Template talk:US state seal from usembassy.de

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The template was nominated for deletion but kept. See the deletion debate at Commons:Deletion requests/Template:US state seal. / Fred Chess 11:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It should have been deleted as it is highly inaccurate. The seals of state governments are NOT works of the U.S. federal government and are not public domain unless so deemed by the individual state governments. Bkonrad 01:54, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For example, the seal of the state of Michigan is controlled by several state laws as described here. In particular, Section 5 of the Act [MCL 2.45] further regulates the use of the Great Seal. This section states that no facsimile or reproduction of the Great Seal may be used in any manner unconnected with the official business of the state. Section 6 [MCL 2.46] indicates that a violation of the Great Seal Act is a misdemeanor. If the seal were in the public domain, such restrictions on use would be meaningless. I expect that most states have similar statutes regulating their seals. To assume that simply because some U.S. embassy produced a canned informational package containing the seals that that makes the seals works of the U.S. government and therefore public domain is ridiculous. Bkonrad 02:31, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to dispute this template, you should nominate it for deletion again. I will protect it if you continue to revert. / Fred J 08:46, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So no matter that the template is flat out wrong, it is more important to follow bureaucratic processes? I'm not a regular on Commons (in fact a previous experience here left me rather disinclined to have much of anything to do with commons at all--but when this incorrect information starts turning up on WP:EN, that bothers me). Care to point me to a process page for how to nominate this for deletion? I mean, I don't even really care that much about it being deleted -- it is just that the information on it is WRONG. And very badly wrong. Bkonrad 02:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That you say it is flat out wrong doesn't make it so. I'll help you with the deletion request though.
Fred J 10:29, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've made the request. Superm401 - Talk 08:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The deletion request had already been made and had been open from November until five days ago, when it was closed as a keep.
Fred J (talk) 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 2023-04-27

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{{Edit request}} Request changing the licensing template from {{PD-USGov}} to {{PD-USGov-DOS}} to be more specific. A1Cafel (talk) 16:04, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done in Special:Diff/769791736. --TKsdik8900 (talk) 10:11, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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