Talk:The Antonio Treatment

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Copy-pasting/Plagiarism[edit]

I was originally going to flag this for sounding like an advertisement when I decided to take a quick look at the sources. This is the current lead verbatim:

"The Antonio Treatment is a one-hour weekly docu-design series show on HGTV and is hosted by Antonio Ballatore, who won Season 4 of the HGTV reality show Design Star.[1] The pilot episode aired on January 1, 2010 and the show officially premiered March 14, 2010,

Ballatore and his crew of unconventional craftsmen transform lackluster homes into radical–yet functional–custom creations.[2] They make over multiple rooms in such locations as homes, offices, and any place suffering from drab decor that will benefit from Ballatore's unique and unapologetic design style. The series follows him as he explores new locations and design techniques, developing his craft, and finding his niche in the world of interior design.[1]"

This is the first source, HGTV's description of The Antonio Treatment:

"The Antonio Treatment is a one-hour weekly docu-design series where each week the Design Star winner will make over multiple rooms in a plethora of locations from homes to offices to pretty much any damn place that is suffering from drab decor and in desperate need of The Antonio Treatment. His goal? Transform their lackluster spaces into radically original, yet functional custom creations that will rock their worlds. Over the course of the series we'll follow this new breed of designer as he explores new locations and design techniques, and develops his craft, finding his niche in the world of interior design."1

And the second source:

"KNOXVILLE, Tenn. [For Immediate Release--August 16, 2010] HGTV has ordered 13 additional episodes of The Antonio Treatment, a weekly series featuring Antonio Ballatore, season four champion of last year's HGTV Design Star. Produced by Scout Productions, the show highlights Ballatore's unique and unapologetic design style. Antonio and his crew of unconventional craftsmen transform lackluster homes into radically original–yet functional–custom creations." 2

Sounding a little too familiar? This is the lead again:

"The Antonio Treatment is a one-hour weekly docu-design series show on HGTV and is hosted by Antonio Ballatore, who won Season 4 of the HGTV reality show Design Star.[1] The pilot episode aired on January 1, 2010 and the show officially premiered March 14, 2010,

Ballatore and his crew of unconventional craftsmen transform lackluster homes into radical–yet functional–custom creations.[2] They make over multiple rooms in such locations as homes, offices, and any place suffering from drab decor that will benefit from Ballatore's unique and unapologetic design style. The series follows him as he explores new locations and design techniques, developing his craft, and finding his niche in the world of interior design.[1]"

Even though the second source lifts a sentence from the first source ("lackluster spaces into radically original, yet functional custom creations"), essentially copy-pasting is not how wikipedia pages are generally written. I suggest that the lead be re-written as soon as possible as per WP:COPYPASTE. I'll do a rewrite if necessary and try to find some new sources so that the article can be expanded. Fickce4 (talk) 09:22, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]