Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2014 November 17

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Adaline Kent ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.artandarchitecture-sf.com/tag/adeline-kent. Same editor as Robert Boardman Howard, listed yesterday. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 02:48, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Seems like there are so many false positives in the report that it is nearly useless, e.g. people's names (5), names of locations (7), events (5), that rewriting would change the meaning to a degree that would make them incorrect. It seems like for this to be useful the number of false positives would have to be greatly decreased. Running the report with a more conservative 3 word/21 charcater setting still yeilds 6 out of 10 false positives. Are articles usually blanked prior to a human verifying false positives like this, or after? When I think about the effect of having a page blanked and an automated message like this has on a new, well meaning contributor, It makes me seriously question if this is the best process. jaredzimmerman (talk) 08:01, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Pages are not blanked by automation, jaredzimmerman. They are tagged for review by human beings; this one was blanked by a human being upon that review and will be reviewed again after at least seven days are provided for analysis and community input. That said, a review of the duplication detector report shows more than simply people's names, names of locations and events:


 * Citations omitted; bolding added to show areas or precise duplication. This is, I'm afraid, closer paraphrasing than the English Wikipedia permits. While information is not copyrighted under the U.S. law that governs us, creative elements of presentation - including language and structure - are. Close paraphrasing has more information. I have not checked to see how extensive the issue is, but the concern is warranted. Either I or another administrator or a copyright clerk will close out after at least seven days, during which the content may be defended or rewritten, as described on the template now blanking the page. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:24, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, MRG!, on the overall scale of things I don't think the problem here is a very serious one, but do think that it needs to be evaluated. This was the first article created by that I looked at after listing Robert Boardman Howard yesterday, and I was disturbed to find similar problems here, even if not very extensive. As you can see, the content was pasted into the  of the page as a headless sentence, without any other alteration from the (presumed) source. I could have fixed it in moments, but chose instead to list it here for wider scrutiny – which it is now getting! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:35, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I am sorry, I was a newer user and I made a mistake. I had never heard to the term Close paraphrasing prior to two days ago when Justlettersandnumbers placed the copyright violation template on my talk page. Instead of talking to me about it or attempting to communicate to me to make changes and explain the issues at hand, I get an unfriendly and threatening template telling me I am being investigated. This has definitely made me realize how hostile and how unwanted I am in this online community. Once again I never meant harm, I am sorry about my error and I will not be editing Wikipedia anymore. Jooojay (talk) 17:08, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * That, on the other hand, I do see as a serious problem., I hope that you will reconsider. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:22, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:29, 29 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Kinampay ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://web.archive.org/web/20051112001400/http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_phe/2004/jan/14-01.htm. Potentially a new CCI. Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:24, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote.svg Article redirected to non-infringing article (content fork). No remaining infringement. Revdelete request added for admin attention. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:40, 28 December 2014 (UTC)