Talk:James Pieronnet Pierce

There is no copyright on the website and the original is an American document more than 75 years old there for public domain under United States law
 * Confirmed, 1922 publication and PD. – Toon 23:50, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

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The book from which the text was copy-pasted, History of Santa Clara County California (1922), is in the public domain. A summary note in the article history and a template at the bottom of the article provides the proper attribution per WP guidelines at In addition to the edit summary note, be sure to attribute the material either by using blockquotes, or quotation marks, by using an attribution template, using an inline citation and/or adding your own note in the reference section of the article to indicate that language has been used verbatim.. So there is no copyright violation. However, the text needs to be rewritten anywhere it violates other policies of POV or OR. For example, the first sentence states: "Prominent among the noted captains of industry who have contributed greatly toward the development of the resources of the Golden State, the late James Pieronnet Pierce will ever be given an enviable place in in California history." This kind of POV commentary needs to be removed. Other sentences will need to be revised. — Cactus Writer |   needles  15:22, 14 September 2009 (UTC)