Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2015 February 15

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * ขุนสรรค์ ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from https://www.facebook.com/pages/%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%8C/596427110411436. Ron h jones (Talk) 00:47, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Caracal ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from and others. This article, a GA, is littered with plagiarism. Just one example: the article says "In Namibia and South Africa, the caracal is classified as a "problem animal", which permits landowners to kill the species without restriction; nonetheless, caracal have persisted and remain widespread". The IUCN website says the same thing, word for word. I've actually yet to find a string of more than two sentences in the article that isn't plagiarized. Mkativerata (talk) 06:49, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. This has been completely rewritten. I have no idea how far back revdeletion should go, or if the initial version was clean or not. Content was copy-pasted with minimal changes into the page in 2012, such as the phrase from http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3847/0; other edits by that user may well need looking at. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 01:05, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
 * It turns out that other edits by that user are indeed being looked at: Contributor copyright investigations/BhagyaMani. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:49, 15 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Society of Broadcast Engineers ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://sbe.org/membership-directory/history.php also at http://www.sbe74.org/sbehistory.html &mdash; Was added as by  on 2006-06-09; was pointed out in 2009 at Talk:Society of Broadcast Engineers but it's still spammy and still no permission. Closeapple (talk) 16:11, 15 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --MER-C 12:30, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from https://www.smpte.org/about and https://www.smpte.org/about/awards-programs and later https://www.smpte.org/news-events/news-releases/smpte-produce-documentary-evolution-motion-imaging-technology-and-people &mdash; Poisoned since at least by  on 2014-08-29 and 2014-08-30; same user added more spam from a press release on 2015-01-31 despite earlier warning. Closeapple (talk) 16:40, 15 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --MER-C 12:30, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * George Lucas ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from https://www.smpte.org/news-events/news-releases/2014honorsandawards &mdash; only one paragraph: another wonderful honor from, diff on 2014-09-08. Closeapple (talk) 17:11, 15 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --MER-C 12:30, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * United States Judo Association ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.usja-judo.org/history-of-the-usja/. Peter Rehse (talk) 21:20, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Revdelete request added for admin attention. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:40, 6 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Gun law in the United States ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from https://www.nraila.org/articles/20040324/citizen-s-guide-to-federal-firearms-law. Lightbreather (talk) 21:56, 15 February 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, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Merz Telescopes ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.routeandgo.net/place/2437784/italy/brera-astronomical-observatory and possible others. I removed some from http://www.royalobservatorygreenwich.org/articles.php?article=919 when tagged with G12 - editor thinks there are more and I quickly found one. Creater is blocked for copyright violations. Ron h jones (Talk) 23:14, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Revdelete request added for admin attention. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:40, 5 March 2015 (UTC)