Wikipedia talk:Copyright problems

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Ennui (sonnet)

The analysis section of the Ennui (sonnet) articthis pagele seem to be pulled from this review on the guardian [1].

"This is wonderfully taut and restless in a manner that recalls Robert Browning or William Empson. That first phrase is probably the best moment in the poem, relishing its own archness."

appears in both, for instance.

Copypaste tags and unlisted copyvio tags

Could those that deal with copyright please remember that as we don't have a working bot articles that are tagged with {{copypaste}} aren't showing up and that's led to a backlog at Category:Copied_and_pasted_articles_and_sections. I've started to work on it but there are a lot there. My attempts at getting a bot up and running have stalled due to a dead laptop but before it died it was producing lists of copyvio tags that weren't being listed here and there were certainly quite a few. Obviously they're still being listed at Category:Articles tagged for copyright problems but that doesn't show which ones aren't listed so I'm not sure what the best way to deal with this problem is. Dpmuk (talk) 23:06, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Ack. We really need to get some bots going on this page again. There's promising movement on the CSB front, but that's just going to amp up the work here. :) Dramatically. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:02, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

point shaving

Hi, I'm looking at the third paragraph of the "Other Sports" section of point shaving and wondering if it is a copy and paste from the cited website or reverse (can you cite something that uses Wikipedia as a source?). 0¹⁸ (talk) 03:07, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

I now think this might be a reverse copy and paste job. What does one do about that? 0¹⁸ (talk) 01:49, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

{{backwardscopy}}. :) Thanks for looking into that, and I'm sorry you've been sitting without response for so long! --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:03, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

College of Science - University of Baghdad

This article is very large and large portions of it are copyright violations but not all (at least from what I can find so far). I could use some help combing it to see if there's enough information left to warrant an article. I'm tempted to just make it a stub but if anyone has some time, I could use some help. OlYeller21^Talktome 19:43, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

I should note, I think redirecting to University of Baghdad would probably make more sense than creating a stub. OlYeller21^Talktome 19:47, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Wow. He keeps putting this back. Over and over again. :/ I've indeffed him. It may become necessary to protect the page. Redirecting is completely an editorial decision, though, so you might want to bring it up at a different forum. :) I try not to mix my copyright hat with other work. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:09, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Copyedits

I started working my way through the page, and found that I believed the text of the page could be improved, so I've started copyediting it. Others are welcome to take a look at my changes, and discuss them or (if I've erred in some way) revise them as appropriate. I found particularly confusing the para that made it seem, when you got to the end of it and if you did not read further, that there were only 2 (rather than 3) ways to address copyright concerns ... I've now fixed that.--Epeefleche (talk) 06:46, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Looks good to me. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:01, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. It needs much more work, to turn it into even passable English, and fill in words that are simply missing. I'm glancing at the next section ... "... check the discussion page to see if a note has been added to the top of the talk page allay people's concerns." Really? This is a hot mess. Within 2 weeks, I'll try to slog through it all.--Epeefleche (talk) 18:52, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Copyvios from psychology students

I just wanted to give other editors a heads up about a group of psychology students. I noticed one blatant copyvio appear on my watchlist and followed the editor in question to this class. I spot-checked two more students on that list and they had both copied and pasted text from other sources without permission, indicating there may be a larger problem. I have notified the professor of the class, but it might be worth keeping an eye on. --BelovedFreak 10:49, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

• Another one here [2] I am in discussion with the prof. And we will need to figure out how to proceed.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 13:42, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

{{Copypaste}}

Hi! I'm not sure if this question can even be answered but are article that use {{Copypaste}} patrolled by editors who frequent this board? I only ask because I'm investigating how the template is used. I feel that it may be used in error or may be used when immediate action should be taken (like a G12). We may need to more adequately define the scope of the template but if its use is closely monitored, there may not actually be a problem that needs addressing.

Here's a list of article that use the template. As of this post, it's being used 230 times^[3]. OlYeller21^Talktome 20:10, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

History of Ogah Chinonso

He was born at Enugu state, Nigeria on 27th Dec. 1993, he is a proffesional footballer and writter, he is also a student of UNIABUJA, FCT, ABUJA