Talk:Roy Wilkins

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[edit] Possible copyvio

Before we put much more work onto the present base, could someone other than just me take a look at [1] and see if you agree that a previous editor has cribbed so much of it (without citing it at all!) as to possibly constitute a copyvio? If so, we should deal with that before building on a compromised foundation. Or perhaps there is a separate public-domain source used by both (if so, also used without citation). -- Jmabel | Talk 08:56, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)

The original article from October 15, does appear to be lifted from that site. Although the same information pops up on many sites, not sure how to fix it- beyond editing and adding refs.--nixie 09:17, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The problem is the history. My suggestion is that unless that text was public domain material merely reposted on that site (I've contacted the original poster to ask), we handle this as a copyvio and start over with a clean history. There's nothing to stop us from referencing that site and using it appropriately, but lifting entire sentences without credit is another matter. If the original poster does not weigh in within about 36 hours of my original remark, I will proceed along those lines. -- Jmabel | Talk 18:54, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)

I've taken out all the copyvios and added a reference which should be useful for any rewrites.--nixie 00:06, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Death date

Sources seem to disagree about whether he died on September 8 or 9, but the consensus seems to be September 8. Does anyone have something they believe would be definitive? -- Jmabel | Talk 05:01, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)