Talk:Harvington Hall

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Entire article copied and pasted from a web site[edit]

I'm not quite sure what to do about this:
AfD, PROD, re-write, warn author? There is even a link at the bottom saying it has been copied. I'm surprised that none of the subsequent editors have mentioned this. I've tagged it as copied, and it needs a discussion.--Kudpung (talk) 15:50, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have stubbified the article to remove the copyvio, now it just needs expanding again! Jenuk1985 | Talk 15:53, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strictly. It should also be removed from the history of the article. Kbthompson (talk) 16:18, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't aware of a specific policy for that, and I certainly haven't seen it done before, usually simply removing the copyvio text is sufficient. Jenuk1985 | Talk 16:19, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It's been done now. Generally speaking, a clear copyviol gets the whole article speedy deleted and someone has to come along and recreate it. If a page contains material which infringes copyright, that material – and the whole page, if there is no other material present – should be removed. - see WP:COPYVIO. A quick google showed that nearly all of the text was taken directly from the official website. Well done for noticing and keeping the salvageable. Kbthompson (talk) 16:26, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]