Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maged N. Kamel Boulos

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was speedy delete. I'm not sure why 211.10.15.57 says that JamesBWatson was biased in his treatment of the article: however, the fact remains that the three segments he quotes are directly copied from the source without attribution. Perhaps "you cannot copyright a job title", but you certainly can copyright a whole paragraph. The rest of the article is the same: I couldn't find any significant non-copyvio material. Olaf Davis (talk) 14:44, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maged N. Kamel Boulos[edit]

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It appears to be copied/pasted from the website linked in the article. It has been nominated before for deletion, and tagged with "copypaste", but those keep getting reverted, presumably by the page's author. Auntof6 (talk) 00:47, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd go as far as saying Speedy Delete per WP:COPYVIO._noisy jinx ^huh? 02:07, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I respectfully disagree; the page has been fully re-written since then and is distinctly different from any sources it cites. --Yellowfinjp (talk) 11:33, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- In what way is it different? The article has been divided into paragraphs, some links added, and a few minor things changed, but it still reads like the web page. --Auntof6 (talk) 11:38, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- These are simple bio-facts; you cannot copyright a job title, for example (you cannot rephrase a job title in different words) - besides the original university profile from which the linkedin one is copied is properly cited in this bio. --Yellowfinjp (talk) 11:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete The article has been substantially rewritten in an attempt to remove the copyright violation. As is often the case with editors not well acquainted with copyright issues, this seems to have been done in the belief that it is sufficient to make slight rewording, without substantially changing the text.

For example, compare the following pairs of quotes, in each case firstly the source and then the Wikipedia copy:

1.Maged N. Kamel Boulos is Senior Lecturer in Health Informatics at the University of Plymouth, Devon, UK.

Maged N. Kamel Boulos is Senior (Principal) Lecturer in Health Informatics at the University of Plymouth, Devon, UK.

2.He previously worked as Lecturer in Health Informatics at the University of Bath, UK, where he was instrumental in developing the online MSc programme in Healthcare Informatics, and worked before that at City University, London, UK, on an EU-funded diabetes telematics project.

Before moving to Plymouth, he worked as Lecturer in Health Informatics at the University of Bath, UK, where he was instrumental in developing the online MSc programme in Healthcare Informatics, and worked before that at City University London, UK, on an EU-funded diabetes telematics project (M2DM FP5 project).

3.As well as his medical degree and Master in Dermatology, he holds a Master in Medical Informatics (2000) from King's College, University of London, and a PhD in Measurement and Information in Medicine (2002) from City University, London, both in UK.

As well as his medical degree (MBBCh) and Master in Dermatology, he holds a Master in Medical Informatics (2000) from King's College, University of London, and a PhD in Measurement and Information in Medicine (2002) from City University, London, both in UK.

4.Maged teaches and has over 80 publications on a specialist range of medical and public health informatics topics, including telehealthcare, health GIS, Semantic Web/knowledge management and Social Web applications.

Maged teaches and has over 90 publications on a specialist range of medical and public health informatics topics, including telehealthcare and technologies for independent living of older people, health GIS (Geographic Information Systems)/Internet GIS and virtual globes, Semantic Web/knowledge management and Social Web/3D virtual worlds applications. In addition to these copyright issues there is the question of notability. At present the only independent source is this news report, in which it is reported that Maged Boulos has looked at various websites and found that they are too difficult for most people to understand. This does not constitute substantial coverage, and supports nothing at all stated in the article except that he once worked at the University of Bath. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:50, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

- - James, you are definitely biased and lacking any objectivity in your "picks" above. I would suggest that you consult some good text on creative writing! If we apply your (flawed) "principles", then >75% of wikipidia's biography entries should also be deleted! ty, --211.10.15.57 (talk) 12:02, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.