Talk:William Colgate

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"His sons Samuel Colgate and James Boorman Colgate were beneficiaries of the seminary..." - Beneficiaries or benefactors ?

Cutandpaste

I've reverted to a previous version, removing a paragraph which appears to have been cut-and-pasted from here, which leads to copyright questions, if nothing else. Cheers, Lindsay^Hi 17:16, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cut and paste #2

In the history section, it says "he gave the following account to the writer of this sketch". Colgate died in 1857 and this is in fact coming from the first external link of the article. I guess it should be rewritten.85.1.37.174 (talk) 12:26, 27 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the external link may have, in turn, copied the text from Everts's 1883 The Baptist Encyclopaedia. That would make the text public domain. We should credit the original source, but have no obligation to rewrite it. Pburka (talk) 13:45, 27 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. What do you think of removing the words "to the writer of this sketch"? This is to not surprise the reader as to the author/date of the article.85.1.37.174 (talk) 23:51, 28 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead. I have no opinion on the quality of the article, just on its legality. Pburka (talk) 01:01, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]