Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2015 August 28

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Montgomery Block ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from https://web.archive.org/web/20050225001925/http://www.poetrybay.com/winter2005/br_caracappa4.htm. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 06:20, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * That's true for the initial version from 2005 (it seems there was some confusion back then because only one of two sources was identified, and the copyvio blanking subsequently reverted because that other source is PD).
 * However, most of the blanked text in the current version is neither a copypaste nor a close paraphrase of . Back in 2012 I did a cursory check and removed/rewrote some copied content. I just checked more thoroughly and of the first five paragraphs (of the last version), only one (the fourth, starting "At a cost of US$3 million") was affected. I just rewrote the entire article, removing that paragraph and a few others in the "history" section that also seemed affected, alongside several more paragraphs that are not affected but were lacking a citation anyway. The resulting version should be free of copyvios from that source: Talk:Montgomery Block/Temp (I left it at the suggested location for rewrites in order to respect the "do not restore or edit the blanked content" message of the template, but I'm unsure if this case wouldn't better be handled by editing the existing page). Diff link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=678390475&oldid=676434013 . Regards, HaeB (talk) 02:53, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your rewrite,, something too few people seem inclined to do. As for the other page, that is clearly marked today, as it was in 2005, "© [year] State of California". I agree that elsewhere on the site they say or said that most content is PD; but until they get that contradiction sorted out I believe we should not copy the content. Would you mind removing or rewriting that part of your draft? I'll then ask for it to be moved into place. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:49, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, that seems a pretty conservative approach to me, but in the interest of erring on the side of caution I have now rewritten these sentences as well. Regards, HaeB (talk) 18:31, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait red.svg Viable rewrite proposed; rewrite on temp page can be used to replace problematic article. Thank you, ! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:07, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Rewrite moved into place. MER-C 17:14, 14 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Kent Warner Smith ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.theunion.com/article/20080308/OBITUARIES/365876339#. This and the above both relate to the discussion at Copyright problems/2015 May 12, and will lead to a CCI request. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 07:07, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: CCI requested . Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 07:56, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Revdelete request added for admin attention. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:07, 10 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Painted Hall ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from https://www.ornc.org/history-of-the-painted-hall. This case is somewhat complicated because the page which this was copy-pasted from has been changed since the violation was published. Google's cached version of the page from August 22, 2015, still has the copyrighted material viewable, which this page is clearly infringing upon. If Google's cached version changes, I've saved an archive to my computer which I can provide on request. Mz7 (talk) 19:35, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note that the history of the page Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite), which is currently redirecting to Royal Naval College, Greenwich, also contains the same infringing material. My recommendation is to delete the histories of both articles and replace them with redirects to Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Mz7 (talk) 19:46, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah, it would appear Google's cached version has been updated to reflect the newer version of the page. I submit that this is still a copyright violation of a historical version of the source. I have a saved archive on my computer that I could potentially email to an administrator to verify this. Mz7 (talk) 02:54, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Out of date clock icon.svg|20px]] User was not notified, relisting under today's entry. --Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:12, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh shoot! I left one at User talk:Andrew tommo, who reverted the redirect, instead. My bad. Mz7 (talk) 21:11, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh shoot! I left one at User talk:Andrew tommo, who reverted the redirect, instead. My bad. Mz7 (talk) 21:11, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Horses of Florence ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=8616. AfC creation, reviewer missed the copyvio. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:25, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Revdelete request added for admin attention. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:07, 10 October 2015 (UTC)