Talk:Kingdom Heirs

Plagiarism
The opening lines of this article should be re-written due to being plagiarized from: http://sghistory.com/index.php?n=K.KingdomHeirs SGHistory's copyright is posted at the bottom of every page as follows: "All articles are the property of SGHistory.com and should not be copied, stored or reproduced by any means without the express written permission of the editors of SGHistory.com. Wikipedia contributors, this particularly includes you. Please do not copy our work and present it as your own." But Wikipedia editors routinely ignore this statement and steal it anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.112.160.208 (talk) 04:34, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Proper Wikipedia procedure was followed to point this out, yet someone reverted it saying there was "very little overlap." You be the judge:

SGHISTORY version: The Kingdom Heirs were formed in 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Original members included Patty Wilson (alto), Jim Bluford (tenor), Gene McKinney (lead), Raymond Parker (bass), and a 13-year-old Gary Bilyeu (piano). They were all teenagers at the time. Within a few months, they had added a bass guitar player named Gary Arnold and a 13-year-old drummer named Jim Ford.

WIKIPEDIA version: The Kingdom Heirs formed in 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Original members included Patty Wilson (alto), Jim Bluford (tenor), Gene McKinney (lead), Raymond Parker (bass), and a 13-year-old Gary Bilyeu (piano). Gary Arnold was added on bass guitar and 13-year-old drummer Jim Ford came close behind with Tom Bailey on Rhythm.

The bulk OF THAT IS WORD-FOR-WORD. It's THEFT and violates Wikipedia policies on plagiarism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.112.160.208 (talk) 01:40, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Group History
I added the Members and Discography sections to the article to give some idea of the group's history, but if anyone can contribute some text about the history of the group, I'd be very appreciative. I'm also working on pages for each group member, and any contributions there would also be nice. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ScottM84 (talk • contribs) 22:49, 17 December 2006 (UTC).

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Contested deletion
This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, the page is mostly paraphrased and is not a copyright infringement. At most, a copyright tag should be added, but it definatly shouldnt be deleted. Thanks,  Lord ' serious ' pig  07:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

No one was asked to "delete" the entire page. Simply re-write the word-for-word sections that previous Wikipedia editors stole. Any self-respecting high school English teacher would not accept such outright plagiarism from a student if they were made aware it was copied word-for-word from a source. What blows my mind are those who defend such theft. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.112.160.50 (talk) 18:46, 17 July 2024 (UTC)


 * A speedy deletion notice was placed previously.  Lord ' serious ' pig  21:44, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * The procedure Wikipedia requires for dealing with a copyright violation is the one that was followed in attempting to correct the issue. Regardless, the outcome was that no one thinks it matters if Wikipedia editors copy and paste sentences from other websites even when it's from a website that has a statement specifically asking Wikipedia editors to do their own work. 66.112.160.208 (talk) 04:41, 19 July 2024 (UTC)