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In the Heat of the Night

No, the articles are not plagarised. If I had lifted directly from tv.com, I would have just copied and pasted directly from the episode synopsis from each article. I was quite careful not to do that, and to ensure that the articles were in my own words. If you want to continue to make accusations against me, then I think I'll need to take the formal dispute resolution process found here in Wikipedia.
JesseG 22:33, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: What to do about plagerism?

First, revert the changes. Second, I have noticed you have already tried to contact the user in question, so try including diffs and the source page on the user's talk page. If that doesn't work, either file a request for comment or post a message on WP:ANI. The latter is a better choice to get a quick response from the community. Make sure you include the diffs and the page it was stolen from in your complaint, as generally people aren't going to take the time to track that down themselves. If there is plagiarism, I assure you that it will be handled by the Wikipedia community, so I would bring it up here rather than through CNet. To be honest, you'd probably be more successful in getting this problem dealt with through Wikipedia than CNet as plagiarism isn't tolerated here. I haven't been on WP much the past few weeks and that probably won't change for at least a few more weeks as I have just been swamped in real life. If you need anymore advice, I suggest you drop a line on a more active admin's talk page and s/he will probably be able to better assist you. Hopefully you are able to resolve this matter quickly. Cheers! --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 01:35, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I am happy to hear this has been resolved. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 09:56, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Evidence

Our conversation:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jesster79

Note that while he says he is using his own words he has really just changed,re-arranged or added words to the material at tv.com(formerly tvtome)which has existed since 2000-1

This is a cut and paste comparing Jesster79's work (summaries and trivia) with that of tv.com.

This can be verified through the links for the episode list at both sites.

TV.COM Episode List -http://www.tv.com/in-the-heat-of-the-night/show/656/episode_listings.html

Wiki Episode List: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_episodes

Also please see Jesster's Contributions: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Jesster79

This really tells the story.Look how quickly the work was done.He just cut, pasted and slightly altered.

Note:At tv.comthe notes and trivia appear below the summary.

Episode "And then you Die"

Jesster: The Sparta, Mississippi police become involved in searching for a killer and his girlfriend. But the case soon becomes personal when Althea Tibbs and the grandson of one of the victims is taken hostage by the killer. Mariska Hargitay is a Golden Globe-winning actress who played the role of Detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

TV.Com: The Sparta police search for a killer and his girlfriend.But the case becomes personal when they take Althea and the grandson of one of the victims hostage. Guest Star Mariska Hargitay stars on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.

Episode"A Neccesary Evil"

Jesster: Virgil Tibbs and Bill Gillespie arrest a man for bigamy. The case grows into a polygamy case after a large number of women - all of whom claim to be the man's wives come to visit him while in jail.

TV.Com: This humorous episode Virgil and the Chief arrest a man for bigamy. It soon becomes a polygamy case after an endless parade of wives come to visit their husband.

Jesster Trivia: Ted Lange previously played Issac the bartender in the Love Boat television series. Jennifer Bassey is known for her role on the soap opera All My Children.

TV.COM: Displays the same note reversed. Episode:"Blind Spot"

Jesster: A businessman promises to bring new business to the community of Sparta, Mississippi. However not all the business he intends on bringing to the area are entirely legal. Also Virgil Tibbs refuses to let go of a grudge he held against the man, who had cheated him out of a scholarship many years ago. The son of a close friend of Bill Gillespie soon finds himself in serious danger when he steals drugs from this businessman's mansion.

TV.Com: Virgil refuses to let go of a grudge against a wealthy former classmate who cheated him out of a scholarship.The man has promised city leaders that he will move his business to Sparta,but not all of his business interests are legal.The nephew of an old friend of Gillespie's finds his life in danger after he steals drugs stored in the businessman's mansion.

Episode:"Fate"

Jesster: An African-American buisness man from New York is in the area to consider purchasing the local newspaper. At the same time, he has an affair with a married white woman who lives in the area. As a result of this, racial tensions are running quite high, and the business man is soon found murdered. TV.Com: Racial tensions run high when a married white woman has an affair with a black businessman from New York.Meanwhile Virgil is not happy when the Chief enlists his aid in tracking down Bubba's cousin, a suspected moonshiner.

Trivia Jesster: Nana Visitor - who guest starred in this episode as Edie Sommers - went on to play the role of Kira Nerys on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. TV.Com: Guest star Nana Visitor is best known for her role on Star Trek:Deep Space Nine

Episode:"Road Kill" Trivia Jesster: Lane Smith went on to play Perry White in Lois and Clark. Gail O'Grady would later join the cast of NYPD Blue. This was the first one hour episode. TV.Com: Guest star Gail O'Grady is best known for her role on N.Y.P.D. Blue. (edit) Guest star Lane Smith is best known for his role as Perry White on the Lois and Clark. (edit)

Episode:"Dont Look Back"1&2 Jesster: A young African American officer named Wilson Sweet (Geoffrey Thorne) joins the Sparta police department. Soon afterwards, a copycat recreates a murder from the past which had never been solved. During the course of the investigation, a member of the city council suggests that Virgil Tibbs replace Bill Gillespie as chief of police. But Tibbs decides that Gillespie is doing a fine job, and declares that he is not a candidate for the chief's job. Althea takes a job as a teacher at the local high school during the course of this episode.

TV.Com: A copycat recreates a shocking unsolved murder from the past. Gillespie feels threatened after Ted Marcus suggests that Virgil should become the Chief.The situation becomes more tense after Virgil criticizes Parker and Bubba's actions.

Trivia Jesster: is a two part episode of the television series In the Heat of the Night. Aired on December 4, 1988, the episode was the first episode of the second season, and the first episode to be shot in Covington, Georgia and surrounding areas. As mentioned, this is the first episode to be filmed in Covington, Georgia and surrounding areas. All the episodes of the first season were filmed in Hammond, Louisiana. As a result, the police station and other locations look quite different than those shown during the first season. In addition to Wilson Sweet, the characters of JoAnn St. John (Lois Nettleton) and Doctor Robb (Dan Biggers) were introduced in this episode. TV.COM: This is the first episode with Lois Nettleton as JoAnn. (edit) This is the first episode with Dan Biggers as Doc Robb. (edit) Geoffrey Thorne joins the cast as Officer Wilson Sweet. (edit) This was the first Heat episode made in Covington.Georgia

Episode:"Family Secret" Jesster: A man, who had been well known and respected in the Sparta community is murdered. The investigation into his death turns up some very shocking secrets. tv.com: The murder of well respected man turns up a shocking secret about his family. Jesster:This is the first regular episode of the second season. tv.com:Same

Episode:"Hot Nights" "Jesster"Trivia Barbara Stock played Susan on Spenser: For Hire. tv.com: Guest Star Barbara Stock is best known for her role as Susan on the television show Spenser: For Hire

Episode:"Gunshots" Jesster: In the aftermath of an armed robbery, Virgil Tibbs is forced to shoot a suspect. After realizing that the person he shot was a teenaged girl, Tibbs has a great deal of difficulty dealing with his emotions. Matters are made worse when the gun that the girl supposedly pointed at Tibbs is nowhere to be found. TV.COM: Virgil is forced to shoot a suspect in an armed robbery. He has trouble dealing with the consequences of his actions, after he realizes the person he shot was a teenaged girl - and no one can locate the gun he believed she was pointing at him.

Trivia Jesster: Ketty Lester had been known for her song Love Letters which had reached number 5 on the pop charts in 1962. tv.com: In 1962 guest star Ketty Lester had a #5 hit on the pop charts with Love Letters.

Episode:"Country Mouse,City Mouse" Jesster: Virgil Tibbs' niece is in town visiting her uncle and his wife. While visiting she meets Bubba Skinner's nephew, and they go out to escape the boredom of a small town. They find themselves in danger when they both come across a convict out on parole. Trivia Traci Wolfe played the role of Rianne in Lethal Weapon. TV.COM: Virgil's visiting niece and Bubba's nephew team up in an effort to escape the boredom of small town life. But they get more excitement than they bargained for when they cross paths with a dangerous parolee. Guest Star Traci Wolfe is best known as Rianne in Lethal Weapon.

Episode:"Tear Down the Walls" Jesster: A minister at a local church (Ferguson) is working to integrate his church. As part of these efforts he invites Virgil and Althea Tibbs to join his church. tv.com: A minister who was integrating his church (by inviting Virgil and Althea to attend services)is poisoned.

Episode:"A Trip Upstate" Jesster: A man that Bill Gillespie once arrested is about to be executed for his crimes. On the eve of his execution, he asks to see Gillespie. Gillespie is asked by this man to witness his death, and finds that he must confront his own feelings about the death penalty. Trivia James Gammon played Nick on Nash Bridges TV.COM: In this thought provoking episode. Gillespie is surprised when a man he arrested asks to see him on the eve of his execution.He must confront his feelings about the death penalty when the prisoner asks him to witness his death. James Gammon is best known for the role of Nick on Nash Bridges.

Episode:"These Things Take Time" Jesster: The police are forced to arrest a teenage mother from a poor family after her infant is found dead. Virgil thinks something else is going on, and his wife Althea thinks the whole situation could have been prevented if the local high school had offered sex education classes. TV.COM: A teenage mother from an impoverished family is arrested for murder after her infant is found dead, but Virgil believes there is more to the case than meets the eye. Meanwhile Althea believes the situation could have been prevented if the school had offered sex education classes.

Episode:"Intruders" Jesster: A burglar is preying on elderly women in the community. The police soon have suspect, but it is the son of a city councilman. tv.com: The police search for a burglar who preys on elderly women.And the prime suspect is the son of a city councilwoman.

Episode:"The Creek" Jesster: Virgil Tibbs has to confront unpleasant and confusing childhood memories in the aftermath of an assault at a local creek. tv.com: The investigation of a possible assault brings back nightmarish and confusing childhood memories for Virgil.

Episode:"Sister,Sister" Jesster: Virgil Tibbs is delighted when his childhood friend J.D. Sinclair returns, as is her ailing father. Her sister, however is not happy to see her. When their father is murdered, both become suspects in the murder. tv.com: Trivia Mary Crosby is the daughter of Bing Crosby, and played the role of Kristin on the Dallas television series. tv.com: A vivacious socialites return to Sparta delights her ailing father and childhood friend Virgil, but her sister is less than thrilled at her homecoming. After their father is poisoned the jealous siblings become suspects in his murder. Guest Star Mary Crosby is the daughter of Bing Crosby and is best known to t.v. audiences as Kristin on the Dallas series.

Episode:"Accused" Jesster: When Bubba Skinner tries to rescue a young woman from a rapist, she mistakes him for the rapist. The local district attorney decides to use this attack to further his political ambitions. Meanwhile, Virgil Tibbs tells Bubba that he believes he's innocent, and vows to work to clear Bubba's name. They prove Skinner's innocence. tv.com: Bubba tries to rescue a woman from a rapist, but she mistakes him for her attacker.Gillespie tangles with an ambitious district attorney who plans to use the case to further his career.

Episode:"Ladybug,Ladybug" Jesster: Bill Gillespie is still in Quantico, Virginia. During Gillespie's absence, the city council creates some controversy when it names Tom Dugan as acting chief of police. In the meantime both Dugan and Tibbs try to catch a serial arsonist. The case takes a tragic turn after someone dies in one of the fires set by the arsonist. Trivia This is the second appearance of Joe Don Baker as Tom Dugan. Baker had stood in for Carroll O'Connor during the final four episodes of the second season, while O'Connor was recovering from open heart surgery. tv.com:With the Chief in Quantico Bubba and Virgil try to catch a serial arsonist.Things get complicated after a man dies in one of the fires.And Councilwoman White stirs things up by appointing Tom Dugan acting chief of police in Gillespie's absence. TV.COM: "Fifteen Forever" This is the first of four episodes in which Joe Don Baker filled in for Carroll O' Connor while he recuperated from bypass surgery

Episode: "Pig Woman of Sparta" Jesster: One day some human remains are found in the woods near the home of a wealthy recluse that Virgil Tibbs refers to as Sparta's version of Howard Hughes. Initally, officers are suspicious of an older woman named Adah Boone - who is often called The Pig Woman. Boone lives nearby, raises pigs, and chases visitors away with a shotgun. The officers approach the wealthy recluse for help, He suggests they look at Boone. Later, while searching the property, they come across the badly decomposed remains of a male - officers estimate he had been there six to nine months. Testing reveals that the remains were those of the wealthy recluse. Boone is soon found dead on her farm. She was murdered, and her killer attempted to cover it up by making it appear to be a suicide - but Virgil Tibbs finds evidence that proves Boone did not commit suicide. Going to the recluse's house, they approach the figure pertending to be the wealthy recluse, and reveal that they found his remains. At that point, the figure tries to leave but is stopped by the officers, it was the man's disturbed son - who had been killing others for many years and dumping the remains in the nearby woods. tv.com: It seems that a serial killer has been burying his victims in a wooded area owned by a wealthy hermit that Virgil refers to as "Sparta's Howard Hughes". Suspicion immediately falls on an eccentric woman who lives in the woods with her pigs and chases away trespassers with a shotgun.The officers ask the landowner's disturbed son for help and Bubba is surprised to find that a woman he attended high school with is working as the man's "nurse".Also Parker and Sweet compete with one another to solve the case.

Note :Jesster added a bit to this but much is the same.

Episode"A Small War"1&2 Jesster: drug dealers come to Sparta, Mississippi. Dealing crack, the group's violent presence is soon felt in the city, especially when Harriett DeLong's son Eugene witnesses a drive by shooting of a friend. Harriett worries about her son, and becomes angry with her friend and police chief Bill Gillespie after Eugene offers to help the police identify those responsible for the murder. Trivia This was the first episode of the series to be shown on the CBS network. tv.com: Big city crack dealers invade Sparta.Eugene witnesses the drive by shooting of a friend and his offer to help the police identify the shooters leaves Harriet frightened and angry at Bill.

Episode:"A Conspiracy of One" Jesster: Aired on February 2, 1994, the episode dealt with an ethical conflict experienced by Virgil Tibbs. Virgil Tibbs accepts a position with a local law firm. Complicating matters is the fact that based on his former experiences as a police officer, Tibbs knows that a client of the law firm is guilty of murder.

tv.com: Virgil accepts a position at a prominent law firm. But as a former police officer he feels conflicting emotions when he realizes that one of their clients is guilty of murder.

Episode:"Give Me Your Life"1&2 Jesster: Having married in the previous episode, Bill Gillespie and Harriett DeLong have left to enjoy a honeymoon in New Orleans, Louisiana. While Gillespie and DeLong are away, Chief Forbes learns that a cult had rented the old school building, and it soon comes to his attention that the cult may have been involved in child abuse and other illegal activities. Forbes sends Bubba and Dee to inspect the premisis, and they rescue a frightend young girl from the cult. Medical examination reveals that the girl had been sexually abused, and Bubba helps to make arrangements for her to stay with a foster family. The girl's mother does try to challenge this in court. Bill and Harriett soon return home from their honeymoon. The cult, having lost the court battle kidnaps the girl from her foster home. The police arrest a man who had been supplying drugs to the cult to help keep its members under control. Forbes learns from some of his old FBI friends that the reason the cult had left other communities it tried to establish itself in was because of allegations of sexual abuse. When the police go to confront the cult, a standoff develops. Law enforcement fears that they may have another Waco on their hands, and that their situation would end in a similarly tragic fashion. Parker Williams and Lonnie Jamison, who attended the school that was once housed in the building volunteer to infitrate the building using their knowledge of the duct work still present in the building. Bubba Skinner risks his life to s ave a very young girl from the building. Most of the cultists are saved, however the leader of the cult and his top lieutenants set off a bomb, which destroys the building in a massive explosion.

tv.com: 1:Bill and Harriet travel to New Orleans for their honeymoon. Forbes learns that a cult which has rented an old school building may be involved in child abuse and other illegal activities. While inspecting the premises Bubba and Dee rescue a frightened young girl.Bubba finds a foster home for the girl but the girl's mother tries to regain custody in court - with Sarah Hallisey as their attorney. 2:Bill and Harriet return home.The cult kidnaps the girl from her foster home.And Forbes and his men arrest a man who has been supplying drugs used to keep the cult members under control.Soon a standoff develops and the officers realize that they have no intention of surrendering.Sarah is taken hostage.As they attempt to rescue the women and children Lonnie and Parker find themselves defusing a bomb and Bubba risks his life to rescue a small child from the building.

Note:Again Jesster adds, but retains much of the orininal.

In the Heat of the Night

Fine. I removed the plot summaries from all the articles from In the Heat of the Night, and by that I mean ALL of them. I'm done with this In the Heat of the Night. If you want to add anything to them, fine, do so yourself. I am done.
JesseG 21:11, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Ted Willis

I fixed the Ted willis problem. Mr. Smart

alan autry RINO

I added the source on the external link http://www.flashreport.org/blog.php?authID=2005091517154375 which shows Mike Der Manouel Jr. calling Alan Autry a Republican in Name Only. There is actually no source listed for the Gay marriage rally, although I live in the area and can verify it. Let me know what you think.Mrsmart 01:51, 23 November 2006 (UTC) If blogs are not a source, then I accept it. However, if the RINO charge gets traction in the Fresno Bee I will send you a note on your talk page and maybe you can give it some thought.Mrsmart 19:48, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

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