Talk:Woodward Academy

Copyvio?

The middle text has a strong smell of copyvio. It reads like advertising copy. Secretlondon 08:05, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

It could be from here. It's hard to tell who copied from whom. BrianSmithson 18:23, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

See In & Around College Park. That, with Woodward Academy History makes practically the whole article a cut-and-paste brochure, so-called "logo" photograph included. I'm reverting it back to the newest non-infringing version that I can find, per policy posted at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Those who care about this article need to produce original content or provide proof that Wikipedia has a GFDL-compatible license to the copyrighted material found on other sites. -- Kbh3rd 04:23, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Copyright violation documented

I'm re-reverting back to a non-infringing version. Wikipedia cannot tolerate copyright violations. Substantial portions of the article are copied verbatim from external sources, and that's a big problem even if the entire article is not plagarized. Below are a couple of examples. Again, Those who care about this article need to produce original content. At a minimum, all infringing content needs to be redacted.

I assume that the anonymous users so interested in padding out this article are either students or alumni of this fine institution. I doubt that Woodward teaches or tolerates unethical and illegal behavior such as violating others' legal copyrights. In fact, the Woodward Academy Acceptable Use Agreement for computer and Internet use states in part:

Violations include, but are not limited to, the following: ... Copyright Violations ... copying, selling or distributing copyrighted material plagiarism - using other's words or ideas as your own[1]

-- Kbh3rd 21:52, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Wikpedia	External sites
Since its founding, Woodward Academy has embraced a philosophy of education ... to make a positive difference in each student's education.	Since its founding, Woodward Academy has embraced a philosophy of education ... to make a positive difference in each student's education.[2]
Colonel John Charles Woodward, founder of Georgia Military Academy, devoted his vision, talent and skill ... opened the doors to the first 30 students of Georgia Military Academy in College Park.	Colonel John Charles Woodward, founder of Georgia Military Academy, devoted his vision, talent and skill ... opened the doors to the first 30 students of Georgia Military Academy in College Park.[3]
Because of the fine international reputation of Cox College, the community of College Park envisioned ... The price? A non-interest bearing loan of $1,500 to be repaid ... the building was renamed Founder’s Hall.	Because of the fine international reputation of Cox College, the community of College Park envisioned ... The price? A non-interest bearing loan of $1,500 to be repaid ... the building was renamed Founder’s Hall.[4]

An anonymous user left this on my talk page:

The information on the page is quoted from the school's website and there is documentation at the end of the page. As long as the information regarding this site is quoted, I don't see anything wrong with that. If the quoting format is incorrect, please let me know. Thank you.

The rules on fair use are fairly restrictive. I'm not the expert. I'd be surprised to find in the copyright law somewhere that simple use of quotation marks make it okay to copy wholesale, or that admitting that you're copying makes it okay. The real answer is to do the right thing, not the easy thing, and create original content. Or get documented permission to copy the material. -- Kbh3rd 05:25, 20 November 2005 (UTC)