Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Colman2000

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Contributor copyright investigation

This CCI cleanup subpage has been opened because substantiated concerns of repeated copyright violations from the listed contributor requires systematic review of contributions. Listings are not intended to imply a presumption of bad faith on the part of any contributor, as Wikipedia's copyrights policy differs from international copyright policies and many inadvertently violate through misunderstandings.

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Background

Colman2000

  • Colman2000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
  • Check requested by Fram (talk)
  • They received copyvio warnings from Diannaa in March 2023 and June 2023, and a close paraphrase warning from me in January 2024. Their contributions still follow the same pattern though, taking the text from the Texas State Historical Association website (a copyrighted source) and closely following their entries, but somewhat changing the word order or using synonyms. Direct copyright violations seem to be absent since the second warning, but the close paraphrasing is quite obvious in details and when looking at the whole history section vs. the website. Recent examples:
  • Startzville, Texas is their most recent creation. It follows the source quite closely, which is obvious in e.g. "A large portion of the land near the lake was developed as residential subdivisions, even though the population of Startzville proper was only estimated to be 30 in 1966." vs. "Although the population of Startzville proper was estimated at only thirty in 1966, much of the land near the lake was developed as residential subdivisions." The next sentences can all easily be mapped 1-on-1 to the source. The length of Hunter, Texas helps to show the problem. Again, we can nearly completely map the history section to the source, most obviously in e.g. "When the International-Great Northern Railroad arrived in the townsite in 1880, it was officially named and established. There, in Gustavus A. Schleyer's general store, a post office opened in 1883, and Schleyer served as postmaster." vs. "The townsite was established and named with the arrival of the International and Great Northern Railroad in 1880. In 1883 a post office opened there in Gustavus A. Schleyer's general store, with the owner as postmaster." or "Hunter recorded 200 residents and nearly the same mix of companies in 1896; by that time, a resident physician had also been added." vs. "In 1896 Hunter still reported 200 residents and roughly the same mix of businesses; by then there was also a resident doctor."
  • This is not only about new creations but also expansions of existing articles, like here, from here. Completele same structure, and in parts more obviously just copied and adapted, like "Prospective inhabitants came to the new community, lured by the railroad, available jobs, and land that sold for $5 to $57 per acre." vs. "Prospective residents, drawn by the railroad, available jobs, and land that sold for five to fifty-seven dollars an acre, flocked to the new community." Fram (talk) 09:32, 1 July 2024 (UTC) Fram (talk) 09:32, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
    The editor has been blocked indefinitely following Special:Permanentlink/1237834301#Colman2000_and_close_paraphrasing. Accepting. MER-C 18:36, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

(Notes concerning what to look for) Apparently, they used used a text-spinner to generate articles, as per their unblock request. They've also received a CWW warning(Special:Diff/1094415645), so be on the lookout for that. Also, the copyright warnings themselves actually go back to 2017, so the behaviour is not new. Special:Diff/814020553. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 00:04, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

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More information History and Education sections of Texas stubs exclusively copyvio; Geography section 50-50 and lede fine. ...
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