Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2014 September 26

26 September 2014
SCV for 2014-09-26 [ Edit]

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Talk:HM Passport Office I don't know if this is appropriate here, but I am reporting myself. I paraphrased text from a newspaper article, reporting not particularly creative news, adroitly I think, without copying any complete sentence, often combining facts from different parts from the article, which I cited. The text was deleted by another editor as a copyright violation, which I don't think it was. However, I would like guidance on this, to make sure I keep on the right side of the line in future edits. The Talk page linked above gives the disputed text, a link to the article used as source, the other editor's comments, and my response. I am not particularly interested in an adjudication on this particular matter, but a binary yes/no opinion for future guidance: is this style considered definitely a violation, or not? Pol098 (talk) 21:43, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I think I've answered this. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:34, 29 September 2014 (UTC)