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Already subject to an image CCI, Richard has text issues as well. In November 2011, he created two articles which were subsequently deleted under
WP:CSD#G12:
August Howard and
Job Male. (See
[1] for some specific issues with the text.) In December 2010, this issue had been highlight to him
here after he added copyrighted content to
Canada–Tonga relations. In 2006, he created an article (
[2]) with content taken either from
this book or
this website. Accordingly, his other contributions need to be evaluated for compatibility with our copyright policies.
In conjunction with the Image CCI, Richard requested to receive notification when content was removed for copyright problems, so in spite of common practice in CCIs, please leave the copyright template when you remove content from articles and the notice generated by {{
copyvio}} when you blank them. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 12:17, 8 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Clerk note:IMPORTANT: Commented out text may be present in articles and disambiguation pages. You must check the page source as well.
MER-C 08:56, 10 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Frank Irvine: (5 edits, 5 major, +13667) N Removed 14kB of hidden copied text (but from a probably public domain source) and a few quotes.
Fram (
talk) 10:36, 23 November 2011 (UTC)reply
William Ruggles: N Extensive addition was removed to split article, which was then AFD'd. Merged back, but cut down to three short sentences, so no copyvio issues --
SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:20, 17 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Ruggles Prizes: N He reverted this edit one minute after making it. --
Noren (
talk) 15:57, 3 January 2015 (UTC)reply
NStalag II-B: N This was PD, and he attributed it just fine for the standards of the day. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 00:30, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Improper Wikipedia information merge, minor violation.Carrite (
talk) 09:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
N1996 E. coli case from Odwalla juice: Y Unattributed split. Richard has been notified how to attribute so that he is no longer in violation of copyright and asked to do so. Check needed to make sure this is done. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 01:58, 11 November 2011 (UTC)reply
That he has.
MER-C 13:54, 7 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Improper Wikipedia page split, minor violation.Carrite (
talk) 09:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NBlackwells Mills Canal House: (6 edits, 6 major, +9097) Y 9K quote from undisclosed source, removed two years ago after having stayed in the article for three years. No further action needed (cleaning up the history would be too difficult, I think).
Fram (
talk) 10:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Large paste-in at time of creation by RAN, March 12, 2006. Ham-handed attempt to render as blockquotes. Deleted after B-R-D exchange with User:Drawn Some on July 21, 2009.Carrite (
talk) 09:25, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Janice Nicolich: (19 edits, 19 major, +9021) Y Contained unattributed straight copies from court documents (so presumably no copyright, but a mising attribution nevretheless), but these texts have been removed in the years since.
Fram (
talk) 13:59, 13 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Piece created by RAN Jan. 4, 2005.Carrite (
talk) 08:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Vaporware: (1 edits, 1 major, +8081) Y copied literally and without attribution from the older
[3] (I can't find evidence that Wikia copied this from an older Wikipedia version, but it is possible). Copyright violation no longer remains in the current article.
Fram (
talk) 12:55, 8 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: One very large paste-in from Wikia article on May 9, 2010. Apparently removed in 2012.Carrite (
talk) 08:42, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NWilliam Joseph Hammer: (3 edits, 3 major, +7848): Deleted, was still in many parts a literal copy from the copyrighted biography from 2003 from the Smithsonian.
Fram (
talk) 13:03, 8 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Original Nov. 8, 2011 version of piece by RAN was 1272 bytes. Additions by User:Edison on 11/11/11 and next day pumped size to 5511 bytes. RAN thereafter added one square bracket. Unclear how this relates to this case.Carrite (
talk) 08:18, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Addenda: Ah, history deleted during the blanking and rewriting process. I am unable to assess this piece.Carrite (
talk) 20:46, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Only edit by RAN showing in the history is the deletion of one category on Jan. 6, 2007. Clearly no copyvio issues in his case. See
DIFF.Carrite (
talk) 08:29, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Carrite, you are looking at the target of the redirect, not at the page under discussion. The history is there for everyone to see. Please be more careful in your research.
Fram (
talk) 08:30, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NGlidden (paints): (3 edits, 3 major, +6823) Y blanked and listed at
WP:CP. Hut 8.5 23:49, 13 November 2011 (UTC) Update Article cleaned by investigator or others.--
SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:20, 28 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Article started by RAN on Nov. 20, 2011, left by him as a stub of 938 bytes, showing a Google Books footnote. Whatever copyright issues this article may subsequently have had had nothing to do with him, quite clearly. See history.Carrite (
talk) 08:25, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Addenda: Upon further review probably another case of deleted history page making assessment impossible.Carrite (
talk) 00:12, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
You seem to have completely misinterpreted this. The article was started by RAN on 7 Jan 2007 and RAN added lots of copyvio to it very early on. I wasn't able to conclusively determine whether the earliest content was copyvio, but the source may well have disappeared in the meantime. The pages was deleted after I listed it at
Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 November 13 (see also
this talk page section). RAN subsequently rewrote the article, and the rewrite is the version you can read now. Hut 8.5 00:23, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Foreign relations of Iceland: Y, probably. Certainly it
copied from one of its sources. There is a possibility that the source may itself have drawn from a PD Country Study, but I can't prove it. The content has been vastly diminished. What's left is arguably not very creative - in structure it is the same as other entries. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 00:18, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Walker (surname): N No problem. Just a move of a list of persons named Walker to the dab page, I think per a linked general ruling at
DRV about lists of people named X, etc., no copyrightable material involved as non-creative list. --
doncram 01:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Note: Large block of text pasted in as part of the editing process at time of creation by RAN, Jan. 30, 2007, hidden behind < ! -- tags with edit summary "hid text waiting for rewording." Removed by User:O Keyes on March 12, 2008. Never visible to readers in mainspace.Carrite (
talk) 09:06, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NOrpheum Circuit: (1 edits, 1 major, +6156) Y Copyvio from the earliest version until today.
Fram (
talk) 14:28, 13 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Unclear where the copyvio is at in
LAST VERSION BY RAN at time of creation Dec. 16, 2011.Carrite (
talk) 09:13, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Addenda: Creation date indicates deleted history, unable to assess.Carrite (
talk) 00:15, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt: (1 edits, 1 major, +4709) N Lengthy hidden comment in quote in ref removed, but was taken from a PD source so no copyvio, just an unnecessary long hidden comment.
Fram (
talk) 10:10, 24 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Serious infraction by RAN pasting in a timeline, April 20, 2006.Carrite (
talk) 07:18, 3 February 2013 (UTC) Last edit:
Carrite (
talk) 07:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NGeorge Franklin Grant: (8 edits, 8 major, +4762) Y, but long hidden copyright violation already removed by other editor in 2007. Article now has some too long quotes in references, but nothing major.
Fram (
talk) 09:32, 24 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: This an invisible paste-in from a web source hidden in the edit section behind < ! -- tags, extant in RAN version of 6/22/07. Probably a remnant of the writing process.Carrite (
talk) 07:28, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NEdward Burgess Butler: Y Early versions had a paucity of references, but that had been materially improved by RAN in last few days. Checked some phrases, no copyvio found in current version; revdel original version--SPhilbrickT 18:16, 2 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Unsure why first state of article, Jan. 1, 2006, is revision deleted. Lengthy section was two web sources pasted in as part of the writing process, deleted after 57 minutes.Carrite (
talk) 08:06, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Infanticide: (1 edits, 1 major, +4826) Y but removed as a coatrack violation afterwards. Richard Arthur Norton made an unattributed copy-paste from
Baby killer the day before that article got deleted at AfD in an attempt to circumvent the AfD apparently.
Fram (
talk) 10:07, 24 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Unable to assess due to deleted source article. Could be the minor violation of merging in encyclopedic info without proper attribution, could be something nefarious. AfD deals with the assessment of notability of topics, not the black-and-white ruling on all information therein.
WP:AGF, pending clarification.Carrite (
talk) 01:39, 4 February 2013 (UTC) Last edit:
Carrite (
talk) 01:41, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NJohn Wesley Iliff: (4 edits, 4 major, +4678) Y very lengthy (4K) copyright violation removed.
Fram (
talk) 08:51, 16 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Straight drop in of web text made July 7, 2009, hidden from public view behind < ! -- tags. This material was rendered visible to readers of the article on May 18, 2010 by User:MarnetteD.
Carrite (
talk) 07:38, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NWalter Ransom Gail Baker: (2 edits, 2 major, +4634 Y Long hidden copyvio, introduced in 2006, removed in 2009.
Fram (
talk) 13:17, 5 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Straight drop in of web text from
http://ieee.cincinnati.fuse.net/reiman/04_2001.html made in first version of 11/18/06. Hidden from public view behind < ! -- tags. This hidden text stricken 3/20/09 by User:Quadell, never visible to readers on mainspace.Carrite (
talk) 07:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Osborne: (1 edits, 1 major, +3795) Y split from subsequently-deleted page, have added attribution. Hut 8.5 10:02, 14 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Seems to be uncontroversial minor edits to a disambiguation page. Not at all sure there is a copyright issue here; if there is it seems a very minor technical issue.Carrite (
talk) 18:23, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NNassau Presbyterian Church: Y very long (3K) quote from website (given as quote, but far exceeding fair use), removed a few months later as a copyvio by user WhisperToMe. 09:14, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Note: Started by RAN 12/31/05. Included a very lengthy direct copy of the "official history" of the church in the form of an improperly footnoted massive block quote. Clear copyvio but typical of rookie editor web paste-ins that are seen. Copyvio removed by User:WhisperToMe June 4, 2006.Carrite (
talk) 18:29, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NAnders Anton von Stiernman: Y Machine translation from the Swedish article, but not attributed (in edit summary or on talk page). Talk page template added now.
Fram (
talk) 09:23, 11 January 2012 (UTC)reply
Note: Improperly attributed inter-wiki translation; minor copyright violation.Carrite (
talk) 18:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NAxel Örbom: (4 edits, 4 major, +3646) N Excessively long hidden quotes removed, but came from what is most likely a public domain source, so no copyvio
Note: Extensive Swedish-language paste-in made Aug. 27, 2008 from web version of 1906 book, hidden behind < ! -- tags, never visible to readers on mainspace.
DIFF."
Carrite (
talk) 18:40, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NEdward R. Ladew: N All sources prior to 1924, ranging from 1893–1914, so all source material is PD.--SPhilbrickT 14:13, 17 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NList of cemeteries in New Jersey: N It is a simple list, with no obvious creative additions, so not an issue even if it had been copied.
NJohan Makeléer: N Two of the four references are old enough to be pd. One ref is an image, used simply to note relationships. The entire text of the article is a short recitation of straightforward facts and relationships, unlikely to generate a copyright claim. I don't have access to the 1971 reference, so if someone has access, they might want to check that, but it seems unlikely that there will be an issue.SPhilbrickT 16:06, 17 November 2011 (UTC)reply
R. G. Ferguson: N Most edits are minor CE, the largest single edit didn't add new material, but reorganized it with relevant subheadings.--SPhilbrickT 18:13, 17 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NLachlan Og Maclean: Y A cut and paste from a public domain source: source is given, but not properly attributed. Attribution now added.
Fram (
talk) 09:31, 25 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Extremely bad editing technique at time of creation, March 6, 2009. Lengthy paste-in of dull text from 1889 book with a single footnote, comparable in laziness to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica instant-paste articles. Not a copyvio but very bad editing work.Carrite (
talk) 18:47, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NFrederick E. Humphreys: N The source is not explicitly stated as pd, but I'm arranging to get OTRS ticket, and/or explicit permission stated on the source. SPhilbrickT 17:38, 16 November 2011 (UTC) Permission received (by me) adding OTRS pending and restoring article--SPhilbrickT 14:50, 14 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: I am unable to assess this due to massive use of revision deletion.Carrite (
talk) 18:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Same as Lachlan Maclean above — terrible editing technique at time of creation March 6, 2009, with large paste in of block of dull text with single footnote, EB1911 style. No copyvio but bad editing. Subsequently fixed by RAN on April 15, 2009 to meet current WP standards for footnoting."
Carrite (
talk) 18:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Appears to be a lengthy paste-in from a single source with a single footnote, subsequently edited. Seemingly brought up to form by RAN within 30 minutes (
DIFF). Apparently pulled from mainspace and then returned in similar form, although there may be something I can't see owing to inability to view deleted files.Carrite (
talk) 19:05, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
'Note: Classic example of why the "quote=" field needs to be eliminated from citation templates altogether by the community. Either a massive set of copyright violations or no problem at all. This article should be cleaned by bold blanking of all those fields. Flicker links are another issue on top of this.Carrite (
talk) 17:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NNorton (surname): N RAN contributions were to create a list of names, no creativity, so no copyright issues.--SPhilbrickT 15:31, 18 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NJersey (ship): N Virtually all RAN contributions disappeared when converted to list of entries, so no copyright issues.SPhilbrickT 19:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Problem found, but corrected
NJames Gerard Kennedy, Sr.: (8 edits, 8 major, +2777) Y Removed two copyright violations (very long quotes from copyrighted sources, one in body of text, one hidden).
Fram (
talk) 09:49, 25 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Created by RAN Jan. 31, 2004. Improper (copyvio) long paragraphs in version of July 12, 2006 seen
HERE. The second of these long paragraphs hidden by RAN Dec. 30, 2007.Carrite (
talk) 09:41, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: And subsequently returned from limbo to mainspace, apparently not a copyvio after all...Carrite (
talk) 09:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Er, no. It was blanked as a suspected copyright infringement, and while it was blanked RAN rewrote it and the rewrite was moved into mainspace. The current version looks nothing like the deleted version. Hut 8.5 08:40, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
I stand corrected.
Carrite (
talk) 23:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NFrank Goldsborough: Y Removed too long copyrighted quote, and links to copyright violating sites
Fram (
talk) 16:24, 19 March 2013 (UTC)reply
Georgeanna Seegar Jones: N Source 2 is now dead, source 1 shows no signs of paraphrasing; external link is also dead. No copyvios. HurricaneFan25 18:56, 18 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NWilliam Lee Brent: N Spot checked a few phrases, and reviewed sources, did not see copyvio SPhilbrickT 20:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Problem found, but corrected
NRaoul Wallenberg Award: Y blanked and reported (revised version may be OK, but I'd like a second set of eyes to make the call) SPhilbrickT 20:28, 18 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Piece started by RAN Jan. 30, 2007, apparently as a paste-in list of award recipients with annotations. Improperly footnoted and flagged as Not Fair Use by Sphilbrick, subsequently brought up to copyright norms.Carrite (
talk) 19:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Complaint about excessively long "quote=" detail by Sphilbrick, deleted during review process. Looks at a glance like a lot of good work by RAN beyond that.Carrite (
talk) 19:54, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Anundsjö church: Y unattributed automated translation from the Swedish Wikipedia, have added attribution template. Hut 8.5 14:48, 19 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Improper inter-wiki article translation; minor copyright violation.Carrite (
talk) 19:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Lengthy blockquote — still unattributed after this review — from the Philadelphia Inquirer of Oct. 19, 1863. Footnoting error. Bad editing, not a copyvio.Carrite (
talk) 20:01, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Created by RAN Oct. 23, 2008. Excessively long Citation Template quote= entry and passage deemed an overly close paraphrase. Rendered a stub. Would probably not survive at AfD.Carrite (
talk) 09:48, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NWilliam L. Slout: N Not much content, and none is referenced, but no copyvio issues --SPhilbrickT 21:23, 14 December 2011 (UTC) RAN has now addressed referencing issues --SPhilbrickT 22:59, 15 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Only previous editing on this piece made by RAN was uncontroversial wikification by him on Aug. 1, 2006. Whatever copyright problems he helped clean in Nov. 2011 were not his doing. See history.Carrite (
talk) 00:25, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
You've made a mistake - look at the edit history of the page, not the target it is redirecting to. Hut 8.5 08:37, 6 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Why do you delete when you can just stub the article? Why delete categories and other vital information for the article? --
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (
talk) 22:32, 18 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: I am unable to assess, first version stripped out and title relaunched.Carrite (
talk) 20:13, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NMorey letterY close paraphrase from
[6], I've rewritten the offending material. Hut 8.5 19:47, 7 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Piece launched by RAN Oct. 2, 2005. Article launched with a copyvio close paraphrase of History News Network piece cited above.Carrite (
talk) 20:17, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
MOD-2 Wind Turbine: (1 edits, 1 major, +1789) Y Version deleted in January 2012 as copyvio. -
Bilby (
talk) 01:23, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Estey Organ: (1 edits, 1 major, +1782) Y Copying within WP. Added Attribution. -
Bilby (
talk) 03:37, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NHelen Levitov Sobell: (1 edits, 1 major, +1765) Y Some overly close paraphrasing, but rewrote since. -
Bilby (
talk) 04:42, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NKenneth W. Bilby: (6 edits, 6 major, +1769) Y Overly long quotation in original, since reduced. Close paraphrasing, since removed. -
Bilby (
talk) 04:42, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: I am unable to assess this piece; blanked by CCI and restarted anew by RAN during the course of this investigation.Carrite (
talk) 20:26, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Listed at
wp:cp. Don't know how much of the original copyvio is still left. it was there from the start of the article.
Garion96(talk) 20:16, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Not completely reviewed, but at least some of the content was pasted from
[7]. Flagged for close paraphrasing and needs rewriting unless we can verify PD. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 17:19, 11 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Appropriateness of long quotes in footnotes is a long time source of controversy, not yet fully resolved. It is been quite some time since this last was discussed so I don’t have the references handy. My review did not consider the quotes.--
S Philbrick(Talk) 20:56, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
If you think those quotes are too long, I encourage you to trim them down to a more reasonable length.--
S Philbrick(Talk) 21:21, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Beer Can Museum: N One edit questionable, due to length of quote in ref, but has already been fixed.--SPhilbrickT 14:15, 26 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Plácido Domingo: N quotes were added, not there in present version of the page. I
removed some quotes that weren't added by RAN.
103.6.159.68 (
talk) 20:19, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Note: Minor close paraphrase complaint and removal of longer "quote=" detail from a footnote. See
DIFF.Carrite (
talk) 20:31, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Eduardo Suárez Mujica: Y started as automated translation of
[8], which is licenced under CC-BY-3.0, but without attribution. Attribution template now added. Hut 8.5 15:46, 19 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Very light copyright violation, if any, properly footnoted translation of a CC 3.0 source. See
DIFF.Carrite (
talk) 20:36, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NTadahiro Sekimoto: N Original edit might be copyvio, or there might be a reverse copyvio, but moot now, because completely rewritten in 2006.--SPhilbrickT 17:54, 26 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NReinhold Schlegelmilch: (2 edits, 2 major, +1595) Y was a copyvio of
[9], but removed a few wseeks ago by Richard Arthur Norton.
Fram (
talk) 14:42, 9 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Piece created by RAN on July 9, 2005. An 84 word paragraph paste-in web copyvio removed. See
DIFF.Carrite (
talk) 00:42, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NSvenska släktkalendern: (1 edits, 1 major, +1581) Y Unattributed machine translation of the Swedish Wiki article, attribution now added on the talk page.
Fram (
talk) 14:51, 9 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Improperly attributed inter-wiki translation, very minor copyvio.Carrite (
talk) 00:46, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NChild Welfare Board: N Source is PD so technically ok, but the inline quote being longer than the whole article is precisely what got us into this mess.
Wizardman 16:09, 21 February 2021 (UTC)reply
NGeorge William Goddard: N Duplication detector brings up a mountain, but that's because it uses AF.mil, a PD source. Content was added after RAN's in any case, which was fine.
Wizardman 13:46, 3 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Note: Complicated history. Created by RAN on Nov. 6, 2010 as unattributed paste-in from another WP article which would be a relatively minor copyvio. Nov. 17, 2011 RAN gutted out the paste and rewrote. On Dec. 2, 2011 Fram blanked and converted to a redirect to the original article, which was reverted by RAN on Dec. 6, 2011 and subsequent additional editing done. See
HISTORY.Carrite (
talk) 00:55, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NMillie and Christine McCoy: (7 edits, 7 major, +1466) Y Lengthy quotes in references now removed. Some from copyrighted sources, not used to ref the actual article.
Fram (
talk) 15:26, 2 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Essentially a "quote=" complaint, although this Sept. 30, 2006 article started by RAN predated the Citation template. Multiple long quotes inserted to document the piece at time of creation deleted by User:Fram, per
DIFF. RAN's creation version looked like
THIS — he seems to have been making a good-faith effort to provide references, albeit in a way that in 2013 we obviously regard as a copyvio.Carrite (
talk) 01:26, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NManuel Cuevas: (3 edits, 3 major, +1477) Y pure copyright violation of
[11].
Fram (
talk) 15:31, 2 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Page started by RAN Jan. 9, 2007. Clearly a serious web paste-in copyvio, per Fram's link above.Carrite (
talk) 01:32, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Upon further review, a close paraphrase violation rather than a straight paste-in. Probably due to defective writing technique, pasting in and then tweaking slightly. Still a bad copyvio.Carrite (
talk) 02:50, 12 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NStoll kidnapping: N The quote-in-ref is actually the (rather long) NYT article title, so it's fine.
Wizardman 18:21, 19 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Griggstown cow: N but I removed one quote as perhaps too long for editorial reasons. RF
NDorothy Gould Burns: (4 edits, 4 major, +1450) N Copied, but material was free of copyright. Attribution was ok. -
Bilby (
talk) 14:40, 5 June 2016 (UTC)reply
NHeinrich Emanuel Merck: Y Unattributed translation/copy from the German Wikipedia article, template added to talk page of article.
Fram (
talk) 08:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)reply
NPerry Wilbon Howard: Y Copyvio from its second edit in 2008 until correction of this in November 2011.
Fram (
talk) 08:52, 25 January 2012 (UTC)reply
NDonald Justin Wolfram: Y Started as a clear copyvio, tagged as potential remaining but less clear copyvio.
Fram (
talk) 08:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)reply
NMildred Barry Hughes: Y 190-word copyrighted quote now removed from ref (quote was longer than actual article).
Fram (
talk) 09:40, 17 January 2012 (UTC)reply
Studd Trophy: Y Have now replaced 201 word copyrighted quote with the relevant part (12 words) of the same quote. Quote was about half of the total length of the article.
Fram (
talk) 10:01, 17 January 2012 (UTC)reply
Rolf McPherson: Y Excessive copyrighted quote (170 words) replaced by short portion of it with relevant info only.
Fram (
talk) 09:58, 19 January 2012 (UTC)reply
NGeorge E. M. Kelly: Y, cleaned after tagged by Corensearchbot as a paste of
this and further edits were requested by an admin to separate from source. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 01:30, 11 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NMod-2: Y copyvio version deleted from history (two articles), and copyvio section blanked at merge target
NASA wind turbines.
Fram (
talk) 14:10, 25 January 2012 (UTC)reply
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Already subject to an image CCI, Richard has text issues as well. In November 2011, he created two articles which were subsequently deleted under
WP:CSD#G12:
August Howard and
Job Male. (See
[1] for some specific issues with the text.) In December 2010, this issue had been highlight to him
here after he added copyrighted content to
Canada–Tonga relations. In 2006, he created an article (
[2]) with content taken either from
this book or
this website. Accordingly, his other contributions need to be evaluated for compatibility with our copyright policies.
In conjunction with the Image CCI, Richard requested to receive notification when content was removed for copyright problems, so in spite of common practice in CCIs, please leave the copyright template when you remove content from articles and the notice generated by {{
copyvio}} when you blank them. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 12:17, 8 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Clerk note:IMPORTANT: Commented out text may be present in articles and disambiguation pages. You must check the page source as well.
MER-C 08:56, 10 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Frank Irvine: (5 edits, 5 major, +13667) N Removed 14kB of hidden copied text (but from a probably public domain source) and a few quotes.
Fram (
talk) 10:36, 23 November 2011 (UTC)reply
William Ruggles: N Extensive addition was removed to split article, which was then AFD'd. Merged back, but cut down to three short sentences, so no copyvio issues --
SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:20, 17 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Ruggles Prizes: N He reverted this edit one minute after making it. --
Noren (
talk) 15:57, 3 January 2015 (UTC)reply
NStalag II-B: N This was PD, and he attributed it just fine for the standards of the day. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 00:30, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Improper Wikipedia information merge, minor violation.Carrite (
talk) 09:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
N1996 E. coli case from Odwalla juice: Y Unattributed split. Richard has been notified how to attribute so that he is no longer in violation of copyright and asked to do so. Check needed to make sure this is done. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 01:58, 11 November 2011 (UTC)reply
That he has.
MER-C 13:54, 7 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Improper Wikipedia page split, minor violation.Carrite (
talk) 09:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NBlackwells Mills Canal House: (6 edits, 6 major, +9097) Y 9K quote from undisclosed source, removed two years ago after having stayed in the article for three years. No further action needed (cleaning up the history would be too difficult, I think).
Fram (
talk) 10:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Large paste-in at time of creation by RAN, March 12, 2006. Ham-handed attempt to render as blockquotes. Deleted after B-R-D exchange with User:Drawn Some on July 21, 2009.Carrite (
talk) 09:25, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Janice Nicolich: (19 edits, 19 major, +9021) Y Contained unattributed straight copies from court documents (so presumably no copyright, but a mising attribution nevretheless), but these texts have been removed in the years since.
Fram (
talk) 13:59, 13 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Piece created by RAN Jan. 4, 2005.Carrite (
talk) 08:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Vaporware: (1 edits, 1 major, +8081) Y copied literally and without attribution from the older
[3] (I can't find evidence that Wikia copied this from an older Wikipedia version, but it is possible). Copyright violation no longer remains in the current article.
Fram (
talk) 12:55, 8 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: One very large paste-in from Wikia article on May 9, 2010. Apparently removed in 2012.Carrite (
talk) 08:42, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NWilliam Joseph Hammer: (3 edits, 3 major, +7848): Deleted, was still in many parts a literal copy from the copyrighted biography from 2003 from the Smithsonian.
Fram (
talk) 13:03, 8 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Original Nov. 8, 2011 version of piece by RAN was 1272 bytes. Additions by User:Edison on 11/11/11 and next day pumped size to 5511 bytes. RAN thereafter added one square bracket. Unclear how this relates to this case.Carrite (
talk) 08:18, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Addenda: Ah, history deleted during the blanking and rewriting process. I am unable to assess this piece.Carrite (
talk) 20:46, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Only edit by RAN showing in the history is the deletion of one category on Jan. 6, 2007. Clearly no copyvio issues in his case. See
DIFF.Carrite (
talk) 08:29, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Carrite, you are looking at the target of the redirect, not at the page under discussion. The history is there for everyone to see. Please be more careful in your research.
Fram (
talk) 08:30, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NGlidden (paints): (3 edits, 3 major, +6823) Y blanked and listed at
WP:CP. Hut 8.5 23:49, 13 November 2011 (UTC) Update Article cleaned by investigator or others.--
SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:20, 28 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Article started by RAN on Nov. 20, 2011, left by him as a stub of 938 bytes, showing a Google Books footnote. Whatever copyright issues this article may subsequently have had had nothing to do with him, quite clearly. See history.Carrite (
talk) 08:25, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Addenda: Upon further review probably another case of deleted history page making assessment impossible.Carrite (
talk) 00:12, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
You seem to have completely misinterpreted this. The article was started by RAN on 7 Jan 2007 and RAN added lots of copyvio to it very early on. I wasn't able to conclusively determine whether the earliest content was copyvio, but the source may well have disappeared in the meantime. The pages was deleted after I listed it at
Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 November 13 (see also
this talk page section). RAN subsequently rewrote the article, and the rewrite is the version you can read now. Hut 8.5 00:23, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Foreign relations of Iceland: Y, probably. Certainly it
copied from one of its sources. There is a possibility that the source may itself have drawn from a PD Country Study, but I can't prove it. The content has been vastly diminished. What's left is arguably not very creative - in structure it is the same as other entries. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 00:18, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Walker (surname): N No problem. Just a move of a list of persons named Walker to the dab page, I think per a linked general ruling at
DRV about lists of people named X, etc., no copyrightable material involved as non-creative list. --
doncram 01:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Note: Large block of text pasted in as part of the editing process at time of creation by RAN, Jan. 30, 2007, hidden behind < ! -- tags with edit summary "hid text waiting for rewording." Removed by User:O Keyes on March 12, 2008. Never visible to readers in mainspace.Carrite (
talk) 09:06, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NOrpheum Circuit: (1 edits, 1 major, +6156) Y Copyvio from the earliest version until today.
Fram (
talk) 14:28, 13 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Unclear where the copyvio is at in
LAST VERSION BY RAN at time of creation Dec. 16, 2011.Carrite (
talk) 09:13, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Addenda: Creation date indicates deleted history, unable to assess.Carrite (
talk) 00:15, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt: (1 edits, 1 major, +4709) N Lengthy hidden comment in quote in ref removed, but was taken from a PD source so no copyvio, just an unnecessary long hidden comment.
Fram (
talk) 10:10, 24 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Serious infraction by RAN pasting in a timeline, April 20, 2006.Carrite (
talk) 07:18, 3 February 2013 (UTC) Last edit:
Carrite (
talk) 07:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NGeorge Franklin Grant: (8 edits, 8 major, +4762) Y, but long hidden copyright violation already removed by other editor in 2007. Article now has some too long quotes in references, but nothing major.
Fram (
talk) 09:32, 24 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: This an invisible paste-in from a web source hidden in the edit section behind < ! -- tags, extant in RAN version of 6/22/07. Probably a remnant of the writing process.Carrite (
talk) 07:28, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NEdward Burgess Butler: Y Early versions had a paucity of references, but that had been materially improved by RAN in last few days. Checked some phrases, no copyvio found in current version; revdel original version--SPhilbrickT 18:16, 2 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Unsure why first state of article, Jan. 1, 2006, is revision deleted. Lengthy section was two web sources pasted in as part of the writing process, deleted after 57 minutes.Carrite (
talk) 08:06, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Infanticide: (1 edits, 1 major, +4826) Y but removed as a coatrack violation afterwards. Richard Arthur Norton made an unattributed copy-paste from
Baby killer the day before that article got deleted at AfD in an attempt to circumvent the AfD apparently.
Fram (
talk) 10:07, 24 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Unable to assess due to deleted source article. Could be the minor violation of merging in encyclopedic info without proper attribution, could be something nefarious. AfD deals with the assessment of notability of topics, not the black-and-white ruling on all information therein.
WP:AGF, pending clarification.Carrite (
talk) 01:39, 4 February 2013 (UTC) Last edit:
Carrite (
talk) 01:41, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NJohn Wesley Iliff: (4 edits, 4 major, +4678) Y very lengthy (4K) copyright violation removed.
Fram (
talk) 08:51, 16 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Straight drop in of web text made July 7, 2009, hidden from public view behind < ! -- tags. This material was rendered visible to readers of the article on May 18, 2010 by User:MarnetteD.
Carrite (
talk) 07:38, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NWalter Ransom Gail Baker: (2 edits, 2 major, +4634 Y Long hidden copyvio, introduced in 2006, removed in 2009.
Fram (
talk) 13:17, 5 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Straight drop in of web text from
http://ieee.cincinnati.fuse.net/reiman/04_2001.html made in first version of 11/18/06. Hidden from public view behind < ! -- tags. This hidden text stricken 3/20/09 by User:Quadell, never visible to readers on mainspace.Carrite (
talk) 07:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Osborne: (1 edits, 1 major, +3795) Y split from subsequently-deleted page, have added attribution. Hut 8.5 10:02, 14 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Seems to be uncontroversial minor edits to a disambiguation page. Not at all sure there is a copyright issue here; if there is it seems a very minor technical issue.Carrite (
talk) 18:23, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NNassau Presbyterian Church: Y very long (3K) quote from website (given as quote, but far exceeding fair use), removed a few months later as a copyvio by user WhisperToMe. 09:14, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Note: Started by RAN 12/31/05. Included a very lengthy direct copy of the "official history" of the church in the form of an improperly footnoted massive block quote. Clear copyvio but typical of rookie editor web paste-ins that are seen. Copyvio removed by User:WhisperToMe June 4, 2006.Carrite (
talk) 18:29, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NAnders Anton von Stiernman: Y Machine translation from the Swedish article, but not attributed (in edit summary or on talk page). Talk page template added now.
Fram (
talk) 09:23, 11 January 2012 (UTC)reply
Note: Improperly attributed inter-wiki translation; minor copyright violation.Carrite (
talk) 18:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NAxel Örbom: (4 edits, 4 major, +3646) N Excessively long hidden quotes removed, but came from what is most likely a public domain source, so no copyvio
Note: Extensive Swedish-language paste-in made Aug. 27, 2008 from web version of 1906 book, hidden behind < ! -- tags, never visible to readers on mainspace.
DIFF."
Carrite (
talk) 18:40, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NEdward R. Ladew: N All sources prior to 1924, ranging from 1893–1914, so all source material is PD.--SPhilbrickT 14:13, 17 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NList of cemeteries in New Jersey: N It is a simple list, with no obvious creative additions, so not an issue even if it had been copied.
NJohan Makeléer: N Two of the four references are old enough to be pd. One ref is an image, used simply to note relationships. The entire text of the article is a short recitation of straightforward facts and relationships, unlikely to generate a copyright claim. I don't have access to the 1971 reference, so if someone has access, they might want to check that, but it seems unlikely that there will be an issue.SPhilbrickT 16:06, 17 November 2011 (UTC)reply
R. G. Ferguson: N Most edits are minor CE, the largest single edit didn't add new material, but reorganized it with relevant subheadings.--SPhilbrickT 18:13, 17 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NLachlan Og Maclean: Y A cut and paste from a public domain source: source is given, but not properly attributed. Attribution now added.
Fram (
talk) 09:31, 25 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Extremely bad editing technique at time of creation, March 6, 2009. Lengthy paste-in of dull text from 1889 book with a single footnote, comparable in laziness to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica instant-paste articles. Not a copyvio but very bad editing work.Carrite (
talk) 18:47, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NFrederick E. Humphreys: N The source is not explicitly stated as pd, but I'm arranging to get OTRS ticket, and/or explicit permission stated on the source. SPhilbrickT 17:38, 16 November 2011 (UTC) Permission received (by me) adding OTRS pending and restoring article--SPhilbrickT 14:50, 14 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: I am unable to assess this due to massive use of revision deletion.Carrite (
talk) 18:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Same as Lachlan Maclean above — terrible editing technique at time of creation March 6, 2009, with large paste in of block of dull text with single footnote, EB1911 style. No copyvio but bad editing. Subsequently fixed by RAN on April 15, 2009 to meet current WP standards for footnoting."
Carrite (
talk) 18:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Appears to be a lengthy paste-in from a single source with a single footnote, subsequently edited. Seemingly brought up to form by RAN within 30 minutes (
DIFF). Apparently pulled from mainspace and then returned in similar form, although there may be something I can't see owing to inability to view deleted files.Carrite (
talk) 19:05, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
'Note: Classic example of why the "quote=" field needs to be eliminated from citation templates altogether by the community. Either a massive set of copyright violations or no problem at all. This article should be cleaned by bold blanking of all those fields. Flicker links are another issue on top of this.Carrite (
talk) 17:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NNorton (surname): N RAN contributions were to create a list of names, no creativity, so no copyright issues.--SPhilbrickT 15:31, 18 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NJersey (ship): N Virtually all RAN contributions disappeared when converted to list of entries, so no copyright issues.SPhilbrickT 19:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Problem found, but corrected
NJames Gerard Kennedy, Sr.: (8 edits, 8 major, +2777) Y Removed two copyright violations (very long quotes from copyrighted sources, one in body of text, one hidden).
Fram (
talk) 09:49, 25 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Created by RAN Jan. 31, 2004. Improper (copyvio) long paragraphs in version of July 12, 2006 seen
HERE. The second of these long paragraphs hidden by RAN Dec. 30, 2007.Carrite (
talk) 09:41, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: And subsequently returned from limbo to mainspace, apparently not a copyvio after all...Carrite (
talk) 09:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Er, no. It was blanked as a suspected copyright infringement, and while it was blanked RAN rewrote it and the rewrite was moved into mainspace. The current version looks nothing like the deleted version. Hut 8.5 08:40, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
I stand corrected.
Carrite (
talk) 23:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NFrank Goldsborough: Y Removed too long copyrighted quote, and links to copyright violating sites
Fram (
talk) 16:24, 19 March 2013 (UTC)reply
Georgeanna Seegar Jones: N Source 2 is now dead, source 1 shows no signs of paraphrasing; external link is also dead. No copyvios. HurricaneFan25 18:56, 18 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NWilliam Lee Brent: N Spot checked a few phrases, and reviewed sources, did not see copyvio SPhilbrickT 20:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Problem found, but corrected
NRaoul Wallenberg Award: Y blanked and reported (revised version may be OK, but I'd like a second set of eyes to make the call) SPhilbrickT 20:28, 18 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Piece started by RAN Jan. 30, 2007, apparently as a paste-in list of award recipients with annotations. Improperly footnoted and flagged as Not Fair Use by Sphilbrick, subsequently brought up to copyright norms.Carrite (
talk) 19:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Complaint about excessively long "quote=" detail by Sphilbrick, deleted during review process. Looks at a glance like a lot of good work by RAN beyond that.Carrite (
talk) 19:54, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Anundsjö church: Y unattributed automated translation from the Swedish Wikipedia, have added attribution template. Hut 8.5 14:48, 19 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Improper inter-wiki article translation; minor copyright violation.Carrite (
talk) 19:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Lengthy blockquote — still unattributed after this review — from the Philadelphia Inquirer of Oct. 19, 1863. Footnoting error. Bad editing, not a copyvio.Carrite (
talk) 20:01, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Created by RAN Oct. 23, 2008. Excessively long Citation Template quote= entry and passage deemed an overly close paraphrase. Rendered a stub. Would probably not survive at AfD.Carrite (
talk) 09:48, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NWilliam L. Slout: N Not much content, and none is referenced, but no copyvio issues --SPhilbrickT 21:23, 14 December 2011 (UTC) RAN has now addressed referencing issues --SPhilbrickT 22:59, 15 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Only previous editing on this piece made by RAN was uncontroversial wikification by him on Aug. 1, 2006. Whatever copyright problems he helped clean in Nov. 2011 were not his doing. See history.Carrite (
talk) 00:25, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
You've made a mistake - look at the edit history of the page, not the target it is redirecting to. Hut 8.5 08:37, 6 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Why do you delete when you can just stub the article? Why delete categories and other vital information for the article? --
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (
talk) 22:32, 18 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: I am unable to assess, first version stripped out and title relaunched.Carrite (
talk) 20:13, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NMorey letterY close paraphrase from
[6], I've rewritten the offending material. Hut 8.5 19:47, 7 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Piece launched by RAN Oct. 2, 2005. Article launched with a copyvio close paraphrase of History News Network piece cited above.Carrite (
talk) 20:17, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
MOD-2 Wind Turbine: (1 edits, 1 major, +1789) Y Version deleted in January 2012 as copyvio. -
Bilby (
talk) 01:23, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Estey Organ: (1 edits, 1 major, +1782) Y Copying within WP. Added Attribution. -
Bilby (
talk) 03:37, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NHelen Levitov Sobell: (1 edits, 1 major, +1765) Y Some overly close paraphrasing, but rewrote since. -
Bilby (
talk) 04:42, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NKenneth W. Bilby: (6 edits, 6 major, +1769) Y Overly long quotation in original, since reduced. Close paraphrasing, since removed. -
Bilby (
talk) 04:42, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: I am unable to assess this piece; blanked by CCI and restarted anew by RAN during the course of this investigation.Carrite (
talk) 20:26, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Listed at
wp:cp. Don't know how much of the original copyvio is still left. it was there from the start of the article.
Garion96(talk) 20:16, 10 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Not completely reviewed, but at least some of the content was pasted from
[7]. Flagged for close paraphrasing and needs rewriting unless we can verify PD. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 17:19, 11 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Appropriateness of long quotes in footnotes is a long time source of controversy, not yet fully resolved. It is been quite some time since this last was discussed so I don’t have the references handy. My review did not consider the quotes.--
S Philbrick(Talk) 20:56, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
If you think those quotes are too long, I encourage you to trim them down to a more reasonable length.--
S Philbrick(Talk) 21:21, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Beer Can Museum: N One edit questionable, due to length of quote in ref, but has already been fixed.--SPhilbrickT 14:15, 26 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Plácido Domingo: N quotes were added, not there in present version of the page. I
removed some quotes that weren't added by RAN.
103.6.159.68 (
talk) 20:19, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Note: Minor close paraphrase complaint and removal of longer "quote=" detail from a footnote. See
DIFF.Carrite (
talk) 20:31, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Eduardo Suárez Mujica: Y started as automated translation of
[8], which is licenced under CC-BY-3.0, but without attribution. Attribution template now added. Hut 8.5 15:46, 19 November 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Very light copyright violation, if any, properly footnoted translation of a CC 3.0 source. See
DIFF.Carrite (
talk) 20:36, 3 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NTadahiro Sekimoto: N Original edit might be copyvio, or there might be a reverse copyvio, but moot now, because completely rewritten in 2006.--SPhilbrickT 17:54, 26 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NReinhold Schlegelmilch: (2 edits, 2 major, +1595) Y was a copyvio of
[9], but removed a few wseeks ago by Richard Arthur Norton.
Fram (
talk) 14:42, 9 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Piece created by RAN on July 9, 2005. An 84 word paragraph paste-in web copyvio removed. See
DIFF.Carrite (
talk) 00:42, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NSvenska släktkalendern: (1 edits, 1 major, +1581) Y Unattributed machine translation of the Swedish Wiki article, attribution now added on the talk page.
Fram (
talk) 14:51, 9 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Improperly attributed inter-wiki translation, very minor copyvio.Carrite (
talk) 00:46, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NChild Welfare Board: N Source is PD so technically ok, but the inline quote being longer than the whole article is precisely what got us into this mess.
Wizardman 16:09, 21 February 2021 (UTC)reply
NGeorge William Goddard: N Duplication detector brings up a mountain, but that's because it uses AF.mil, a PD source. Content was added after RAN's in any case, which was fine.
Wizardman 13:46, 3 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Note: Complicated history. Created by RAN on Nov. 6, 2010 as unattributed paste-in from another WP article which would be a relatively minor copyvio. Nov. 17, 2011 RAN gutted out the paste and rewrote. On Dec. 2, 2011 Fram blanked and converted to a redirect to the original article, which was reverted by RAN on Dec. 6, 2011 and subsequent additional editing done. See
HISTORY.Carrite (
talk) 00:55, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NMillie and Christine McCoy: (7 edits, 7 major, +1466) Y Lengthy quotes in references now removed. Some from copyrighted sources, not used to ref the actual article.
Fram (
talk) 15:26, 2 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Essentially a "quote=" complaint, although this Sept. 30, 2006 article started by RAN predated the Citation template. Multiple long quotes inserted to document the piece at time of creation deleted by User:Fram, per
DIFF. RAN's creation version looked like
THIS — he seems to have been making a good-faith effort to provide references, albeit in a way that in 2013 we obviously regard as a copyvio.Carrite (
talk) 01:26, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NManuel Cuevas: (3 edits, 3 major, +1477) Y pure copyright violation of
[11].
Fram (
talk) 15:31, 2 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: Page started by RAN Jan. 9, 2007. Clearly a serious web paste-in copyvio, per Fram's link above.Carrite (
talk) 01:32, 4 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Note: Upon further review, a close paraphrase violation rather than a straight paste-in. Probably due to defective writing technique, pasting in and then tweaking slightly. Still a bad copyvio.Carrite (
talk) 02:50, 12 February 2013 (UTC)reply
NStoll kidnapping: N The quote-in-ref is actually the (rather long) NYT article title, so it's fine.
Wizardman 18:21, 19 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Griggstown cow: N but I removed one quote as perhaps too long for editorial reasons. RF
NDorothy Gould Burns: (4 edits, 4 major, +1450) N Copied, but material was free of copyright. Attribution was ok. -
Bilby (
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NHeinrich Emanuel Merck: Y Unattributed translation/copy from the German Wikipedia article, template added to talk page of article.
Fram (
talk) 08:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)reply
NPerry Wilbon Howard: Y Copyvio from its second edit in 2008 until correction of this in November 2011.
Fram (
talk) 08:52, 25 January 2012 (UTC)reply
NDonald Justin Wolfram: Y Started as a clear copyvio, tagged as potential remaining but less clear copyvio.
Fram (
talk) 08:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)reply
NMildred Barry Hughes: Y 190-word copyrighted quote now removed from ref (quote was longer than actual article).
Fram (
talk) 09:40, 17 January 2012 (UTC)reply
Studd Trophy: Y Have now replaced 201 word copyrighted quote with the relevant part (12 words) of the same quote. Quote was about half of the total length of the article.
Fram (
talk) 10:01, 17 January 2012 (UTC)reply
Rolf McPherson: Y Excessive copyrighted quote (170 words) replaced by short portion of it with relevant info only.
Fram (
talk) 09:58, 19 January 2012 (UTC)reply
NGeorge E. M. Kelly: Y, cleaned after tagged by Corensearchbot as a paste of
this and further edits were requested by an admin to separate from source. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 01:30, 11 November 2011 (UTC)reply
NMod-2: Y copyvio version deleted from history (two articles), and copyvio section blanked at merge target
NASA wind turbines.
Fram (
talk) 14:10, 25 January 2012 (UTC)reply