Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 February 3

3 February 2009

Basketball at Lake City Community College (history · last edit) from [1] (There is some superficial paraphrasing, but long phrases are copied verbatim.) Zagalejo^^^ 02:39, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Y Confirmed. Deleted to allow clean recreation from scratch if another contributor can verify that this community college's basketball meets WP:N. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Woodson Law Office (history · last edit) contains passages from A Place Called Appomattox. It doesn't cite the page numbers properly (38-39, not 39) and copies and pastes all of the information in the text about the subject, which may violate fair use (not allowed to use a whole source on a topic in its entirety). The same problem may also be happening with the use of the source on Jones Law Office. Ottava Rima (talk) 04:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note that those large block quotes have been added to the articles recently: [2]. They weren't there a few days ago. Do you see any copyvio problems with the Jan. 31 versions of the articles? [3], [4]. (The former does have one block quote, but it's not very long.) Zagalejo^^^ 04:46, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The block quote in the previous version is from another book and seems to be a much smaller chunk. My only concern is about fair use (many have a rule of thumb at about 300 words) and the block quotes making up such a large percentage of the text while being all of the information from the book on the subject (meaning, Wikipedia would have duplicated on whole the little information that is out there on the subject). I don't know the ins and outs that Wikipedia goes through on fair use, and I know only of my own experience with it as an academic. Ottava Rima (talk) 05:02, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On closer look, the first line in the section called "Description" says "The Woodson Law Office is a beige frame building", which is almost word for word what the blockquote line says ("Woodson Law Office, a beige frame building"). Ottava Rima (talk) 05:03, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note, blockquote was recently removed but can be found at this diff. Current wording is still too similar to that in A Place Called Appomattox, but is no longer cited to that page. The current listed citation has no mention of the color "beige". Ottava Rima (talk) 05:08, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I see. And there seem to be other paraphrasing problems. The current article uses the phrase "a typical Virginia's small town lawyer's office of the mid-nineteenth century," which is very close to the phrase used by Gutek ("a typical small town's lawyer's office of the mid-nineteenth century"). Looks like we may have a few things to sort out here... Zagalejo^^^ 05:12, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should we contact Doug and see what he can come up with to fix the phrases that are too similar? I'm not sure what standard protocol is in these kinds of situations (which is why I came here). Ottava Rima (talk) 05:18, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I left a message on his talk page. Zagalejo^^^ 05:48, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Glad you brought these issues up. I have tried to address the concerns and made the corrections accordingly. Did not realize there was a 300 word limit to block quotes, so shorted it up under that amount. If there is anything further along these lines, please let me know so I can fix them.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 12:20, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I made a little note on Doug's talk page about my view of fair use. Ottava Rima (talk) 16:39, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have further revised one phrase. Otherwise, it seems clear. (I did some WP:MOSQUOTE and WP:EL cleanup while at it.) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:25, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Land record documents of Haryana (history · last edit) from [5]. Tikiwont (talk) 14:56, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hebei University (history · last edit) from [6]. Localvoice (talk) 16:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Y Selectively deleted copyvio. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:31, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Carnegie Heritage Centre (history · last edit) from [7]. Ticket received at Ticket:2009020310034545, but more details required. Stifle (talk) 16:17, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Requested update from Stifle. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Kristaps Bergs (history · last edit) from [8]. Itsmejudith (talk) 16:39, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Y Cleaned. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:41, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Essar Group (history · last edit) from [9]. Flibirigit (talk) 20:10, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Y Already cleaned. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ravi Ruia (history · last edit) from [10]. Flibirigit (talk) 20:14, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Prashant Ruia (history · last edit) from [11]. Flibirigit (talk) 20:14, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shashi Ruia (history · last edit) from [12]. Flibirigit (talk) 20:14, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Christ's Church (history · last edit) from [13], with some superficial paraphrasing. Zagalejo^^^ 20:48, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Y Confirmed. Deleted to allow clean recreation from scratch if another contributor can verify that this church meets WP:ORG. Currently, all I'd have to say about it is that it exists. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
A tempest (history · last edit) from [14]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Alliance for the Great Lakes (history · last edit) from [15]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
BC Notaries (history · last edit) from [16]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Dynamic Systems Development Method (history · last edit) from [17]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Y Cleaned. Contributor advised how to verify. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Fort Washington Fire Company (history · last edit) from [18]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Copyvio goes back all the way. If contributors do not choose to rewrite, it will probably need to be stubbed. Blanked and relisted under today to allow time for contributors to address. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:02, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Judy fisher associates (history · last edit) from [19]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Noah Ringer (history · last edit) from [20]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Tamarama rock surfers (history · last edit) from [21]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Y This version speedily deleted and a new created. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:13, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Tia knight (history · last edit) from [22]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Taxonomy of manufacturing processes (history · last edit) (url not detected). Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've done a google book search through the suspect text and can't verify infringement. I've restored the text with a note at the article's talk page and the talk page of the contributor voicing his concerns with additional steps to pursue if evidence of infringement can be provided. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]