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For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, and, if allowed under fair use, may copy sentences and phrases, provided they are included in quotation marks and referenced properly. The material may also be rewritten, providing it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Therefore, such paraphrased portions must provide their source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Jolly Ω Janner 00:03, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Revert 00:00, 4 March 2016‎ Jolly Janner: the text quoted is fully referenced, with full credit to author. This is not a copyright issue, but a mere quotation, perfectly proper.Lobsterthermidor (talk) 00:13, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Extensive quotation of copyrighted text is prohibited.". This is of course subjective, but I've been involved in establishing where the line is drawn in these matters with other articles. This is the single most text I have ever seen quoted, so I don't think there's a slither of hope of claiming fair-use rationale. I am amazed that you are not aware of this, based upon how much content you have written for Wikipedia. It's worrying to say the least. Jolly Ω Janner 00:34, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The quotation has been used to "establish context" concerning Hearst's collecting habit. It could not be stated better than in Larkin's own words, hence the inclusion. Has been indented, placed in quotation marks, fully credited to Larkin (admittedly before the quote rather than after it, which can easily be altered). In my opinion it's just a paragraph, which is a not unreasonable length. The effect of this is not to damage the author or publisher in any way, rather to draw attention to her great work. Academics like to be quoted! WP is not going to be sued on this one, as no damage is done to anyone, let's take a common sense approach.(Lobsterthermidor (talk) 18:34, 5 March 2016 (UTC))(further, see Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2016 March 5)[reply]

I don't agree. There's absolutely no reason why the material could not be expressed in different words. But it's anyway of little or no relevance to this article; the collecting practices of William Randolph Hearst should be covered in that article, not here. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:24, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]