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::I've heard that WP does that. You're right...facts themselves cannot be copyrighted. However, when someone writes about those facts, that text can be (and legally is by default) copyrighted. Then if someone else copies that text and uses it as their own, it is plagiarism. So, I'm not too concerned specifically about WP deleting the article, but I am concerned that portions of this exact text is also published elsewhere on the world wide web. Were you the one to originally write this article in full? --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 20:09, 12 November 2019 (EST)
::I've heard that WP does that. You're right...facts themselves cannot be copyrighted. However, when someone writes about those facts, that text can be (and legally is by default) copyrighted. Then if someone else copies that text and uses it as their own, it is plagiarism. So, I'm not too concerned specifically about WP deleting the article, but I am concerned that portions of this exact text is also published elsewhere on the world wide web. Were you the one to originally write this article in full? --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 20:09, 12 November 2019 (EST)
:Yes, I wrote the article from scratch and interviewed Mr. Blaylock several years before he died. I don't know what has been "copied" from other sources. I never pick up verbatim text from websites without rewriting the material. Please let me know specfically where the problem lies with this article.[[User:BHathorn|BHathorn]] ([[User talk:BHathorn|talk]]) 21:22, 14 November 2019 (EST)