Talk:Karma Police

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1 Recent copyvio
2 Not copyright violation
3 POV
4 Rationale for Removal
5 OK

[edit] Recent copyvio

Unfortunately, the large revamp of the page seems to be a huge copyright violation from another source. I found the source merely be selecting some of the text and dropping it right into Google (a typically manner of checking for copyvio). This is what came up: Google's cache of the page, as I can't get the original to open. Folkor 08:13, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not copyright violation

I assure you I that have written the Karma Police article myself. The Google result is a from my page on a peer networking/blogging website, where I had uploaded the article some time ago.

Unfortunately, it still violates Wikipedia:No original research. --Qviri (talk) 01:32, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

It is not research. It is not of an academic nature. I did not do research to develop the article, I just sat down and wrote it. The only way in which it is different from other Wikipedia entries, it seems to me, is its length.

[edit] POV

It's a biased analysis by one person, it even credits and names that person. Skinnyweed 18:09, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rationale for Removal

I removed the essay for the article. In my opinion, everything in the essay falls into one of these three categories:
1) Wikipedia:No original research - although mentioned (and subsequently dismissed) above, this is relevant. From the link: "Original research is a term used on Wikipedia to refer to material added to articles by Wikipedia editors that has not been published already by a reputable source," ie, anything (researched or not) that has not been published in a reputable source would fall under this policy.
2) Wikipedia:Neutral point of view - many parts of this essay are not universally accepted truths, even amongst Radiohead fans. What is presented is an interpretation of Karma Police, not the interpretation of Karma Police. In this respect, the editor's POV on this issue is very clear.
3) Wikipedia:Verifiability - since the editor, in the editor's words, simply "sat down and wrote" this, much of this essay can't really be verified. For example, a similar explanation of the song, constructed from interviews with, for example, Thom Yorke, would likely be very acceptable.

If the editor that added this is still hanging around, then they are welcome to point out how I am misunderstanding things here. It seems to me like this is violating policy on multiple levels, however, and I don't a appear to be alone in thinking that. --EdisonLBM 21:47, 1 May 2006 (UTC)