Talk:Nur al-Din Madrasa

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Copyright problems[edit]

While this article was created in an effort to address copyright problems in a deleted version, what we have now is a derivative work that not only closely paraphrases heavily throughout, but also duplicates content verbatim. For one example, please compare:

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The structure is accessed from the east through a portal recess covered with a double cross-vault. In the 14th century, a low-lying arch was constructed across the recess in order to support the double arch of the original vault. The portal itself opens up to a cross-vaulted vestibule leading to the eastern iwan leading to the courtyard. To the south of the vestibule is a "horse-shoe" arched door topped by a 16-sided rosette window leading to the tomb chamber, and to the north is a staircase leading to the second floor which houses the madrasa's classrooms.	The ensemble is entered from the east through a portal recess covered with a double cross-vault. A low arch was built across the recess in the fourteenth century to support the double arch of the original vault.... The portal opens up to a cross-vaulted vestibule leading to the eastern iwan giving onto the madrasa courtyard. To the south of the entry vestibule is a horse shoe arched door topped by a sixteen sided rosette window leading to the tomb chamber and to the north, a staircase leads to the student rooms located on the second floor.

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The entire article is like this. Clearly, there has been an effort to rewrite, but content must be rewritten from scratch - in its own language and structure- to avoid copyright issues. Please see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing for some suggestions. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:56, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem removed[edit]

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