User talk:GregJackP

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File:1865 Comanche-Kiowa-Apache.png

File:1865 Comanche-Kiowa-Apache.png has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

—Mahāgaja · talk 10:10, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

The base map is not copyrighted, it was a product of the USGS, an agency of the United States government and available for free download, which was then modified by adding the boundaries showing the retained lands of the Kiowa and Comanche nations. That modification made the map my own work, as stated on the file page. Information of the public domain status of USGS maps can be located at [1].

You, as an admin, should be ashamed of yourself for not assuming good faith. You could have asked instead of making a false assertion that this was a probable copyvio. That's especially true when you didn't even have evidence that it was a copyvio, but acted on a mere hunch based on a font used on the map. Perhaps you should take some time to reflect how accusations such as the one you made affect editors and content creators, and maybe in the future you'll wait until you have some actual evidence before you make such an accusation. GregJackP (talk) 12:49, 16 October 2022 (UTC)