Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2014 June 27

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Radical Redemption ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://partyflock.nl/artist/61515:Radical-Redemption. This isn't the first copying problem from that I've come across (that was Hellsystem); the editor's talk page is littered with copyright notices. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:48, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting delete.svg Copyright concerns remain. Article tagged for speedy deletion. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:08, 10 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Smoking gun ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-1-26-03-on-language-smoking-gun.html. Except for the lede and the initial sentence, the body of this article is an exact copy of four paragraphs (300 words) from a William Safire column in the NYT Magazine as given in the URL, and has existed in the article since 20NOV2007. Neonorange (talk) 04:41, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:18, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Note that this article has been nominated for DYK: see Template:Did you know nominations/Nossa Senhora da Graça incident, where my review notes the problem. The issue I see is that the only source for this article is 3 books by C. R. Boxer. I am unsure whether this is regarded as an acceptable use of sources, so have listed it here for further input. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:15, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Nossa Senhora da Graça incident ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from the works of C. R. Boxer.
 * With respect to the nominator, I must demand that this accusation for copyright violation be withdrawn, as it does not provide any evidence that the article might be plagiarized, and is based on nothing but speculation and overreaction. Furthermore, I doubt that the nominator has consulted the sources in question. Disclaimer: I am the creator of the article. _dk (talk) 00:28, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
 * As I made very clear both here and at DYK, I did not assume that the article was a copyvio; I specifically wrote of "a risk of copyright violation or close paraphrasing".  I am aware that you put a huge amount of work into elegantly writing the article, but it remains a problem that it is all drawn from 3 published works of the same author. Whether that is best labelled as a copyvio or not is debatable, but I believe that there is a serious problem in basing such a lengthy article solely on the work of one author whose work is still in copyright.
 * No, I have not read the books. I have not even seen a copy of any of them. I just note that article includes multiple refs to the same pages; whether or not there is any copyvio or close paraphrasing, this article remains at bets a summary of one author's work.
 * Maybe CPI is not the best place to discuss this. How about I seek advice at the village pump on what to do about this? -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:24, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
 * If you are not even sure that citing the same author should be labelled as a copyvio, perhaps it would be best if you have sorted out the interpretation of the rules on the Village Pump or elsewhere before you blank someone's work with a copyvio notice that you're not even sure if it's proper? Last I know, summarizing an author's work is not plagiarism if it's in my own words. _dk (talk) 01:35, 28 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Logoly State Park ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/news/display.aspx?id=171, http://www.stateparks.com/logoly.html, and possibly elsewhere also. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:10, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * This has been nicely rewritten on the temp page, just needs moving into place (which I can't do). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:37, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Article replaced. MER-C 04:14, 13 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Current Value ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.last.fm/music/Current+Value/+wiki. Another one from . Enough's enough, I think. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:02, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Revdelete request added for admin attention. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:08, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Except that the source turns out to be freely licensed, as I should have noticed much sooner. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:37, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * There is a disturbing lack of communication from Krokuss. I'm travelling, could someone please look at this editor further? MER-C 21:45, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * OK,, I finally got around to this. Apart from Current Value and Radical Redemption, both listed on this day, and Hellsystem, already cleaned (though I have NO idea why I didn't speedy it), I found one other relatively minor copyvio, and a massive amount of copying of correctly licensed stuff from game wikis; I haven't looked at image uploads, of which this editor has several. On balance, I stand by the suggestion I made , as I think a wake-up call is needed; but I won't be upset if you disagree. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:57, 10 July 2014 (UTC)