Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 August 2

2 August 2011
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Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)
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 * Committee on the Present Danger ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/articles/display/Committee_on_the_Present_Danger. SPhilbrick  T  00:29, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


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 * from "RightWeb" 1989 article on CPD
 * from "RightWeb" 1989 article on CPD


 * I tagged nearly all the articles uploaded from disinfopedia (but ultimately from RightWeb, now at the IPS) by a busy wonderful editor plagiarist for copyright violation problems. Remembering an earlier problem, which cost me blood and tears to fix, Old version of Social Democrats, USA from, I believe that there is a widespread problem with wonderful editing plagiarism and copyright violation on WP, with RightWeb (now at IPS). Now 127 articles mention RightWeb, and all should be examined for wonderful editing plagiarism (and then for NPOV and RS and BLP concerns). Then related articles should be checked for wonderful editing plagiarism and NPOV/RS/BLP issues.


 * Therefore, I ask that you all organize some kind of effort to root out the wonderful editing plagiarism from RightWeb. All such wonderful editing plagiarism will have problems with NPOV and RS, and many with BLP, besides the copyright problems of this noticeboard.


 * There is an older copyright violation problem that may need deleting history: Older versions of WP's article on the Socialist Party of America plagiarized extensively paraphrased from an error-filled "history" by the Socialist Party of the United States of America (Socialist Party USA (sic.)). The talk page has (my) discussion/diagnosis, and historical/scholarly errors are discussed on the paraphraser's talk page. There has been related discussion of my sins ("bullying", [non retaliation] "out of line",, etc.) and two noticeboards NPOV and Civility.


 * I am tired of the flack from cleaning up these articles. I should hope that somebody else would organize a project to clean up the plagiarism problems.
 * Note to self: "Self, your understanding of 'flack' was utterly inadequate for a weekend at ANI".
 * Thanks! Sincerely,  Kiefer .Wolfowitz 00:40, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Note CC 3.0 license on possible source page. Note the age of the material in the WP article. Possible reverse copy, but if licensed correctly, might not be reverse copyvio. However, not sure about original source, whether valid or copied from elsewhere - the talk page has some hints.-- SPhilbrick  T  00:32, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I didn't see the CC3.0 license in the corner. It maybe that a lot of footnoting and quoting and rewriting would bring this article into compliance. Perhaps the earlier articles, which have been deleted, could be saved.
 * However, I am warning you that this site is not a reliable source and has severe POV issues. It is very sloppy although pseudoscholarly: Lane Kirkland, being dead, is not the President of the AFL-CIO, contrary to this site.  Kiefer .Wolfowitz 00:46, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Moonriddengirl! Your efforts and patient explanations have been very helpful and illuminating. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 19:59, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Copied from KW's talk page
I don't think the situation at Committee on the Present Danger is clear.

While the bulk of the current text matches what appears at [http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/articles/display/Committee_on_the_Present_Danger this site, note the CC 3.0 license.

Perhaps you did, and were arguing that it is plagiarized, rather than a copyvio.

However, much of the material in the WP article was there in 2005, so it may be that the linked site copied the WP site. Whether the original WP material is valid is not yet clear.

I'm going to add the template that hides the content, and send this off to the copyright experts, unless you think I'm missing something.-- SPhilbrick  T  00:24, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Please use the link I supplied, which is to the 1989 page, which has (in this case) been updated. The 1989 page was plagiarized/copied. And it still furnishes the bulk of the article. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 00:48, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It was the original: " Posted: January 06, 1989" and "Updated: 7/89".
 * Thanks for your quick response. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 00:49, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. While this was copied from Disinfopedia, the bulk of the Disinfopedia article was a quotation of another website which does not have a compatible license. I have yanked the content accordingly. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:44, 13 August 2011 (UTC)


 * User:Neptunekh2/Dlasta ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/ama/ama07.htm. All but 12 words are copied; the changed words are synonyms. —teb728 t c 02:28, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Nomination withdrawn As User:Avicennasis pointed out on the draft article's talk page, the source is PD. —teb728 t c 12:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Cosmic nomads ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.cosmicnomads.com/bio.htm Rising*From*Ashes (talk) 07:36, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I rewrote the article to remove the copyrighted text, but subsequently the original author has stated that they may have permission to use the text on the original, and will be emailing OTRS. I'm not sure if that will prove to be a compatible license, but if so then the rewrite is moot. :) - Bilby (talk) 15:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Pictogram voting keep.svg|20px]] OTRS Ticket received, article now licensed and compatible with CC-BY-SA. -- January  ( talk ) 07:50, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Pictogram voting keep.svg|20px]] OTRS Ticket received, article now licensed and compatible with CC-BY-SA. -- January  ( talk ) 07:50, 4 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Brainerd Schoolhouse ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMA7AY_The_Brainerd_Schoolhouse_Museum_Mount_Holly_NJ. CCI:Djflem. January  ( talk ) 13:08, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. The text was owned by the copyright holder of the site http://www.co.burlington.nj.us/pages/pages.aspx?cid=511. -- Minima ©  ( talk ) 06:59, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The lead also contains material copied from the Waymarking site. The first sentence is from the "quick description" at the top, most of the rest is from the last paragraph of the Burlington County site quote. January  ( talk ) 07:15, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * So it is. :/ Deleted accordingly. Minimac, thanks for looking at this one (although as a copyright clerk, you're supposed to wait five days :D), but when you find copyrighted content pasted by an article's creator, there's a good reason to check beyond the obvious boundaries of copying. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:47, 13 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Admiralty Secondary School ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.admiraltysec.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=1040956 and http://www.admiraltysec.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=1059682. • Gene93k (talk) 16:11, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. -- Minima  ©  ( talk ) 06:49, 3 August 2011 (UTC)