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Copyright problem
The synopsis added on July 15, 2012 appears to be a cut-and-paste from [
[1]]. I have reported this to
[2] and I also notified the editor (IP 98.248.10.236). I did not take unilateral action to delete the synopsis because:1) there appears to be a minor amount of "close paraphrasing", and 2) I wanted another editor to verify that I am correct.
Flami72 (
talk)
12:17, 18 July 2012 (UTC)reply
The IP who did this has been blocked briefly for edit-warring elsewhere. I have tried to fix the problem. See if you agree that I have succeeded. --
Ssilvers (
talk)
17:40, 18 July 2012 (UTC)reply
Looks ok to me (no copyvio now), I see no need for me to edit the synopsis at this point. I thought it necessary to let the IP know about the Wikipedia policy re copy violations, which I have done.
Flami72 (
talk)
17:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)reply
Looks good to me from a copyvio standpoint. Personally I think the synopsis may be overly long for an encyclopaedia article but that's not a copyvio concern. Relevant revisions have been revdeled.
Dpmuk (
talk)
15:35, 26 July 2012 (UTC)reply
OK, thanks, Ssilvers and Dpmuk, I will now try to tighten the synopsis (although I generally do not like to work on plots when I have not seen the show.)
Flami72 (
talk)
17:32, 26 July 2012 (UTC)reply
I should also point out that I've come at this from a copyright prospective so the length may be more normal for articles on musicals. I was comparing the length to what I'd expect to see for a film or book but hadn't really taken into account that adding the song titles would automatically make the synopsis longer.
Dpmuk (
talk)
17:37, 26 July 2012 (UTC)reply
The Musicals project guidelines specify "A two-act musical's synopsis should be between 800 and 1100 words, with leeway for an unusually complicated plot." This synopsis is 794 words. I'm satisfied with it now. (I work a lot with musical theatre articles, and run into this plot length situation a lot--everyone has their favorite plot point that has to be included!)
Flami72 (
talk)
17:50, 26 July 2012 (UTC)reply
Celebration (musical) is part of WikiProject Musical Theatre, organized to improve and complete
musical theatre articles and coverage on Wikipedia. You can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the
project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.Musical TheatreWikipedia:WikiProject Musical TheatreTemplate:WikiProject Musical TheatreMusical Theatre articles
Copyright problem
The synopsis added on July 15, 2012 appears to be a cut-and-paste from [
[1]]. I have reported this to
[2] and I also notified the editor (IP 98.248.10.236). I did not take unilateral action to delete the synopsis because:1) there appears to be a minor amount of "close paraphrasing", and 2) I wanted another editor to verify that I am correct.
Flami72 (
talk)
12:17, 18 July 2012 (UTC)reply
The IP who did this has been blocked briefly for edit-warring elsewhere. I have tried to fix the problem. See if you agree that I have succeeded. --
Ssilvers (
talk)
17:40, 18 July 2012 (UTC)reply
Looks ok to me (no copyvio now), I see no need for me to edit the synopsis at this point. I thought it necessary to let the IP know about the Wikipedia policy re copy violations, which I have done.
Flami72 (
talk)
17:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)reply
Looks good to me from a copyvio standpoint. Personally I think the synopsis may be overly long for an encyclopaedia article but that's not a copyvio concern. Relevant revisions have been revdeled.
Dpmuk (
talk)
15:35, 26 July 2012 (UTC)reply
OK, thanks, Ssilvers and Dpmuk, I will now try to tighten the synopsis (although I generally do not like to work on plots when I have not seen the show.)
Flami72 (
talk)
17:32, 26 July 2012 (UTC)reply
I should also point out that I've come at this from a copyright prospective so the length may be more normal for articles on musicals. I was comparing the length to what I'd expect to see for a film or book but hadn't really taken into account that adding the song titles would automatically make the synopsis longer.
Dpmuk (
talk)
17:37, 26 July 2012 (UTC)reply
The Musicals project guidelines specify "A two-act musical's synopsis should be between 800 and 1100 words, with leeway for an unusually complicated plot." This synopsis is 794 words. I'm satisfied with it now. (I work a lot with musical theatre articles, and run into this plot length situation a lot--everyone has their favorite plot point that has to be included!)
Flami72 (
talk)
17:50, 26 July 2012 (UTC)reply