Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 April 16

16 April 2009

• Andrea Beaty (history · last edit) from [1]. Postcard Cathy (talk) 00:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• File:Redwood River 800x569.jpg (history · last edit) from . 76.200.148.120 (talk) 03:38, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Images are not handled in this forum. I've followed the procedure at Template:Di-no permission. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:51, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Zora Young (history · last edit) from The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, by Colin Larkin (1995), page 2755, ISBN 1561591769. TheClashFan (talk) 05:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• I wrote this article from scratch, by paraphrasing her
  Allmusic entry. It is not a copyright violation. Chubbles (talk) 11:19, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply
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• Young wasn't very famous when this book was published, in 1995. Futhermore, searching this volume on Google Books for Zora Young returns no hits. This claim is bogus; I doubt she has an entry at all. Anyone have the physical book? Chubbles (talk) 13:40, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't, but a Google book search suggests this is pretty unlikely, in that you're quite right that google books indicates no match for "Zora Young" within that edition of the book ([2]). I'll seek feedback before marking this resolved and restoring the article. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:13, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • The lister has edited, but not responded to request for more information. Therefore, I'm restoring this text pending further evidence, given teh apparent absence of an entry on this individual in this book. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:57, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • The lister is not going to respond, either. Xe has been indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JamesBurns. I am afraid that you might be falling victim to some of the more underhanded methods that xe has employed to delete, or otherwise gain xyr own way with, music articles. There is a possibility that the copyright violation claim was made in bad faith. Uncle G (talk) 02:16, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Ah. Thanks for the update. I will posthaste clear the other unverifiable article tagged by the contributor (two down.) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:46, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Big Time Sarah (history · last edit) from The Big Book of Blues by Robert Santelli (1993), page 34, ISBN 0140159398. TheClashFan (talk) 05:44, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What portion of the article is a violation? The article's first draft cites this book as a source for the first paragraph. If the first paragraph is copied word-for-word it can be removed and the rest restored. Chubbles (talk) 13:08, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

By selective keyword entry in Google Books, it is clear that, indeed, the first paragraph only need be removed as a violation. Chubbles (talk) 13:51, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I checked this book and the first paragraph of the Biography section is indeed almost word for word copy from it. However, the rest of the article isn't. Just delete the first paragraph, and everything should be okay. --Sumori (talk) 17:36, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Any objections to me just going ahead and

doing that? I'd like to expedite this process if possible. Chubbles (talk) 14:50, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply

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I'm afraid this one has somewhat more extensive problems. The second paragraph also infringes; see [3]. I see duplication both in the vibrant, versatility descriptors but even more extensively in the area of "Sarah's powerful, commanding vocal style...." I haven't checked the third paragraph to see it infringes on anything, but we might need to overhaul that article just to be sure, since the creator evidently copied from at least two sources. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:55, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, want to just kill the bio and leave the skeleton? I can throw in a couple sentences of new prose. Chubbles (talk) 15:30, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That might be the best approach. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:44, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Chubbles (talk) 16:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Big Walter Horton (history · last edit) from The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, by Colin Larkin (1992), page 1190, ISBN 1882267028. TheClashFan (talk) 08:31, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Searching this volume on Google Books for Big Walter Horton returns no hits. Chubbles (talk) 13:41, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No evidence of violation; see above under Big Time Sarah. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:46, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]