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A-10 Thunderbolt

Sadly the A-10 Thunderbolt article is a blatant copyvio of aerospaceweb.org, a site which does not release its content into the public domain. The entire content of the article bar the first 17 words (out of about 220) are a direct copy and paste from the site. Furthermore it appears at least one picture is in violation of the sites copyright. EQ 20:08, 9 August 2007 (EDT)

This has been dealt with. Philip J. Rayment 09:12, 6 April 2008 (EDT)

WWE Championship

Without the attribution that GFDL requires, WWE Championship is a blatant copyvio of Wikipedia. Please delete immidiately. --Deskana 22:25, 22 August 2007 (EDT)

If you look at the history of the article, the author of the article has stated that he wrote it on wikipedia. Bohdan 22:27, 22 August 2007 (EDT)

If you look at the editor on wikipedia, you will discover he has been blocked multiple times and didn't write the entire article. NeutralParty 22:48, 22 August 2007 (EDT)

Yeah, I will delete it. Bohdan

Lostcaesar and wikipedia

It appears User:Lostcaesar has violated the first commandment on Historicity of Jesus (and perhaps his other articles). It is clear that a significant portion of the text is from Wikipedia. My concern in this matter is that you are violating wikipedia's GFDL by using so much Wikipedia content without citing and linking back to the Wikipedia article. I'm not sure how you usually deal with these matters, so I am bringing it to your attention. I'm not sure if the content needs to be blanked, or if adding the link back to Wikipedia is enough. Lostcaesar used to be a Wikipedia editor, so I do understand that he can use content that he personally created on both wikis. However, I know for a fact that there is content that Lostcaesar did not write from Wikipedia in the Historicity of Jesus article here. Thanks.-Andrewc 11:36, 16 November 2007 (EST)

Given that you admit that only parts are copied from Wikipedia and that the user did contribute parts to the Wikipedia article, it's hard to check this claim out, without specifics as to which parts are copied that the user did not write. I also realise that it's been some time since this complaint was posted, but I also note that this complaint is the only contribution of this user. Unless more specifics are forthcoming, I think this one need not be taken further. Philip J. Rayment 06:55, 8 April 2008 (EDT)

Name of God

Direct copy/paste copyvio from http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=52&letter=N. Don't know how to warn the creator, so I won't, though I'm a bit disappointed that sysop would do such a thing. TheEvilSpartan 13:05, 8 January 2008 (EST)

The article attributes it to the public domain version of The Jewish Encyclopedia. You have not made a prima facie case. Philip J. Rayment 06:40, 8 April 2008 (EDT)

Bahá'í

Direct copyvio from http://www.bahai.org/faq/facts/bahai_faith. Again, I do not know how to warn the user. TheEvilSpartan 13:18, 8 January 2008 (EST)

Their website gives permission to copy[1] with appropriate attribution. I've improved the attribution. Philip J. Rayment 06:38, 8 April 2008 (EDT)

Image:Repub. conv..jpg

Hi. I'm an administrator at the Wikimedia Commons, and it was reported to me that this image was uploaded, apparently from Commons, but does not comply with the attribution requirements of the original photograph. I tried to inform the uploader, but can't as I only registered 5mins ago. Figured someone ought to know. Mattbuck 08:43, 1 November 2008 (EDT)