Talk:Crawford's Plantation House

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I've added back the content of this article. A few things.

First, plain, historical facts are not subject to copyright. After all, there are only so many ways to say, "George Washington was the first president of the United States." Copyright exists to protect unique expressions, not the underlying information. So, when a source is just collecting objective facts, copyright protection is at its lowest.

Second, the material here was authored by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, and its writings are not protected by copyright since the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act authorizes wholesale copying of public records (and the Dept. of Archives' summary is one) unless some special restraint applies (and none does here). See S.C. Code Ann. sec. 30-4-30 (2007).

Third, and most importantly, generally, Wikipedia editors shouldn't cut cut out 95% of an article without first discussing the matter on the Talk page. At least give a guy a chance to fix something or discuss the matter before erasing something. I'm glad to go back and play with the language. As noted, there are only so many ways to say that a house as gable ends, but I'm glad to cut and paste things to avoid literal transcription.

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