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Contents 1 Copyvio? 2 POV issue 3 Referenced in Mage: the Ascension 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Ro man.jpg 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Robotmonster.jpg 6 Don't Brothers Michael and Harry Medved own the rights to this movie?

[edit] Copyvio?

- Uh, the last paragraph on this page is lifted straight from the IMDB page which is linked to. Isn't that... plagiarism? -- 203.61.6.227 13:02, 22 Sep 2004

Yeah...quoth Wikipedia "By submitting your work you promise you wrote it yourself, or copied it from public domain resources ? this does not include most web pages. DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!"

Should we copyvio it? -- 165.121.131.171 22:54, 22 Sep 2004

nm. it's just the last paragraph, I guess it should just be left alone. -- 165.121.131.171 22:57, 22 Sep 2004

According to IMDb's "Copyright and Conditions of Use", its data:

… may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of IMDb. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents or any derivative use of this site or its contents.

Wikpedia allows commercial use of its data under the GFDL, so lifting an an entire paragraph from IMDb, without any attribution, for an 8-paragraph article is quite likely a copyright violation. The cited paragraph (which is not the current "last paragraph", but rather the one about Phil Tucker's botched suicide attempt) must either be properly quoted and attributed, rewritten, or removed.

I'll tackle it if I have time, but until something is done, I'm slapping the copyvio tag on the article. — Jeff Q 12:30, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Per the copyvio tag instructions, I've created a temporary page, Robot Monster/Temp, that contains the article minus the problematic paragraph. Please make edits on this page, including any rewrites of the excised material, until the copyvio process is complete. — Jeff Q 12:57, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• • • The problem with that is that it loses all author attributions, which causes GFDL problems. I think that you really do have to re-start this article from scratch, unfortunately. Uncle G 17:06, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)

I've re-written the offending paragraph so as to avoid any copyright violations. Hopefully that will resolve this matter. See Robot Monster/Temp. --Modemac 14:28, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] POV issue

However, these minority opinions are not widely shared among the majority of movie audiences who seek simple thrills and entertainment, and who leap at the chance to laugh at a hilariously bad movie.

Isn't it a tad POV to imply that everyone who can't see the supposed existential themes in this movie is "seeking simple thrills and entertainment"? (I haven't seen the movie, so I shouldn't really comment on their existence or nonexistence, but the vagueness of the explanatory paragraph seems to indicate that one has to look rather hard for them.) 85.166.69.122 09:27, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it is. I'm surprised this comment was put up here more than a year and a half ago and the sentence is still in the article. Well, since people've had quite a while to dissent with your opinion and they haven't, I'll go ahead and remove it! 204.69.40.7 12:33, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Referenced in Mage: the Ascension

It might be worth noting that the Sons of Ether page in the Mage:_the_Ascension basic book includes a picture of Ro-man. Unfortunately, I can't presently find the book in question, so I've no idea which edition it is.

• It's not in my copy, which is third edition. So it's either first or second. teucer 06:17, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Ro man.jpg

Image:Ro man.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.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 04:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Robotmonster.jpg

Image:Robotmonster.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.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 04:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Don't Brothers Michael and Harry Medved own the rights to this movie?

That was the claim. Has it been verified? - 76.94.55.223 (talk) 05:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)