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Contributor copyright investigation

This CCI cleanup subpage has been opened because concerns of multiple point infringement have been substantiated and further steps are necessary to address the serious risk of copyright violation from the listed contributor. Listings are not intended to imply a presumption of bad faith on the part of any contributor, as copyright laws vary widely around the world and many contributors who violate Wikipedia's copyrights policy do so inadvertently through not understanding it or the United States' laws that govern it.

If you are here because of a note on an article's talk page explaining removal of text, please do not restore any removed text without first ensuring that the text does not duplicate, closely paraphrase or plagiarize from a previously published source. You are welcome to use sourced facts that may have been removed to create new content in your own words or to incorporate brief quotations of copyrighted material in accordance with the non-free content policy and guideline.
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Instructions

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All contributors with no history of copyright problems are welcome to contribute to clean up.

If contributors have been shown to have a history of extensive copyright violation, it may be assumed without further evidence that all of their major contributions are copyright violations, and they may be removed indiscriminately in accordance with Wikipedia:Copyright violations. However, to avoid collateral damage, efforts should be made when possible to verify infringement before removal.

When every section is completed, please alter the listing for this CCI at Wikipedia:CCI#Open_investigations to include the tag "completed=yes". This will alert a clerk that the listing needs to be archived.

  • {{CCI-open|Contributor name|Day Month Year|completed=yes}}

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  • Examine the article or the diffs linked below.
  • If the contributor has added creative content, either evaluate it carefully for copyright concerns or remove it.
  • If you remove text presumptively, place {{subst:CCI|name=Contributor name}} on the article's talk page.
  • If you specifically locate infringement and remove it (or revert to a previous clean version), place {{subst:cclean}} on the article's talk page. The url parameter may be optionally used to indicate source.
  • If there is insufficient creative content on the page for it to survive the removal of the text or it is impossible to extricate from subsequent improvements, replace it with {{subst:copyvio}}, linking to the investigation subpage in the url parameter. List the article as instructed at the copyright problems board, but you do not need to notify the contributor. Your note on the CCI investigation page serves that purpose.
  • To tag an article created by the contributor for presumptive deletion, place {{subst:copyvio|url=see talk}} on the article's face and {{subst:CCId|name=Contributor name}} on the article's talk page. List the article as instructed at the copyright problems board, but you do not need to notify the contributor.
  • After examining an article:
  • replace the diffs after the colon on the listing with indication of whether problem was found (add {{y}}) or not (add {{n}}). If the article is blanked and may be deleted, please indicate as much after the {{y}}.
  • Follow with your username and the time to indicate to others that the article has been evaluated and appropriately addressed. This is automatically generated by four tildes (~~~~)
  • If a section is complete, consider collapsing it by placing {{collapse top}} and {{collapse bottom}} beneath the section header and after the final listing.

Background

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Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Already subject to an image CCI, Richard has text issues as well. In November 2011, he created two articles which were subsequently deleted under WP:CSD#G12: August Howard and Job Male. (See [1] for some specific issues with the text.) In December 2010, this issue had been highlight to him here after he added copyrighted content to Canada–Tonga relations. In 2006, he created an article ([2]) with content taken either from this book or this website. Accordingly, his other contributions need to be evaluated for compatibility with our copyright policies.

In conjunction with the Image CCI, Richard requested to receive notification when content was removed for copyright problems, so in spite of common practice in CCIs, please leave the copyright template when you remove content from articles and the notice generated by {{copyvio}} when you blank them. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:17, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Contribution survey

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Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

This report covers contributions to 6539 articles from timestamp 2004-12-27 08:16:55 UTC to timestamp 2011-11-08 03:48:36 UTC.

Subpages:

Articles 1 through 20

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Note: Improper Wikipedia page merge, minor violation. Carrite (talk) 09:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Improper Wikipedia information merge, minor violation. Carrite (talk) 09:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Improper Wikipedia page split, minor violation. Carrite (talk) 09:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Large paste-in at time of creation by RAN, March 12, 2006. Ham-handed attempt to render as blockquotes. Deleted after B-R-D exchange with User:Drawn Some on July 21, 2009. Carrite (talk) 09:25, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Articles 21 through 40

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Piece created by RAN Jan. 4, 2005. Carrite (talk) 08:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Vaporware: (1 edits, 1 major, +8081) Green tickY copied literally and without attribution from the older [3] (I can't find evidence that Wikia copied this from an older Wikipedia version, but it is possible). Copyright violation no longer remains in the current article. Fram (talk) 12:55, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: One very large paste-in from Wikia article on May 9, 2010. Apparently removed in 2012. Carrite (talk) 08:42, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Original Nov. 8, 2011 version of piece by RAN was 1272 bytes. Additions by User:Edison on 11/11/11 and next day pumped size to 5511 bytes. RAN thereafter added one square bracket. Unclear how this relates to this case. Carrite (talk) 08:18, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Addenda: Ah, history deleted during the blanking and rewriting process. I am unable to assess this piece. Carrite (talk) 20:46, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Only edit by RAN showing in the history is the deletion of one category on Jan. 6, 2007. Clearly no copyvio issues in his case. See DIFF. Carrite (talk) 08:29, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Carrite, you are looking at the target of the redirect, not at the page under discussion. The history is there for everyone to see. Please be more careful in your research. Fram (talk) 08:30, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Article started by RAN on Nov. 20, 2011, left by him as a stub of 938 bytes, showing a Google Books footnote. Whatever copyright issues this article may subsequently have had had nothing to do with him, quite clearly. See history. Carrite (talk) 08:25, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Addenda: Upon further review probably another case of deleted history page making assessment impossible. Carrite (talk) 00:12, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to have completely misinterpreted this. The article was started by RAN on 7 Jan 2007 and RAN added lots of copyvio to it very early on. I wasn't able to conclusively determine whether the earliest content was copyvio, but the source may well have disappeared in the meantime. The pages was deleted after I listed it at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 November 13 (see also this talk page section). RAN subsequently rewrote the article, and the rewrite is the version you can read now. Hut 8.5 00:23, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 41 through 60

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Improper Wikipedia page content split, very minor violation. Carrite (talk) 08:59, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Large block of text pasted in as part of the editing process at time of creation by RAN, Jan. 30, 2007, hidden behind < ! -- tags with edit summary "hid text waiting for rewording." Removed by User:O Keyes on March 12, 2008. Never visible to readers in mainspace. Carrite (talk) 09:06, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Unclear where the copyvio is at in LAST VERSION BY RAN at time of creation Dec. 16, 2011. Carrite (talk) 09:13, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Addenda: Creation date indicates deleted history, unable to assess. Carrite (talk) 00:15, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 61 through 80

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Serious infraction by RAN pasting in a timeline, April 20, 2006. Carrite (talk) 07:18, 3 February 2013 (UTC) Last edit: Carrite (talk) 07:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This an invisible paste-in from a web source hidden in the edit section behind < ! -- tags, extant in RAN version of 6/22/07. Probably a remnant of the writing process. Carrite (talk) 07:28, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Unsure why first state of article, Jan. 1, 2006, is revision deleted. Lengthy section was two web sources pasted in as part of the writing process, deleted after 57 minutes. Carrite (talk) 08:06, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Unable to assess due to deleted source article. Could be the minor violation of merging in encyclopedic info without proper attribution, could be something nefarious. AfD deals with the assessment of notability of topics, not the black-and-white ruling on all information therein. WP:AGF, pending clarification. Carrite (talk) 01:39, 4 February 2013 (UTC) Last edit: Carrite (talk) 01:41, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 81 through 100

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Straight drop in of web text made July 7, 2009, hidden from public view behind < ! -- tags. This material was rendered visible to readers of the article on May 18, 2010 by User:MarnetteD. Carrite (talk) 07:38, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Straight drop in of web text from http://ieee.cincinnati.fuse.net/reiman/04_2001.html made in first version of 11/18/06. Hidden from public view behind < ! -- tags. This hidden text stricken 3/20/09 by User:Quadell, never visible to readers on mainspace.Carrite (talk) 07:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 101 through 120

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Note: Seems to be uncontroversial minor edits to a disambiguation page. Not at all sure there is a copyright issue here; if there is it seems a very minor technical issue. Carrite (talk) 18:23, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • N Nassau Presbyterian Church: Green tickY very long (3K) quote from website (given as quote, but far exceeding fair use), removed a few months later as a copyvio by user WhisperToMe. 09:14, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Note: Started by RAN 12/31/05. Included a very lengthy direct copy of the "official history" of the church in the form of an improperly footnoted massive block quote. Clear copyvio but typical of rookie editor web paste-ins that are seen. Copyvio removed by User:WhisperToMe June 4, 2006. Carrite (talk) 18:29, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Improperly attributed inter-wiki translation; minor copyright violation. Carrite (talk) 18:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Articles 121 through 140

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

  • N Axel Örbom: (4 edits, 4 major, +3646) Red XN Excessively long hidden quotes removed, but came from what is most likely a public domain source, so no copyvio
Note: Extensive Swedish-language paste-in made Aug. 27, 2008 from web version of 1906 book, hidden behind < ! -- tags, never visible to readers on mainspace. DIFF." Carrite (talk) 18:40, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 141 through 160

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Extremely bad editing technique at time of creation, March 6, 2009. Lengthy paste-in of dull text from 1889 book with a single footnote, comparable in laziness to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica instant-paste articles. Not a copyvio but very bad editing work. Carrite (talk) 18:47, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I am unable to assess this due to massive use of revision deletion. Carrite (talk) 18:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Same as Lachlan Maclean above — terrible editing technique at time of creation March 6, 2009, with large paste in of block of dull text with single footnote, EB1911 style. No copyvio but bad editing. Subsequently fixed by RAN on April 15, 2009 to meet current WP standards for footnoting." Carrite (talk) 18:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Appears to be a lengthy paste-in from a single source with a single footnote, subsequently edited. Seemingly brought up to form by RAN within 30 minutes (DIFF). Apparently pulled from mainspace and then returned in similar form, although there may be something I can't see owing to inability to view deleted files. Carrite (talk) 19:05, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 161 through 180

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Note: Seems to be a serious paste-in copyvio from http://acswebcontent.acs.org/landmarks/marker/life.html by RAN on March 30, 2006. Very very minimal paraphrase. Clear copyvio. Carrite (talk) 19:14, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Articles 181 through 200

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Problem found

'Note: Classic example of why the "quote=" field needs to be eliminated from citation templates altogether by the community. Either a massive set of copyright violations or no problem at all. This article should be cleaned by bold blanking of all those fields. Flicker links are another issue on top of this. Carrite (talk) 17:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 201 through 220

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Created by RAN Jan. 31, 2004. Improper (copyvio) long paragraphs in version of July 12, 2006 seen HERE. The second of these long paragraphs hidden by RAN Dec. 30, 2007. Carrite (talk) 09:41, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: And subsequently returned from limbo to mainspace, apparently not a copyvio after all... Carrite (talk) 09:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Er, no. It was blanked as a suspected copyright infringement, and while it was blanked RAN rewrote it and the rewrite was moved into mainspace. The current version looks nothing like the deleted version. Hut 8.5 08:40, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I stand corrected. Carrite (talk) 23:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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Articles 221 through 240

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Piece started by RAN Jan. 30, 2007, apparently as a paste-in list of award recipients with annotations. Improperly footnoted and flagged as Not Fair Use by Sphilbrick, subsequently brought up to copyright norms. Carrite (talk) 19:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Created by RAN Oct. 16, 2006 as unsourced paste-in. Ongoing close paraphrase issues during the cleanup, citing http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-623 as source. Carrite (talk) 19:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 241 through 260

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Articles 261 through 280

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Complaint about excessively long "quote=" detail by Sphilbrick, deleted during review process. Looks at a glance like a lot of good work by RAN beyond that. Carrite (talk) 19:54, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Improper inter-wiki article translation; minor copyright violation. Carrite (talk) 19:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Lengthy blockquote — still unattributed after this review — from the Philadelphia Inquirer of Oct. 19, 1863. Footnoting error. Bad editing, not a copyvio. Carrite (talk) 20:01, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Created by RAN Oct. 23, 2008. Excessively long Citation Template quote= entry and passage deemed an overly close paraphrase. Rendered a stub. Would probably not survive at AfD. Carrite (talk) 09:48, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 281 through 300

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No copyvio problem found


Problem found, but corrected

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Articles 301 through 320

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Piece started April 7, 2006 by RAN with an unattributed paste-in from http://www.nationalaviation.org/jeppesen-elrey/ . Significant copyvio. Carrite (talk) 20:08, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 321 through 340

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

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Articles 341 through 360

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Note: Only previous editing on this piece made by RAN was uncontroversial wikification by him on Aug. 1, 2006. Whatever copyright problems he helped clean in Nov. 2011 were not his doing. See history. Carrite (talk) 00:25, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You've made a mistake - look at the edit history of the page, not the target it is redirecting to. Hut 8.5 08:37, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Articles 361 through 380

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Articles 381 through 400

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

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Articles 401 through 420

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No violation

Violation

Note: Apparently a close paraphrase complaint between LAST VERSION BY RAN and PRINCETON PAPERS FINDING AID. Subjective. Created Oct. 23, 2011, stubbed out by CCI voluteer Hut 8.5 on Nov. 19, 2011. Carrite (talk) 00:33, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Why do you delete when you can just stub the article? Why delete categories and other vital information for the article? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:32, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I am unable to assess, first version stripped out and title relaunched. Carrite (talk) 20:13, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 421 through 440

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

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Articles 441 through 460

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

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Articles 461 through 480

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Piece launched by RAN Oct. 2, 2005. Article launched with a copyvio close paraphrase of History News Network piece cited above. Carrite (talk) 20:17, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 481 through 500

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No copyvio problem found

Problem found, but corrected

Note: Copyvio not germane to this case. Carrite (talk) 20:20, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I am unable to assess this piece; blanked by CCI and restarted anew by RAN during the course of this investigation. Carrite (talk) 20:26, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles 501 through 520

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@Sphilbrick: What about the huge quotes? 103.6.159.68 (talk) 20:25, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Appropriateness of long quotes in footnotes is a long time source of controversy, not yet fully resolved. It is been quite some time since this last was discussed so I don’t have the references handy. My review did not consider the quotes.--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:56, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If you think those quotes are too long, I encourage you to trim them down to a more reasonable length.--S Philbrick(Talk) 21:21, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Minor close paraphrase complaint and removal of longer "quote=" detail from a footnote. See DIFF. Carrite (talk) 20:31, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
More quotes removed. 103.6.159.68 (talk) 20:09, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Very light copyright violation, if any, properly footnoted translation of a CC 3.0 source. See DIFF. Carrite (talk) 20:36, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Articles 521 through 540

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Note: I am unable to assess this piece, history removed during blanking and rewriting process. Carrite (talk) 20:40, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Articles 541 through 560

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Articles 561 through 580

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Note: Piece created by RAN on July 9, 2005. An 84 word paragraph paste-in web copyvio removed. See DIFF. Carrite (talk) 00:42, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Improperly attributed inter-wiki translation, very minor copyvio. Carrite (talk) 00:46, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Articles 581 through 600

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Articles 601 through 620

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Articles 621 through 640

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Note: Complicated history. Created by RAN on Nov. 6, 2010 as unattributed paste-in from another WP article which would be a relatively minor copyvio. Nov. 17, 2011 RAN gutted out the paste and rewrote. On Dec. 2, 2011 Fram blanked and converted to a redirect to the original article, which was reverted by RAN on Dec. 6, 2011 and subsequent additional editing done. See HISTORY. Carrite (talk) 00:55, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Essentially a "quote=" complaint, although this Sept. 30, 2006 article started by RAN predated the Citation template. Multiple long quotes inserted to document the piece at time of creation deleted by User:Fram, per DIFF. RAN's creation version looked like THIS — he seems to have been making a good-faith effort to provide references, albeit in a way that in 2013 we obviously regard as a copyvio. Carrite (talk) 01:26, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Page started by RAN Jan. 9, 2007. Clearly a serious web paste-in copyvio, per Fram's link above. Carrite (talk) 01:32, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Upon further review, a close paraphrase violation rather than a straight paste-in. Probably due to defective writing technique, pasting in and then tweaking slightly. Still a bad copyvio. Carrite (talk) 02:50, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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