Commons:Deletion requests/File:Wappen Schlesiens (Modern).png

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File:Wappen Schlesiens (Modern).png

list of derivative works:

• File:Banner Portal Niederschläsing.png
• File:Banner Portal Schläsing.png
• File:Freistoat Schläsing.png
• File:Heraldic Eagle 03.svg
• File:Iech bien a Schläsinger.png
• File:Inse Mundoart.png
• File:Inse Mundoart.gif
• File:Joint CoA of Upper and Lower Silesia.JPG
• File:Koarte Niederschläsing.png -- removing CoA needed
• File:Korte Schläsing.png -- removing CoA needed
• File:Logo Schläsing.PNG
• File:Nuvola Silesia Pitcairn flag.png
• File:Wappen Schlesien.svg
• File:Wappen von Nieder- und Oberschlesien.jpg
• File:Willkumma ei Schläsing.png

First, it can be said that this file is a reconstruction of coat of arms of Silesian dukes or Prussian Province of Silesia. But design has its own features of creativity work and efforts of the drawer is evident. It can be said that it's just a completely new pattern that clearly can be copyrighted. Uploader had given {{PD-Coa-Germany}}, which stays that coat of arms of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (corporation governed by public law) and other official works are in the public domain. Also uploader stated that the author and copyrights holder is Landsmannschaft Schlesien – Nieder- und Oberschlesien e. V. (en:Landsmannschaft Schlesien), which is not corporation governed by public law, but an association/organization. This was discussed here on German Wiki, so licensing is wrong. File is widespread on websites familiar with Landsmannschaft Schlesien, but neither of them hasn't the file in big resolution or other form. High resolution file can be found on Oberschlesien Shop Online with file. It can be said that this file's accuracy of this private shop is the highest, so that can be assumed that he is the copyrights holder of this pattern. I sent an email to the shop and the Owner said: Ja , ich bin der Inhaber. Wenn Sie mehr wissen wollen, schreiben Sie: wer Sie sind, Ihre Adresse und worum genau geht. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Wojtas (Yes, I'm the copyright holder ....). Unfortunately after second email he didn't answer me. So we don't have any permission, any source which could indicate the license {{PD-Coa-Germany}}. We have only doubts about this pattern. In spite of COM:LICENSING#License information, no evidence that this file is free, it should be deleted. Read also Precautionary_principle. JDavid (talk) 14:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

•  Delete as with any type of PD, especially PD-"official" (so for law acts and so on), the proper source to justify such licence would be an "official" webpage - like governmental or something. In all these cases, such sources are missing, therefore we cannot tell whether these are official representations of official CoAa, which leaves the possibility that they are rather someone's artistic interprations of them, and therefore fully copyrighted. So, unless proper sources are delivered to justify and validate ther "PD-official" status, the should be considered as fully copyrighted (some other evidence mentioned by JDavid points towards it anyways). Masur (talk) 13:14, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

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Deleted Jcb (talk) 11:48, 17 March 2011 (UTC)