Several paprgraphs have been directly cut and pasted into wikipedia from [1] copyrighted source, list it as a copyvio--nixie 03:44, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
It is not copy righted source. I mentioned it in my edit comment it is from public domain source. let me copy from Jewish Encyclopedia
The Jewish Encyclopedia was an encyclopedia originally published between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. It contained over 15,000 articles in 12 volumes on the history and then-current state of Judaism and the Jews as of 1901. It is now a public domain resource
The Jewish Encyclopedia was published between 1901 and 1906. The text on Jews in USA mention events from the 1940s, 1960s and even 1980s. How can the article text be from the Jewish Encyclopedia? Am I missing something? Carrp 03:57, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Yep you are missing some thing. you are missing the word 'orignally'. The statement is
The Jewish Encyclopedia was an encyclopedia originally published between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls.
It is public domain like wikipedia. Like after 100 years we will be saying wikipedia start in ... and it will have articles of 2100! Zain 04:01, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
The main page [2] of the Jewish Encyclopedia has this notice:
This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed almost 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is remarkably relevant today.
The introductory page seems to clearly state that the site contains the original unedited encyclopedia which was published in 1901-1906. Could you please provide a link to the source for the text on Jews in USA? Carrp 04:16, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I think copyright problem is not main problem for vfd here. so remove whatever you see as copyrighted. Or you might reuse the information in any other way. Which it might seem fit. You might use some extracts that this source claim this. I think this is somewhat ok. And you can find other resources too. on same topics. Main thing is topic exists and it is encylopedic. it is NPOV. convert it back to stub. Zain 04:23, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Any way I think if any body thinks any part is copyright voilation he can remove it. I won't object on it. And he might replace it with more public domained content. Plus any body is welcomed to add the content in an encylopedic manner. That's why i prefered the method of creating stub. But i was asked to prove the difference. You might remove the information if it is against copyright. Zain 04:09, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
(Also, Zain, the information for Jewish Virtual Library is copyrighted, or it would be a useful source. The Jewish Encyclopedia for 1906 is not, but is obviously not current) [This unsigned postscript immediately followed the signed portion of Goodoldpolonius2's 02:27, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC), but spent a day and a half separated from it by Zain's 02:38, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC) contrib. Noted by Jerzy(t) 19:55, 2005 Jan 25 (UTC)]]
