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| Keywords: Wikignome.png Without transparency 50px Copied from http //c2 com/cgi/wiki WikiGnome ---- The Wikipedia has been using an image which used to be here but isn't here any longer Does anyone know where it came from -- Sy This is the URL for the image http //www iro umontreal ca/~marcotte/Velo/Villes/Granby/Brownie gif From the directory of the above image this photo was found and this may shed some light on this whole affair http //www iro umontreal ca/~marcotte/Velo/Villes/Granby/Cox jpg Please see http //www iro umontreal ca/~marcotte/Velo/Villes/Granby/Cox html And http //freemasonry bcy ca/biography/cox_p/cox_p html ---- The iro umontreal ca image cites the freemasonry bcy ca site as it's source; the specific URL that has the image on it is http //freemasonry bcy ca/brownies/brownie_images/b18 gif ; it's caption on http //freemasonry bcy ca/brownies/The_Band html says from the Brownie flag circa 1980 and links to http //freemasonry bcy ca/brownies/dalton_collection html IV14 which seems to part of an inventory of a collection of the artist's works and says of the Brownie flag Flag nylon stitched 35 89 cm X 73 1/2 187 cm h/w ratio 1 2 green vertical strips white square centre with 24 62 cm round Brownie line art in black w/ lanyard toggle The Flag Shop Vancouver BC CA19724 c1990 This strongly suggests that the image is still in copyright and the GFDL license is entirely without basis While I'd be sorry to lose the image we really can't use it under GFDL; I'm going to remove the GFDL tag Sigh JesseW 00 34 6 September 2006 UTC I've copied the above to w en Image Wikignome jpg commons Image Wikignome png and commons Image Wikignome jpg ---- Apparently Palmer Cox flew a Brownie Flag over his house which is still there http //freemasonry bcy ca/brownies/castle htmlhttp //www phsc ca/Brownie2007 html It seems almost certain that the 1980-90 flag would have been a reproduction of this and was thus Cox' original artwork Since Cox died in 1924 this would now be public domain The en-wiki version of this image was earlier marked as such <s><nowiki> GFDL </nowiki></s> See above for details PD-old derivative works Wikignome Award jpg WikiGnomes Brownie folklore Round graphic ornaments | ||||
