Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2016 July 7

7 July 2016

 * J Roberto Trujillo ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-roberto-trujillo-6ba17958. Was tagged for G12, didn't seem to fit but some parts appear to be copied or closely paraphrased.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:57, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * So, what's to be done here? I don't see any substantial overlap with the linkedin page, which may be because it has changed or because I'm not a member of the site so can't see the full listing. On the other hand, the summary for, "J Roberto Trujillo owns this content and has granted permission for it to be used here", seems to confirm that the content was copied from somewhere. This shows every sign of being shameless self-promotion; the person is probably notable based on his scholar cites. If we had a precautionary principle as Commons does, this would probably be a place to invoke it and stub the page – but we don't. Thoughts, anyone? Ping , , and . Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:43, 5 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I am a LinkedIn member, and can confirm that there is no substantial overlap between the LinkedIn profile and the article content. I checked the copyvio report with the tagged URL, pasvv.org... although it registers as 63.4%, the majority of matches seems to be on names of institutions and position titles.
 * My opinion is that there is not enough evidence of copyvio. However I concur with you about the promotional aspect as well as the following possibilities:
 * and are the same person and therefore sockpuppets
 * One of them is the subject and the other is an affiliated party
 * The statement by TruBio wasn't a claim of copyright but a mild statement of WP:OWNership
 * Both accounts look to be stale, so I doubt there would be any traction at WP:SPI. I'd say we should restore and trim it back, and leave coi warnings for each user, should either return at some point in the future. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:23, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Are LinkedIn profiles stable? If not it may have changed in the meantime. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:20, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If you mean the URL then I'm quite certain that LinkedIn profiles to have static URLs. Many people use links to their social media profiles on other sites, so a static URL seems to be a prerequisite for that to work properly.
 * If you mean the content of the profile, then the profile owner could change it at any time. It's possible that at the time the copyvio concern was raised, the profile was a match, but has been altered since. Unfortunately, unlike articles here, LinkedIn has no edit history to check. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:30, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the ping. Agree with 's analysis of the issues here. I agree that with the exception of the sixth paragraph, the copyvios are mostly contained to proper nouns (titles, positions, offices, etc); but since we have a clear case of WP:PROMO (and probably UPE), then I would suggest a stubbing of sorts, under WP:NOTWEBHOST- that would enable the article to be re-written (as noted above, the subject almost certainly meets notability standards), which would mean we would control the language it was written in. We would keep the article, but lose the COI. On a lighter note, sorry about the alphabet soup people- it must be breakfast time! &mdash;  O Fortuna   velut luna...  03:11, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * OK,, , and , this has sat here for long enough. I've done what I think best, I'm delighted if anyone can do more or better. Meanwhile, I'm going to close this. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:07, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
 * No objections; thank you for your work. I don't remember the initial notice.  Nyttend (talk) 00:59, 7 May 2017 (UTC)