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