Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 March 1

1 March 2009
The material appears to have been copied from a book, Friendly Islands: A History of Tonga. Searches for text snippets repeatedly turn up this book with what appears to be verbatim text. For example:, ,.
 * 360i ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.360i.com/about/agency-awards.html. Cander0000 (talk) 05:11, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Prehistoric Tongan economy ([ history] · [ last edit]) from . Whpq (talk) 11:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * For archival purposes, I am copying the tagger's excellent research from the article's talk page immediately below, as it is about to be deleted. This may help clarify infringement questions. Infringement confirmed; all the way back. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:10, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Interstingly, one result is not this book. See. -- Whpq (talk) 11:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)}}
 * Saltspring Island ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.vancouverisland.com/regions/towns/?townid=257.  Denelson83  17:30, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * IP contributor removed the tag from this one, preventing the article's contributors from a full opportunity to address. I've retagged and semi'ed and am resetting the clock. (See Copyright problems/2009 February 21.) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:37, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Rewritten. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:17, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Arithmetic circuit complexity ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://books.google.com/books?id=55ZTgOJs8bsC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=%22be+a+semi-ring.+A+function+over%22&source=bl&ots=nuN-mj6B1u&sig=PL73OOEr--7hIuLprx_R-ioUR-A&hl=en&ei=iqGqSY6XG9-BtwfMxKXrDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result. Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: It would be a good idea to check recent edits of this contributor to be sure he understands our copyright policy, as he has pasted text from other sources since his first advisement of WP:C. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:20, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I've asked User:Dcoetzee, an admin who conveniently marries copyright work and math, to help out with this and the one immediately below. The contributor has not edited since recent copyright advisories. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:26, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Rewritten by Dcoetzee. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:17, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Multilinear polynomial ([ history] · [ last edit]) from see talk. Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:20, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Rewritten by Dcoetzee. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:17, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Karla Kuskin ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1872/Kuskin-Karla-1932.html. Mushroom (Talk) 16:25, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Internet archives confirm it to March, 2008 at answers.com: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.answers.com/topic/karla-kuskin. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:18, 9 March 2009 (UTC)