Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Svalbard Flag.svg
This is not the flag of Svalbard. It is not used there and should not be spread by commons as a legitimate flag. As of now a couple of wikis have picked it up as a legitimate flag. Inge 16:06, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
- The design for this flag was taken from Flags of the World https://www.fotw.info/flags/sj-arms.html
- Jan Oskar Engene at flags of the world states: Svalbard does not have arms, and the only proper flag for the islands is the Norwegian flag. In 1930, a private association proposed arms and flags for all Norwegian counties – and also for Svalbard. This was a Norwegian lion on a field of vair blue and white. Note that this was never officially adopted and is not the flag of Svalbard.
- As this is only a proposed design for a flag which was never adopted one has to assume the original designer owns the copyright as with any other work. That makes this a possible copyright violation as well.
Keep Even if this flag WAS NOT accepted in 1930's, this is a historical proposal and can be kept to illustrate history of Svalbard. Private initiatives of associations are part of local history. Don't reject it with the only reason "never officially adopted". Just add a comment to the image description. Julo 13:57, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Delete The fact that this was only a suggestion means that the copyright of this work of art is owned in entirety by the person who designed it. It can not be treated as a flag or coat of arms, but as a painting or similar. This particular image was made by someone else, but the design is still owned by the designer. Inge 14:11, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Deleted. I researched on the internet, and my conclusion is that the flag was proposed but never adopted in any way, and the reason that fotw used it is because of a misunderstanding, explained here. As Inge said, normal copyrights are likely to apply. / Fred Chess 09:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
The image has not been deleted...?Inge 12:44, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
