Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 March 31

31 March 2012
SCV for 2012-03-31 [ Edit]

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Timeline of Ravidassia ([ history] · [ last edit]) from see talk. This is a relisted close paraphrase. The contributor indicated on February 28th that he would rewrite the material within 4-5 days but has not. It is now blanked and should be deleted or stubbed when the listing ends unless somebody is able to double-check the content to make sure each sentence is not copied. His understanding of copyright policies is problematic; he wrote, for instance, "This article is based off of newspaper references, but was NOT copied from them", but this is difficult to reconcile when our article includes content like "Special rituals were conducted and feasts were also arranged in the temple. Devotees dress up as Guru Ravidass or his associates, and dance to some of his devotional songs." [cf. http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/national/21424/1/print/] and "The entire Seer village was gripped in festive fervour witnessing arrival of a number of followers and devotees including women, the area around the temple also turned into a fair site, witnessing the presence of a number of stalls coming up with different kinds of items including garments, books, posters and toys to mark the occasion." (cf. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-08/varanasi/31036866_1_holy-dip-devotees-ravidas-jayanti) Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:52, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Editor made no effort to rewrite. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:05, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Protestant missions in China 1807–1953 ([ history] · [ last edit]) from The Church in Asia by Donald Hoke; see talk. I've relisted this one because a contributor said he would help. I don't know if he's going to - it's been days since he said that. But just as well give it more time in case. Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:27, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Cleaned, but not purged. If it gets restored out of process, I'll have to do that. :/ --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:26, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Rachel Cory Hutchins ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.soapcentral.com/aw/whoswho/rachel.php. George Ho (talk) 21:35, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisting as user was not notified. It's definitely a problem but so is the previous version (of http://www.igs.net/~awhp/rachel.html) with any character history. Dpmuk (talk) 16:57, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:01, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Gwen Norbeck Munson ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.soapcentral.com/atwt/whoswho/gwen.php. George Ho (talk) 18:04, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't see substantial replication of expression. Please provide examples if relisting. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:05, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Nancy Hughes ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.soapcentral.com/atwt/whoswho/nancy.php. George Ho (talk) 18:14, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:13, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Utica Bridge ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.johnweeks.com/river_illinois/pages/illC05.html. The author claims to own the site it was copied from. This is one of several articles with the same issue. • Gene93k (talk) 19:53, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:55, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Noah Mayer ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://soapcentral.com/atwt/whoswho/noah.php. George Ho (talk) 19:57, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't see substantial replication of expression. Please provide examples if relisting. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:17, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://soapcentral.com/atwt/whoswho/noah.php and http://soapcentral.com/atwt/whoswho/luciano.php. George Ho (talk) 20:02, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Duplication detector went down so I'm not sure; I didn't see any blatant copy-pasting, but close paraphrasing is a possibility. Given that the plot section was massively long- far too much so - I simply rewrote it more succinctly. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:39, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Luke Snyder ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://soapcentral.com/atwt/whoswho/luciano.php. George Ho (talk) 20:06, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Kind of close paraphrasing in some places. Revised. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:47, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Damian Grimaldi ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://soapcentral.com/atwt/whoswho/damian.php. George Ho (talk) 20:08, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't see substantial replication here. You find a lot of good issues, George, but please be careful not to use copyvio for fishing. You should be pretty convinced yourself that it is before you tag it and able to explain why you think it is. Otherwise, you're welcome to ask review of the content at its talk page or elsewhere. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:47, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Veterans Memorial Bridge (Ottawa, Illinois) ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.johnweeks.com/river_illinois/pages/illC07.html. Again, the author claims to own the site article was copied from. • Gene93k (talk) 20:11, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:55, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Shadow (Babylon 5) ([ history] · [ last edit]) from various pages at b5tech.com, as follows:
 * Thủy Pháp ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.thuyphap.be/EN/welcome. Permission possible. Also at AfD CharlieDelta (talk) 20:17, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Shadow (Babylon 5) opening copypasted from
 * Shadow (Babylon 5) opening copypasted from
 * Shadow (Babylon 5) opening copypasted from
 * Shadow (Babylon 5) opening copypasted from

The text appears to have been inserted in this edit of 3 August 2006. I haven't removed any text from the article, as I'm unclear as to whether and how much. --Stfg (talk) 13:56, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I've blanked the section and relisted to allow any interested contributors time to rewrite before the content is excised. Thanks. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:40, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:15, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Yitzhak_Danziger ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/default.asp?artist=273428  much of the career section was directly from the Isreali Museum site.(I blanked it out.) A lot of the timeline sections also seem to be lifted directly, but not sure what policy regarding that would be? VikÞor  |  Talk 21:52, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. We can't do it; timelines can be copyrighted as well. I've done a full check of this contributor's text and uncovered a rather larger problem that has resulted in blanking a number of articles. I think permission is plausible, but we can't display the content while we wait for it. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:18, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Scott Wike Lucas Bridge ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.johnweeks.com/river_illinois/pages/illA09.html. • Gene93k (talk) 22:52, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:54, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Ottawa Rail Bridge ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.johnweeks.com/river_illinois/pages/illC06.html. Author claims to own the site the article was copied from. One of several such articles. • Gene93k (talk) 23:19, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:54, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * LaSalle Rail Bridge ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.johnweeks.com/river_illinois/pages/illC03.html. Author claims to own the site the article was copied from. • Gene93k (talk) 23:31, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:54, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Marseilles Bridge ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.johnweeks.com/river_illinois/pages/illC08.html. • Gene93k (talk) 23:44, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:51, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Anarchism in Austria-Hungary ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://books.google.com/books?id=yZnIARhmGfcC&pg=PA488&lpg=PA488&dq=Stellmacher+anarchist&source=bl&ots=SZctfI19Bs&sig=dw2ucIrqX8wvmjmI7SwuEBHUysk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pEh3T6G_H-PO2wX24sS1Bg&ved=0CHkQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=Stellmacher%20anarchist&f=false . DpmukBOT (talk) 00:02, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
 * European Union Institute for Security Studies ([ history] · [ last edit]) with no source given. Copy paste. DpmukBOT (talk) 00:02, 1 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:45, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Al-Ard ([ history] · [ last edit]) from Zureik, 1979, p. 172-174. (see reference list) CCI: Tiamut . Close paraphrase. DpmukBOT (talk) 00:02, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I've confirmed issues with at least one other source and blanked it. Massive sigh. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:43, 22 April 2012 (UTC)