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Epistle of the World Gathering of Young Friends 2005
Speaking as a Quaker and someone who was at the World Gathering of Young Friends in 2005, Quakers write their epistles with the expectation that they be distributed widely. The gathering that wrote the epistle cannot regather, but I hope that you would consider the long tradition of Friends and restore the epistle and consider it to be in the public domain. Shadowfax37 (talk) 23:03, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Onward Singapore
Appeal and reopen. I have thought long and hard about this one, and the principle around national anthems affects all of these works. This decision has set a precedent and I do not believe that there is sufficiently suitable discussion and evidence for that decision. Common law application is equally applicable as all other determinations, when it is simply the accepted way things are enforced by the government it is the law until a court overturns the administrative application. An official translation of a legislative work of government is akin to a government edict of what are the words. National anthems for their nature of being pushed by nations are to my opinion an exception, and not to be captured by blackletter law, intent is also relevant — billinghurst  sDrewth  03:18, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * If credible evidence proves the official English translation to be eligible for PD-EdictGov, the page can be undeleted or re-started. The last deleted version before being tagged copyvio did not mention where exactly the translation was from. I have seen not only official translation, but also private ones without evident copyright licensing.--Jusjih (talk) 17:54, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Official translation as per Sg govt Background info
 * http://app.www.sg/who/National-Anthem-in-English-124.aspx
 * http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_815_2004-12-23.html


 * Yeah, given that a) Singapore was writing this after getting independence from the UK, and b) English is one of their official languages, I would have to guess there were official English translations from the beginning. Carl Lindberg (talk) 00:18, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

The Empire of the Necromancers
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