Talk:Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe

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Wondering if "megalomania" might not be a bit POV -- was Northcliffe so diagnosed, or did he just act that way? Either wouldn't surprise me, but more information here would help if anyone has it. -- Madame Sosostris 08:14, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio

The citation of the ODNB source here is utterly spurious; this article is in fact a thinly disguised and plagaristic and plagaristic rewrite of the Encyclopædia Britannica article on the same subject (See http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056243?tocId=9056243)

The EB goes "In 1894 Harmsworth entered the newspaper field, purchasing the nearly bankrupt London Evening News and transforming it into a popular newspaper with brief news reports, a daily story, and a column for women. Within a year circulation had grown to 160,000 copies, and profits were substantial."

The Wiki version goes "Harmsworth turned to daily newspapers in 1894 when he purchased the nearly bankrupt London Evening News and turned it into a popular paper with brief news reports, a daily story, and a column for women. In just one year, the circulation grew to over 160,000 copies and returned a huge profit."

etc etc

Antithief 10:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I've added {{copyvio}} and added it to Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2006 December 19/Articles. Previous listing Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2006 August 28/Articles. John Vandenberg 02:40, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm still fairly new here but shouldn't the text of the article be removed? (It clearly has been copied and subjected to a minor copyedit.) We need to start again on this article as Lord Northcliffe is an important figure. Sam Blacketer 20:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Gday Sam, I am not sure myself if this is a copyvio because I dont have access to the EB version beyond the abstract, and I cant see similarities between the EB abstract and the WP article. Can you confirm that the WP version is based on the EB version that you personally have access to? If this is a case of infringement, then it would be wise to overwrite the article with a new stub.

I've only been involved in a few copyvio cases, so I'm not familar with how this plays out (I was expecting some action by now). What I do know is that it is important that the contributor of such insidious copyright infringements needs to be found and banned. Finding which text was contributed by that user will also allow for the article to be rolled back to that stage, on this article and any others they have contributed to. John Vandenberg 23:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)