Talk:Canadian Copyright in Contrast to American Copyright

To do. Please write a brief definition or description of this article at Canadian Copyright in Contrast to American Copyright/Definition.

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Moved from one with the wrong title. Patrick Nikulak 16:49, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Patrick, next time we'll use the 'move' tab to move an article to a new page rather than a copy and paste. That way the history of your edits will come with the article. If you have trouble, feel free to drop a note on my talk page. D. Matt Innis 23:29, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

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Call for review: Anthony.Sebastian 23:40, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

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Comments

I hope that I don't sound like a stickler for formatting ... but I don't believe that this article is ready for approval because:

• It has no "Definition" subpage. It should be created and include a definition.
• It has no "Related Articles" subpage or "Bibliography" subpage or "External Links" subpage. All 3 should at least be created and at least 2 of them should be populated to some extent.
• The references are not formatted as they should be. References should not include "raw" urls like http://www.gowlings.com/KnowledgeCentre/article.asp?pubID=2231 . See Help:Index/Formatting/References for a tutorial on how to create Citizendium references.
• The author, Patrick Nikulak, is not an Editor, yet he has signed the Metadata page as the "ToA Editor" nominating the article for approval. Is that kosher???

As for the writing style of the main article, a brief scan disclosed that it lacks a good number of commas and there are some other typos that need correcting. I would suggest that one of our Linguistic experts, like Ro Thorpe, review the article from the viewpoint of spelling and grammar.

I am no copyright expert by any stretch of the imagination, but the actual content of the article appears to be good and knowledgeable to me.

Overall, I would rate this article as a status 2 (Developing article) rather than a status 1 (Developed completely or nearly so). Milton Beychok 02:46, 20 March 2012 (UTC)