File talk:Skylon.svg

Speedy Deletion

DO NOT DELETE - See W:User_talk:Wolfkeeper#Image:Skylon.gif_listed_for_deletion. --GW Simulations 16:52, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, just to clarify (needed to post that first to prevent it being deleted whilst I was posting my case). The user who nominated it for deletion is unable to accept that I have nominated a fair use image (Image:Skylon.gif) that he uploaded on Wikipedia for deletion, and is intent on keeping it in place by accusing me of copyright violations, to the point of defamation. He claims that I have "stolen" http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/hotol/skylon-schem.gif .

While I agree that they do look similar (I that image, amongst others, as a reference in creating my own), I can assure you that I created the two images that I uploaded myself. There are several ways in which I can prove they differ.

Firstly, the image is a raster file (GIF). My images are vector (SVG). While it is possible to convert raster to vector, the process will produce a single object in the file. If you open the SVGs that I have produced using Inkscape, or a similar programme, you will see that they have been drawn from scratch.

There are also differences in the layout of the 4-view image. The raster image has the plan at the top and the side elevation at the bottom, whereas the vector image has these two the other way around. The same is true for the front and rear elevations.

There are also no centrelines on my images, as can clearly be seen on the raster file. In short, the images may be similar, but this is only to be expected as they are of the same thing. --GW Simulations 16:57, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Better safe than sorry, I've redrawn the image to deal with unintentional similarity, and have re-uploaded. I've removed the speedy deletion tag as it is not relevant to the current version. --GW Simulations 23:34, 21 October 2007 (UTC)