Talk:John Mason (diplomat)

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Copyright issue[edit]

In 2008, in this edit, content was added to the article that was copied from the 2006 ODNB article on the subject. I've checked the older DNB, which is public domain, and this content is significantly differently. Since this material is copyrighted, I'm afraid it's going to have to be removed. It would be possible to simply revert the body to prior to these edits, but I decided to blank instead to give contributors a chance to rewrite it if they choose or to salvage subsequent improvements that do not result in a derivative work. Please let me know at my talk page if you have any questions. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 18:37, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]