Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 October 13

13 October 2009

The Dance of Life (history · last edit) from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019798/trivia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019798/maindetails http://www.answers.com/topic/the-dance-of-life-film. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 00:10, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Y Cleaned. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:26, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Miami Hurricanes football (history · last edit) from [1]. Since posting the template, another editor has blanked it. Racepacket (talk) 02:00, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can't you tell the complete truth, just once? That's not "blanking"; it was copied and pasted from another source and constituted blatant copyright infringement, putting Wikipedia at risk for liability the longer it stayed up. Regardless, it looks like it was added by User:Drew1830 at some time during the summer of 2007 [2].-PassionoftheDamon (talk) 02:10, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info. The {{copyvio}} template removed the content from public view even if you had not blanked the text and removed the template. It says a lot about how consistently other editors' changes have been reverted that the article did not drift away from its source over two years. Racepacket (talk) 03:55, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, what it says a lot about is the unique nature of the contrived, POV edits you keep trying to force into the article over the objections of everyone else.-PassionoftheDamon (talk) 14:46, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is a very important point which requires an administrator to examine even if PassionoftheDamon has deleted the template. The fact that a biased, POV-pushing website could be lifted verbatim, and then remain in tact for over two years despite a dozen different editors trying to tone it down over time is amazing. Racepacket (talk) 16:41, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've posted a new, non-infringing version directly on the page rather than the subpage, since User:PassionoftheDamon removed the old text as well as the template. Feel free to make your own independent investigation/evaluation of the situation. Racepacket (talk) 11:48, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My new, non-infringing version has been blanked by PassionoftheDamon, who is now replacing it with a closer paraphrase of the copyrighted materials, and I have left a notice at WP:ANI.Racepacket (talk) 18:25, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that facts can't be copyrighted, but characterizations, including specific adjectives are part of a copyrighted literary expression. Racepacket (talk) 17:18, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the ANI listing and the article, it seems that concerns may be resolved. Are you satisfied with the copyright status of the article? --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:34, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The answer is "in part." The history section until 1995 has been completely rewritten. However, the separate articles on each individual football season appear to be tight paraphrases of the UM Athletics Dept Website. I flagged one verbatim copying at 1987 Miami Hurricanes football team but I have not checked each sentence left by the editor who did the block copy in the history section. Thanks. Racepacket (talk) 13:48, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

←Okay, based on your communications, it seems that this edit introduced the problem text in the tagged article. In 1987 Miami Hurricanes football team, the currently tagged sentence was added somewhere in this series by a different contributor. So it seems that problematic material may have been added by User:PassionoftheDamon and User:Drew1830. I'm looking through the lists of seasons to find seasons that have substantial text. I see 1987 Miami Hurricanes football team, 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team, 2005 Miami Hurricanes football team, 2006 Miami Hurricanes football team, 2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, 2008 Miami Hurricanes football team and 2009 Miami Hurricanes football team that show more than superficial contributions by one or both of those contributors. 2002 Miami Hurricanes football team also has substantial text, but neither of those contributors added creative content--at least not logged in. It also seems that copyright issues may be a recurrent problem for those articles, as I see removals of text by various contributors (including one of these two) under that rationale. I'll look a little more deeply into those specific articles to see if I identify problem text. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:14, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2002 Miami Hurricanes football team Done Seems clean, according to my plagiarism detector. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:19, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
1987 Miami Hurricanes football team Done Tagged for peacock & weasel, but I don't see any infringement in addition to the sentence tagged. My plagiarism detector didn't find any, though it isn't the most sensitive instrument in the world. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:39, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2001 Miami Hurricanes football team Done Tagged one weasel phrase, but plagiarism detector didn't find any problem. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:46, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2005 Miami Hurricanes football team Done Our article has been copied elsewhere, but I didn't find infringement.--Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:52, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2006 Miami Hurricanes football team Done Another reverse infringement. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:26, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2007 Miami Hurricanes football team Done Another reverse infringement. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:40, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2008 Miami Hurricanes football team Done Nothing detected. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:44, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2009 Miami Hurricanes football team Done Nothing detected. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:52, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've done a search of each of these. I would not have picked up close paraphrasing, but would probably have detected blatant infringement (although, again, the program I use is not 100% effective). If close paraphrasing or infringement are found, please tag and list them individually. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:52, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

York Theater (history · last edit) from http://www.classiccinemas.com/history/york.asp. Deor (talk) 14:48, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
ISPRS (history · last edit) from http://www.rsgis.ait.ac.th/isprs/ (and others). Permission asserted. The leftorium 16:41, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Y OTRS. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:44, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
NICEIC (history · last edit) from http://www.niceic.com/. Permission asserted. The leftorium 16:58, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- OTRS sent. The leftorium 17:33, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - And so it was, but it wasn't complete: ticket:2009101310042181. Contributor requested deletion there until the matter is resolved to avoid the ugly copyvio template. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:53, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
3g and hsdpa (history · last edit) from http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-3g-and-hsdpa/. Can't tell for sure which came first. Given that the Wikipedia page was created less than 12 hours ago, it smells like a copyvio to me. Fabrictramp | talk to me 17:01, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
River Islands at Lathrop (history · last edit) possibly cobbled together from several pages, see links in page history. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:56, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- Deleted copyvio text and close paraphrasing. Revised intro for stubbed article. — CactusWriter | ^needles 12:21, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wijs solution (history · last edit) partially copied from http://www.iic.co.th/products/iodine.htm. T. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:02, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Chris Constantine Curtis (history · last edit) from [3]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:19, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --MLauba (talk) 09:31, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Debra saylor (history · last edit) from [4]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:19, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --MLauba (talk) 09:31, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marketing institute of singapore (history · last edit) from [5]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:19, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --MLauba (talk) 09:31, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mdd/Sandbox 2 (history · last edit) from [various Wikipedia articles]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:19, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- No copyvio. — CactusWriter | ^needles 09:05, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

World petroleum council (history · last edit) from [6]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:19, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Cascadia Community College (history · last edit) (url not detected). Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:19, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the most obviously copied material. It wouldn't hurt for someone else to take a look at the article, though. Deor (talk) 00:24, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- Looks fine. Copyvio text was removed. — CactusWriter | ^needles 08:55, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]