It's terrible. Many are obvious, but some are so subtle that I only
found them through randomly Googling a phrase. (also, thanks a bundle
for the Perl script. I got halfway there with Applescript, but now I
don't have to worry!)
Chris
On 11/24/06, James Hare <messedrocker(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The fact that people continually insert copyvios into
articles is very
distressing.
On 11/24/06, Earle Martin <wikipedia(a)downlode.org> wrote:
On 23/11/06, Chris Picone <ccool2ax(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If I can't finish this, would any of you
Wikipedians be so kind as to
write a script for me to run? Thanks,
Sure. Try this:
http://downlode.org/Code/Perl/Wikipedia/copyviofinder.txt
It's a little rough and ready, but seems to work. A couple of random
examples:
[[USS Dale (DD-290)]]
Search phrase: Dale operated with Destroyer Squadrons, Scouting Fleet,
on the Atlantic
Found:
http://www.historycentral.com/navy/destroyer/DaleIIIdd290.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/dd-290.htm
http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd290txt.htm
[[Cincinnati Bengals]]
Search phrase: The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American
football team based
Found:
http://www.jazzsportsnews.com/nfl/teams/64.html
http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=w…
ati_Bengals
http://www.acheapseat.com/cincinnati_bengals_tickets.html
http://www.blinkbits.com/bits/viewforum/cincinnati_bengals_bio?f=2552
http://www.frontrowking.com/football/cincinnati_bengals_tickets.html
http://www.ticketstogo.com/sport/nfl/Cincinnati-Bengals.html
http://www.free-picks.org/nfl/articles/bengals.html
http://www.foxboroticketking.com/vscincinnatibengals.html
[lots more URLs snipped]
Whether the copyvio is an inward or outward bound one in each case is
sadly beyond the scope of my programming skills, so I leave that to
you.
--
Earle Martin
http://downlode.org/
http://purl.org/net/earlemartin/
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