The article was promoted by Karanacs 19:29, 14 April 2009 [1].
I rewrote and greatly expanded this article over the past month or so. It recently passed MILHIST ACR, and I feel it's at or close to FA. I appreciate any and all comments towards improving the article. Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 13:17, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Image review (Part 2) Oppose based on criteron 3 File:SMS Westfalen LOC 25466u.jpg - We have to prove that this image is in the PD - "no known restrictions" is not sufficient. What reason do you have to believe that this is in the PD? Awadewit (talk) 19:55, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2. The image is from a late 19th or early 20th century collection for which there is no evidence of any rights holder:
- There are no copyright markings or other indications on the images to indicate that they were copyrighted or otherwise restricted, AND
- The records of the U.S. Copyright Office do not indicate any copyright registration, AND
- The acquisition paperwork for the collection does not contain any evidence of any restrictions, AND
- Images from the collection have been used and published extensively without anyone stepping forward to claim rights.
These facts do not mean the image is in the public domain, but do indicate that no evidence has been found to show that restrictions apply.
— LOC
<--The thing I don't understand, though, is that the Bain Collection was sold to the LoC; doesn't this mean that they therefore also sold the copyrights for the photographs they created themselves to the LoC? What I'm saying is, the Bain News Service created the photograph. They held the copyright until it was sold to the LoC. How is its use still restricted, if the LoC is not claiming any copyright? Parsecboy (talk) 15:57, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose I'd like to see an inline cite after each sentence that has a date or number. If that is fixed, I'll change to support. --mav (talk) 23:55, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]