Talk:Billy Howton

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Copyright problems

This article was blanked as part of a WP:CCI. Copying and close paraphrasing issues have been confirmed related at least to this source.

For instance, the article said:

Howton was an assistant coach at Rice University for a few years and then worked as a building contractor before getting involved in financial investments in the 1970s.

The source says:

Howton was an assistant coach at Rice University for a few years and then worked as a building contractor before getting involved in financial investments in the 1970s.

The article said:

He was a vocal leader in establishing a pension fund for players, a hotly debated topic with club owners at the time.

The source says:

He was a vocal leader in establishing a pension fund for players, a hotly debated topic with club owners at the time.

The article said:

Had two 200-plus receiving games - the only Packer receiver aside from Don Hutson, with four, to have more than one.

The source says:

He also had two 200-plus receiving games - the only Packer receiver aside from Don Hutson, with four, to have more than one.

There were other passages highlighted by the Duplication Detector. The article has been reverted to an earlier version, as it will require a thorough rewrite to eliminate copyright concerns. Other sources may be involved as well.

Wikipedia's copyright policies require that the content we take from non-free sources, aside from brief and clearly marked quotations, be rewritten from scratch. The essay Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for writing that may help avoid these issues. The article Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches, while about plagiarism rather than copyright concerns, also contains some suggestions for reusing material from sources that may be helpful, beginning under "Avoiding plagiarism". Alternatively, if the material can be verified to be public domain or permission is provided, we can use the original text with proper attribution. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 20:37, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]