Talk:USS Maryland (BB-46)

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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

[edit] Violation of copyright?

It would appear that major sections of this article have been lifted verbatim (and without notation) from here: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/battleships/maryland/bb46-md.html

Since the aforementioned website notes that the text is from".. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships published by the Naval Historical Center", I'm not sure what implications that has to copyrights. ScottMo 01:51, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually the latter point was valid, there were no references cited as such. I added the DANFS citation.--J Clear 12:34, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Style of the article.

Is it just me, or does this article read like a piece of US propaganda?66.159.79.3 (talk) 06:15, 28 March 2008 (UTC)