Talk:compete

RFC discussion: July 2012–September 2017

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compete

Not exactly sure what to do with this etymological addition - can somebody rewrite it or something? --Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 17:21, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes and no. It's probably valid but copied verbatim from a copyrighted source, it even links to this source to confirm that it's a copyright violation. So first job is to revert it and mask the edit, then add back whatever information is useful with an original wording. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:34, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Is it a copyright violation when it's quoted and attributed? --Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 17:48, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't know, but I don't know that this one was 'attributed' so much as it had the URL at the end. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:44, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

@Μετάknowledge: I think you're confusing "copyright violation" (a legal problem) with "plagiarism" (an ethical problem). Attribution is not generally a factor in copyright violation. (With some exceptions. Example exception 1: certain copyrighted works, such as Wiktionary entries, are publically licensed with an attribution requirement (via CC-BY-SA or GFDL or whatnot), so of course it's a copyright-violation to violate that license by using them without attribution. Example exception 2: certain kinds of fair use only make sense if it's clear what the original source is. It's hard to claim "it was just a book review!" if the "review" doesn't mention the book.) —Ruakh_TALK 12:38, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Haha, thanks. I try to avoid the two, and I also try to avoid legal discussions, so there you go. I would always rather refer situations like these to RFC and do manual cleanup myself. --Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 16:45, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

• Looks good now. --Pickyevent (talk) 16:24, 27 September 2017 (UTC)