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A fact from Brenton Butler case appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 January 2009, and was viewed approximately 2,352 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Murder on a Sunday Morning, a French film about the 2000 Brenton Butler murder case in Jacksonville, Florida, won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 2001?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/January.

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Latest comment: 14 years ago5 comments3 people in discussion

In addition to some unmarked identical text, this article also contains close paraphrases of copyrighted sources. A few examples from this article include:

Source: "Frank Mackesy, chief of detectives at the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, said police bought equipment and planned to start taping all confessions before the Butler case, but were told by the State Attorney's Office to hold off. "

Article: "Frank Mackesy, chief of detectives at the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, said the department had purchased video equipment and planned to start taping all confessions before the Butler case, but were told by the State Attorney's Office to ”hold off”"

Source: "Prosecutors worry that videotaping confessions will capture police interrogation tactics that, while legal, might appear unsavory to jurors."

Article: "Prosecutors are concerned that videotaping confessions will capture police interrogation tactics that, while legal, might disturb jurors."

Source:"The Butler case was a huge embarrassment for Jacksonville’s sheriff’s department."

Article: "The case was a huge embarrassment for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office."

Source: "The French film company that came to Jacksonville in 2000 to do a documentary on the American court system was incredibly lucky."

Article: "The French film company came to Jacksonville in 2000 to do a story on the American court system. They were extremely fortunate...."

As set out in Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright, "It is legal to read an encyclopedia article or other work, reformulate the concepts in your own words, and submit it to Wikipedia, although the structure, presentation, and phrasing of the information should be your own original creation." --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:03, 29 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Rewrote sections with content closely matched to source material. Mgreason (talk) 14:33, 29 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your attention to this matter. With respect to the filmmakers being "extremely fortunate", while you have revised the sentence, this is something that needs further attention for another reason, as you are using opinion (not facts) of the original source. Not only to avoid plagiarism, but also to maintain neutrality and avoid a seeming of inserting your own opinion, such statements should be attributed. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Over six months later, I took a few minutes to rewrite the article. It was in abhorent shape. I have removed the plagiarism and the thoroughly non-neutral wording, as well as material attributed to unreliable sources (ie polemical blogs) and irrelevant discussions of Butler's vanity book and his "foundation". I was surprised to see an article like this didn't even have neutrality or factual accuracy tags, even after all this time.--Cúchullain ^t/c 19:39, 7 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

I have now added material the two suspects who were later tried and convicted of the crime. This article really was in shameful shape.--Cúchullain ^t/c 16:13, 20 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

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