Talk:USS Adroit (MSO-509)

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Persian Gulf War service[edit]

The gulf war section was added by Special:Contributions/68.115.245.82; no source was given. I am removing it because it contained the typo "cleanng" (for "clearing"). This suggests that the text has been through an OCR, which raises the possibility that the text may be a copyright violation, a direct copy from a printed source.

I will also be removing the same text from USS Impervious (AM-449), USS Leader (MSO-490) and USS Tripoli (LPH-10), and will post at WP:MCQ for a second opinion. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:28, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The majority of the text in question appears to have been copied verbatim from the Naval History & Heritage Command website here. This might mean it was a work of a sailor/employee of the U.S. Navy, which means it's federal government work thereby making it public domain. (these were assumptions, it must be thoroughly verified) --CyberXRef^talk 21:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@CyberXRef: Thank you for tracking that down. From www.history.navy.mil Privacy Policy, "All information on this site is in the public domain". So tomorrow I'll put the text back with an {{NHC}} template. Bedtime now... -- John of Reading (talk) 22:34, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]