Talk:Hindu Council UK

Copyvio
For anyone confused by the history here, this appears to have been a copyvio from the very first revision, but it's something I realized only after initiating a cleanup after my PROD of this article was declined. Vanamonde (Talk) 16:24, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Then perhaps I have missed something, – I've reverted to before the large-scale copyvio from here, inserted at 17:37 on 12 November 2011, but had thought the earlier content was OK. Have you been able to identify a source that those initial few sentences were copied from? If so I'll happily remove that content too. Thank you, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:51, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * A lot of that version is lifted from here, and the very first version has the same problem. It's not every word, but it's most of the phrasing; concerns are habitually raised at DYK and elsewhere about paraphrasing that's less close. Am I incorrect in assuming this is a problem? Vanamonde (Talk) 21:04, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * No, you're absolutely right,, that is definitely not OK and I've removed it, thanks for pointing it out, my mistake. If I'd been a little more wide-awake I'd have looked at the talk-page and seen your note before I started looking at the article history. No clear idea what should happen here next, but this no longer seems to be a viable page. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:21, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Given the copyvio, I would have deleted it had I not already tagged it. Reducing it to the barest minimum is also acceptable, I suppose; I have serious concerns about notability, but I haven't the stamina for what's likely to be a long AfD, given the number of times the org's been name-dropped in the media and given the obvious extent to which they've tried to publicize themselves (I have yet to find a reliable source stating they actually represent all British Hindu groups). If you have the time, I would appreciate you looking at articles linking to this one, for copyright problems; I'll let you know if I find any. I don't particularly want to act as an admin here because I've worked on other articles about diasporic Hindu groups. Vanamonde (Talk) 22:37, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , with hindsight, I would have probably deleted it too if I'd had the sense to read your comment beforehand. I've now proposed a merge, let's see how that goes. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:47, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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