Talk:Auburn and Rochester Railroad

WP:CP
The massive verbatim chunk of text is MOST LIKELY copyrighted and thus can't be used like that on wikipedia. — raeky ( talk 20:56, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

This text is from a book whose copyright has expired and is thus in the public domain. Do you have evidence otherwise? --Coosbane (talk) 21:04, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Copyright issues
If the copyright was renewed on the book, it is still protected by copyright. If the copyright was not renewed, it is in the public domain.

I would strongly suggest rewriting the article in your own words so that it won't be deleted.

In the U.S., any work published before January 1, 1923 anywhere in the world is in the public domain. This book was published in 1926. The Library of Congress has a copy: see http://lccn.loc.gov/unk81009781 -- Eastmain (talk) 22:20, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

The article is written in my own words, save for the inclusion of text which is particularly relevant for substantive reasons. Otherwise, I am avoiding wholesale quoting, as I agree that it's a bad practice, even aside from copyright issues. According to the Rutgers site, this particular book is not currently under copyright, which should resolve the issue. If you agree, shall we remove the tag? --Coosbane (talk) 22:27, 29 January 2009 (UTC)


 * this can be discussed at the place for discussing copyright issues, but if it's disputed, it is not a speedy. DGG (talk) 02:22, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Move
This replaces a redirector with an article and uses a consistent name. --Coosbane (talk) 16:38, 27 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Did you mean the other way? --NE2 01:11, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Is there a preferred format? If so, then I agree that this and the other articles that I've written on rail companies should be made consistent. Please advise. --Coosbane (talk) 15:28, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * WikiProject Trains/Manual of style doesn't actually say, but the de facto standard has always been to omit "Company" except when it doesn't otherwise end in "Railroad" or "Railway" (like Reading Company). --NE2 16:26, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Then, why the " " above? I don't get it.  --Coosbane (talk) 20:37, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * You put it there... --NE2 21:58, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * It was long ago enough that I had forgotten about it. Still not quite accustomed to the ways of WP...  --Coosbane (talk) 10:47, 31 January 2009 (UTC)