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Latest comment: 3 years ago by Alarob in topic Silent copying of direct quotes

Washington visit

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The article as I found it stated that, some time after the Trail of Tears transportation (1831) Dale visited "George Washington" to request compensation for supplies for his troops. Since this happened some 32 years after Washington's death, I changed the link to Washington, D.C. and {{fact}}-tagged the paragraph. This needs further verification. Rklear (talk) 06:02, 1 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Silent copying of direct quotes

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The article incorporates text from the 1860 potboiler biography of Sam Dale without using quotation marks or a long blockquote. The only change is to switch from first person to third person. See e.g. the sentence "At night, Samuel Dale illuminated the approaches, for a circuit of one hundred yards, by a device of his own." This reproduces "At night I illuminated the approaches, for a circuit of one hundred yards, by a device of my own." (Life and Times of Sam Dale, p. 117), reproducing the antiquated usage of the words "circuit" (distance, range) and "device" (plan, scheme, invention). The transcription continues with apparent incomprehension, e.g. copying "well-sweep" (a simple lever for raising and lowering a water bucket) as "sell sweep". The text needs rewriting in an encyclopedic tone, drawing on more than one source. — ob C. alias ALAROB 17:42, 19 June 2023 (UTC)Reply