Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2014 December 30

30 December 2014
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Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Bali Mauladad ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) Most of the sources for this article are not available online. Text from one of the offline sources, Encounters With Lions by Jan Hemsing, has been copied verbatim into the article.  The other online and offline sources should also be checked for copying.  The image also has copyright issues: it's cropped from an image (File:Bali Iqbal.jpg) whose licence tag contradicts the information given in the summary.  (That is, the summary template says the copyright holder is a third party, but the licence tag says that the uploader himself is the copyright holder.) —Psychonaut (talk) 22:50, 30 December 2014 (UTC)


 * The main problem seems to be this edit which has the summary "Added 2 paragraphs from page 118 ewl". The editor who made this has a copy of the book, Encounters with Lions but is very new to editing and so doesn't yet understand the need and format for attribution of exact quotes within the article.  I suggest that the edit be reverted as all the other text should be fine.  The image tag seems like a minor mistake as the photographer (Marion Kaplan) is well attributed in the image description.  I am able to contact the editor who made these mistakes as I am training and mentoring her and so can ensure she does this better in future. Andrew D. (talk) 23:52, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm expecting that we'll be reviewing and resolving this at London Meetup #89 where the relevant editors and a bunch of admins will be present. Andrew D. (talk) 18:41, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I have pulled up the OTRS correspondence to prompt the photographer to give us a usable license, as the one she has provided is not consistent with our requirements. I don't see any issues with the online sources, but cannot check the offline sources. HOWEVER, the content was copy-pasted by a user whose only other text contribution to the page is this: . That's not really creative. In the absence of reason to believe that other editors have copy-pasted content, the best thing to do here seems to be to simply remove the creative material. Has there been evidence of copy-pasting from anybody else? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:38, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Apologies for the copying, I'm at the London meetup where I am getting more information on editing and learning more about editing and copyright. I have come to know how to rewrite content.Mauladad (talk) 17:44, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 01:11, 5 February 2015 (UTC)