Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2018 January 16

16 January 2018

 * Evolution of Quartz C-axis Pole Figures during Dynamic Recrystallization ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from . I was cleaning up some page issues, and Earwig's copyvio detector shows quite a few lines that appear to be copied directly. I wasn't sure that Template:Copypaste was appropriate, nor that the entire article should be deleted. But it should definitely be tagged somehow, and rewritten by someone with a better understanding of the topic than I. I have alerted the original author,, who has not been active in three years. = paul2520 (talk) 19:21, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm curious if there's any precedent for reaching out directly to the authors of the paper that's copied from. As experts in the field, they would be ideal candidates for a re-write. Or would there be conflict of interest concerns, since they were the authors of the original material? = paul2520 (talk) 20:03, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for noting this problem, paul2520. It seems that the entire article is copy-pasted from older sources. I've blanked it with the template intended to invite repair or rewrite and am relisting under today in hopes that somebody will do that very thing. As to your follow-up question, I'm unaware of any precedent for doing that, but it is not uncommon to approach authors to ask them to give permission for the text. In this case, though, that wouldn't be easy, as there are at least three articles from which content is directly copied! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 23:59, 24 April 2018 (UTC)