Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 July 28

28 July 2009

 * M.A.M. Ramaswamy ([ history] · [ last edit]) from . --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 01:42, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I have reverted to the last clean version before the copyvio problem. - SpacemanSpiff Calvin&#8225;Hobbes 02:42, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Spaceman! I had looked at the history, and was unsure which version to revert back to! --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 09:04, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ - history cleaned. — Cactus Writer |   needles  11:38, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Stephanie Winters ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.stephaniewinters.com/index.php?page=bio. Was rearranged a bit, rephrased a bit, but the original is still very visible and probably constitutes a close paraphrase, too close for comfort. MLauba (talk) 09:08, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Website has both a released into the public domain notice and directly underneath a 2009 copyright. I've requested clarification from the user. Will relist this while waiting. — Cactus Writer |   needles  10:59, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The Russell S. Kokubun article content is a copy of a Hawaii State Legislature page. Is this a copyright violation? - Pointillist (talk) 10:08, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Yes, although the site doesn't specify, almost all US state governments retain copyright. Text was deleted and history purged. — Cactus Writer |   needles  06:36, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Many thanks - Pointillist (talk) 10:14, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You're welcome -- and thanks for checking it out. — Cactus Writer |   needles  18:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Gila Almagor ([ history] · [ last edit]) from . --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 11:30, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * User:Gilabrand has removed the copyvio as a ridiculous tag. Am I missing something? Had the website released their text with a suitable license that I've missed? I looked at the website, and didn't see any indication of this - and the website does not cite wikipedia as a source of the information on their page. I would appreciate someone looking at this, and if I'm in the wrong just leave me a message on my Talk page explaining what I overlooked. --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 12:35, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Postscript: I have left a message on Gilabrand's Talk Page asking if they could explain to me why they feel the text is not copyrighted. --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 12:42, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The current version is still a very close paraphrase. (e.g. Gila Almagor: "Gila Almagor was raised in an orphanage, where her acting talent was first noticed." Israeli Speakers: "She was raised in an orphanage, and it was there that her acting talent was first noticed." Such comparisons could be repeated for most sentences on the page.) In my personal opinion, it's probably still too close to the original. Cnilep (talk) 17:43, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ - Contributor revised text. I edited to remove final close paraphrasing. — Cactus Writer |   needles  05:02, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * - Lead and Career paragraphs still a bit too close for my taste, but would require another pair of eyes on this, hence tagging for close paraphrase rather than full blanking. MLauba (talk) 12:02, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ - slight rewording and added quotes to one section. Looks okay. — Cactus Writer |   needles  11:31, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * ThruDB ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://code.google.com/p/thrudb/. barely paraphrased copypaste job MLauba (talk) 12:39, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * St. Patrick's High School (Liberia) ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.sphs-stc-national.org/history-spsh.html http://www.egyptian.net/~leftypen/liberia.htm. Efforts at rewriting unfortunately produce a very close paraphrase of the two originals, needs a thorough overhaul IMO MLauba (talk) 12:50, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * This was in reality a fork off another article, the most important vio introduced by an IP. The forking editor rewrote in temp space, allowing for a delete of the main article and then a move of the temp space whenever convenient. MLauba (talk) 18:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ - Temp moved into mainspace. — Cactus Writer |   needles  11:33, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Scotus Academy ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.scotusacademy.net/History.htm. John Nagle (talk) 04:11, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Copying confirmed to inception of article. Contributor not verified. Relisting to permit time to process. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:23, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- history purged. — Cactus Writer |   needles  06:07, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * H. H. Holmes ([ history] · [ last edit]) from H. H. Holmes America's First Serial Killer (see talk). OTRS note. Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:37, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Claims of copyright infringement cannot be verified. I reviewed the 2004 film and found no infringement. — Cactus Writer |   needles  10:10, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Albert Fish ([ history] · [ last edit]) from Portraits in Evil (see talk). As above. Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:00, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Claims of copyright infringement remain unverified. — Cactus Writer |   needles  10:14, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://rathershort.com/festivals/river-to-river-florence-indian-film-festival. OTRS pending, apparently. – Toon 20:30, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * OTRS has not notified permission. Left CUP update message. — Cactus Writer |   needles  04:15, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Park Avenue (Aberystwyth) ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.history.atfc.org.uk/historyparkave.htm. Tagishsimon (talk) 21:15, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -reverted to the stub that was prior to copyvio and then cleaned the history. — Cactus Writer |   needles  11:46, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Aberystwyth Town F.C. ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.history.atfc.org.uk/historybackground.htm. Tagishsimon (talk) 21:17, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note that for both of these Aberystwyth articles, copyvio material was introduced by User:Jragreenblue; it may be that reverting back to a version prior to this user will suffice? --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:18, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -reverted to the stub that was prior to copyvio and then cleaned the history. — Cactus Writer |   needles  11:59, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Jean Shy ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=15468. Yworo (talk) 21:43, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Eugene Dubnov ([ history] · [ last edit]) from . Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * IATP Food and Society Fellows ([ history] · [ last edit]) from . Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --MLauba (talk) 08:34, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * History purged. — Cactus Writer |   needles  18:19, 5 August 2009 (UTC)