Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 July 23

23 July 2009

• Ang Pinaka (history · last edit) from http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Ang_Pinaka&oldid=224323. Bluemask (talk) 00:51, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done -- CV text removed, intro rewritten and history cleaned. — CactusWriter | ^needles 10:15, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Superflex (history · last edit) from http://superflex.net/. œ^™ 02:55, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done -- selectively deleted copy-pasted sections. One used a Commons 2.5 license. Intro matched another website but I believe it was a reverse copyvio. — CactusWriter | ^needles 13:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

• Ko Ko Naing (history · last edit) from http://www.scmadbook.com/index.php/Authors. Feinoha ^{Talk, My master} 06:32, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done -- No issue with copyright. The MediaWiki uses a GNU GPL 3 license. — CactusWriter | ^needles 10:36, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Kingo Houses (history · last edit) from http://architecture.about.com/library/blutzon-kingohousing.htm. That's two from Ramblersen (talk · contribs), could warrant further investigation. MER-C 08:52, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done -- Text was already deleted. Intro rewritten. I've left a message on Ramblersen's page concerning the previous vio. I've checked most of the articles he has created and haven't yet found more violations. I'll look further though. — CactusWriter | ^needles 11:39, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Dr Mohankumar Darekar (history · last edit) from http://mohandarekar.com/Main_Banner/about_mohan_darekar.html http://www.artists-india.com/resume/mohan_darekar.php. MER-C 09:03, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

• Meeza (history · last edit) from http://www.meeza.com.qa/about/index.html. Ownership asserted on talk page. MLauba (talk) 14:58, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Contributor removed template after removing some of the text, but text still remains from that page and one another I identified. I think this probably is a connected contributor, so am not deleting, but I have explained to him that he must either verify or rewrite. Relisting per WP:AGF. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:28, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
    • The copy-pasted text still remained. But even if rewritten, there would still be issues of promotional spam. I added a CUP message on the editor's talk page. — CactusWriter | ^needles 15:10, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

• This is sort of a complicated problem, and I do have some un-answered questions, so I'll try to be as clear as possible. San anjelo (talk · contribs) has uploaded many, many images under the {{pd-self}} tag. Many have already been deleted as possible or proven copyright violations (see User talk:San anjelo, especially where the user has been blocked twice). Some of these, such as File:Malolos Santo Cristo.jpg, could conceivably be self-made, so I decided to leave them alone for now. However, many images are low-resolution with no metadata (such as File:Santa isabel church.jpg), a few are clearly made by someone else (such as File:Malolosmap.gif, and others are aerial photos which I highly doubt were taken by the user in question (such as File:Bulacan Capital.jpg). I have listed these likely copyvios below:
  1. File:Malolosmap.gif
  2. File:Malolos arch.jpg
  3. File:Santa isabel church.jpg
  4. File:Bulacan Sunset.jpg
  5. File:Bulacan Capital.jpg
  6. File:Bulacan Aerial View.jpg
  7. File:Linggo ng Bulacan.jpg
  8. File:BULSU Aerial View.jpg
  9. File:Old AtlagUMC.GIF
  10. File:AtlagUMC sketch.jpg
  11. File:Malolos Basilica.jpg
  12. File:Umc philippines 100years.jpg

• Second part: there are a few other images which are low-resolution, but which have metadata. However, all of these pictures have the exact same metadata stored in them, and it seems suspicious, especially since they appear to be taken from different distances and in different lighting conditions. See File:Gregorio del Pilar Monument.jpg for an example. Is it possible to insert fake metadata into a file to make it appear as if you took the picture? Or could it be some quirky error from an old camera and the pictures could indeed be self made? I have listed the images which meet this condition below:
  1. File:Gregorio del Pilar Monument.jpg
  2. File:Bulacan Capitol.jpg
  3. File:Malolos City Hall.jpg
  4. File:Malolos Bayan.jpg

• Note that this leaves a lot of possibly copied maps, such as File:Malolos Caniogan.jpg, which I have not listed, although I am suspicious because they were all uploaded on the same day. I would like those to get looked at if someone has the time.
• Thank you in advance for helping me sort this out. -RunningOnBrains^(talk) 19:44, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Hi. I'm afraid that you've brought them to the wrong forum. :) WP:CP is strictly for text copyright infringements. Images are handled at WP:PUF. If you don't want to open a formal investigation at PUF, you might just want to paste all of this at WP:COPYCLEAN. I sometimes do help out with image vios, but they are not really my area. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:40, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
    • Thank you, I will do that. -RunningOnBrains^(talk) 22:51, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

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• Grandique Ferry, Nova Scotia (history · last edit) Part of long-running larger issue. I've article-cv-blanked this—one of the strongest examples. cf. AN/I post & User talk:Lifebaka. –Whitehorse1 19:55, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done -- CV issues were already addressed. The other problems with POV and Verifiability still remain to be resolved but are being investigated. — CactusWriter | ^needles 09:41, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Chris J (history · last edit) from http://www.topnotchpromo.com/featured.php?page=2. — Σxplicit 20:31, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done Copy-pasted text deleted. — CactusWriter | ^needles 10:02, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Robert Henry Cain (history · last edit) from http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/robert_cain.htm. Revision already begun. Worst of it is before Woody gets involved. Somebody has written for permission, though note that the dating of this text is confusing. It would seem to have originated here, but probably didn't. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Robert Cain. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:01, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done - the two contributing editors have completely rewritten this article from multiple sources. It looks great now. — CactusWriter | ^needles 15:42, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Arellano Hymn (history · last edit) from [1]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

• Oliver Spencer-Wortley (history · last edit) from [2]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
• Sachse edc (history · last edit) from [3]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
• Servo Robot Inc. (history · last edit) from [4]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
• The Pelican (history · last edit) from [5]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

No copyright violation found. — CactusWriter | ^needles 08:46, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Tron Legacy (history · last edit) from [6]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done -- A couple of sentences were copy-pasted, but cited. Added quotes and an attribution. — CactusWriter | ^needles 08:42, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Udutu (history · last edit) from [7]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
• Whitney M. Young High School (history · last edit) from [8]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done - No problem. This website is a Wikipedia mirror. — CactusWriter | ^needles 08:31, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Bill Fawcett (history · last edit) from [9]. Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
• Sachse EDC (history · last edit) (url not detected). Nomination completed by DumbBOT (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)