Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2013 March 18

18 March 2013
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Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Nigel Le Vaillant ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from Contributor copyright investigations/Thegn, . Dana boomer (talk) 19:55, 18 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Raghavendra Swami ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted from www.sriragavendra.com/sriraga/history.htm. VWBot (talk) 00:21, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Copyvio summarized and removed by me, still a lot of cleanup to do, but no detected copyvio is there for now.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:32, 12 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Canadian Death Race ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted from http://www.canadiandeathrace.com/course_maps.html. VWBot (talk) 00:21, 19 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Dpmuk (talk) 14:19, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

I've now gone ahead and presumptively removed (I think!) the material added by the editor identified by, and asked for comments on the talk page of the article. Unless I've overlooked something, I think this can perhaps be marked as resolved. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:11, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Mentor Public Library ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted from http://www.mentorpl.org/pdfs/MPL1990.pdf. VWBot (talk) 00:21, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Wars of the Roses ([ history] · [ last edit]) Close paraphrase of Alison Weir's "Lancaster and York". VWBot (talk) 00:15, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It would appear that to check this one you would need copies of the books involved so moved here as that may take some time. Dpmuk (talk) 15:23, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Content seems to have been added by User:Jim Hardie. (See ). User:Kansas Bear apparently has access to this source (or did); Kansas Bear, are you able to determine if this is still an issue and if the content taken is likely to rise to the level of copyright problem? If content is substantial and is still there, we probably need to review it, but, alas, I can't see the source. :/ --Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:57, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Taking a quick look, the paragraph, "At the same time, the middle class was growing more prosperous and influential through its mercantile interests. The slow decline of the wool trade after 1450 was offset by increased demand from abroad, not only for woollen cloth, but for tin, lead, leather and other products. Calais, which remained in English hands after the rest of England's French territories were lost in 1453, was the chief wool market, attracting merchants from all over Europe. The importance of retaining Calais was therefore crucial for the nation's continued prosperity. During the Wars of the Roses, however, Calais also came to be seen as a potential place of refuge for those who had fallen from power, and even as a springboard for the potential invasion of England.", still possesses bits of plagiarism of the Weir source. Sorry for the delay, I have been rather busy at work this week and have not had a chance to check Weir's book. The best course would be remove all the Weir sentences and rewrite that section of the article using sources written by historians. --Kansas Bear (talk) 06:39, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I seem to have gained access to this book which I didn't have last time I checked. I've been able to confirm copyvio, and have posted on the article talk page. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:44, 19 April 2014 (UTC)