Talk:The Justice (newspaper)

Close paraphrasing
The current text of the "20th Century" section is closely paraphrased from the individual year histories compiled at the cited source. For example, the paragraph beginning "The 1952-1953 school year" is a close paraphrase of the "The Chapel(s)" section at, and similar paragraphs describing specific years are also close paraphrases of text from the source site about specific years. Since such close paraphrasing may run afoul of the "substantial similarity" copyright criterion (see explanation in WP:PARAPHRASE), even if attributed, I am marking that section with a template to get more eyes on the issue and help determine whether or not there is a copyright issue that needs to be addressed. Bakazaka (talk) 01:00, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I disagree that "The 1952-1953 school year was notable for actions taken by Brandeis president Abram L. Sachar. During this school year, he announced the building of a Jewish chapel for the University's campus. Initially, an idea was sparked for a single interfaith space; however this idea was not accepted. This is because the University figured that Catholic Authorities would not be in favor of their services taking place in a single interfaith space. The Justice editorial board, along with the student council and several individual students, fought against the idea of only having a Jewish chapel at Brandeis. Instead, the students were in support of a solution that would maintain Brandeis’s Jewish identity, but would help the school remain inclusive to individuals of other faiths. As a result of various students’ concerns, the University announced the existing three-chapel complex that would separate Jewish, Protestant and Catholic services into these three buildings" sounds substantially like "President Sachar's announcement of plans for the construction of a Jewish chapel sparked the first real Brandeis brou-ha-ha. Working from an assumption that Catholic authorities would not approve of Catholic services held in an interfaith space, the administration had abandoned plans for a single structure with a revolving altar in favor of a structure explicitly dedicated to Jewish services. The student council, The Justice, and individual students, all committed to the ideal of a non-sectarian university, reacted strongly against the notion of a campus with only a Jewish chapel, even if it were to be made available to students of other faiths. Some challenged the assumption that Catholic students would be forbidden to hold services in the chapel, but when contacted, diocese authorities confirmed President Sachar's position. Nevertheless, students continued to press for a solution that would affirm Brandeis's Jewish identity as well as its inclusive ideals. Eventually they brought President Sachar around to their position, and the following fall he announced plans for a three-chapel complex, with separate buildings for Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic services." However, I am up for discussion on the matter and editing where ncessary. jengeller9, 20:18, 5 November 2018
 * The editing history of the page is visible, so it is clear that you've made some additional edits between my post above and your own reply quoting your recently updated text. Which is good! Hopefully that editing continues to increase the distance between the source material and the current text of the article. Bakazaka (talk) 01:26, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for helping make the page better, I do appreciate it. I am willing to do whatever is possible to make this page a contribution to the Wikipedia community — im still working on the deletion vote at the same time which has been going on awhile. Thank you for your help again, i really appreciate it. I will continue to work to further differentiate fromt he original text. Jengeller9 (talk) 13:20, 6 November 2018 (UTC)


 * The page has been significantly edited over the past few days to address this issue. It will continued to be modified as needed. Jengeller9 (talk) 19:09, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Times Referenced by Other News Outlets
As assembled by Jengeller9 (talk)


 * The New York Times (Source)
 * Brandeis Cancels Plan to Give Honorary Degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Critic of Islam
 * Aljazeera America (Source)
 * Brandeis withdraws honor for Ayaan Hirsi Ali
 * Reuters
 * U.S. university drops plan to honor critic of Islam
 * FIRE: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
 * Brandeis University: Student Journalists Cleared of Charges for Reporting on Sexual Assault Awareness Event
 * Longtime Leftwing Activist Professor Leaves Brandeis:’I Just Could Not Tolerate Anymore’ Conservatism
 * TIME
 * How Boston's School Websites are Reacting to the Manhunt
 * The Harvard Crimson (Subject)
 * Ad Angers Brandeis Students
 * The Huffington Post (Incidental mention)
 * A Century Ago, Louis Brandeis Beat Big Business and Anti-Semites, and Revitalized American Democracy
 * Boston (Boston Globe Media Partner) (Source)
 * Jill Abramson Backs Out of Brandeis Commencement
 * WBUR (Source)
 * Brandeis Says It Had Planned To Stage Controversial Play
 * The Lowell Sun (Source)
 * Ex-Times editor pulls out of Brandeis commencement
 * The Chronicle
 * Brandeis U. Faculty Senate Asks Professors to Take Pay Cuts
 * The Art Daily
 * President of Brandeis University, Who Recommended Closing Art Museum, to Step Down


 * The Tufts Daily
 * Brandeis president to resign; says controversy is not reason
 * The Jerusalem Post
 * American Academia Bites The Dust: Brandeis University's Historic Mistake
 * CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations)
 * CAIR Welcomes Brandeis University's Withdrawal of Honor for Islamophobe Ayaan Hirsi Ali
 * The Waltham Patch
 * Brandeis Student Died on Sunday
 * BishopAccountability
 * Father Cuenin departs due to health reasons
 * Boston.com Local News
 * Brandeis weighs merger of Christian chapels
 * SPLC
 * Brandeis University drops investigation into student journalists’ coverage of sexual assault event
 * Wicked Local: Waltham
 * Brandeis sit-in ends as "demands" are satisfied
 * Academic Paper Citation/ Lawsuit Reference
 * Seeking Justice: the Civil Rights Movement, Black Nationalism and Jews at Brandeis University
 * Jacob Mandel, et al. v. Board of Trustees of the California State University, et al.

--tronvillain (talk) 21:44, 6 November 2018 (UTC)