Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 April 20

20 April 2011
SCV for 2011-04-20 [ Edit]

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Fairey Aviation Company ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_fairey_firefly_U8.html and http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_fairey_firefly_U9.html. -- saberwyn 04:57, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Added in this edit -- saberwyn 05:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I cleaned this one up a bit. If it is still unacceptable, that addition can just be removed.--NortyNort (Holla) 13:22, 26 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Thanks, but it can be very difficult to escape "derivative work" status by rewriting in place like that. :/ It's hard to erase the structure, and we do wind up with runs of similar language remaining: "The Firefly U.9 was the designation given to forty Firefly Mk.5s converted to serve as pilotless target drones starting in 1956. The U.9 used the same radio-controlled Mk.8 Type H automatic pilot as the U.8." (As compared to "The Fairey Firefly U.9 was the designation given to forty Firefly Mk.5s converted to serve as pilotless target drones starting in 1956.... The U.9 used the same radio-controlled Mk.8 Type H automatic pilot as the U.8, but..." in . Really, the only sure way to avoid these problems when copying is more than superficial is to start the material over, to "rewrite from scratch" as the template advises. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:28, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Sometimes I try to save good information in an article but will just remove from now on.--NortyNort (Holla) 01:27, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * It's not necessarily an all or nothing proposition. :) It's just sometimes easier to save the information if you rewrite the prolematic sections from scratch. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:25, 30 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Laura Bryna ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.allmusic.com/artist/laura-bryna-p1010536/biography. Nomination completed by VWBot (talk) 09:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Louis Legrand ([ history] · [ last edit]) from . Nomination completed by VWBot (talk) 09:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. VernoWhitney (talk) 16:08, 22 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Recoil (video game) ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted. VWBot (talk) 09:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Didn't see a copyvio nor was there one cited in the tag but article was a mess and I restored an older version.--NortyNort (Holla) 02:51, 27 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. All Game Guide, among other sources. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:16, 29 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Emeril Lagasse ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted. VWBot (talk) 09:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Substantial text was c/p'd from http://www.biography.com/articles/Emeril-Lagasse-9542380?part=0. I cleaned it up to acceptable levels of matching.--NortyNort (Holla) 03:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I restored the text we had prior to the influx of copyvio. This contributors seems to have been repairing vandalism, but unfortunately to have caused a different problem in the doing. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:59, 29 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Xata Corporation ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted. VWBot (talk) 09:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No URL cited by tagger and the text has some matches but in Wikipedia mirrors.--NortyNort (Holla) 13:04, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Possibly because there was an earlier article in that spot that was G11'ed. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:23, 29 April 2011 (UTC)