Talk:Safe-cracking
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This article appears to have been taken almost verbatim (minus bullet-point formatting, and the images/diagrams) FROM the "HowStuffWorks" page references at the bottom of this entry.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/safecracking4.htm
Does anyone know if this is a legitimate use, or a flagrant act of plaigarism?
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[edit] copyright infringement
Having read the howstuffworks.com article a year ago (or so), this article here was immediately recognizable as a copy. I'm rather new in here so I'll look how to proceed.. I'll search the history and see if there's anything original that's not plagiarized. Santtus 16:33, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Copyright
I'm a newbie myself, but I've added the copyright violation boilerplate in the hope that this'll get noticed - apologies if this isn't the right thing to do.
--Alex Whittaker 17:35, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
Removing the copyrighted material was a lot easier than I thought (it's all in one place) and I've modified the temp page. If no-one objects, I'll copy that onto the actual page and remove the copyvio.
--Alex Whittaker 19:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Mythbusters
This article was featured on a AOL Search briefly on Mythbusters in Season 3, Episode 22. --AllyUnion (talk) 09:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- You're observant! Keep up the good work --WikiSlasher 09:36, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Feynman citation is from his book "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!"
The Feynman citation is from his book "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" (quotes part of title) but attribution ought to be moved to a footnote. The fact is surely known before his independant discovery of it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.199.99.122 (talk) 07:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Short story?
Safe-cracking is the main focus of a short story, the title of which is something like 'A retrieved reformation' about a reformed safe cracker who has to crack a safe when his nieces or something get stuck in one.
Aha! Found it on my own, and will add it to media depictions if you don't mind.
-Bizznot 04:12, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
