Talk:Dave Sharp

Websites
http://www.davesharp.org http://www.hardtravelers.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by MaxLondon (talk • contribs) 13:37, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Copyright violation?
Instead of destroying someone elses hard work, why not post the suspected reasons for copyright violation here? It's no wonder people are leaving WP by the truck load with all this red tape. Trevorsem (talk) 13:55, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Although Wikipedia encourages anyone to contribute, the founding principle of a free encyclopedia is that it only uses freely licensed text. In the case of Dave Sharp, the article contained text copied directly from a webpage at Dave harp.org which was copyrighted two years before the Wikipedia article. Here are a couple of examples of direct plagiarism that it included:
 * The article read:

"In the mid 1970s, Sharp formed various experimental punk rock bands, often based in the area around Rhyl where childhood friend Nigel Twist was now living."
 * The source read:

"In the mid-70s, ...Sharp formed various experimental punk rock bands, often based in the area of North Wales around Rhyl where childhood friend Twist was now living."
 * The article read:

"Dedicated to live music and particularly to the acoustic form, he found it a venue to explore his musical influences.."
 * The source read:

"Dedicated to live music and particularly to the acoustic form which Dave adored, he found it the perfect venue to explore his musical influences."
 * Because of the substantial plagiarism, it was necessary to delete the text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. This not only protects the entire project from legal action, it also protects the hard work of the original copyrighted author. If you have any questions regarding the copyright violation, feel free to ask. Further information is found at WP:COPYVIO and WP:PLAGIARISM. — Cactus Writer |   needles  16:09, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * In that case the WHOLE of Wikipedia is plagiarised and needs to be removed?!?

I'm done with Wikipedia. Too many people with nothing better to do, but being jobsworths. Someone else needs to finish this article off, perhaps the Wiki Police may find time... (208.51.151.2 (talk) 14:35, 11 December 2009 (UTC))

As Dave Sharp's agent I received a phone call from him regarding the supposed 'copyright issue' above. If a Wiki article contains material which in part is a duplicate of website material, both of which have been done with the express knowledge of the person referred to, then what is the problem? Maybe all that was necessary would have been an additional reference to the www.davesharp.org website from which the small amount of text above was copied. Any biographical information is a collection of facts whichever way you rearrange the wording. If one article says "Manchester-born Dave Sharp" and another says "Dave Sharp was born in Manchester" are you going to consider this plagiarism? Nothing that was stated was contentious or libellous - merely a transmission of publicly known facts. All we're talking about here is basic factual, biographical information with which Dave Sharp has no problem regarding duplication. If you would re-instate the article as it was before removal I will add references to davesharp.org/ - MaxLondon (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:03, 4 January 2010 (UTC).


 * Because of the anonymity of internet accounts, it is unfortunately impossible for us to accept permission from any registered account simply on their word alone. This is because anyone can state that they are anyone else. Therefore, Wikipedia must use specific procedures to allow any use of copyrighted materials. The simplest method is for the website owner to replace the copyright notices on their own website with a CC-BY-SA free sharing license. Permission also can be granted by Donating copyrighted materials through our OTRS office so that the website owner's identity can be confirmed. These methods are outlined in the message on your talk page. This not only protects the legal standing of Wikipedia, but just as importantly, they protect the hard work of the original authors of the text which is to be copied. I'm certain you can understand the common sense in that. If you have further questions, please ask. — Cactus Writer |   needles  16:54, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

BLP issues
MaxLondon, if there are concerns about the article's accuracy, please read WP:BLP. Reliable sourcing and verifiability are paramount in biographies of living people. WP:BIOSELF provides info on dealing with any concerns in regard to articles about oneself. It is best to raise these issues on the article talk page, with an administrator or directly with the Wikimedia Foundation. Simply deleting material without discussion might be perceived as vandalism. — Cactus Writer (talk) 18:02, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

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