Talk:William Ronald

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Citation Problem[edit]

The end of this article is clearly directly quoted from somewhere - it must be rewritten or cited or else it constitutes plagiarism. --Ggbroad 12:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looking over this article it seems to me that the bulk of it is ripped straight out of some article or exhibition catalogue (those passages that are written in the present tense are an obvious giveaway.) Would the principle author please rewrite it accordingly, or else I will have to start making major deletions. --Ggbroad 12:40, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's very obvious that large portions of this article still consist of direct quotations from secondary sources (and on article in particular.) Simply dropping a citation at the end of the page isn't sufficient - the rules are very clear. Direct quotations must be acknowledged as such. Accordingly, I will begin to massively revise this article by Saturday, August 19th, 2006 if the appropriate revisions aren't made. --Ggbroad 11:57, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As I indicated, I have reduced this article as it constituted an act of plagiarism. Given a few weeks I will produce an original article. --Ggbroad 19:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reduced article to a stub due to plagiarism[edit]

The bulk of this article is copied almost verbatim from a copyrighted article in Artfocus by Penny-Lyn Grossman (available via a Google search). I have therefore reduced the article to a stub until such time as I (or someone else) has time to write a proper, original article on William Ronald. --Ggbroad 19:47, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Recent changes[edit]

The recent rewriting of this article is a beginning but I'm not sure that Ronald's relocation to Canada can be put down to his fear of the emerging drug culture in the states - the article should mention that he was dropped by the K. gallery, for instance. --Ggbroad 11:46, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In most respects I liked the previous conclusion to the article better than the current one. Will work on integrating them. --Ggbroad 12:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Ronald Mixed Media.jpg[edit]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 10:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:William Ronald the hero 1957.jpg[edit]

Image:William Ronald the hero 1957.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:17, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]