Talk:Water Country

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Lyrics[edit]

Does anyone know the lyrics for the theme song? That's what anyone researching this article wants to know.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.180.144.59 (talk • contribs) 15:43, May 28, 2006

These are the theme song lyrics from the commercials:

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Water Country, Water Country, Water Country-Have Some Fun!

Chaz 15:15, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Replaced lyrics for purposes of discussing the accuracy of the original transcription:

When the sun is blazing and the summer gets hot,

Water Country's a very cool spot!

There's no better place to feel beyond,

Water Country-Have some fun!

So get into ridin' and slidin' and splashin',

Feel the excitement, ride all the action!

Havin' a good time under the sun!

Water Country-Have some fun!

I believe these lyrics, originally posted are wrong. There is no official transcription of the lyrics, but I believe the third line should read:

There's no better place to feel and be young,

I also believe that the second verse has an extraneous "and":

So get into ridin' slidin' and splashin',

However, I cannot verify this because there appear to be no publicly available recordings that include the second verse. Does anyone have access to such a recording and can verify?

80.76.167.99 (talk) 14:14, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Full Theme Song Lyrics[edit]

Dear Geraldo,

Your revert of the Water Country Theme Song, aka the jingle, is erroneous, and was done without explanation. The Water Country Theme Song is an essential element of the notoriety (and notability) of the place, and furthermore is an unparalleled example of 1980s/1990s American consumerist kitsch. I am copying it here below, pending collection and formatting of citations, which was delayed due to the abominable mobile Wikipedia UI. 2600:1000:B125:8DDB:224E:9B72:7CA3:544A (talk) 03:04, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: User:Geraldo Perez has declined to respond to my above comment, and even wiped the entire Talk page. Based on his edit summaries, he claims that the words of the jingle violate WP:COPYVIO. Please read WP:COPYVIO, which says right at the top of "Dealing with copyright violations": "Handling of suspected violations of copyright policy depends on the particulars of a given case. If you suspect a copyright violation but are uncertain if the content is copyrighted or whether the external site is copying from Wikipedia, you should at least bring up the issue on that page's discussion page, if it is active. In that case, please tag the page {{copypaste|url=insert URL here, if known}}, unless your concerns are swiftly resolved."

Regarding the claim of a copyright violation, this is a small excerpt that falls within the guidelines of quoted material found throughout Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Meeting_the_contextual_significance_criterion and Wikipedia:Quotations#Copyrighted_material_and_fair_use. That said, sourcing would be good, as it said in the comment you previously deleted.

This information wasn't hard to find. It's all in the WP:COPYVIO page you linked to, or in pages linked from it. In any event, nothing justifies deleting an entire Talk page and refusing to discuss the issue. 2601:181:C300:55C4:B0E8:A7BE:1F3:5151 (talk) 23:48, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Provide proof of public domain for the lyrics or leave them out. What was added was not a small sample subject to fair use but substantial enough to be a fairly blatant WP:COPYVIO. Adding copyrighted lyrics to articles is a common problem on Wikipedia and the person adding them needs to show fair-use, public domain, or a free-use release from the copyright owner. What I stated in the edit summary was sufficient to justify removal both in this page and in the article. Geraldo Perez (talk) 02:07, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Lyrics and poetry § Copyrighted works has some more on this. Geraldo Perez (talk) 03:28, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Read what the page you linked to says. It supports fair use of lyrics. Public domain is not required. What is the maximum number of words or lines from the lyrics that you would countenance? Zero? (And what policy supports wiping all the comments on a Talk page?) 2601:181:C300:55C4:8D3C:6279:28A9:11BF (talk) 00:36, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use generally requires commentary using extracts of the lyrics as illustration of points of commentary about the lyrics. Amount to use is the minimum necessary to illustrate the commentary point being made. Posting the whole song won't be fair-use, it will be a copyright violation. If the song is public domain, there are no restrictions. My removal of copyrighted material from the article and talk page is required by Wikipedia's prohibition on hosting copyright violations. Geraldo Perez (talk) 00:54, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]