Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2015 November 15

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * LoanNow ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://finovate.com/loannow-uses-motivational-lending-to-help-borrowers-reduce-the-cost-of-credit/. Brianhe (talk) 01:45, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * California Occupational Safety and Health Administration ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/. Drm310 (talk) 04:21, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Unless I'm missing something, this appears to indicate the content is PD. Crow  Caw  23:17, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * , do you have any idea whether that should take precedence over the clear "Copyright © 2015 State of California" notice at the foot of the page in question? – I know that I don't. In my ignorance, my inclination, here as elsewhere, is to err on the side of safety, and so take the copyright claim as valid., would you like to comment on this one? There seems to be a similar problem with Barnes Compton, listed on 17 October, where the State of Maryland puts a clear copyright notice on its pages, but also a disclaimer that says "… fair use in the public domain …". What are we supposed to make of that? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 01:16, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Ugh, governments! *beakpalm*. I suppose a strict reading of the PD disclosure, "PD unless otherwise indicated" would lead us to assume that the copyright statement is "otherwise indicating", even though that's part of the default page code. With copyrights though, as you say, we have to err on the safe side. Crow  Caw  22:44, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Worth noting that this page says "In general, information presented on this web site, unless otherwise indicated, is considered in the public domain" and the text of Template:PD-CAGov.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:55, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I think it's probably okay, but in this case rewriting is a piece of cake. So. Rewritten. Even if it's PD, copying from their website isn't necessarily the best way for us to generate content. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:15, 29 December 2015 (UTC)