Wikipedia:Copyright problems

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This page is for listing and discussing possible copyright problems involving text on Wikipedia, including pages which are suspected to be copyright violations. Listings typically remain for at least five days before review and closure by a copyright problems clerk or administrator. During this time, interested contributors are invited to offer feedback about the problem at the relevant talk page, to propose revisions to the material, or to request copyright permission. After the listing period, a copyright problems board clerk or administrator will review the listing and take what further action may be necessary.

Articles listed for copyright review appear in the bottom section of the page. The top includes information for people who have copyright concerns about articles or images, for those whose articles have been tagged for concerns, for community volunteers who'd like to help resolve concerns and for the clerks and administrators who volunteer here.

If you believe a Wikipedia article has infringed on your copyright, please see special note below.

If an article you created has been marked as a copyright problem and you own copyright in the original publication (or have permission from the owner), please see this section.

Handling previously published text on Wikipedia

For more details on this topic, see Wikipedia:Copy-paste.

Under the United States law that governs Wikipedia, copyright is automatically assumed as soon as any content (text or other media) is created in a physical form. An author does not need to apply for or even claim copyright, for a copyright to exist.

Only one of the following allows works to be reused in Wikimedia projects:

A) Explicit Statement. An explicit statement (by the author, or by the holder of the rights to the work) that the material is either:

• in the public domain,
• licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA), or
• otherwise compatible with CC-BY-SA.

B) Public Domain. If the work is inherently in the public domain, due to its age or source; or

C) Fair Use. United States law allows for fair use of copyrighted content, and (within limits) Wikipedia does as well. Under guidelines for non-free content, brief selections of copyrighted text may be used, but only if clearly marked and with full attribution.

Even if a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, material should be properly attributed in accordance with Wikipedia:Plagiarism. This is not only a matter of respecting local custom. When content is under a license that is compatible with Wikipedia's license, proper attribution may be required. If the terms of the compatible license are not met, use of the content can constitute a violation of copyright even if the license is compatible.

Repeated copyright violations

Contributors who repeatedly post copyrighted material (text or images) may be subject to contributor copyright investigations, to help ensure the removal from the project of all copyrighted material posted in contravention of policy. Contributors who repeatedly post copyrighted material after appropriate warnings will be blocked from editing, to protect the project; see 17 United States Code § 512.

Backwards copying: when Wikipedia had (or may have had) it first

In some instances, it is clear that two pieces of text (one on Wikipedia, and one elsewhere) are copies of each other, but not clear which piece is the original and which is the copy. "Compliant" sites that copy Wikipedia text note that they have done so, but not all of our re-users are compliant.

If you've found such a case, you might first check the discussion page to see if a note has been added to the top of the talk page allay people's concerns. If not, you can look for clues. Do other pages in the other website copy other Wikipedia articles? Did the content show up on Wikipedia all in once piece, placed by a single editor? If you don't see good evidence that Wikipedia had it first, it's a good idea to bring it up for investigation. You might follow the Instructions for listing below or tag the article {{copy-paste|url=possible source}} so that others can evaluate. If you confirm definitely that the content was on Wikipedia first, please consider adding {{backwardscopy}} to the article's talk page with an explanation of how you know.

If you see an article somewhere else which was copied from Wikipedia without attribution, you might visit the CC-BY-SA compliance page or Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks.

Instructions for listing text-based copyright concerns

Copyright owners: If you believe Wikipedia is infringing your copyright, you may request immediate removal of the copyright violation. Alternatively, you may contact Wikipedia's designated agent under the terms of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act. You are also welcome to follow the procedures here. See the copyright policy for more information.

Blatant infringement

Blatant copyright infringements may be speedily deleted if:

• Content was copied from a source which does not have a license compatible with Wikipedia, and the content was copied from that source to Wikipedia and not the other way around (Wikipedia has numerous mirrors);
• The page can neither be restored to a previous revision without infringing content, nor would the page be viable if the infringing content were removed.
• There is no credible assertion of public domain, fair use, or a free license.

To nominate an article for speedy deletion for copyright concerns, add one of these to the page:

• {{db-copyvio|url=insert URL of source here}}
• {{db-copyvio|describe non-web source here}}

Both of these templates will generate a notice that you should give the contributor of the content. This is important to help ensure that they do not continue to add copyrighted content to Wikipedia. An administrator will examine the article and decide whether to delete it or not. You should not blank the page in this instance.

Suspected or complicated infringement

If infringement is not blatant or the speedy deletion criteria do not apply:

• Remove the infringing text or revert the page to a non-copyrighted version if you can.

  The infringing text will remain in the page history for archival reasons unless the copyright holder asks the Wikimedia Foundation to remove it (unless it is tagged for {{copyvio-revdel}}. Please note the reason for removal in the edit summary and at the article's talk page (you may wish to use {{subst:cclean}}). When possible, please identify and alert the contributor of the material to the problem. The template {{Uw-copyright}} may be used for this purpose.

• However, if all revisions have copyright problems, the removal of the copyright problem is contested, or reversion/removal is otherwise complicated:

• Replace the text with one of the following:

  {{subst:copyvio|url=insert URL here}}

  {{subst:copyvio|identify non-web source here}}

• Go to today's section and add

  * {{subst:article-cv|PageName}} from [insert URL or identify non-web source here] ~~~~

  to the bottom of the list. Put the page's name in place of "PageName". If you do not have a URL, enter a description of the source. (This text can be copied from the top of the template after substituting it and the page name and url will be filled for you)
• Advise the contributor of the material at their talk page. The template on the now blanked page supplies a notice you may use for that purpose.

Instructions for special cases

• Probable copyvios without a known source: If you suspect that an article contains a copyright violation, but you cannot find a source for the violation (so you can't be sure that it's a violation), do not list it here. Instead, place {{cv-unsure|~~~|2=FULL_URL}} on the article's talk page, but replace FULL_URL with the full URL of the article version that you believe contains a violation. (To determine the URL, click on "Permanent link" in the toolbox area, and copy the URL.)
• Instances where one contributor has verifiably introduced copyright problems into multiple articles or files and assistance is needed in further review: See Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations.

Instructions for handling image copyright concerns

For more details on this topic, see Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion.

Image copyright concerns are not handled on this board. For images that are clear copyright violations, follow the procedure for speedy deletion; list images that are suspected to be copyright violations at possibly unfree images and images with disputed fair use rationales at Non-free content review. To request assistance with contributors who have infringed copyright in multiple articles or files, see Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations.

Responding to articles listed for copyright investigation

Copyright owners and people editing on their behalf or with their permission, please see below.

Any contributor is welcome to help investigate articles listed for copyright concerns, although only administrators, copyright problems board clerks, and OTRS team members should remove {{copyvio}} tags and mark listings resolved.

Assistance might include supplying evidence of non-infringement (or, conversely, of infringement) or obtaining and verifying permission of license. You might also help by rewriting problematic articles.

Supplying evidence of non-infringement

Articles are listed for copyright investigation because contributors have reason to suspect they constitute a copyright concern, but not every article listed here is actually a copyright problem. Sometimes, the content was on Wikipedia first. Sometimes, the article is public domain or compatibly licensed. Sometimes, the person who placed it here is the copyright owner and this simply needs to be verified.

If you can provide information to prove license or public domain status of the article, please do. It doesn't matter if you do it under the listing for the article on the copyright problems board or on the talk page of the article; a link or a clear explanation can be very helpful when a clerk or administrator evaluates the matter. (As listings are not immediately addressed on the board, it may take a few days after you make your note before response is provided.)

If the article is tagged for {{copyvio}}, you should allow an administrator or copyright problems clerk to remove the tag. If the article is tagged for {{copy-paste}} or {{close paraphrasing}}, you may remove the tag from the article when the problem is addressed (or disproven), but please do not close the listing on the copyright problems board itself.

Obtaining/verifying permission

Sometimes material was placed on Wikipedia with the permission of the copyright owner. Sometimes copyright owners are willing to give permission (and proper license!) even if it was not.

Any contributor can write to the owner of copyright and check whether they gave or will give permission (or maybe they in fact posted it here!). See Wikipedia:Example requests for permission. In either case, unless a statement authorizing the material under compatible license is placed online at the point of original publication, permission will need to be confirmed through e-mail to the Wikimedia Foundation. See Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission. If a compatible license is placed online at the point of original publication, please provide a link to that under the listing for the article on the copyright problems board or on the talk page of the article.

Please note that it may take a few days for letters to clear once they are sent. Do not worry if the content is deleted prematurely; it can be restored at any point usable permission is logged.

Rewriting content

Any contributor may rewrite articles that are or seem to be copyight problems to exclude duplicated or closely paraphrased text. When articles or sections of articles are blanked as copyright problems, this is done on a temporary page at Talk:PAGENAME/Temp so that the new material can be copied over the old. (The template blanking the article will link to the specific temporary page.) If you use any text at all from the earlier version of the article, please leave a note at the talk page of the article to alert the administrator or clerk who addresses the listing. The history of the old article will then have to be retained. (If the original turns out to be non-infringing, the two versions of the article can be merged.)

Rewrites can be done directly in articles that have been tagged for {{close paraphrasing}} and {{copy-paste}}, with those tags removed after the rewrite is complete.

Please review Wikipedia:Copy-paste and the linked guidelines and policies within it if necessary to review Wikipedia's practices for handling non-free text. Reviewing Wikipedia:Plagiarism is also helpful, particularly where content is compatibly licensed or public domain. Repairing these issues can sometimes be as simple as supplying proper attribution.

Copyright owners who submitted their own work to Wikipedia (or people editing on their behalf)

If you submitted work to Wikipedia which you had previously published and your submission was marked as a potential infringement of copyright, then stating on the article's talk page that you are the copyright holder of the work (or acting as his or her agent), while not likely to prevent deletion, helps. To completely resolve copyright concerns, it is sufficient to either:

• Link to a note permitting reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) at the site of the original publication; or
• Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation, ideally using the email template at WP:CONSENT.

See also Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.

Please note that it may take a bit of time for letters and e-mails to clear once they are sent. Do not worry if the content is deleted prematurely; it can be restored at any point usable permission is logged. Your e-mail will receive a response whether the permission is usable or not. If you have not received a response to your letter within two weeks, it is a good idea to follow up.

One other factor you should consider, however, is that content that has been previously published elsewhere may not meet Wikipedia's specific guidelines and policies. If you are not familiar with these policies and guidelines, please review especially the core policies that govern the project. This may help prepare you to deal with any other issues with the text that may arise.

Should you choose to rewrite the content rather than release it under the requisite license, please see above.

Information about the people who process copyright problems listed on the board

Copyright problems board clerks

For a more complete description of clerks and their duties, as well as a list of active clerks, please see Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Clerks.

Copyright problems board clerks are experienced editors on Wikipedia who have demonstrated familiarity with Wikipedia's approach to non-free text and its processes for dealing with them. They are trusted to evaluate and close listings, although their closures may sometimes require completion by administrators, when use of administrative tools is required. Clerks are periodically reviewed by the administrators who work in copyright areas on Wikipedia.

Copyright problems board administrators

For a more complete description of administrators on Wikipedia, please see Wikipedia:Administrators.

Any administrator may work the copyright problems board. Working the copyright problems board may involve evaluating listings personally or using tools as necessary to complete closures by clerks. Clerks have been evaluated in their work, and their recommendations may be implemented without double-checking, although any administrator is welcome to review recommendations and discuss them with the clerks in question.

Closing listings

Pages should stay listed for a minimum of 5 days before they are checked and processed by copyright problems board clerks, 7 days before they are checked or processed by administrators, who close the daily listings. OTRS agents who verify images may close listings at any time.

For advice for resolving listings, see:

• Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Advice for admins (OTRS agents, see section there)
• Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Clerks#Advice for clerks

The templates collected at Template:CPC may be useful for administrators, clerks and OTRS agents noting resolution.

Listings of possible copyright problems

Older than 7 days

Below are articles that have been listed here for longer than 7 days. At this point, they may be processed by any administrator (see WP:CPAA). When every ticket on a day is clear, the day may be removed.

23 January 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Artur V. Shachnev (history · last edit) from http://batuhan-yapi.com/dusk_nightclub. Listing here as it's a bit complicated. I'm suspecting a copyvio of the source as Google return a hit to that source for the search term 2000 to 2002 the owner of nightclub “From dusk till dawn” in Tver. but unfortunately that site is no longer available. In case google updates it's search results before this is dealt with a copy of the result is below. Dpmuk (talk) 06:20, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

DUSK NIGHTCLUB
batuhan-yapi.com/dusk_nightclub
2000 to 2002 the owner of nightclub “From dusk till dawn” in Tver. Prior to the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 he headed his own ... 6 KB (825 words) - 05:48 ...

• Chippenham Town F.C. (history · last edit) from http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/chippenhamtown/a/history-8101.html http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/chippenhamtown/a/history-8101.html&page=2 http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/chippenhamtown/a/history-8101.html&page=3. Copypaste tagged and I'm confident it's a copyvio but the history is complicated and there may be text from other places as well. Don't currently have time to look into it so listing here. If I get a chance I'll come back to it. Dpmuk (talk) 06:49, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
• Alexandra Spaulding (history · last edit) from http://www.soapcentral.com/gl/whoswho/alexandra.php. George Ho (talk) 07:16, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
  

• Scotch pie (history · last edit) from http://eatscotland.visitscotland.com/food-drink/traditional-dishes/Scotch-Pie.html. I've not blanked because it looks like they've copied us but I would like a second opinion on it. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 14:50, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Backwardscopy. Tag and explanation placed at talk page. Good instinct. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:36, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
  

• NIRAS (history · last edit) from http://www.linkedin.com/company/niras. — madman 15:43, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Contributor has asserted he wrote the text in question; advised him as to how to proceed. — madman 15:43, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
• Please note that http://www.linkedin.com/company/niras has been copied from the Company website http://www.niras.com/About-NIRAS/Our-company.aspx and this been copied in to the article NIRAS.The contributor asserts that he wrote it but it is from the company website. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 16:47, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
• Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Rather than relist this one, I just created a new stub. The contributor can put his back once its verified. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:24, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
  

• University of indianapolis - Athens Campus (history · last edit) from http://www.uindy.gr/about/Profil%20in%20English.html. Claim of permission on talk page so removed speedy and listing here. Dpmuk (talk) 15:55, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Dpmuk (talk) 00:34, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
  

• George_Michael_Vs_Sony (history · last edit) from [1] -- did not have time to dig through history, figure out how much was copied, etc, but the non-encyclopediac (but journalistic) tone of the article made me suspicious and I searched for a phrase that seemed particularly out of place. Turned up a 1993 NY Times article that the Wikipedia article appears to have been word-for-word copied from in at least several places. My lack of energy to deal with looking into it made me only tag the article as nonfree, not take any other action, but I'm tossing it here for somebody else with more time/energy to investigate and take appropriate actions. --rahaeli (talk) 20:40, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --FiveColourMap (talk) 01:44, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
  
• Purged. Copyright problem removed from history. Thanks much. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:09, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
  

25 January 2012

• Hutschenreuther (history · last edit) from http://books.google.be/books?id=LolP8HO6wQQC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=%22a+symbol+of+excellence+that+continues+to+this+day%22&source=bl&ots=B8z8K2qKYf&sig=-qTZbo3wNYQ-eqfe-I8oxkXG1Ls&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p70fT76XIcLpOdL4sK4O&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22a%20symbol%20of%20excellence%20that%20continues%20to%20this%20day%22&f=false. Fram (talk) 08:34, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

I can't assess this one. I can't see the book to compare the rewrite, and Richard doesn't always rewrite thoroughly enough on his first go. Can somebody else see it? --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:47, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

27 January 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Communication Theory as a Field (history · last edit) is an article about an journal article. It copies table content word for word from the subject article and a follow up article by the author, online copies of which which may be viewed at:
  • http://spot.colorado.edu/~craigr/ica06_proceeding_92914.pdf
  • http://docs.thinkfree.com/docs/view.php?dsn=854758. Jojalozzo 02:07, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
• Problem solving (history · last edit) from http://books.google.com/books?id=36k6JR2_8nkC&lpg=PR12&dq=%22In%20Europe%2C%20two%20main%20approaches%20have%20surfaced%22&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q=%22Beginning%20with%20the%20early%20experimental%20work%20of%20the%22&f=false. RDBury (talk) 06:21, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

  The copyvio tag was replaced by a work in progress tag and the copyrighted material was restored by another editor. I thought the material in question was supposed to remain hidden until the issue was resolved so I'm a bit confused.--RDBury (talk) 02:10, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

• OTRS cleared. Yes, it's not supposed to be removed. Sometimes people don't follow directions when they should. :/ Glad we got clearance! --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 03:00, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
  

• Mildred Seydell (history · last edit) from http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2460. — madman 20:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

  Close paraphrasing, source is copyrighted. — madman 20:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I replied at Madman's talk page. Mainly, we have a lot of proper names and names of organizations and institutions in common. can't make those up. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:14, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Did a rewrite of the article. Template left in place. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:17, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

• Aga Khan University (history · last edit) from http://www.tebyan.net/Islam_Features/Islamic_World/Introducing_Universities_in_Muslim_World/2004/1/3/25938.html. SPhilbrick(Talk) 23:03, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

29 January 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Nanette Hassall (history · last edit) from http://www.australiadancing.org/apps/ad?action=ViewSubject&id=35&resourceType=Oral%20history. — madman 01:38, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

• Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --— madman 18:23, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
  

The Bot hit on organization names and facts. Rewrote article. Left template in place.Pkeets (talk) 11:58, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

• Get Set Go (history · last edit) from http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/getsetgo/biography/. The original insertion virtually admits, in the last sentence, that it's a copy although it also claims permission. Given that the insertion was by an IP who hasn't edited in nearly three years following up on the claim is going to be difficult so I suspect this is going to have to be reverted and I don't currently have time to sort that out as it's almost bed time! Dpmuk (talk) 06:45, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
• Walter Reginald Baker (history · last edit) from http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/baker_wr.shtml. — madman 21:05, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

• Non-blatant copyright infringement; contributor is a repeat offender and completely uncommunicative. — madman 21:05, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

• Sidney D Crosier (history · last edit) from http://www.thisisindiana.org/content.asp?q_areaprimaryid=4&q_areasecondaryid=0&q_areatertiaryid=0&q_eventid=154. — madman 21:25, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

• Contributor has asserted he has the permission of Mr. Ordner; I have advised him as to how to proceed. — madman 21:25, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

30 January 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 5) (history · last edit) from http://www.tv.com/shows/beverly-hills-90210/season-5/?viewmode=expanded&sortmode=oldest.See User_talk:Moonriddengirl#List_of_Beverly_Hills.2C_90210_episodes_.26_below for more. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 01:16, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 7) (history · last edit) from http://www.tv.com/shows/beverly-hills-90210/season-7/?viewmode=expanded&sortmode=oldest. As above. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 01:18, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 4) (history · last edit) from http://www.tv.com/shows/beverly-hills-90210/season-4/?viewmode=expanded&sortmode=oldest. As above. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 01:21, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
• Laser interstitial thermal therapy (history · last edit) from http://www.visualaseinc.com/glossaryfaq/. Note I've already removed the copyvios I've found but I'd like a second pair of eyes on this. Given the wall of text introduced by one editor and which is foundational I think this should probably be deleted. I'm basing the fact that we copied from them on this edit where our text is changed to and/or only a few months after the text was introduced and isn't copied on the other site. Given the copyright date it's possible they copied us in the intervening months but taking everything as a whole I find that unlike. Waybackmachine is of no help due to the sites robots.txt policy. Dpmuk (talk) 04:27, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
• Feminization of labor (history · last edit) extensive copyvio from Now hiring: the feminization of work in the United States, 1900-1995. I have already removed some copyvio passages but more keep turning up. Hairhorn (talk) 05:30, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
• Robin Russin (history · last edit) from http://faculty.ucr.edu/~rrussin/index.html. See Talk:Robin Russin, an IP claims that "I have permission to post the content. I am in the process of obtaining confirmation of that permission." Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 16:49, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

31 January 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Abraham Vereide (history · last edit) from http://www.normangrubb.com/Articles/BroadeningHorizons.htm. This copyvio was inserted in August 2009. The original creation of the page (by a different user) a few months earlier was a copyvio of another article by the same author as the second copyvio'd article. Fram (talk) 15:01, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
• John A. Oremus (history · last edit) from http://concreteproducts.com/index.php/news/archive-news/2555.html. Orignally copied word for word, the text has been slightly altered but is still too close. The page also has text from [4] (probably public domain), which is listed at the bottom of the article but where no proper attribution is given. Fram (talk) 10:07, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
• Caves of Balankanche (history · last edit) from http://www.cancun-watersports.com/index_archivos/Page7136.htm. Dweller (talk) 09:38, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

1 February 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Old Dutch Parsonage (history · last edit) from http://www.njskylands.com/guidesomerset.htm. Fram (talk) 14:26, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Same comment as for Wallace House below! Smallbones (talk) 18:42, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

• Wallace House (Somerville, New Jersey) (history · last edit) from http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/historic/olddutch-wallace/odwh-wallacehouse.htm. Original version of article was a copyvio from [5], but a later revision replaced this with a different copyvio, so going to back to an earlier version is not an option here. Fram (talk) 13:51, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

I've re-written the article (some old text retained). I don't like the tag on the article that in essence says "don't edit this, don't remove the tag." Remember that this is the encyclopdia that anybody can edit - not just administrators. Please do inform WT:NRHP if you are planning to removed WP:NRHP articles. Smallbones (talk) 17:33, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Please check NRHP articles for copyvio's then. Normally, I can and may speedy delete copyvios. I instead log them here and warn the creator. I am not going to jumpo through any more hoops to get copyvio's removed. As for the rest: there is no administrative protection, and if you don't like the tag, start a general discussion about it. Fram (talk) 08:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

• University of Richmond Office of the Chaplaincy (history · last edit) from http://chaplaincy.richmond.edu/ and links therein Images and text taken straight from the site. Subject is likely not notable either. WildCowboy (talk) 15:53, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

New listings

Entries in this section are newer than 7 days and should not be closed by an administrator. This gives time for the original authors of the article to deal with the problem.

Older than 5 days

Below are articles that have been listed here for longer than 5 days. At this point, they may be processed by a copyright problems board clerk. After 7 days, they may be closed by an administrator.

2 February 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Nathan Francis Mossell (history · last edit) from http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/nathan-mossell-gave-much-philadelphia. Original version of the artticle was a copyvio from another page (UPenn page, no longer available, but can also partly be seen at e.g. http://www.topsk8.org/community/blackhistory/spotlights-04.shtml ) Fram (talk) 11:08, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
• Provincetown Playhouse (history · last edit) from http://www.provincetownplayhouse.com/history.html. The same (even more blatantly) applies to Provincetown Players, tagged as well. Fram (talk) 10:07, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
• Lechitic languages, direct quote from Britannica at the bottom, is this allowed?--Victor Yus (talk) 11:20, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
• Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency (history · last edit) from http://www.synageva.com/lal-deficiency-info-overview.htm. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 15:00, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
• Roger Casement and the Black Diaries (history · last edit) from http://home.wmin.ac.uk/marketingresearch/2179casement.htm and see ticket # 2012020110003692. MorganKevinJ^(talk) 17:38, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Please see comment on this at the Talk page for this article. Nandt1 (talk) 18:20, 2 February 2012 (UTC) Please see further comment at Talk page for the article -- the copyright holder has responded to a posting on his WP Userpage, but in view of the nature of that response, the intervention of an adminsitrator in this case is now strongly recommended. Nandt1 (talk) 15:56, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

• Khaua-Mbandjeru Rebellion (history · last edit) from "whole+tribe,+but+the+preparations"+Bley&source=bl&ots=EB-46IHSjF&sig=IAmZLuB7skXAfSrkEVDf5hnLTUI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e98qT_EEybuEB5zRmdkK&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false. In an attempt to clean up this article and check the quotes from this book I realised that the entire article is an amalgamation of quotes from one and the same text. They are now all properly attributed, but this might be a case where the "fair use" of citations has been overdone, as the text now represents a significant part of the original text. Well, I'm not a lawyer and would therefore appreciate a second opinion. Pgallert (talk) 20:01, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

3 February 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Renault Winery (history · last edit) from http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/22/nyregion/nj-and-company-a-winery-changes-its-face.html. Please don't rely on the duplication detector too much, the wiki markup throws it off the scent, but the copying is quite clear, e.g. in the sentence that starts with "During Prohibition". Fram (talk) 10:32, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
• Canadians of Czech ethnicity (history · last edit) from http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/c15/2. Juandev (talk) 09:10, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
• Shoshana S. Bennett (history · last edit) from http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/therapists/therapists_sbennett.php. Listing here as although the foundational edit and this version of the source are nearly identical that version of the source is after we had the text. Wayback machine has no earlier version and this version of the next higher level page suggests there was no such version when the text was inserted here. I suspect what's most likely is we copied from somewhere else (possibly now lost in time). Listing here to see if doing so brings anything else to light. Dpmuk (talk) 21:31, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

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4 February 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• The Phoenix Declaration (history · last edit) from http://nolongersilent.org/PhoenixDeclaration.html. – Lionel ^(talk) 00:49, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
  • FYI, the counter-argument isn't that it doesn't come from the source - it obviously does - but rather that brief and fully attributed excerpts from the declaration, in an article on the declaration, fall under fair use. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 17:47, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
  • And now the source text has been put under a CC license, so while I still think it would be fair use, the question is moot. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 01:35, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

• No copyright concern. Material PD or appropriately licensed for use. --Dpmuk (talk) 04:50, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
  

• Hematoma (history · last edit). Not tagged as I'm fairly certain this is a backwards copy but want a second opinion before finally being done with the copypaste tag. Source is possibly this. Although the publication date isn't on that page, this search result says it was 21 July 2011, yet we've had the text since this edit on 3 August 2010. Hence, even allowing for publication times, I think it's a backwards copy. However given that it was introduced in one go and the academic nature of the possible source I thought it worth getting a second opinion in case I've missed something. Dpmuk (talk) 03:39, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
• Kangeyam bull (history · last edit) from http://www.embryoplus.com/cattle_kangayam.html. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:01, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
• United States Poet Laureate (history · last edit) from http://www.loc.gov/poetry/about_laureate.html. SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:53, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

  After posting, I realize that the source is the Library of Congress, so perhaps the source is pd? Even if this is true, the quoted material should either be in quotes with proper references, or some pd template is needed.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 14:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

• Marketing Accountability Standards Board (MASB) (history · last edit) from http://www.themasb.org/about/masb-mission/ http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/dominique.hanssens/Website/content/Long-Term%20PUP%202011%20-Hanssens.pdf http://www.themasb.org/about/mmap/ possibly others. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:04, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
• Larkhall Athletic F.C. (history · last edit) from http://www.toolstationleague.com/larkhall/index.php. This may be a backwards copy as it was added to wp years ago, but I'm unsure how to check. — Rod ^talk 16:56, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
• Tito Salas (history · last edit) from http://www.venezuelatuya.com/biografias/salas.htm. (Translated from Spanish.) Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:23, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
• José María Vargas (history · last edit) from http://www.venezuelatuya.com/biografias/vargas.htm (content added here as a straightforward translation). Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:38, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
• Vinicio Adames (history · last edit) from http://www.mipunto.com/venezuelavirtual/000/000/004/097.html and possibly other sources; see Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Caracas 2000. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:57, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
• Miriam Bernstein-Cohen (history · last edit) from http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bernstein-cohen-miriam and possibly others. From Sreifa CCI. Foundational. Mkativerata (talk) 20:11, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

5 February 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Sidney D Crosier (history · last edit) from http://www.thisisindiana.org/content.asp?q_areaprimaryid=4&q_areasecondaryid=0&q_areatertiaryid=0&q_eventid=154. Relisted. Talk suggests OTRS forthcoming. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 02:34, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
• The Joint Theater Level Simulation (history · last edit) from http://www.rolands.com/jtls/j_vdds/executive_overview.pdf http://www.rolands.com/jtls/j_over.html, see talk. Relisted from Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 January 25. I've confirmed copying and believe this will need to be deleted unless we get verified license. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:54, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
• Venice (history · last edit) from http://www.globalcitymap.com/italy/venice-map.html Oldwildbill (talk) 17:30, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
• Nordic Culture Point (history · last edit) from http://www.kulturkontaktnord.org/lang-en/nordic-culture-point/news/19-nyheter-om-kkn/1373-nifin-og-kulturkontakt-nord-gar-sammen-i-ny-organisasjon. Dpmuk (talk) 18:31, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
• Raphael Popov (history · last edit) from http://kae-bg.org/?act=content&rec=64. Was tagged as copypaste. Based on a google translate I can't see anything problematic but I'd agree leaving some Bulgarian in the original article is a little worrying. Listing here for a second opinion given the translation issues. Anyone know Bulgarian? Dpmuk (talk) 18:40, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

6 February 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Ali in the scriptures (history · last edit) from http://www.jafariyanews.com/2k8_news/april/15Prophet_Solomon_Tablet.htm. The "Sulaiman" section of the article, although very garbled, is extremely similar to the URL given. As the latter is not in native English, it may be a translation from another source on Jafariya News, and the contested Wikipedia page may be a different (and worse) translation of the same source. Sorry I don't have the language knowlege to pursue it further. As this is the first time I have done this, if I've gone about it in the wrong way then apologies in advance, and please would you let me know on my talk page? --Stfg (talk) 14:01, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

7 February 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• J.F. Oya (history · last edit) from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4287705/bio. Clear copy but claim of permission on talk. Dpmuk (talk) 20:57, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

8 February 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Soholt Castle (history · last edit) from http://www.søholt.dk/artikel.asp?menuID=3&subMenuID=0&subSubMenuID=0&artikel=16 apparently. This was tagged copypaste (without a url) in November but according to a message on the talk page, from June 2010, it is an online translation of the source. Unfortunately the source isn't available any more, I can't get waybackmachine to like the ø in the url and I can't find where the source may have moved to. Bringing here to see if anyone else has any luck. Dpmuk (talk) 05:02, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
• Jesus' Promise and the Task of Discipleship (history · last edit) from Jesus of Nazareth by Günther Bornkamm. Much of the text appears to be taken verbatim from various parts of the book. older ≠ wiser 13:21, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
• The Mourning Bride (Tragedy) (history · last edit) from The Oxford companion to English literature and another article created recently by Smintheus Fellin (talk · contribs). older ≠ wiser 13:33, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
• Legends In Concert (history · last edit) from here, here, etc. The Press Comments section is excessive copy-paste too. I say nuke it. It's the only way to be sure. Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:44, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
• Mirai Suenaga (history · last edit) from http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26269/About+Mirai+Suenaga.html. — madman 20:25, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

  Lead paragraph copied from http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26269/About+Mirai+Suenaga.html, very little content otherwise. Has been nominated for speedy deletion a7 multiple times but contributor keeps removing templates (and mistakes them for the original CSB notification besides). Attempting to engage contributor and have him request permission on talk page. — madman 20:25, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

• Economy of Vellore (history · last edit) from http://www.velloreonline.com/Economy.php. — madman 20:34, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

  This article was tagged for copyright investigation on November 17 (!) but was never listed at WP:CP. Relisting today. — madman 20:34, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

• Targeted killing user:Justiceinlaw has reverted an edit after I reverted it as "rv last edit. copyright violation (see talk page)" Here is the comparison I used. When I reverted again with "rv copyright violation see talk page Justiceinlaw you will have to talk about this on the talk page and convince people that it is not so." user:Justiceinlaw inserted the text again but slightly modified with other citations. Comparing the new text shows several strings the longest of which is 21 words long and another of 13 words. The 2 paragraphs are a report about a court case and there are only so many ways this can be written. However I do not want to get in to an edit war over this. So can someone else have a look and decide if the text should be reverted out or if the copying is acceptable. To check if this is a one off. I checked an earlier edit on the article Center for Constitutional Rights. An addition to the article by user:Justiceinlaw on 7 February 2012 added a paragraph on the Vatican and a citation to support it [6]. The paragraph is largely a copy, however there is a single double quote at the end of the paragraph and it may have been user:Justiceinlaw intention to place the copied text in double quotes (assuming good faith). So given this has happened before--either intentionally, or unintentionally--can someone else please look at these edits and explain that user:Justiceinlaw must respond to concerns about copyright violations before reverting to the same text again. -- PBS (talk) 22:44, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
  • I've removed the text for now (as it was still in the article), as this seemed less extreme than using the copyvio tag, and have left the editor concerned a note on their talk page. Hopefully they shall respond and this one can be quickly sorted. Off to look at the editor's other edits now. Dpmuk (talk) 23:10, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
  • Having looked at their other edits most of them have copyright concerns. The notes on their talk page has grown accordingly. I think Center for Constitutional Rights is OK, if a bit closely paraphased in places, but would quite like someone to take a second look as I haven't investigated quite as completely as I'd have liked as I've run out of time. Dpmuk (talk) 23:39, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

9 February 2012

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

• Joel Bloom (history · last edit) from http://www.njit.edu/president/staff/joel-bloom-bio.php. Ctoshw (talk) 05:29, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
• Tri Beta (history · last edit) from Tri-Beta Milestones Naraht (talk) 12:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

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