Talk:International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Latest comment: 13 years ago by Moonriddengirl in topic Copyright problem removed

Single source / Press release /copypaste edit

This article, as well as the 16 articles on CGIAR and its sub entities in the article's infobox, appear to have been copied directly from their websites, and are written like adverts. I've totally rewritten one, but most need to be removed and rewritten for copyvio alone, not to mention the fact that they are all incredibly POV.

If you're looking for a research project, here's a good one. I'm also removing the "start" tag from these articles, as an unreferenced copyvio doesn't meet "start" criteria. T L Miles (talk) 17:09, 7 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

Copyright problem removed edit

Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://webapp.ciat.cgiar.org/newsroom/pdf/four_decades_nov07.pdf http://webapp.ciat.cgiar.org/newsroom/report2008/research_highlights.htm (see Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 April 12. Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:51, 21 April 2011 (UTC)Reply