Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2010 May 13
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[edit]Beatle Bob (history · last edit) from http://www.beatlebob.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:aboutbb&catid=29:bb&Itemid=27. Adam in MO Talk 09:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
- This hasn't gotten any attention. This article is a near copy/paste of the beetlebob website. What should we do?--Adam in MO Talk 23:10, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
- If you can rewrite the infringing portions from scratch you can do that if you're so inclined. Otherwise an admin will get around to it in 5 days or so (things sit in the copyright queue for at least a week in order to allow time for rewrites) and either rewrite it, trim it down to a non-infringing stub, or delete it entirely if it's unsalvageable. VernoWhitney (talk) 23:21, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
- If you look at the bottom of that page, it sources wikipedia - it appears that the wikipedia article is the source of the webpage and not the other way around! InvictaHOG (talk) 03:43, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- Oh dear, I may have made a mistake. I am glad that we have things like this. I over-looked the WP tag on the beetlebob.com page.--Adam in MO Talk 08:29, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- I'm going to second the opinion that it appears to be reversed copying: after looking through the history, most of it appears to have grown organically here, and there's no Internet Archive of the source you found. While we can't be 100% sure, it appears to be sufficient evidence that I'm unblanking the page now. VernoWhitney (talk) 12:45, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- Oh dear, I may have made a mistake. I am glad that we have things like this. I over-looked the WP tag on the beetlebob.com page.--Adam in MO Talk 08:29, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- If you look at the bottom of that page, it sources wikipedia - it appears that the wikipedia article is the source of the webpage and not the other way around! InvictaHOG (talk) 03:43, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
No copyright concern. Appears to be reverse copying per the conversation above. VernoWhitney (talk) 12:45, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- If you can rewrite the infringing portions from scratch you can do that if you're so inclined. Otherwise an admin will get around to it in 5 days or so (things sit in the copyright queue for at least a week in order to allow time for rewrites) and either rewrite it, trim it down to a non-infringing stub, or delete it entirely if it's unsalvageable. VernoWhitney (talk) 23:21, 17 May 2010 (UTC)