Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2013 June 12

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Tom Reiss ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from . --- The Old Jacobite The '45  03:19, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

As a stop-gap measure, I propose replacing the entire section with the following: Reiss's second book, The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life (2005), is a biography of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and bestselling author in Nazi Germany, publishing under the names "Essad Bey" and "Kurban Said", and writing the classic novel Ali and Nino: A Love Story. Reiss traveled to ten countries to research the book, and published his initial investigation in The New Yorker.

The Orientalist appeared on many "top ten" lists in 2005, and was shortlisted for the 2006 Samuel Johnson Prize for best nonfiction book in the English language. It has been translated into more than 18 languages.

... and deleting mention of Viereck, which is irrelevant to this shortened summary.

I'd personally like this to be taken care of quickly, because the giant copyvio tag has been on the article for over two months without action, and Reiss is currently much in the news because his much-lauded and Pulitzer Prize–winning latest book, The Black Count, has won yet another award, the PEN Award for Biography, and the article has gotten an average of 35 views per day for the past 90 days. The editor who posted the copyvio text, User:Adk2104, has not been on Wikipedia for the past 2-1/2 years, and no admin has taken any further action to resolve the blanked and tagged area of the article. I'm sure down the line someone will have time to post a more complete synopsis of The Orientalist, but for the time being, can we simply remove the tag and replace it with a short summary as per above? If so, thanks. Softlavender (talk) 03:00, 16 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree with your proposed solution. Honestly, I had forgotten even marking the article as a copy-vio, so I appreciate your message informing me of your post here.  Your proposed text seems fine to me, and, as you say, someone can write a more thorough synopsis later. --- The Old Jacobite The '45  03:22, 16 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. If this is agreeable to all, can someone with the authority to do so make this change? According to the tag, I don't think I for one have the authority to do that. Softlavender (talk)


 * Done. There's a massive, huge, backlog at copyright problems board at the moment due to a lack of people working here.  I myself am currently taking a break from looking into these myself but am more than happy to help in simple situations such as these where a workable solution is proposed. Dpmuk (talk) 05:29, 16 August 2013 (UTC)


 * History of hadith ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted from http://web.archive.org/web/20070311144448/http://people.uncw.edu/bergh/par246/L21RHadithCriticism.htm. VWBot (talk) 00:11, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Issues are more wide-spread than originally identified. Found source of introduction and retagged the article (which had been cleaned somewhat by original tagger). Will let it relist to encourage interested editors to help out. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:50, 8 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Sir Peter Redford Scott Lang ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted from http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Obits2/Scott_Lang_Scotsman_obit.html. VWBot (talk) 00:11, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * ஸ்ரீ பதஞ்சலி மகரிஷி ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted. VWBot (talk) 00:11, 13 June 2013 (UTC)