: Withdrawn (AN). — regards, Revi 10:50, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]