Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of Alghero.svg

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File:Flag of Alghero.svg

This file was initially tagged by Arrow303 as Speedy (SD) and the most recent rationale was: F3|2=DW of File:Brasão Algueiro.jpg, deleted for Copyvio from https://www.araldicacivica.it/comune/alghero/ (CC-BY-NC-ND as per https://www.araldicacivica.it/info/disclaimer/). Heavily used flag, should be discussed. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 08:32, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

The source image (File:Brasão Algueiro.jpg) was previously tagged by his uploader with a Commons-compatible license, but then tagged with Copyvio and deleted as is source was araldicavica.it, that publishes under CC-BY-NC-ND. I'm sure that the creator of the flag was in good faith, but now that the source image has been deleted, I think the flag should be deleted too as DW of a non-free image.

Also, the intense use of this flag should not be a problem, as the image can be easy recreated using this CC-BY-SA-4.0 CoA. Anyway, this flag design does not seem to have an official recnognition by the municipality, as it's not mentioned in the Statuto comunale and the municipality itself uses the version without CoA. --Arrow303 (talk) 13:59, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Then perhaps we should edit and keep? The resulting flag would be below COM:TOO. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 17:26, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

@King of Hearts are you referring to keeping the flag, but without CoA? Arrow303 (talk) 21:07, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:22, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

@King of Hearts Understood. But in that case this file would be a duplicate of File:Flag of Catalonia.svg. Arrow303 (talk) 21:37, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

It can always be the same design with a different file name. There are many similar cases in Commons. Since I'm the original uploader of this file and indeed I had no idea that the CoA was copyrighted when I created and uploaded the file, I agree that editing sounds reasonable. Any idea btw why this following file with the CoA hasn't been deleted too?

Thanks. -- Argean (talk) 09:51, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

@Argean @King of Hearts, That CoA has been redesigned by the uploader, that published it under CC0. The copyright, in the context of coats of arms, it's measured by looking at the single representation that any artist can make starting from the same blazon (which, being a written description, is free from copyright). The CoA included in this image was mistakenly tagged by its uploader with CC-BY-SA, when it was not. I agree with changing the central coat of arms (we also have this version, that may be better), but shouldn't we upload this new version as a separate file as per COM:OW?

I suggest to make this image a redirect to File:Flag of Catalonia.svg (also because the official flag seems to be without CoA), then create and upload the flag with the CoA, that can be named File:Flag of Alghero (de facto).svg, or something similar. Opinions? Thanks :) -- Arrow303 (talk) 22:38, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Looking more closely at the policy, in this case it would seem that the CoA can be directly replaced. So for me  Keep if edited. Thanks :) --Arrow303 (talk) 22:49, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

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Deleted: per nomination and discussion. Apperenty nobody took the effort to edit the image with the PD version of the COA. If somebody is willing to take action, the image can be temporarily undeleted. --Ellywa (talk) 22:00, 30 January 2024 (UTC)