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That site links to http://www.nps.gov/jeff/william_holmes.html and suggests that was its source; the link results in a "page not found" error but on the same site is http://www.nps.gov/jeff/historyculture/upload/mcguffey.pdf which appears to be the same, only in PDF format. A disclaimer suggests it is in the public domain. --Snigbrook (talk) 00:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
The disclaimer you speak of specifically states, Not all information on this website has been created or is owned by the NPS. If you wish to use any non-NPS material, you must seek permission directly from the owning (or holding) sources. Additionally, if the original source link is dead, it's certainly questionable as to whether or not the content should continue. However, Yilloslime isn't saying the content was a copyvio of the National Park Service source but of http://www.mcguffeyreaders.com/history.htm which contains content from many sources, all of which would be considered copyvio except the NPA one. - ✰ALLST☆R✰ echo 05:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
My apologies for reverting the copyright notice without checking this page, but the text is originally from a government site which claims all work is in the public domain unless otherwise indicated (which it is). While the text is appropriate for a site on culture it is very unencyclopedic and the entire article needs to be rewritten or stubified as soon as possible, however that is something that needs to be discussed on the article's talk page. 121.216.227.175 (talk) 04:23, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
As the copyright tag says, "Do not edit this page until an administrator has resolved this issue." As you are not an admin, I have reverted your removal of the copyright notice. - ✰ALLST☆R✰ echo 05:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I apologise for any confusion, I believed that given the clear and unfortunate mistake made (the oversight of the link to the government site) there was no need for administrator intervention. This is not an attempt to excuse my actions, merely to explain them. 121.216.227.175 (talk) 05:35, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
There does not seem to be any text from the other sections of http://www.mcguffeyreaders.com/history.htm in the article, and the paragraph beginning "Even though there were originally four Readers" is on nps.gov, but not on mcguffeyreaders.com. The copyright notice on nps.gov states that "Information presented on this website, unless otherwise indicated, is considered in the public domain." and there is no indication on the PDF, or the HTML page that links to it, that it is not in the public domain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snigbrook (talk • contribs) 12:43, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Suspected copyvio of http://cna.ca/english/about.asp: all except the final paragraph is the same as on the website (also the first two edits do not appear to be copied. The article has been on Wikipedia for a while, however, the unusual formatting makes it more likely that is has been copied and pasted. The suspected copyvio was added by an IP address of the organisation (its domain name is mail.cna.ca) but that does not necessarily mean that permission has been given for the use of the text in the article. --Snigbrook (talk) 10:03, 4 June 2008 (UTC)