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File:EthnicRussiansInTheFormerUSSR.png

Copyvio of . It was previously noted to be a copyvio at Commons:Help desk/Archive/2014/09, but the issue was never resolved. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 15:05, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

  •  Keep it looks like all it copied was the data, which isn't copyrightable. There's a different underlying map.--Prosfilaes (talk) 17:55, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
    You're probably right about the data, but the underlying map is an only slightly modified copy of the original: the curvature of the Earth was removed and a few islands such as Svalbard/Spitsbergen were added. Otherwise it's a perfect copy, showing the same part of the world with the same orthographic projection, the same size, and the same edges of the map. Even the blue colour of the sea (#b6dcf4) and the grey colour of the "no data" areas (#dcdcdc) are the same. That's too much to be a coincidence. The map is a creative work and as such presumably copyrighted. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 12:39, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Deleted: I tend to agree with Nederlandse Leeuw. --Natuur12 (talk) 22:22, 24 December 2022 (UTC)