Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 February 1

1 February 2012
SCV for 2012-02-01 [ Edit]

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Old Dutch Parsonage ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.njskylands.com/guidesomerset.htm. Fram (talk) 14:26, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Same comment as for Wallace House below! Smallbones (talk) 18:42, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * While much of the rewrite was acceptable, I've removed further content that remained clearly derivative of the source. Change the sentence "The two houses were in varying stages of use and disuse until the mid-1940s when they were given to the State of New Jersey" to read "The two houses were in varying stages of disuse until the mid-1940s when they were given to the State of New Jersey" does not make it an acceptable paraphrase of "The two houses were in varying stages of use and disuse until the mid-1940s when they were given to the State of NJ." Our practices require that content be written from scratch to avoid creating a derivative work, which is particularly important when copying as in this case is clear. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:10, 13 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Wallace House (Somerville, New Jersey) ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/historic/olddutch-wallace/odwh-wallacehouse.htm. Original version of article was a copyvio from, but a later revision replaced this with a different copyvio, so going to back to an earlier version is not an option here. Fram (talk) 13:51, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I've re-written the article (some old text retained). I don't like the tag on the article that in essence says "don't edit this, don't remove the tag."  Remember that this is the encyclopdia that anybody can edit - not just administrators.  Please do inform WT:NRHP if you are planning to removed WP:NRHP articles.  Smallbones (talk) 17:33, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Please check NRHP articles for copyvio's then. Normally, I can and may speedy delete copyvios. I instead log them here and warn the creator. I am not going to jumpo through any more hoops to get copyvio's removed. As for the rest: there is no administrative protection, and if you don't like the tag, start a general discussion about it. Fram (talk) 08:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The rewrite of this one seems adequate. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:14, 13 February 2012 (UTC)


 * University of Richmond Office of the Chaplaincy ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://chaplaincy.richmond.edu/ and links therein Images and text taken straight from the site. Subject is likely not notable either. WildCowboy (talk) 15:53, 1 February 2012 (UTC)