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99% of the text is a cut and paste from an e-book "The Old Scots Navy" ed. by James Grant, 1913/1914. --Billreid 09:03, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

If you mean "The Old Scots Navy from 1689 to 1710 Edited by James Grant (1914)" I am puzzled. Are there other volumes for earlier history? --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 13:26, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

No, the earlier history is in the general introduction to this book. --Billreid 13:43, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

So it is ! That's plagiarism rather than copyright violation I think. Grant's book was reprinted by the Adamant Media Corporation in 2005. Navy Records Society reprints are by Ashgate and others. Adamant seem to be republishers of public domain works, so I presume, but cannot prove, that The Old Scots Navy has been in the public domain in the US since 2005 anyway. Not that out and out plagiarism is a good thing, the article should be rewritten to avoid that. Angus McLellan (Talk) 16:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Right! I'll try a rewording and get my hands on some other stuff. --Billreid 16:40, 16 November 2006 (UTC)