Image talk:Royal Arms of Scotland.png

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The tagging of this image as {{coatofarms}} and especially {{pd-old}} as done at [1] is improper. Coats of arms are descriptions. The renditions of those descriptions are individual and copyrightable independent of other renditions. Thus, this particular rendition could have been made yesterday or 400 years ago. We don't know. The safest assumption at this point is fair use. But, we really need to have a source to verify the copyright status of the image. Until such is provided, this image need to be tagged with {{symbol}} or face deletion as {{nsd}}. I think we can all agree we'd prefer the former rather than the latter. Please, let's find a source for this image (and preferably NOT vector-images.com, as they've made multiple mistakes). --Durin 23:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/:

The "Lion Rampant" Flag This is not a national flag and its use by citizens and corporate bodies is entirely wrong. Gold, with a red rampant lion and royal tressure, it is the Scottish Royal banner, and its correct use is restricted to only a few Great Officers who officially represent The Sovereign, including; * the First Minister as Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, * Lord Lieutenants in their Lieutenancies, * the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, * the Lord Lyon King of Arms, * and other lieutenants specially appointed. Its use by other, non-authorised persons is an offence under the Act of Parliament 1672 cap. 47 and 30 & 31 Vict. cap. 17.

Thanks/wangi 09:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

BTW, on Commons: commons:Image:Royal_Arms_of_Scotland.png. Thanks/wangi 09:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

and: commons:Category:Coats of arms of Scotland. Thanks/wangi 09:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• commons:Image:Royal_Arms_of_Scotland.png is most likely tagged improperly. The uploader released it under GFDL, but provided no source. The other images have rather questionable copyright status as well. --Durin 12:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)