A fact from George Caldwell (Louisiana official) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 December 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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I was asked to detail my concerns with the previous version of this article.
WP:OR - This article made us of the Social Security Death Index. That is a primary source and data mining it is definitely OR.
The article was essentially lifted from [1]. The structure is identical, with a few word changes to make complete sentences.
Source: "Born, Abbeville, La., August 24, 1892; son of Charlie Caldwell and Camille LeBlanc. Married, December 11, 1948, Margaret Longmire of Baton Rouge. State superintendent of construction, mid-1930s: supervised construction of nine buildings on Louisiana State University campus, New Orleans Municipal Auditorium, Bolton High School of Alexandria, and the Ouachita Parish Courthouse. Sentenced, February 13, 1940, to four years in Atlanta Federal Penetentiary for tax evasion and kickbacks received on LSU buildings; paroled September 1941; pardoned by President Truman, 1948. General contractor: built twenty-six major buildings throughout the state, including six hospitals, East Baton Rouge Parish and Webster Parish courthouses; the Louisiana State Library; the Louisiana State University Library (Baton Rouge); the state highway department office building; five churches; two church youth centers; five schools; the Grambling University Science Building; and the dairy and physics buildings at LSU-Baton Rouge. Member: Catholic church. Died, Baton Rouge, March 12, 1966. "
Article: "Caldwell was born in Abbeville, the seat of Vermillion Parish in south Louisiana, to Charlie Caldwell and the former Camille LeBlanc. On December 11, 1948, he married the former Margaret Longmire of Baton Rouge. He was state superintendent of construction during the middle 1930s, when he launched the work at LSU. He also handled the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium and the courthouses in Ouachita Parish in Monroe, East Baton Rouge Parish in Baton Rouge, and Webster Parish in Minden. He built Bolton High School in the Garden District of Alexandria, named for banker and civic leader James Wade Bolton. ... In all, Caldwell supervised the construction of twenty-six major public buildings in Louisiana, including six hospitals, the Louisiana State Library and the state highway department office in Baton Rouge. He also supervised construction of five churches, two church youth centers, five schools, and the science building at historically blackGrambling State University in Grambling in Lincoln Parish. Caldwell was Roman Catholic. He died in Baton Rouge"
That's just too close for me.
Karanacs (talk) 02:34, 24 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
