Talk:Bora Laskin
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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. --KenWalker | Talk 19:10, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
Try writing an original article that isn't derived from the text of this one. It's fine to use it as a source and paraphrase but don't C/P and move things around. That's still a copyvio. Guanaco 04:38, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- I don't know enough about copyright law to know whether this version is acceptable. The general principle I've heard is that no one can copyright facts. Nor can the Supreme Court of Canada claim any originality in the idea of presenting a biographic summary in chronological order. Anyway, while you're quite right that an original article would be preferable, it would require more time and effort than I'm willing to put in. If my rewrite is deemed a copyvio, then we'll just have to do without an article on Justice Laskin for now. JamesMLane 04:52, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Laskin was actually the third judge who was not the most senior puisne justice to be elevated to the position of Chief Justice (source is "The Supreme Court of Canada, A History of the Institution, Snell & Vaughan, 1985, esp. at p.224). The general tradition as far as I know was not to alternate the choice among a common-law and civil-law judge but to elevate the most senior puisne justice (same source, and original research).--192.197.82.153 21:20, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
