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=== Jack1956 ===
* {{User5|Jack1956}}
* Check requested by [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]])
* I came across this user while examing the close paraphrase tag at [[William Perry Fogg]]. I can confirm that the majority of this article closely paraphrases and copies [https://web.archive.org/web/20190518092806/https://case.edu/ech/articles/f/fogg-william-perry Encyclopedia of Cleveland History]. This close parahprasing occured when the user created the article in [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Perry_Fogg&oldid=900408088 June 2019] and is in the current revision of the article. I decided to look at this user's current edits to see if there were any vios. I found the following:

*October 2024: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Auguste%20Charles%20Valadier&diff=prev&oldid=1252658994 Auguste Charles Valadier] copies/closely paraphrases this [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591577406700845?download=true Sage journal] article. Per [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UK_non-Crown_copyright_flowchart.pdf UK copyright] and [[Commons:Hirtle chart]], the copyright was restored in the USA during 1996. This Sage article from 1974 did not become public domain then because UK copyright is 70 years PMA. 
*February 2024: Upon creation, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur%20Moreland%20(artist)&oldid=1210197650 Arthur Moreland (artist)] closely copies the [https://web.archive.org/web/20240225124722/https://www.original-political-cartoon.com/cartoon-gallery/artists/moreland-arthur-1867-1951/ Political Cartoon Gallery] source.
*June 2023: The creation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clive_Gardiner&oldid=1159179102 Clive Gardiner] closely copies [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofarti0000buck/page/462/mode/2up?q=gardiner Artists in Britain Since 1945]
*January 2023: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Bradbury_(printer)&diff=prev&oldid=1135633091 Two] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Bradbury_(printer)&diff=prev&oldid=1135640872 edits] at [[William Bradbury (printer)]] are copied from ODNB. The [https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-76346?rskey=P8BrLT&result=13 online version] predates these edits as it's from 2021.
*Alternatively, I've found unattributed PD copying added in May 2023 at [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Prince%20and%20the%20Beggar%20Maid%20(play)&diff=prev&oldid=1155761402 The Prince and the Beggar Maid (play)] from a [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28141924 1910 article.] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laetitia_Withall&diff=prev&oldid=934995693 Laetitia Withall] has unattributed Wikipedia copying added in January 2020 that originated from [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=422189269 Selina Martin] in Martins' 2011 article creation. I am concerned that this long-time user has made multiple recent copyvios. I believe that a CCI is needed. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Thank you! [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]]) 02:05, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
::Wow! I feel like I'm on trial here! It is my intention to answer each allegation/accusation point by point, when I have the time. In my defence, when writing my articles I regularly check them with Wiki's copyvio tools. [[User:Jack1956|Jack1956]] ([[User talk:Jack1956|talk]]) 21:31, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

::[[William Perry Fogg]] - the copyvios appear to have been written by an Anon IP at the same time I was constructing the article in its early stages. [[User:Jack1956|Jack1956]] ([[User talk:Jack1956|talk]]) 21:37, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
 
::[[Auguste Charles Valadier]] - I cannot see where the supposed copyvios are in the article.
 
::[[Arthur Moreland (artist)]] - the disputed section is a list of his publications; you can't copyright a list of someone's works.
 
::[[Clive Gardiner]] - the article as it stands bears no resemblance to the alleged source, which was used only in the early stages of writing the article as a template for a complete rewording.

::[[William Bradbury (printer)]] - the article bears no similarity to the ODNB article. I've run various copyvio checks on it.
 
::[[The Prince and the Beggar Maid (play)]] - the (out of copyright) source from 1910 is fully attributed in the references [[User:Jack1956|Jack1956]] ([[User talk:Jack1956|talk]]) 22:28, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
:::Here is my reasoning:
:::*Fogg: The IP did not introduce the copyvio. This IP editor added references on June 6th. The copyvio originated when you created the article on June 5th.
:::*Valadier: Please compare the paragraph with page 786.
:::*Moreland: The entire source is copied and follows the same structure. Examples of copying/close para are "striking caricature the newspaper’s executive Ernest Parke was seen by Parke who, instead of sacking Moreland appointed him to the art department" and "contributed to the Liberal landslide of 1906 and the revival of Liberalism."
:::*Gardner: I request that you re-examine page 463 of Artists in Britain Since 1945. The last paragraph closely paraphrases/copies and follows the exact same order of the encyclopedia entry. It is also still in the current revision.
:::*Bradbury: Earwig copyright check does not work on sources that are hidden by subscriptions. 
:::*Prince and the Beggar: Any Public domain copying needs [[Template:Source-attribution]].
:::I think another user should examine these revisions as there is a disagreement. [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]]) 00:06, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

I am taking a look at these, and I'll comment one by one.
*Fogg.  I don't think there was a significant close paraphrasing problem as of today, but I've modified the text to be sure.
*Valadier. I'm not sure what copyvios are being asserted. Which paragraph on p. 786, and which text in the article?  If you think it is too closely paraphrased, by all means, modify it. 
*Moreland. I do not think that "his striking caricature of the newspaper’s executive Ernest Parke was seen by Parke who, instead of sacking Moreland appointed him to the art department" is too closely paraphrased from the source's "A vivid caricature drawn by Moreland of Ernest Parke, then an executive on the paper, found its way to its subject and, rather than being dismissed, Moreland found himself appointed to the art staff." Again, I don't think there was significant close paraphrasing in our article, but I tweaked the text. 
*Gardner.  My goodness, that is nothing like close paraphrasing.  I must say that one has to work extremely hard to find the few words of that profile spread out among the paragraphs of this biography.  When you merely state facts that are derived from a source, it is not close paraphrasing. For example, the name of the schools that he attended have to come from one source or another.
*Bradbury. Same
*Prince. What text from this PD source do you think is unattributed?
Overall, I don't see anything concerning here. -- [[User:Ssilvers|Ssilvers]] ([[User talk:Ssilvers|talk]]) 19:59, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

:*Valadier: This [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Auguste%20Charles%20Valadier&diff=prev&oldid=1252658994 paragraph] in comparison to the first two paragraphs of the [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591577406700845?download=true Sage Journa]l page 786.
:*Gardner: An almost word for word copy is "'''Under the influence of Puvis de Chavannes he had shown for several years''' at the Royal Academy and the New English Art Club."  The part in bold is the most concerning part. Examples of close paraphrasing is "Turning to illustration, he provided artwork for books written by his father as well as taking up portrait painting and designing posters". 
:*Bradbury: Example of close paraphrasing is "where eventually their business occupied the whole street and where they installed a newly-designed large, steam-driven cylinder printing press which they kept running twenty-four hours a day six days a week."
:*Prince: The production and synopis pagrapgrahs. Please see the [https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=The+Prince+and+the+Beggar+Maid+%28play%29&oldid=&use_engine=0&use_links=0&turnitin=0&action=compare&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftrove.nla.gov.au%2Fnewspaper%2Farticle%2F28141924 Earwig] report.
:[[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]]) 20:27, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
:Sorry, Ssilvers, I get you and Jack have worked a lot together[https://xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Ssilvers#top-editors][https://xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Jack1956#top-editors][https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Ssilvers&users=Jack1956&users=&startdate=&enddate=&ns=&server=enwiki], but there's still issues here. Let's look at a random paragraph from the Valadier example. I've used bold text to make direct overlaps, but you'll notice quickly just how similar the overall structure of the two paragraphs is. I've underlined material that is essentially the same, but reworded slightly.
:*{{tqq|Much of this work was done '''at his own expense''', <u>while his own dental technicians in his '''dental laboratory''' in Paris fashioned the dental appliances necessary for the treatment of fractures to the jaw</u>. '''It was decided that in the operating theatre Valadier''' <u>would require the assistance of a trained surgeon, and so Harold Gillies joined his team.</u> <u>It is not known how long Gillies stayed with Valadier, but it was certainly long enough to inspire in Gillies a '''desire to learn more about''' this new medical '''treatment'''</u>}} (from Wiki article)
:*{{tqq|He had provided much of the equipment largely '''at his own expense''', and a '''dental laboratory''' ''in which his own technicians from Paris made the various dental appliances used in the treatment of jaw fractures.'' '''It was decided that in the operating theatre Valadier''' <u>should be assisted by a medical man, and in this capacity Gillies was sent to work with him.</u> This was Gillies' introduction to a new kind of wound, and he soon realized that they needed a special type of surgical equipement. <u>How long Gillies remained with Valadier is not known, but the experience produced in him an intense interest and the '''desire to learn more about''' the methods of '''treatment'''.</u>}} (from SAGE article)
:@[[User:Jack1956|Jack1956]] I note above that you say you regularly {{tqq|regularly check them with Wiki's copyvio tools}}; I think that may be the crux of the issue. Tools like Earwig's only pick up direct copy-paste issues, and it's easily fooled by swapping synonyms, swapping the order of clauses, or adding extra words. I think you may have accidentally trained yourself to do that. For example, {{tqq|treatment of jaw fractures}} is completely natural and concise English, that can't reasonably be said to be a copyright issues- but in the article, that's been turned into the slightly tortured {{tqq|treatment of fractures to the jaw}}. That's stopping that sentence from showing up on Earwig's tool, but it hasn't stopped the sentence from being, fundamentally, the same. (You can see that if you zoom out a little: they both follow the form of "Work done at own expense, some type of conjunction, dental technicians from Paris made dental appliances to treat jaw fractures") Looking at other article, for example, [[Alfred Ellis (photographer)#Legal cases]][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Ellis_(photographer)&oldid=1164722133], created 2023, and there's the same issue. The overall presentation of ideas is roughly identical, even if enough words have been changed that Earwig's tool can't see it. [[User:GreenLipstickLesbian|<span style="color:#EB0533;">GreenLipstickLesbian</span>]][[User Talk:GreenLipstickLesbian|💌]][[Special:Contribs/GreenLipstickLesbian|🦋]] 20:29, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
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=== SDoderer ===
* {{User5|SDoderer}}
* Check requested by [[User:Miraclepine|ミラP]]@[[User talk:Miraclepine#top|Miraclepine]]
* So while I was doing a college assignment, I ran into a related series of events culminating in discovering this user's apparent trend of adding piecemeal plagiarism in their edits, which may have to be reviewed for copyvios. Here are some examples:
** [[Victor Sassoon]] (the starting point), where I had to remove entire paragraphs for copyvio.
** [[Furniture History Society]], where I rewrote a sentence they added to an article they created in 2019.
** [[Derreen Garden]], which apparently shows piecemeal copyvio [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derreen_Garden&oldid=513791883 as early as 2012] (I checked the ref and it matches).
** [[Speyer family]], where [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speyer_family&diff=prev&oldid=650142413 at one point] two sentences were copied wholesale from page 2 of https://www.leannelangley.com/site/assets/files/1072/bankerbaronetsaviourspy.pdf.

Note that some of these articles use a lot of offline sources ([[Frederick Huth & Co]] and [[E. D. Sassoon & Co.]]) and may be subject to presumptive removal. Also, they have a tendency to add sources in their edit summaries instead of the article itself (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derreen_Garden&action=history&offset=20130711154419%7C563828096 this] for example), which may be more helpful for checking than Earwig. Another complication is that there may be other times when [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garinish_Island_(County_Kerry)&oldid=786112070 they use external links bullets to list sources]. I don't have time to search the whole enchilada, but these should be enough. [[User:Miraclepine|ミラP]]@[[User talk:Miraclepine#top|Miraclepine]] 02:51, 23 September 2025 (UTC)
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=== Chongkian ===
* {{User5|Chongkian}}
* Check requested by [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]])
* Came across this user when I [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear_power_in_Taiwan&diff=1307641666&oldid=1307493366 removed copyvio] from [[Nuclear power in Taiwan]] in August 2025. This copyvio originated from this user in [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=601930161 March 2014]. I decided to see if there were any copyvios from this user after 2014. Here is what I found:
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yao_Jen-to&diff=prev&oldid=847671690 June 2018]: The Political stance section added in [[Yao Jen-to]] copies/closely paraphrases [https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/06/22/2003695323 The Taipei Times] source.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ngarachamayong_Culture_Center&diff=prev&oldid=851129264 July 2018] revision at [[Ngarachamayong Culture Center]] copies [https://web.archive.org/web/20180720110120/https://oceanislandtravel.com/home.asp?aid=136 Ocean Island Travel]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dexing_Coal_Mine&diff=prev&oldid=880221644 January 2019] edit at [[Dexing Coal Mine]] copies from [https://web.archive.org/web/20151222164338/http://library.taiwanschoolnet.org/gsh2013/gsh7420/nature/rise2.htm Taipei Municipal Wuxing Elementary School] 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jiading_Wetlands&diff=prev&oldid=940729596 February 2020] edit at [[Jiading Wetlands]] copies/closely paraphrases [https://taiwantoday.tw/Environment/Top-News/24001/Court-rules-in-favor-of-Kaohsiung-wetland-preservation Taiwan Today]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Street_(Taiwan)&diff=prev&oldid=1123358224 November 2022] edit at [[Central Street (Taiwan)]] closely paraphrases [https://web.archive.org/web/20211017151623/https://eng.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0002125&id=A12-00234 this travel website]
*Also noticed on their [[User_talk:Chongkian/Archive_2|talk page]] that their article [[Underground Cable]] was speedy deleted for copyright in 2012.
While I'm concerned about the recent copyvios, I'm really concerned that this user has added copyvios after becoming [[Special:UserRights/Chongkian|autopatrolled]] in 2016. This is because [[Wikipedia:Autopatrolled]] says it is "given to prolific creators of clean articles". Unfortunately, I have found 5 copyvios/close paraphrases that came after autopatrolled was given to this user. Due to these reason, I have to request this CCI. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Thank you! [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]]) 22:02, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
: Hi [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]], I fully understand the [[WP:COPYVIO]] of Wikipedia when writing the article and I've always been trying my best not to violate that. Up to date, I have created 2,560 new articles in Wikipedia by following as much as I can all of the rules and [[WP:MOS]] of Wikipedia. As a saying says .. ''"The best way not to make any mistake is not to do anything. Thus, the more we do things, the more likely we may (unintentionally) create mistake."'' So yes, for all of the articles I have created, I first read the statements from the source and I rewrite them down in Wikipedia in my own words and understanding, '''without''' doing any direct copy+paste from the original source. That [[Underground Cable]] article was 13 years ago when I was still a newbie in Wikipedia and knew nothing about how to write properly in the platform, and thus it was deleted, and thus I learned by lesson to better myself in writing other articles in Wikipedia. So fast forward years later, I started to create more and more articles and always attach any inline citation source per [[WP:INCITE]]. And I always put in mind that I should not write anything outside the given sources/citation because we cannot write any original research in Wikipedia articles per [[WP:NOR]], thus I only write (and paraphrase) information from the given list of references/citations of an article. And from most of the 5 articles that you pointed out, most of them you wrote ''closely paraphrased'', thus I did what I had to do to paraphrase. But, whether it is fully paraphrase or closely paraphrase, is there any [[WP:MOS]] on that so that I know exactly what I need to change or remove? Most of the articles I created are technical articles (meaning it is full of numbers, parameters etc), in which I cannot simply remove them because those are hard facts needed for the articles. But if you think there are things need to be changed, by all means please edit that to a level where it is no longer considered direct copying or closely paraphrase as you said. I have made paraphrasing on these 5 articles below.
:I have run the [https://copyvios.toolforge.org/ Earwig's Copyvio Detector tool] for the 5 articles you pointed out (Copyvio search: Use search engine & Use links in page), and:
:* [[Yao Jen-to]]: 27% similarity, this is because the site listed his name, almamater, birth place and latest job position. these are hard facts in which every Wikipedia articles need to have, including fulfilling every of its Wikidata's statement. The tool states ''Violation unlikely''
:* [[Ngarachamayong Culture Center]], 0% similarity
:* [[Dexing Coal Mine]], 0% similarity
:* [[Jiading Wetlands]], 0% similarity
:* [[Central Street (Taiwan)]], 2.9% similarity, pointing to the district name of the street and the year of its redevelopment, in which these 2 information are hard facts needed for Wikipedia article. The tool states ''Violation unlikely''
:Or maybe is there any better copyvio detector tools that you use to even detect the slightest closely paraphrasing in writing Wikipedia article? [[User:Chongkian|Chongkian]] ([[User talk:Chongkian|talk]]) 04:39, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
::Earwig's copyvio detector does not detect close paraphrasing, offline or scanned sources, or archive.org content. Compare [[Special:Diff/847671690]] to {{tq|During a public forum in 2013, Yao, at the time an associate professor of sociology at National Tsing Hua University, said that Taiwanese independence had lost its place in the mainstream and urged the Democratic Progressive Party to facilitate democratization in China by promoting Taiwan’s experiences in furthering democracy, freedom and human rights.}} from [https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/06/22/2003695323 its source]. This is close paraphrasing. The rest of the diffs that MrLinkinPark333 check out. [[WP:NOTEARWIG]] explains why relying solely on those results is not enough to avoid copyright issues or disprove copyright issues. The copyvio detector is a tool, it has its flaws, and it unfortunately does not disprove the copyright issues as presented here. [[User:Sennecaster|<span style="color:#300660">Sennecaster</span>]] ([[User talk:Sennecaster|<span style="color:#863C75fc">Chat</span>]]) 19:13, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
::: The [[Yao Jen-to]]'s section I have fully deleted it (just to be on a safe side), because I don't know how else to paraphrase it without losing the core hard fact meaning inside it. The other 4 articles I have fully and heavily paraphrase it. If you see my writing and paraphrasing, I always try by best to include as many as links linking to any existing Wikipedia articles (also to change the word into its synonym to match the exact title on any existing Wikipedia article), thus making it more notable and follow standard Wikipedia-style articles. So, since you said Earwig's copyvio detector does not detect close paraphrasing, then what are the other better tool to detect close paraphrasing? Or we should just simply compare it manually and decide if that is close paraphrasing or not? Because if the latter is the case (compare it manually), then it is very subjective depending on the user. Without proper MoS or tool, then there will be so many interpretation. And also, isn't that due to the [[WP:NOR]] rule, then we as editor must follow what are the facts written in the sources we cite to the article, without really giving much extra of our other ideas of writing into it? It seems like there is a 180 degrees conflict here between [[WP:NOR]] and [[WP:COPYVIO]]. And to the best of my understanding, I did exactly what I think I had to do, which is to read first the original sources and then I type them again by my own words without copy+paste the original text, but I shall maintain all of the facts/names/sequence etc mentioned in the original sources. [[User:Chongkian|Chongkian]] ([[User talk:Chongkian|talk]]) 02:14, 25 October 2025 (UTC)
::::@[[User:Chongkian|Chongkian]] - Do you happen to have any relation to {{User |Lasersharp}}? You both have added copyvio to [[Nuclear power in Taiwan]], you both seem to copy from the Taipei Times, and I'm noticing some other similarities between you two. [[User:Sophisticatedevening|<span style="color: purple">Sophisticatedevening</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Sophisticatedevening|<span style="color: purple">(talk)</span>]]</sup> 14:06, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
:::::Nope, no direct relation with that editor (Lasersharp). I come across with his edits many times because he and I both like (or used) to edit many articles about Taiwan. What I know is we are both [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Taiwan/Members|members of WikiProject Taiwan]] for quite some time. During most of my edit for Taiwan-related articles, I also used to encounter with other editors, such as User: Geographyinitiative, WhisperToMe, HkCaGu, ASDFGH, Vycl1994. For me personally, I usually cite these notable English online news of Taipei Times, Focus Taiwan and China Post for most of the Taiwan-related article contents in English Wikipedia. [[User:Chongkian|Chongkian]] ([[User talk:Chongkian|talk]]) 15:44, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
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=== HappyHistorian1862 ===
* {{User5|HappyHistorian1862}}
* Check requested by [[User:Mmemaigret|MmeMaigret]] ([[User talk:Mmemaigret|talk]])
* Close paraphrasing in at least 5 articles.

I recently reviewed this [[Draft:The Flamin' Oh's]] for AfC and declined it. I received a rather nice but odd message overnight from another user saying that they had addressed the issues and moved the article (their own) to mainspace which made me have a look at the editor's history. 

They've only been on WP since the beginning of this month with 115 edits but they've have added a slew of articles to mainspace. Many of them have clean-up issues, including a number with close paraphrasing templates. 

I had noticed some close paraphrasing of two or three sources in the The Flamin' Ohs article.

* [[The Flamin' Oh's]]

:: The band ultimately broke up in 1987 after the release of their fourth indie album "Paint the Sky".[3][9][10] The band has a star of fame on the First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis.[11] In 1997, the Flamin' Oh's reunited for the Mill City Music Festival in Minneapolis' North Loop, which also featured musicians such as Ray Charles, Joan Jett, and B. B. King.

: [https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/250754284 Star Tribune article: The Flamin Ohs Live On]

::They flamed out in 1987 after the release of their fourth indie album, "Paint the Sky," under the moniker the Oh's. In 1997, the Flamin' Oh's reunited for the splashy Mill City Music Fes-tival in Minneapolis' Warehouse District, which also featured Ray Charles, Joan Jett and B.B. King. 

* [[The Flamin' Oh's]]

::The bands keyboardist and vocalist Joseph Behrend was murdered in 1989. In the early morning of August 19, 1989 Behrend was found dead in his apartment. 36-year-old Behrend had been bludgeoned to death with his own guitar, a red Gibson Les Paul Epiphone. A suspect was arrested, but without enough evidence to charge him with murder, the case went cold.

:[https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/250754225/?terms=bludgeoned&match=1 Haunted by murder], Star Tribune:

::The keyboardist for Minneapolis rock band the Flamin' Oh's, Joseph Behrend was slain in his apartment in the early morning of Aug. 19, 1989. The 36-year-old musician had been bludgeoned to death with his own guitar. A suspect was arrested, but without enough evidence to charge him, the case went cold.

Here are some others

* [[Lyman S. Kidder]]: 

: Kidder's 11-man patrol reached Custer’s previous campsite on the evening of July 1, 1867 but found it abandoned.[8] Unbeknownst to the command at Fort Sedgwick, Custer had left the area, scouting further south, then northwest. During the night, Kidder mistook a wagon train trail that Custer had sent to Fort Wallace for Custer’s trail. He and his men then followed the wrong path.[7] 

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/kidder-massacre-kansas:

: Kidder reached Custer’s campsite on the evening of July 1 but found it abandoned. Unbeknownst to Fort Sedgwick, Custer had left the area, scouting further south, then northwest. In the moonlight, Kidder mistook a wagon train trail that Custer had sent to Fort Wallace for Custer’s trail. He and his men then followed the wrong path.

* [[Alexander Louis Arch]]:

: Arch received basic training at Fort Douglas before being deployed to the Mexico–United States border during the Mexican Border War where he was promoted to the rank of Corporal. Arch later served in the Pancho Villa Expedition under John J. Pershing in an attempt to capture Pancho Villa in retaliation for his Raid on Columbus in 1916. During the expedition, Arch received a promotion to the rank of Sergeant. 

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/indiana-in-wwi-stories/2420-alex-l-arch.html:

: He was sent to Fort Douglas in Arizona where he received training and served along the United States Southern border with Mexico where he was promoted to the rank of corporal. He was later among the soldiers that John Pershing led into Mexico in pursuit of the paramilitary forces of Pancho Villa in an attempt to capture Villa in retaliation for his raid on Columbus New Mexico in 1916. During this expedition, Arch received a promotion to the rank of sergeant.

[[Indian removals in Minnesota]]

: The Ojibwe historically stretch from present-day Ontario in eastern Canada all the way the state of Montana near the Rocky Mountains. Oral traditions of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi assert that at one time all three tribes were one people who lived at the Straits of Mackinac.[4]

https://www.mpm.edu/educators/wirp/nations/ojibwe/history

: The Ojibwe stretch from present-day Ontario in eastern Canada all the way into Montana. Oral traditions of the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi assert that at one time all three tribes were one people who lived at the Straits of Mackinac. 

* [[Joel Emmons Whitney]]

: Whitney occupied the space above Charles D. Elfelt's business storefront from 1851 to 1867. Elfelt was a prominent Jewish textile trader and actor in Saint Paul. Whitney's gallery was later known as Whitney’s Pioneer Gallery and Whitney's Pioneer Gallery and Photographic Depot. Local newspapers from the time often refer to Whitney as being the first photographer of St. Paul.

https://www.placeography.net/Whitney's_Gallery,_3rd_Street_and_Cedar_Avenue,_Saint_Paul,_Minnesota_(Razed)

: Whitney occupied the space above Charles D. Elfelt’s clothing store on 3rd and Cedar from 1851 to 1867.... Whitney was an early adopter of photography, and his gallery was later known as “Whitney’s Pioneer Gallery and Photographic Depot.” Local newspapers from Whitney’s time often refer to him as the first photographer of St. Paul.

* [[Draft:The Acton Incident]]

: On Sunday, August 17, 1862, four young Dakota men of the Wahpeton band (sometimes they are stated to be Mdewakanton) were returning to the Lower Sioux Agency from hunting. Upon seeing some chicken eggs in a nest at the farm of a white settler, Robinson Jones, there was a disagreement among the Dakota whether or not to take the eggs. When one Dakota man refused, his companions dared him to prove that he was not afraid of the white man's reaction for stealing his eggs. The Dakota men proceeded to follow Robinson Jones back to his village where others White settlers were gathered.

https://www3.mnhs.org/usdakotawar/stories/history/acton-incident

: On Sunday, August 17, 1862, four young Dakota men of the Wahpeton band were returning from hunting. Upon seeing some chicken eggs in a nest at the farm of a white settler, there was a disagreement whether or not to take the eggs. When one refused, his companion dared him to prove that he was not afraid of the white man's reaction. The Dakota men proceeded to engage a white man nearby, Robinson Jones. Following him to a white homestead where some white settlers were gathered.

[[User:Mmemaigret|MmeMaigret]] ([[User talk:Mmemaigret|talk]]) 12:43, 26 November 2025 (UTC) [[User:Mmemaigret|MmeMaigret]] ([[User talk:Mmemaigret|talk]]) 12:43, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

:[[User:Mmemaigret|MmeMaigret]], 
:While I try to paraphrase sources, which is not against the rules (separate from close-paraphrasing), I have never tried to directly just copy and past source information or duplicate information from webpages. As for moving articles to the mainspace, we are allowed to do so without waiting for peer edited reviewing are we not? I have been told so several times by other contributors who have reviewed my pages beforehand that experienced users can move pages forward to the mainspace as articles instead of just waiting for peers to review (which can take months). As for the supposed copyrights, I will remove the material from the pages you have suggested and remedy it by "editing the article to remove any non-free copyrighted content" as per your suggestions. Thank you. I am new to Wikipedia yes, but none of my posts have been deliberately offensive or meant any harm, I am here to share and write about history. Out of my 115 edits you have chosen 6, however, that is just 6 out of hundreds of edits I have contributed (primarily towards the field of history) before I made this formal account. Previous to that I have been editing pages since January, 2025. Thanks.
:- Regards.   [[User:HappyHistorian1862|HappyHistorian1862]] ([[User talk:HappyHistorian1862|talk]]) 14:14, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::In the meantime, I will be editing these pages along with any other pages that have been flagged by [[User:Mmemaigret|MmeMaigret]] for copyright issues in order to correct my own flaws and errors. No harm was intended, just an honest historian who is still relatively new to Wikipedia looking to contribute towards historical pages. Whenever I publish or draft these pages I do not think deliberately to violate copyright laws. If you perceive that I have I sincerely apologize. Hopefully I can keep this account and keep contributing towards history, that is my goal in the end.   [[User:HappyHistorian1862|HappyHistorian1862]] ([[User talk:HappyHistorian1862|talk]]) 14:50, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Hello, I have since edited all the previous sentence structures which you have mentioned above. I have also remediated and removed the accused copy-paste, as well as close paraphrasing templates from the aforementioned articles as I have edited and resolved each of the pages individually via edits. Hopefully this resolves the issue and displays that I am serious about editing and correcting any mistakes I make here on WP. Thanks.  [[User:HappyHistorian1862|HappyHistorian1862]] ([[User talk:HappyHistorian1862|talk]]) 17:00, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::@[[User:HappyHistorian1862|HappyHistorian1862]] You are allowed to publish your own articles once autoconfirmed but, if everyone moved their own articles after they had 10 edits, no one would wait for an Article for Creation review. What is unusual about what you did, is you that you submitted the draft for AfC and then, on it being declined, decided that you had addressed the issues and moved it to mainspace. But I don't believe you should be moving any articles to mainspace because it is pretty obvious that don't appreciate Wikipedia rules, particularly the requirement for significant coverage in reliable independent secondary sources, as evidenced by the [[The Flamin' Oh's]] article and the [[Draft:The Acton Incident]]. The latter is woefully sourced, contains bare URLs and doesn't reuse sources. Blog posts are not reliable secondary sources. For someone with so few edits (and your edit count is exaggerated by all the articles and talk pages you've moved to mainspace), your articles have far too many issues. [[User:Mmemaigret|MmeMaigret]] ([[User talk:Mmemaigret|talk]]) 08:30, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:: You deciding that the close paraphrasing issues have been resolved and deleting the templates also concerns me because those templates alert others to possible issues and you're not necessarily the best person to determine if they've been objectively resolved. [[User:Mmemaigret|MmeMaigret]] ([[User talk:Mmemaigret|talk]]) 08:42, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:Above seems too close to me, though I don't think this is big enough for a full case. Surveyor results below: [[User: Tenshi Hinanawi|Tenshi!]] ([[User talk: Tenshi Hinanawi|Talk page]]) 17:29, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
*'''N''' [[:Indian removals in Minnesota]] (2 edits): [[Special:Diff/1321794561|(+30628)]][[Special:Diff/1321794887|(+237)]]
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*'''N''' [[:William J. Cullen]] (1 edit): [[Special:Diff/1324135194|(+15365)]]
*'''N''' [[:Oakland Cemetery (St. Paul, Minnesota)]] (2 edits): [[Special:Diff/1323601446|(+14807)]][[Special:Diff/1323601708|(+257)]]
*'''N''' [[:James C. Edson]] (2 edits): [[Special:Diff/1321985062|(+14094)]][[Special:Diff/1321985405|(+241)]]
*'''N''' [[:Frederick E. DuToit]] (2 edits): [[Special:Diff/1322194728|(+13030)]][[Special:Diff/1322194913|(+220)]]
*'''N''' [[:Oran D. Perry]] (2 edits): [[Special:Diff/1320920527|(+11966)]][[Special:Diff/1320920713|(+216)]]
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*'''N''' [[:Charles K. Bucknum]] (2 edits): [[Special:Diff/1323124329|(+11013)]][[Special:Diff/1323124729|(+249)]]
*'''N''' [[:The Flamin' Oh's]] (2 edits): [[Special:Diff/1322951612|(+10514)]][[Special:Diff/1322952540|(+241)]]
*'''N''' [[:3rd Indiana Volunteers (Mexican-American War)]] (2 edits): [[Special:Diff/1320611980|(+10498)]][[Special:Diff/1320612208|(+253)]]
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*'''N''' [[:Draft:Harmon J.B. Miller]] (2 edits): [[Special:Diff/1322846914|(+5680)]][[Special:Diff/1322847034|(+222)]]
*[[:5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment]] (1 edit): [[Special:Diff/1323261000|(+4996)]]
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=== Wikidea ===
* {{User5|Wikidea}}
* Check requested by [[User:Rambling Rambler|Rambling Rambler]] ([[User talk:Rambling Rambler|talk]])
* User in question looks to have been creating for the last two decades various articles on legal cases and statute. While this is no doubt a good faith goal at providing an open--source repository of case law, they have created over 1,000 articles of which many look to be verbatim reproductions of court judgements. In the UK's various court systems they are subject to copyright under the terms of the [https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Open Government Licence] which doesn't look to have been followed (namely a failure to attribute the copyright to anyone, or link to the OGL licence terms), instead typically linking to only to a third party legal repository as a source (such as bailii.org):
Example articles of this issue (with CopyVio tool match in brackets) include:
*[[IWGB v CAC]] (95.8%)
*[[Torquay Hotel Co Ltd v Cousins]] (98.9%)
*[[Rookes v Barnard]] (95.0%)
*[[Ready Mixed Concrete (South East) Ltd v Minister of Pensions and National Insurance]] (94.5%)
*[[Carmichael v National Power plc]] (93.8%)
*[[Ward v Tesco Stores Ltd]] (69.5%)

Given that the user in question is typically the overwhelmingly predominant editor of the articles they've created I have a distinct worry that we could in effect have had a good faith user create hundreds of articles that are fundamentally copyright violations in their entirety, so filing this to get a more experienced perspective on this. [[User:Rambling Rambler|Rambling Rambler]] ([[User talk:Rambling Rambler|talk]]) 15:14, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

:No, there's no copyright on a UK court judgment, and it's (obviously) fair use anyway. I remember a discussion about this many years ago. The confusion is that reporting companies have copyrights over their version of the report, but in fact it's just the headnote (which summarises the judgment) which is different. The judgments themselves can be used by anyone. That's what you see in all the casebooks, etc. Authors never have to request permission for doing this when they write books extracting judgments. Hope that makes sense, and it helps. 
:I would appreciate, however, being politely asked what the correct position is, rather than (baselessly) being accused of copyright violation, and I would appreciate if the user above withdraws all the notices they've put up. 
:You can also read some explanation of copyright rules on the Bailii website: https://www.bailii.org/bailii/copyright.html 
:As with many things in common law, there's actually not much clarity over who owns a copyright (if any) on a judgment - there seem to be various potential views - a court, the judge themselves, or none - but in practice as I say, there's absolutely no problem in reproducing it free. '''[[User:Wikidea|<span style="color: red;">Wik</span>]][[User:Wikidea|<span style="color: gold;">idea</span>]]''' 06:12, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
::So first off, the BAILLI link explicitly states they '''are''' under copyright:
::”''In the case of United Kingdom judgments and legislation, BAILII's understanding is that Crown copyright protected material (other than the Royal Arms and departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context, and '''provided that where any of the Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material is identified and the copyright status acknowledged'''.''”
::Also a quick google for extra information revealed that the government have seemingly threatened legal action in at least one case over copyright.[https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/furious-bailii-demands-meeting-with-moj-over-reusing-judgments/5101607.article]
::And it’s not “obviously fair use” to reproduce it in its near entirety without attribution.
::Finally to be quite honest the reason I filed this here rather than asking you directly because you’ve got years of copyright concerns on your talk page/archive.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?fulltext=Search+archives&fulltext=Search&prefix=User+talk%3AWikidea%2F&search=copyright&ns0=1] [[User:Rambling Rambler|Rambling Rambler]] ([[User talk:Rambling Rambler|talk]]) 10:57, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
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=== Durindaljb ===
* {{User5|Durindaljb}}
* Check requested by [[User:Sophisticatedevening|<span style="color: purple">Sophisticatedevening</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Sophisticatedevening|<span style="color: purple">(talk)</span>]]</sup>
* I Came across this user after they created [[Frederick DeField]] earlier today. The majority of the page turned out to be taken from [https://www.mcmiklefuneralhome.com/obituary/3525222]. I decided to look at more of their contributions and found they added more copyvio to [[Vergennes, Illinois]] from [https://www.carbondaletimes.com/20190412/news/banking-on-longevity-the-bank-of-carbondale-celebrates-100-years-in-southern-illinois/]. Looking further back at their talk page they also seem to have been taking unattributed PD-USGOV content [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_F._King&oldid=953028516 here]. Going back even further to 2018 [[User talk:Durindaljb#Speedy deletion nomination of Herbert E. Meyer]] they had a G12 on [[Herbert E. Meyer]] apparently. In September last year [[User:Dclemens1971|Dclemens1971]] gave them a warning after they copied in [[Draft:John Christopher Zander]] from [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/john-zander-obituary?id=58784333]. And again in [[Pete Adkins]] from [https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=173433, https://mosportshalloffame.com/inductees/pete-adkins/].... And again in [[The Cash-Book Journal]] from [https://thecash-book.com/news/history/deutscher-volksfreund-a-german-newspaper-for-jackson/]. I believe that with 4,000+ edits this is a large enough issue that a CCI is needed, and likely a mainspace block as well. [[User:Sophisticatedevening|<span style="color: purple">Sophisticatedevening</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Sophisticatedevening|<span style="color: purple">(talk)</span>]]</sup> 02:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
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=== Fcstmani ===
* {{User5|Fcstmani}}
* Check requested by [[User:Nil NZ|<span style="font-family:Cooper Black;letter-spacing:1px;font-size:110%;color:#A7D335"><b>Nil</b></span>]][[User talk:Nil NZ|🥝]]
* This user was previously been warned for copyright violations in July [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Fcstmani/Archive_1#c-Sphilbrick-20250721113600-Recent_edit_reversion] for [[Special:Diff/1301737234|this edit]], and then again in December [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Fcstmani#c-Diannaa-20251228000300-December_2025].

Today I came across this user after they submitted [[Draft:Rotunda of St. George, Skalica]] to AFC, which returned a high result from Earwig [https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Draft:Rotunda_of_St._George,_Skalica&url=&oldid=1331891320]. Comparing the two paragraphs showed that anything that wasn't a directly copied from the [https://medievalheritage.eu/en/main-page/heritage/slovakia/skalica-st-georges-rotunda/ source] was a close paraphrase of it, for example:
{{textdiff|Article: The Rotunda of St. George was constructed in the southern section of the hillfort courtyard. Following the establishment of the charter town, it was positioned on the north-western fringe of medieval Skalica. In the latter half of the fourteenth century, as the town's defensive walls started to be erected, the promontory of the hillfort, along with the rotunda, was separated from the remainder of the hill by a ditch, resulting in a small mound that was significantly elongated in the east-west direction[...]|Source: Rotunda of St. George was built in the southern part of the hillfort courtyard. After the founding of the charter town, it found itself on the north-western edge of medieval Skalica. When in the second half of the 14th century the town defensive walls began to be built, the promontory of the hillfort with the rotunda was cut off from the rest of the hill by a ditch, creating a small mound, strongly elongated along the east-west line[...]}}

They've had 13 articles accepted via AFC in the last month; the majority of these articles use sources that are in Slovak, which means automated tools like Earwig wouldn't have picked them up. I checked a few of the recently accepted articles, and immediately found concerns by manually comparing them with Google Translations:

* At [[Holíč windmill]], from a machine translation of the [https://cestovanie.pravda.sk/ostatne/clanok/581347-tri-tipy-na-vylety-po-zahori-korlatka-veterny-mlyn-a-rozhladna-v-holici/]:
{{textdiff|Article:The technical equipment of the original mill has not been preserved, currently the mill has three floors and a propeller made of metal, but the blades are significantly shorter. In the recent years, it serves as a hunting lodge, and part of the area is a shooting range for asphalt targets, where training and competitions are held.|Source:The technical equipment of the original mill has not been preserved, at present the mill has preserved three floors and a fitted propeller made of metal, but the blades are significantly shorter. Today it serves as a hunting lodge, part of the area is a shooting range for asphalt targets, where trainings and races are held.}}

* At [[Dreveník]], from a machine translation of [https://www.teraz.sk/regiony/vzacnu-lokalitu-drevenik-na-spisi-chr/885231-clanok.html]:
{{textdiff|Article:The Dreveník travertine mound is located in the Hornád basin between Spišské Podhradie and Žehra. It has a triangular ground plan with an area of approximately one square kilometer, the shape of a table mountain with a level surface and is bordered in places by almost perpendicular rock walls and steep slopes. It is marked from a geological and geomorphological point of view, extensive rock areas with towers of bizarre shapes were formed there on the eastern and western edges of the massif. Few travertine formations have been eroded there, which is why they are rare. Over the years, they have grown and formed on the surface of the area.|Source:Travertín Klou Dreveník lies in the Hornád Basin between Spišské Podhradie and Žehra. It has a triangular floor plan with an area of roughly one square kilometer, the shape of a table mountain with an aligned surface and is bordered by places of almost perpendicular rock walls and steep sides. It is marked from the point of view of geological and geomorphological, there were extensive rock sites with towers of bizarre shapes on the eastern and western edges of the massif. “Few travertine formations are eroded there and are therefore rare. During those years they grew and formed on the surface of the territory,” explained Lulica Cibuľková.}}

* At [[List of lakes of Slovakia]], from a machine translation of [https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/5iriKbH/jazera-na-slovensku-top-30-slovenskych-jazier-a-vodnych-ploch/]
{{textdiff|Article:In addition to the Tatra lakes, Slovakia also has many other lakes, dams and water bodies. Some Slovak dams and water works, which were originally built for the purposes of irrigation, energy production or flood protection, are now also used for relaxation and recreation. Lakes in Slovakia are natural or originated as gravel pits or quarries that were later flooded by water.|Source:In addition to the beautiful Tatra tarns, we also have many other lakes, dams and water bodies in our country. Some Slovak dams and waterworks, which were originally built for irrigation, energy production or flood protection, are now also used for rest and recreation. [...]

Lakes in Slovakia are natural or formed as gravel or quarries, which were later flooded with water.}}

* At [[Šomoška Castle]], Earwig shows this close paraphrasing [https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=%C5%A0omo%C5%A1ka_Castle] from [https://medievalheritage.eu/en/main-page/heritage/slovakia/somoska-castle/]
{{textdiff|Article: The castle was constructed prior to 1291 by Peter of the Kacsics family. In 1310, under duress, his sons surrendered the castle to the magnate Matthew Csák, thereby securing the southernmost stronghold of his territory. Following the demise of Csák, King Charles of Hungary transferred ownership of the castle to Thomas Kacsics, from whom the later Szécsényi family descended.|Source: The castle was built before 1291 by Petr of the Kacsy family.

In 1310, his sons, under threat, gave the castle to the magnate Matthew Csák, who thus obtained the southernmost stronghold of his dominion.

After the fall and death of Csák, King Charles of Hungary gave the castle to Thomas Kacs, from whom the later Szécsényi family came.}}

The user has 76 page creations currently in namespace. I picked an older one at random, and found this one from November:
* At [[Town Hall Square (Bardejov)]], from a machine translation of [https://www.regionsaris.sk/en/religous-tourism/basilica-of-st-giles/]:
{{textdiff|Article:The origins of the church trace back to the 13th century. The church’s patronage also originates from this era. Around 1206, Cistercian monks from Koprzywnica, Poland, established a monastery dedicated to St. Giles in this location. A royal deed from 1247, in which King Béla IV confirmed the Cistercian Order's ownership of extensive lands near Bardejov (referred to as 'Terra Bardfa'), includes the earliest reference to a church in this region. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the Cistercians departed from this site in the latter half of the 13th century (approximately 1271). The construction of the church commenced in the mid-14th century, and the basilica was completed in 1415. Over the following centuries, the church suffered damage from fires, earthquakes, and bombing in 1944. The temple has experienced numerous reconstructions. In 1990, both church bells – Urban and Ján – were damaged and subsequently replaced by the bell Joseph, coinciding with the church's designation as Basilica Minor.|Source:The beginnings of the temple date back to the 13th century. The patronage of the temple dates from this period, as well. Around 1206, Cistercian monks from Koprzywnica, Poland, settled here and founded a monastery dedicated to St. Giles. Royal deed from 1247, by which King Béla IV confirmed the Order of Cistercians their large pieces of land in the vicinity of Bardejov (“Terra Bardfa”), contains the first mention of the existence of a church in this area. However, due to sudden changes, the Cistercians left this place in the second half of the 13th century (around 1271). Construction of the church began in the mid-14th century and the construction of the basilica was completed in 1415. Over the next centuries, the church was damaged by fires, earthquakes and bombing in 1944. The temple has undergone many reconstructions. In 1990, both church bells – Urban and Ján – broke and were replaced by the bell Joseph, when the church was declared to be Basilica Minor.}}

With 3,800 edits, and 76 articles published to mainspace, I believe a more in depth investigation is needed. I'm concerned that there will be many other instances of copyright violations and close paraphrasing that have been missed, due mainly to the fact that the editor is using Slovak sources. [[User:Nil NZ|<span style="font-family:Cooper Black;letter-spacing:1px;font-size:110%;color:#A7D335"><b>Nil</b></span>]][[User talk:Nil NZ|🥝]] 01:12, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
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=== Olegwiki ===
* {{User5|Olegwiki}}
* Check requested by [[User:LordCollaboration|LordCollaboration]] ([[User talk:LordCollaboration|talk]])
* Sorry if this is the wrong spot. This is all very old (the user hasn't made any edits since 2019 and hasn't been active since 2017), but from what I can tell, the large majority (if not all) of their major edits were copied. They were previously warned many times.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=330658350&oldid=314340052][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=331842985&oldid=330658350][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=354319978&oldid=351550656][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=365224144&oldid=363266346][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=368360353&oldid=367413205][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=471219734&oldid=461257448][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=556123561&oldid=530563441][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=629113873&oldid=627394592][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=632339228&oldid=632207324][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=638073948&oldid=637892248][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=744314760&oldid=692052341] I posted on their page[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOlegwiki&diff=1334669263&oldid=1302620463] with four examples that still exist.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timur&diff=prev&oldid=805359672][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Durst&diff=prev&oldid=651774126][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokolow_v._Palestine_Liberation_Organization&diff=prev&oldid=649986904][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Kalimantan&diff=431005160&oldid=429506898] Since then I have removed/reworded several more confirmed cases.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anwar_Ibrahim&diff=prev&oldid=646847942][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Statute_of_Artificers_1562&diff=prev&oldid=646555316][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen&diff=prev&oldid=644608560][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michel_Martelly&diff=prev&oldid=643432662][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=G%C3%BClen_movement&diff=prev&oldid=643434784] Unfortunately, these are so old (and many have been reworded or removed over time) and they have made such a large number of edits that it is difficult to resolve and in some cases to confirm. And I have gotten tired of this, so figured I should make a note of it in case someone else wants to go through their previous edits or if the ones I found need to be revdeled. [[User:LordCollaboration|LordCollaboration]] ([[User talk:LordCollaboration|talk]]) 17:32, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
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=== Keane Verneth Calimlim ===
* {{User5|Keane Verneth Calimlim}}
* Check requested by [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]])
* Yesterday, I removed copying from [[Nissan Caravan]] that was tagged as [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nissan_Caravan&diff=prev&oldid=1335785769 close paraphrasing]. The content was added by this user in [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nissan_Caravan&diff=prev&oldid=1051017527 October 2021] and copies [https://www.autoindustriya.com/auto-industry-news/2022-nissan-urvan-levels-up-in-luxury-and-design.html Autoindustriya]. I decided to look at edits made after October 2021 to see if this user made any more copyvios. I found the following:
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazda_BT-50&diff=prev&oldid=1057907919 November 2021] edit at [[Mazda BT-50]] almost copies the entire [https://paultan.org/2021/11/30/2022-mazda-bt-50-previewed-in-malaysia/ Paultan] article.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toyota_Avanza&diff=prev&oldid=1094726607 June 2022] edit at [[Toyota Avanza]] copies close to 2 paragraphs from [https://paultan.org/2022/06/24/2022-toyota-veloz-open-for-booking-in-malaysia-replaces-avanza-wireless-apple-carplay-rm95k-est/ Paultan].
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toyota_Prius&diff=prev&oldid=1125520354 December 2022] edit at [[Toyota Prius]] copies two paragraphs from [https://pressroom.toyota.com/hybrid-reborn-2023-toyota-prius-revealed/ Toyota Pressroom].
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toyota_Prius_Plug-in_Hybrid&diff=prev&oldid=1125520362 December 2022] edit at [[Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid]] copies three paragraphs from [https://pressroom.toyota.com/poised-for-performance-2023-toyota-prius-prime-revealed/ Toyota Pressroom]

I am very concerned that this user almost copied the entire Paultan article at Mazda BT-50. The additional paragraphs of copying made in 2022 are also concerning. Therefore, I believe a CCI is needed. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you! [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]]) 03:10, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
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=== Maykiwi ===
* {{User5|Maykiwi}}
* Check requested by [[user:theleekycauldron|theleekycauldron]] ([[User talk:Theleekycauldron|talk]] • she/her)
* Near-wholesale copying in [[Special:Diff/1335529837/1335525173|these edits]] to [[Streets of Minneapolis]] (see [https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/01/29/bruce-springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis-trump-white-house/88415498007/ source]). User has received warnings on their talk page in [[User talk:Maykiwi#October 2021|October 2021]], [[User talk:Maykiwi#January 2025|January 2025]], [[User talk:Maykiwi#August 2025|August 2025]], and [[User talk:Maykiwi#October 2025|October 2025]] and has generally only engaged combatively. They seem to make lots of large edits in AP2, so a larger examination might be needed. [[user:theleekycauldron|theleekycauldron]] ([[User talk:Theleekycauldron|talk]] • she/her) 14:29, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
*:Greetings. What is AP2? Thanks. [[User:Maykiwi|Maykiwi]] ([[User talk:Maykiwi|talk]]) 22:08, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
*::@[[User:Maykiwi|Maykiwi]], [[WP:CTOP/AP|American politics, post 1992]]. AP2 is the shortcut of the Arbitration Case. [[User:Sennecaster|<span style="color:#07643D">Sennecaster</span>]] ([[User talk:Sennecaster|<span style="color:#0F0E1B">Chat</span>]]) 22:12, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
*:Greetings. Regarding that edit, in the moment I couldn't find words to succinctly describe the video other than the succinct paragraph provided by the article. Would letting it intact and putting it between quotation marks work? It's always hard to balance between copyright violation and original research. Thanks. [[User:Maykiwi|Maykiwi]] ([[User talk:Maykiwi|talk]]) 22:28, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
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=== Camilasdandelions ===
* {{User5|Camilasdandelions}}
* Check requested by [[User:Zzz plant|Zzz plant]] ([[User talk:Zzz plant|talk]])
* Potential close-paraphrasing has been found in several articles, either already GA-status or GA-nominated. Two are documented in recent GANs: first, [[Talk:Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me?/GA1|one reviewed by Pi.1415926535]] and [[Talk:Don't Click Play/GA1|one reviewed by me]]: {{text diff|Source: In the song, Ava is heard singing "She samples, singing Gaga imitations/ Can't kings and queens look good with poker faces?". The line not only makes reference to her own hit song ‘Kings And Queens’, but also the breakthrough Lady Gaga hit ‘Poker Face’. She continues in the song, brushing off the criticism: "But I'm loving myself even if you hate it." According to a report from Rolling Stone, a source close to Ava Max has confirmed that the leaked snippet is real and is taken from the title track to her new album ‘Don't Click Play’.|Article: In the song, Max is heard singing "She samples, singing Gaga imitations/ Can't kings and queens look good with poker faces?". The line not only makes reference to her own hit song "Kings & Queens", but also the breakthrough Lady Gaga hit "Poker Face". She continues in the song, brushing off the criticism: "But I'm loving myself even if you hate it". According to a report from Rolling Stone, a source close to Max confirmed that the leaked snippet is real and is taken from the title track of her new album Don't Click Play.}} Another is documented in a [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/BB/Ang3l/1|GAR I recently opened]]. More can be found in [[Romance (Camila Cabello album)]]: {{text diff|Source:...Lee and Bell are already looking ahead to Cabello's next project. Bell said he imagines Cabello will work on album No. 2 during her upcoming spring tour, saying they’ll send ideas back and forth from April until June, when they'll finally be able to get into the studio together. He wants to give the second album a "more mature progression," but ultimately, the new songs will depend on Cabello.|Article:...Brian Lee and Louis Bell told MTV News that they were already looking ahead to her next project. Bell said he imagined she would work on her second album during her then-upcoming tour, saying they would send ideas back and forth from April until June, when they would finally be able to get into the studio together. He wanted to give the second album a "more mature progression," but ultimately, the new songs would depend on Cabello.}}There's also this in [[Aquarius (Tinashe album)]]: {{text diff|Source:"Aquarius" – "Welcome to my world," Tinashe greets at the close of the spacey title track, aptly setting the tone for the whispery soul aesthetic that characterizes much of the album. "Bet" feat. Dev Hynes – A mystical ride-or-die anthem, "Bet" brushes off haters of love and assures that Tinashe is down for the long haul: "I’ma be around for ever, always." Devonté Hynes’ (a.k.a. Blood Orange) guitar outro is an exhilarating exclamation point. "Cold Sweat" – One of the more dynamic records on Aquarius, “Cold Sweat” finds the budding rookie stepping back and observing the fake friends and overall sycophancy that comes with stardom. “Don't think I’ve forgotten who was always here,” she notes, over a beat that begins at a crawl before evolving into a pendulum of synths.|Article:The album opens with the intro "Aquarius", which features a "spacey" production with a whispery soul aesthetic, followed by "Bet" featuring Dev Hynes. "Bet" is a "mystical" with "ride-or-die" lyrics, that brushed off "haters", closing with Devonté Hynes performing a guitar outro. "Cold Sweat" is a dynamic song that sees Tinashe observing fake friends and overall sycophancy that comes with stardom. Its production "begins at a crawl before evolving into a pendulum of synths", followed by the album's first interlude titled "Nightfall".}} And although brief, overlap of unique creative phrasing in [[Forever Neverland]] also stands out to me: {{text diff|Source:It's a pop album brimming with thick beats and tropical electronics|Article:Forever Neverland is a pop album brimming with thick beats and tropical electronics}} I don't think any of the above are the most severe copyright problems in the world, and all of them are fixable with careful re-writing. However, I am concerned about the overall pattern here, particularly in multiple GAs. I [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Camilasdandelions&diff=prev&oldid=1336999350 reached out] to the contributor to explain my reasoning. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Good_article_reassessment/BB/Ang3l/1&diff=prev&oldid=1337008343 Their response] in the aforementioned GAR did not resolve my concerns. I take no pleasure in coming here, and would welcome other explanations from more experienced copyright patrollers, but I take the GACR seriously and feel an obligation to raise this in some forum.  [[User:Zzz plant|Zzz plant]] ([[User talk:Zzz plant|talk]]) 03:02, 7 February 2026 (UTC) [[User:Zzz plant|Zzz plant]] ([[User talk:Zzz plant|talk]]) 03:02, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
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