Talk:Andrew Barnard

Copyright problems

This article was created with indication that it was copied from the public domain DNB. Evaluation following from contributor copyright investigation (see investigation subpages) suggests it was in fact copied from later, copyrighted versions of that work. Consider the following example. At its creation, the article said:

On the resumption of war in 1815, Barnard embarked with six companies of the 1st battalion of the 95th and arrived at Brussels on 12 May. He was at Quatre Bras, was slightly wounded at Waterloo, and was awarded the Russian Order of St George and the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa. Wellington had so high an opinion of his services that he appointed him commander of the British division occupying Paris. In 1821, George IV appointed him a Groom of the Bedchamber, and on 13 June 1828, the king promoted him to an equerry.

The recent ODNB says:

On the resumption of war in 1815 Barnard embarked with six companies of the 1st battalion of the 95th and arrived at Brussels on 12 May. He was at Quatre Bras, was slightly wounded at Waterloo, and was awarded the Russian order of St George and the Austrian order of Maria Theresa. Wellington had so high an opinion of his services that he appointed him commander of the British division occupying Paris. In 1821 George IV appointed him a groom of the bedchamber, and on 13 June 1828 the king promoted him equerry.

The older version of the DNB, which is public domain, at pages 235-236 here, bears resemblance to this text, but significantly differs:

On the resumption of hostilities against Napoleon in 1815 Sir Andrew embarked with six companies of the 1st battalion of the 9th at Dover on 25 April, landed at Ostend on the 27th, and arrived at Brussels on 12 May. He was present at the battle of Quatre Bras, and was slightly wounded at Waterloo. For his services in this campaign he was awarded the Russian order of St George and the Austrian order of Maria Theresa. The Duke of Wellington had so high an opinion of his services that, on the capitulation of Paris, he appointed him commandant of the British division occupying the French capital. In 1821 King George IV appointed him a groom of the bedchamber, and in 1826 he was made equerry to his majesty.

This is but one passage. Alterations to the text exist throughout the modern ODNB. While ODNB cannot impose copyright over older versions, they can and do copyright the creative revisions to that text.

Unless this material can be verified to be public domain, the article will need to be rewritten, replaced with the PD material, or deleted. It will be revisited after a week to see what further steps may be appropriate. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:18, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Article replaced by original PD text from DNB00. MLauba (talk) 14:05, 17 February 2010 (UTC)