Thanks Undeletion was more than I d hoped for I m researching the status of Texas government including local government copyright status but it s slow going Apparently works of the Florida government are usually public domain but we don t have a similar article on Texas so I guess I ll have to research the old fashioned non lazy actually reliable way Or ask the copyright help desk like you suggested In the meantime I m using the fair use rationale since it s valid while the image is used in an article Thanks again