WP:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315#Doug Coldwell 2

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Background

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  • I spent a while looking at this users edits, there's nothing for real concern after 2010 December. Moneytrees🏝️Talk/CCI guide 03:26, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

::{{ping|MER-C}}, I'm trying to get all edits before 01/01/2011 (with minor edits included and a max diff of 200) but I'm getting a 500 error when I do so. Would you know if there's some sort of fix/workaround? Moneytrees🏝️Talk/CCI guide 03:50, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

:::Too many edits. I can populate this via the offline version, but that will have to wait until I'm no longer sick of CCI. MER-C 12:20, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

::::@MER-C This is going to need to be expanded [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=1109214492#Checking_some_recent_articles_of_Doug's per the current ANI discussion], sorry man. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 16:40, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

:::::Done: Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 02.

  • oh my. Are [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_biblical_names_starting_with_Q&diff=next&oldid=15970981 all 26 of these] going to need the full WP:CWW treatment?? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:06, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Sandbox edits. User:Douglas Coldwell/Sandboxes/Cyprus (page 03) is based on [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305134052/http://www.topix.com/forum/world/cyprus/T4N38HHK1FLLS70FD this "source"], content pasted to Cyprus lunar sample displays (page 02). There is one sentence too closely paraphrased, but that's in sandbox. I don't have to rephrase in sandbox do I? Can we just CSD a sandbox after it has been checked and we know/flag to where the content moved? Because the same thing has to be dealt with back on the real article. How to avoid double work, after figuring out to where the sandbox content was copied ? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:50, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
  • :if the content was cut-pasted from sandbox to mainspace and that person cut-pasting it was the only one who wrote it, it should be okay. If we just remove the mainspace content we don't have to worry about CWW either way though. The easiest way to prevent double work is to presumptively delete Coldwell content, but I'm not sure on the community temperature of that drasticness; the response is tepid at best to our nuclear approach with ILT and Hathorn. Sennecaster (Chat) 15:44, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
  • ::{{u|Sennecaster}} community consensus in this case is broad, unopposed (except for one ongoing issue with one editor at AN) and already determined; see the AN and the process already underway at Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:16, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :::Ah, okay. Haven't been around to see the final consensus there, thanks. Sennecaster (Chat) 16:03, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
  • {{ping|MER-C|Moneytrees|Sennecaster}} I've a list of questions above that I can get to over time, but I need more immediate help [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Ludington_Public_Library&oldid=1135567406#CCI_review here], if you can spare the time sooner rather than later. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:41, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
  • I suspect that we might need to pull a listing of images as well. Besides the Commons one linked by {{u|David Eppstein}} above, we also have fairly obvious obvious WP:DERIVATIVE issues like :File:Mel book rearch.JPG. Much more arcane than the text issues, but I don't think Doug understood freedom of panorama and derivative work restrictions. Hog Farm Talk 03:44, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
  • : Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mel book rearch.JPG now exists. Hog Farm Talk 16:06, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
  • : I don't do images, but this doesn't look right: :File:Honduras Apollo 17 plaque simulated.jpg SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:51, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :: Ugh. It's not delete-worthy from a licensing perspective (although it does need a tag for the underlying work), but I can't see how that's useful. It's just a white line across a public domain NASA image. In the actual photo that Doug was basing this off of, both the center of the flag and part of the wording is covered by sticky notes/paper, and it doesn't look like this creation. I'm going to remove it from the article. Hog Farm Talk 01:45, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :::I agree an image check is needed. Commons:Deletion_requests/File:1965_Time_Capsule_II_interior.jpg has the issue of images not appearing in the given source. Other images like Commons:File:Cupaloy stickmen 1.jpg and Commons:File:Cupaloy stickmen 2.jpg have the wrong source provided - should be Wikisource:Book of Record of the Time Capsule of Cupaloy. The image licensing also need fixing as these are not own works. The Cupaloy images need a further copyright check per Commons:Hirtle chart. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 05:10, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :::: Also :File:Ludington library new wing plans 2011.jpg (copyrighted architectural mockups), :File:Mcdllogo-sm2.gif (claimed PD USA federal government, work of a local government so it needs a threshold of originality ruling), :File:New local book.jpg (recent advertising materials for a book), etc. {{ping|MER-C}} - any chance of a file run? A lot of its probably old enough to be PD, but there's also a lot of WP:DERIVATIVE], [[WP:TOO, and WP:FOP issues as well. Hog Farm Talk 05:27, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :::::Files added. MER-C 19:47, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
  • ::::::The problem with this is that commons basically goes by their own rules whether there's CV or not, so I'm not sure how we're going to get these removed. Wizardman 19:57, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :::::::If you can demonstrate why it is a copyvio per Commons policy, such as Freedom of Panorama, then it can be easier to nominate those files for deletion. So far, I've found 2 FOP issues with sculpture images and linked Commons:FOP US in the nominations. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:07, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
  • Personal emails and private messages sent to Coldwell are used in sources; I have now found three instances. If you come across that, please contact {{noping|Primefac}} for revdel and oversight. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:51, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
  • Just checking diffs here is not enough. Having read through and corrected the 30 articles here, I found that citations are not always attached to the content they pretend to verify, and that what may look like it is not copyvio is later found to have come from a different source. It's like DC put up text, a lot copy-pasted or barely paraphrased, and then stuck whichever citation on it was closest at hand. As you continue reading sources, you may find something you thought was clear came from a different source! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:22, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Contribution survey

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:*I have presumptively removed almost all of Coldwell's additions to this article. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 21:59, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

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:* Coldwell's "contributions" already removed. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 10:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

:* 47% authorship; manual inspection and excoriation advised. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 10:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

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:* 49% Coldwellship at time of inspection. Manual inspection and excoriation advised. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 10:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

:* {{?}} Offline sources, largely unverifiable. Trimmed accordingly. XOR'easter (talk) 17:14, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

:* 36% Coldwellship at time of inspection. Manual inspection and excoriation advised. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 10:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

:* 30% Coldwellship at time of inspection. Manual inspection and excoriation advised. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 10:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

:* (1 edit): (+177) (Moved from page 2 so all can be evaluated together). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:21, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

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::*I have sent this to AfD for being a total mess of OR that never should have been written. Will update when the AfD closes (presumably as a delete). Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:07, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

::*:SNOW deleted. Good riddance. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:26, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

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  • :Angelo II Acciaioli {{n}} ref adds & tweaks ♠PMC(talk) 02:01, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :Ship: {{n}} SchroCat (talk) 22:40, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :Flashlight: {{n}} - SchroCat (talk) 11:24, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :Queen of Sheba: {{n}} just invented quotes and misrepresented material. - SchroCat (talk) 10:54, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :Antiope (Amazon) (1 edit): {{n}} Hog Farm Talk 23:03, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
  • :Joshua Lionel Cowen (2 edits): {{n}} Hog Farm Talk 23:01, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
  • :Star jelly (1 edit): {{n}} Vandalism reversion. Hog Farm Talk 22:13, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
  • :Gaius Cluilius (1 edit): {{n}} Text not copied from sources which are in any case PD. —David Eppstein (talk) 02:16, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :Energizer (1 edit): {{n}} —David Eppstein (talk) 01:16, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
  • :Leontion: {{?}} text no longer present - SchroCat (talk) 22:33, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
  • :Lucretia: {{?}} text no longer present - SchroCat (talk) 22:35, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
  • N :Dinsmoor Glacier (2 edits): {{y}} Foundational copyvio of unlisted source [https://books.google.com/books?id=D-ADezHGpa4C&pg=PA189], removed. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:41, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
  • :@David Eppstein - that source is actually fine to use, US Govt stuff is all PD by default. Almost all Antarctic articles are based on USGS data, sometimes word for word. ♠PMC(talk) 22:05, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
  • ::There's a difference between "is it plagiarism" and "is it legal". This was legal (I agree it is a PD source) but, as a word-for-word copy of someone else's text, not credited to them, it was definitely plagiarism, and inappropriate for Wikipedia. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:20, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
  • :::All it needs is a {{tl|USGS}} template to say where the text came from, though. Anyway, I'm not criticizing you, I'm just saying that if you happen to run into any more of these on this CCI, it isn't a major concern. ♠PMC(talk) 22:23, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
  • ::::That's not quite all it needs. A citation to the copied document itself is also necessary. And in this case, minor changes made in copying from that document also introduced errors of fact (the source said it flowed into another glacier; the copied text omitted that part and said it flowed directly into the sea). —David Eppstein (talk) 22:47, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
  • :Semiramis (1 edit): {{?}} Text no longer present. Stifle (talk) 12:22, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
  • N :Gaia Cyrilla (2 edits): {{?}} Redirected in 2007 to Tanaquil, also on this page to be evaluated. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:48, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
  • :George B. Selden (1 edit): {{?}} WP:PDEL. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:06, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
  • ::George B. Selden (1 edit): from page 02, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:09, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
  • :Sally Gerber (2 edits): {{?}} WP:PDEL offline sources, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:15, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
  • :Alexander Bain (inventor) (1 edit): {{n}} No substantive original content. Stifle (talk) 12:21, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
  • ::Alexander Bain (inventor) (13 edits): {{y}} from page 02, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:22, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
  • : This needs to be re-evaluated with all diffs (from page 02) together. Often, DC returned to alter the sources used which obscured copyvio and introduced failed verification. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:22, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
  • :: Copy-paste along with changing meaning while removing quotes and attempting to paraphrase; the usual works here, reverted to pre-DC and requested Revdel. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:45, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
  • :Pierre Abraham Lorillard {{n}} Sennecaster (Chat) 16:22, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
  • :CSS Shenandoah (3 edits): {{?}} DC added text was either removed or rewritten at the time or later, none exists in the current article. Wasted Time R (talk) 00:11, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

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