MyWiki:Copyright problems/2010 October 5

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Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)
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  • J. Steward Davis (history · last edit) from Maryland State Archives. Note: The article was created by User:Ecpclio who self-identifies as the Maryland State Archivist. I've waded through the archive website and have not found any statement which specifically states "public domain" use or permits commercial use per our copyright license. I need another pair of eyes to see if I'm missing something here. CactusWriter (talk) 20:30, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Email and name match up with the head-honcho of the website, so I imagine it's just a matter of getting him to send in permission to OTRS. It looks like that may involve us emailing him though, given that he appears to be relatively inactive. VernoWhitney (talk) 21:46, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
  • File:Pictogram voting keep.svg OTRS Ticket received, article now licensed and compatible with CC-BY-SA. The release was actually placed on the website, as he indicated it would be; I've noted my visual confirmation of that in the OTRS ticket. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:37, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
  • Oh, dear. The rewrite retains the arrangement of the original. I'm not sure why. I should think that this would be usable if it were alphabetical (now that the numbers have been removed). Can anybody see any logical reason for the organization that might make it okay for us to copy it? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:58, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
They're in order of "site code" whatever that is - I'm not sure if it's order of establishment or what. There doesn't seem to be an obvious explanation provided on the site. VernoWhitney (talk) 16:28, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
I've asked the contributor at his talk page if he'd mind alphabetizing, unless he can explain what makes this logical and uncreative. Relisted t permit time to address. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:05, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
  • Articlecreated by copy and paste in 2005! Non-infringing stub created. PamD (talk) 14:07, 7 October 2010 (UTC)