Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 November 16

16 November 2011
SCV for 2011-11-16 [ Edit]

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Keith Henson -- The paragraphs entitled Early influences, Druid prank, Analog Engineering, L5 Society and Memetics. as well as the article lead, are almost word-for-word identical to the bio on http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.h.keith.henson that starts below the long quote. One sentence was moved, and the references to his wives differ somewhat.


 * I hesitate to simply delete for several reasons. He is a living person who seems to have edited the page for accuracy. The above sections are a huge chunk of the article, which the subject seems to feel are accurate with his edits. The very similar external page lists him as a member of its advisory board. It does not seem inconceivable that he wrote that bio (would need to take a close look at his edits). Someone has added footnotes to the material above, so possibly someone with more time could rewrite the wikipedia article. Last but not least -- it may be cowardly, but I am already dealing with one very contentious editor and do not want to take on the Church of Scientology at the moment, when the interested parties seem happy with content of the article. It's on 87 watchlists and removing six paragraphs seems rather substantive as edits go. I would prefer that someone more experienced and/or official look into this. Please ;) Elinruby (talk) 06:05, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting support.svg Backwardscopy. Tag and explanation placed at talk page. I was all set to remove this - if the copyright owner wants the text here, they can donate it - but discovered that they actually copied from us. :) The template on the talk page explains how I know. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:31, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Animas High School ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.animashighschool.com/. • Gene93k (talk) 14:48, 16 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Edward Curtis Wells ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.nationalaviation.org/wells-edward/. SPhilbrick  T  15:18, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Article replace with clean re-write at temp page. --Mkativerata (talk) 04:17, 27 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Robert Edward Lee Mountcastle ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq=%22Robert%20Edward%20Lee%20Mountcastle%22&sig=YzpEGUFORNcKWVWyUKTehpn41Ng&ei=2JaFSuPGN5TflAfSufSCBQ&ct=result&id=ZeU8AAAAIAAJ&ots=HypZA7CYpD&output=text. SPhilbrick  T  15:31, 16 November 2011 (UTC) Oops, the source is 1914
 * [[Image:Pictogram voting support.svg|20px]] No copyright concern. Material PD or appropriately licensed for use. --  SPhilbrick  T  16:32, 16 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Helmut de Terra ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://nielsdeterra.brinkster.net/HdTWebsiteSpan/HdTWebsiteEng/page5/page5.html. This is a submission from 2009, and given the username it is very likely submitted by or for the website owner. See the talk page. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:22, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Left Template:Cup at contributor's talk page, with some tweaking to the situation. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:40, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Frederick E. Humphreys ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/articles/humphrey.htm. I've verified that the source for the material is not old enough to qualify as pd. The executive director is willing to explicitly release it as pd, so I will send an email and arrange for that. SPhilbrick  T  16:34, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Pictogram voting wait red.svg|20px]] Permission plausible Article relisted under today. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:43, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Abel LeBlanc ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bios1/bio-e.asp?idNo=135&version=e MLA Bios, Government of New Brunswick. Harry the Dog WOOF  16:34, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Homepage indicates the (Crown) source is copyrighted. --Mkativerata (talk) 08:57, 27 November 2011 (UTC)