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| compliance = Uses various images without giving proper credit to Misplaced Pages. For example, http://rationalwiki.com/File:Stop_hand.png states that the image, which is identical to an image available at WP, is "licensed under GFDL" but fails to credit WP or provide a link to WP. An image at http://rationalwiki.com/File:Misplaced Pages-lolcat.jpg credits Misplaced Pages and the appropriate license, but it fails to provide a link to the source location.
Page ends with This article is from Misplaced Pages. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License with links to http://www.wikipedia.org and to local mirror of GNU Free Documentation License article
Articles "by Micha F. Lindemans" are mirrors of out of<A title="Online Dating" style="COLOR: #65b45c; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://216.130.188.208/cgi-bin/ezlclk.fcgi?id=6718" target=_blank> date </A>versions of all mythology related articles. Actually, the articles predate the original entries in Misplaced Pages and have been copied by users without proper notice.
With stub notices and images etc. removed
Especially noticeable with articles that were confused - e.g. Banebdjed and Ba (now corrected in Misplaced Pages) - Ba (capital B) on Pantheon is described as if a totally different entity to Banebdjed, even though Ba is said to be in Mendes. No Egyptologist would ever make this mistake - Banebdjed means "Ba of the lord ('neb') of djed", and "djed" is the old name for Mendes, but Misplaced Pages used to have the "Ba of Mendes" and "Banebdjed" as different gods, which is exactly how Pantheon.org has it.
It even has the early version of Chem, something totally obviously wrong to anyone with any competence in the field (e.g. Chem = Ham and wears a womans dress. No. Chem is a misreading of "Min", and never wore a womans dress, although female deities were sometimes depicted as Min (including phallus), though always identifiable as to who they were). This error is very unlikely to be made without copying Misplaced Pages.
N.b. w.r.t. Egyptian mythology, the articles have been updated substantially in Misplaced Pages since April, so may no longer correspond.
Claims exclusive copyright, not GDFL, all rights reserved
peacelink.de
Peacelink
URL
http://www.peacelink.de/keyword/Main_Page.php
Description
Sample
http://www.peacelink.de/keyword/Derbyshire.php
Rating
Low
Compliance
This appears to be a complete dump of Misplaced Pages based on the last modified date on the front page. There is a disclaimer at the top that "This is NOT the Misplaced Pages - The content is from the Misplaced Pages". However, only the last entry of the history is copied and there is no link to the original article, which means it is violating the GFDL. Also, the link to the GFDL is broken because only main namespace is copied. There are other violations. For example, the title of documents is not changed in contradiction of 4.A. of the GFDL.
Links to both Misplaced Pages and GFDL, makes it quite clear that content is from Misplaced Pages.
Contact info
Actions
Pediax
Pediax
URL
http://en.pediax.org/
Description
Sample
http://en.pediax.org/Detroit,_Michigan
Rating
Medium
Compliance
"Content released under GFD-Licence" with a link to the article about the GFDL, not directly to an actual license text and links the corresponding Misplaced Pages articles on each page.
Wikipedians Montrealais and Menchi basically wrote that article from scratch, so it is original, to Misplaced Pages. I'd know, I'm Menchi and I think I know Montrealais well enough.
Well, if we ever had spare lawyers and wanted publicity, "Misplaced Pages sues Chinese government for copyright infringement" would be hilarious. =] --Delirium 12:29, Feb 6, 2004 (UTC)
I was using WP and suddenly found I was not using WP but this site, which asked me to log in, but appeared exactly like WP and correctly searched for WP articles for editing. This may be a phishing site that was invaded WP. Peterkingiron17:01, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
They didn't list an email address to contact them, so I sent the standard GFDL vio letter to webmaster AT phillywire.com and admin AT phillywire.com --snoyes 04:46, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Reply received: It is being worked on. --snoyes 17:43, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Seems to be in 'almost' compliance now: Mentions Misplaced Pages, mentions GNU/FDL, links to article, links to GNU/FDL. Only minus points: says the article "uses material from" the Misplaced Pages article, where it seems to be copying almost-verbatim, and GNU/FDL is linked at gnu.org (can we propose to GNU to allow that for the next version?) Andre Engels 01:41, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I think they are perfectly fine. No reason to be nit-picky, IMO. --mav 11:36, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Looks like a complete mirror. Notice that article is from Misplaced Pages and local link to GFDL (as part of larger document) on every page. They do not include a history section or link to original Misplaced Pages article. However, there are instructions in the copyright page for reaching the original Misplaced Pages article.
Contact info
twfhc4zcxxgw9q AT protectfly.com (protected whois), http://www.registerfly.com/info/contact.php (registrar contact form)
They have responded to the followup email I sent. The article in question now has a link to the Misplaced Pages article, has been reworded to remove most or all of the verbatim copying, and has been placed under the GFDL. If there is any Misplaced Pages copying in other articles, I am unaware of it.
Links to Misplaced Pages and local copy of GFDL at the bottom of each article used
Pontefract Young Farmers
Pontefract Young Farmers
URL
http://pontefract-yfc.co.uk/wiki.php
Description
Sample
http://pontefract-yfc.co.uk/wiki.php?title=Moose
Rating
None
Compliance
No mention of Misplaced Pages or the GFDL, no history pages. The site has every page on Misplaced Pages, including non-mainspace and special pages, and synchronizes them with Misplaced Pages every few seconds. All content exactly duplicated from Misplaced Pages without any attribution, credit, or mention.
Contact info
Only contact information available is info AT pontefract-yfc.co.uk
Includes link to Misplaced Pages and separate link to original article prominently at top of each article. Also includes "Date copied article: Month Day, Year"
WP articles do not appear on all pages - the site includes original articles as well.
Links to Misplaced Pages and local copy of GFDL at the bottom of each article used
Prominently mentions Misplaced Pages and links to original article (link says "edit Misplaced Pages article"). Does not mirror image description pages. Says, "All Misplaced Pages content is licensed under the GNU Free Document License or the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license or is otherwise used here in compliance with the Copyright Act" which is too vague. All Misplaced Pages text is GFDL (except quotes), but not all images are under one of these licenses (and it doesn´t even say which version of CC-BY-SA). Links to offsite copy of GFDL (and CC-BY-SA 2.0).
Mentions GFDL and links to source. appears to be a full mirror of everything includeing userpages.
Example www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_information_online.asp?title=Cliff_Richard
Ends with "This article is from Misplaced Pages. All text is available under the terms of the GFDL (GNU Free Documentation License) | Source" with links to GFDL at gnu.org and to original article
"Medium" to "High" compliance with GFDL (matches Misplaced Pages:GFDL Compliance).
Compliance
Takes Misplaced Pages school articles verbatim and copy/pastes them into their own site. Contacted them to cite the Westfield High School (Fairfax County, Virginia) article, which they did. Have asked them to comply for all of their site.
Contact info
jcolayco AT publicschoolreview.com, information AT publicschoolreview.com
Actions
Two emails sent to comply for the Westfield High School article. A third email sent asking for the entire site to comply. Awaiting response
Pythonland
Site .
Biographies mirrored from WP -- credits WP but no mention of GFDL.
All there is is COPYRIGHT 2009 QDOBA RESTAURANT INC
Contact info
this contact page. Lists phone numbers, address, and contact us form. If I got it right, ISP is Qwest. Phone is +1-877-886-6515. Abuse email is abuse AT qwest.net
I'm not sure how they use Misplaced Pages, but they seem to use it. More resarch is needed. JesseW 06:22, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
It's a direct rip of Wikiquote. Here, compare Wikiquote's article on Pride and Prejudice and their Pride and Prejudice quotes. They do acknowledge the GFDL but don't really acknowledge the authors, as they credit Wikiquote as "SOURCE" and links to here, which is a non-existent page (not sure if this was done out of laziness or poor coding). The only think they really need is a link to the page that it was derived from. I think this should be under medium compliance. --Bash04:57, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
Uses various images without giving proper credit to Misplaced Pages. For example, http://rationalwiki.com/File:Stop_hand.png states that the image, which is identical to an image available at WP, is "licensed under GFDL" but fails to credit WP or provide a link to WP. An image at http://rationalwiki.com/File:Misplaced Pages-lolcat.jpg credits Misplaced Pages and the appropriate license, but it fails to provide a link to the source location.
Contact info
Cogeco Cable Inc. (Canada) Email: security@cogeco.net Telephone: 1-905-333-5343
Page states "This article is from Misplaced Pages. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License." with link to local copy of GFDL
Without Javascript, there is no mention of Misplaced Pages or the GFDL. With Javascript, there is a bare link the original article. All text is copied wholesale with all the markup (and in-text mention of Misplaced Pages; see http://read-and-go.hopto.org/Wikipedia/Criticism-of-Misplaced Pages.html) stripped. There is no history section for these changes. Pages are surrounded by ads. Possibly search engine spam. Site map (http://read-and-go.hopto.org/sitemap.html) contains an index to articles, but omits all the 'W's.
Amusingly, loses many non-code-page-1252 characters. See Corneliu Baba example: "Iaşi" becomes "Iai"
Article includes substantial text identical to Burj Dubai, lacking any acknowledgment or citation, and bearing their own copyright: "(c) 2003 rediff.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed."
Update: article now links to original article and to GFDL, and no longer claims copyright. Seems fully compliant now. --Kwekubo21:33, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
This site contains a number of pages on mythological underworlds and deities, most if not all the text appearing is pieced together from a variety of[REDACTED] articles, alongside material apparently sourced from elsewhere. There is no visible link to or acknowledgement of wikipedia, or the GFDL, on any of the pages. The pages also contain a number of[REDACTED] imgs and photos, likewise uncredited. The site does acknowledge some sources of (non-wiki) material and imgs, although I suspect those tagged with "image courtesy of.." does not mean they've obtained explicit permission. Most likely an unwitting GFDL violation on the part of the website.
Modified content from Misplaced Pages (removed sections, altered slightly) without a license mentioned anywhere. It is possible though unlikely that Misplaced Pages is instead using their content without permission; to verify this other biographies need ot be looked at
Contact info
information@countryfeverfest.com (not working)
Actions
none; depending on a Misplaced Pages administrator to contact
I have no idea how much of the site is plagiarized from us, but the sample page I've given is clearly a series of plagiarisms from Misplaced Pages, perhaps all directly from the Romanian Misplaced Pages, perhaps some translated from others.
Contact info
By snail mail: Romanian-Portal.com; P.O. Box 957633; Hoffman Estates, IL 60195 By E-mail: info AT Romanian-Portal.com By phone/fax: 1-847-755-5584
No visible link to current Misplaced Pages article
no link to GFDL
Standard letter sent by: ?
It is an HTML copy of the print version so "Retrieved from "http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=RSA"" is on the page. But there still isn't a link to the GFDL. We really should add that to our print page template. --mav 02:19 24 Jul 2003 (UTC)
