Talk:Delos L. Filer

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment
This article is part of Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Possible copyright problem
This article has been revised as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. (See the investigation subpage) Earlier text must not be restored, unless it can be verified to be free of infringement. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions must be deleted. Contributors may use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  03:03, 26 February 2023 (UTC)  Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  16:49, 24 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Looking at the revdel request, the given source, Cyclopedia of Michigan: Historical and Biographical was published in 1890 which would make the material public domain. Is there any other copying that is from copyrighted sources?  If not, then providing attribution with PD-old-text should be sufficient. -- Whpq (talk) 01:35, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * looking now. I hate the blooming revdel script, cannot seem to get it right, and frequently paste in the wrong URL or the wrong diffs when I have so many windows open while checking sources ... to the point that I think I will start doing revdel requests manually.  Will revisit the whole thing now ... Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  03:05, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, the copy-paste without attribution to PD was not only from Bersey, but also from Lumberman, Page and Hotchkiss. The problem with DC's work is that he often took content from one source, and then attached a different citation to it, so one has to simultaneously check all sources, which means a lot of windows open.  At any rate, you correctly point out that all sources here are PD, so I've just rephrased, while presumptively deleting text from sources that can't be evaluated.  Done, I think, without the need for revdel. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  04:09, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking at this. I had a quick skim at the overall issue driving this.  All I can say is good luck, and please take breaks to keep your sanity.  That's a big mountain of work. -- Whpq (talk) 04:12, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Still working, I stopped too soon. Text also lifted from Lake County Star.  At some point, it just makes sense to presumptively delete the lot.  Thanks for the sanity wish; I came home late and just wanted to get on this to save the poor CCI admins from having to do an unnecessary revdel ... they are the ones I feel for.  Bst, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  04:17, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I think I'm really done (now that I've removed the shocking statement that Filer was a physician from the lead). If anyone can find a source that supports that ... Sandy Georgia (Talk)  04:48, 26 February 2023 (UTC)