Talk:Natural Steps, Arkansas

Natural Step Pictures
Can we get some images of these Natural steps? -- DoingMyPart 07:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Possible copyright violations
When checking the article for its compliance with B-Class criteria I noticed that large sections of the article are "quoted", complete paragraphs in the history section are in quotation marks. Often, this indicates that the material has been copied and pasted from another source on the internet. As the references are mentioned in bulk at the end of the article it cannot be determined which source is for what fact. It is not strictly required for a B-Class article to have inline references, but it is strongly recommened. In this case, where the referencing does not accompany the referenced fact, it is not easily possible to verify or falsify the copyright issue. The copyright issue is sufficient to cause the article to fail B-Class criteria without further checking of the other points.

The use of copyrighted material is against Wikipedia policy (WP:Copyvio). Copyrighted materials need to be re-written to comply with Wikipedia policy or they are subject to removal. If any regular editor of this article is interested to address the issues, let us discuss what to do best here on the talkpage first. This would make sure that the article can be improved in an organized fashion. Thank you! doxTxob \ talk 22:45, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Copyright violations
Nothing was pulled from the Internet because the internet has nothing on this small town. Type in Natural Steps, Arkansas and the only thing that will pop up is this wikipedia site. Everything entered into this article were from my own sources, my own pictures, newspaper articles from papers that no longer exist, Arkansas history Commission (who gave me the rights to use a picture and it was still deleted) family records. I give every article used a source somewhere on this site. If there are credible complaints about this article involving copyright infrigments, I will personally delete them, with an apology. If I have to, I will personally delete the whole article on Natural Steps, Arkansas and never return to this website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BartLIV (talk • contribs) 17:54, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Article improvement
Hello BartLIV! When I first read through the article I noticed that there must be someone who really cares about the topic. Nice to meet you!

I guess what is going to happen depends on how much time you are willing to invest to fix the copyright problems addressed above. Copyright violations are a more serious issue than a lot of people believe. It is theft of someone elses' ideas. And that is not right if it is too extensive and not clearly marked. There is nothing to say against quotations on Wikipedia if they are limited. If there is too much copyrighted material included in an article, it is subject to deletion. You are neither asked to delete the stuff nor to stay away from this website. Your contributions are welcome!

In my opinion, the material in the article has so much interesting information in it that you can develop it into a great contribution to Wikipedia. But it needs to be formulated in your own words for the most part. That is a lot of work if you want to do it right. If you are interested in investing a little time into this article, drop a line here on the talk page. doxTxob \ talk 02:18, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Encyclopedic style and tone issues
This article has multiple issues, the most notable being excessively long verbatim transcriptions, unsourced references/quotations, and lack of inline citations. For example, the section on an "ancient fort" consists almost entirely of the full text some 19th century manuscript, whose quality and relevance is unknown, and in any case whose full transcription is inappropriate. Another example is the unsourced and excessive quotes about minute details of a state park. Yet another example is the "legend" section, with its credulous presentation of a ghost story and its completely unsourced background. Jtcarpet (talk) 20:43, 30 December 2013 (UTC)