Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2014 April 24
Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)
[edit]- Peter Youngren (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://www.peteryoungren.org/impact/about_peter/. Natg 19 (talk) 17:57, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
- The offending material was added with this edit. I reverted to the edit before that, and then put the maintenance tags back in. Cnilep (talk) 08:10, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- That seems to have been a good call by Cnilep. However, looking further back, is there any reason at all to suppose that this is original content? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:22, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- I searched a bit and did find one very similar sentence in a list of pastors, here. I check the web site of Youngren's ministry, but couldn't find either that sentence or other information in the 2006 Wikipedia article. Both the Wikipedia content and the angelfire site might come from some third source, but so far I can't find it. I've asked User:Norum to comment here. Cnilep (talk) 01:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I made those edits 8 years ago, back in January 2006. I am a bit surprised to be asked about the edits now, I can't really remember were I found the source. Norum 07:26, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- It may never be possible to identify the source, but it seems quite obvious that it was copied from something - content like "World Impact Ministries - Founded by Peter Youngren in 1976, World Impact Ministries reaches millions each year with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, through festivals and conferences" is clear "PR speak". But never mind the copyright concerns - it's a clear WP:BLP issue. Even in 2006, sources were required. :) I've rewritten it from scratch, with sourcing. Unfortunately, I can't find much. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:29, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Given Moonriddengirl's certainty that this content was copied, I looked at other edits by Norum. Based on what I found, I've requested a WP:CCI. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:43, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- It may never be possible to identify the source, but it seems quite obvious that it was copied from something - content like "World Impact Ministries - Founded by Peter Youngren in 1976, World Impact Ministries reaches millions each year with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, through festivals and conferences" is clear "PR speak". But never mind the copyright concerns - it's a clear WP:BLP issue. Even in 2006, sources were required. :) I've rewritten it from scratch, with sourcing. Unfortunately, I can't find much. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:29, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I made those edits 8 years ago, back in January 2006. I am a bit surprised to be asked about the edits now, I can't really remember were I found the source. Norum 07:26, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I searched a bit and did find one very similar sentence in a list of pastors, here. I check the web site of Youngren's ministry, but couldn't find either that sentence or other information in the 2006 Wikipedia article. Both the Wikipedia content and the angelfire site might come from some third source, but so far I can't find it. I've asked User:Norum to comment here. Cnilep (talk) 01:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- That seems to have been a good call by Cnilep. However, looking further back, is there any reason at all to suppose that this is original content? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:22, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- The offending material was added with this edit. I reverted to the edit before that, and then put the maintenance tags back in. Cnilep (talk) 08:10, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
In plain English, what does it all mean? Norum 18:19, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- Norum, it means that I think that some of the articles you created a long time ago include stuff that you copied without permission from other places, either websites or books. So I've asked for a check on your edits to see if I'm right or wrong. I left a note on your talk page about it. The request is here, and that is the place to make any comments you may have. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:10, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
I have read and yes, I have done that back 8 years ago, when I was still new and inexperienced. So I am no denying anything. My question is, what could be the final outcome? Norum 19:30, 8 May 2014 (UTC)