Talk:William Verity Jr.

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Copyvio[edit]

I put the following on User:Conscious talk page, but in the even others are interested, here is my clarification to the copyvio notice that I placed on the Verity article earlier

I don't that source presently. However, compare these two sentences:

He served the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant in the Pacific (1942-1946), and then returned to Armco. He progressed from handling personnel, to director of organizational planning and development (1957), to director of public relations (1961), to vice president and general manager of steel (1964), to executive vice president of Armco (1965), and finally to chairman of Armco's board (1971).

The above from [1] (which predates Wikipedia, and I believe is also a portion of a book in print), and the corresponding text from Wikipedia:

For a period of about four years (1942-1946), much of it during World War II, Verity served in the Pacific as a U.S. Navy lieutenant. Afterwards, he returned to Armco and advanced from handling personnel to director of organizational planning and development in 1957, to director of public relations in 1961, to vice president and general manager of steel in 1964, to executive vice president of Armco in 1965, and finally to chairman of Armco's board in 1971.

These are clearly so similar that Wikipedia is violating someone's copyright, even if we are not sure who. The phrasing and the cadence are identical. This kind of "light rewrite" would get a published book withdrawn from store shelves. I think other portions of the article may be suspect as well. Quatloo 19:26, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]