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Contributor copyright investigation

This CCI cleanup subpage has been opened because concerns of multiple point infringement have been substantiated and further steps are necessary to address the serious risk of copyright violation from the listed contributor. Listings are not intended to imply a presumption of bad faith on the part of any contributor, as copyright laws vary widely around the world and many contributors who violate Wikipedia's copyrights policy do so inadvertently through not understanding it or the United States' laws that govern it.

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Background edit

GordyB (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) I encountered this user at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2014 May 20 and after confirming some close paraphrase issues now and in the past did a quick spot check.

What I have found is a history of copying from one article to another without attribution, which unfortunately does infringe on the copyright of Wikipedia's contributors. In some of the articles, GordyB was a contributor and may have been the major contributor; in others, he was not. I have repaired four such unattributed splits already, and I suspect there will be many more based on the titles of articles in the listing. (I imagine that those interested enough to help out with this CCI will know that these can be repaired through the process described at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

However, I have also found further close paraphrasing and copying from sources, not all of which are cited. For example (these are not intended to be exhaustive, but simply a passage from each to illustrate the issue):

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Article title Diff of edit Source Source text Article text
Geordan Murphy June 2005 RFU News In June 2000, after representing Ireland A and an Ireland XV, he made his full Ireland debut against the United States, scoring twice. Top form in the 2000/01 season saw him turning out regularly for Ireland A during the "shadow" Six Nations and led to him being picked for the Barbarians tour of the UK and Ireland that year. The 2001/02 season saw Geordan finishing the season as Tigers top try scorer in all competitions. He also scored a try for Ireland against Samoa in November 2001, and two more against Wales in Dublin in that season's Six Nations, but was then injured in the game against England. In June 2000, after representing Ireland A and an Ireland XV, he made his full Ireland debut against the United States, scoring twice. The 2000/01 season saw him turning out regularly for Ireland A during the “shadow” Six Nations and led to him being picked for the Barbarians tour of the UK and Ireland that year. The 2001/02 season saw Geordan finishing the season as Tigers' top try scorer in all competitions. He also scored a try for Ireland against Samoa in November 2001, and two more against Wales in Dublin in that season's Six Nations, but was then injured in the game against England.
Seru Rabeni August 2005 RFU News Seru has played rugby since his early schooldays in Fiji. He played for the Fijian first division club side, Lautoka, whilst at college, before moving on to the capital's club, Suva. Seru is also an accomplished Sevens player, having made his debut for the Fijian Sevens side in Dubai in 1998. He played in two Hong Kong Sevens tournaments and also appeared for his country in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He played at both U21 and U23 level for Fiji before making his senior test debut in May 2000 against Japan in Tokyo during the Epson Cup tournament. Seru Rabeni has played rugby union since his early schooldays in Fiji. He played for the Fijian first division club side Lautoka whilst at college, before moving on to the capital’s club Suva. Seru made his Sevens debut in Dubai in 1998, playing in two Hong Kong Sevens tournaments. He played at both U21 and U23 level for Fiji before making his test debut in May 2000 against Japan in Tokyo during the Epson Cup tournament.
London Irish September 2004 official site The harsh financial realities of playing at the top end of the game in England gradually became clear to all the country's senior clubs including London Irish in the early years of the decade. Operating losses mounted and but for the generosity of key benefactors at the time, the club would have struggled to survive. The financial struggles were reflected on the pitch where London Irish failed to make any impact in the leagues despite employing the services of a number of high profile coaches. The harsh financial realities of playing at the top end of the game in England gradually became clear to all the country's senior clubs including London Irish in the early years of the decade. Operating losses mounted and but for the generosity of key benefactors at the time, the club would have struggled to survive. The financial struggles were reflected on the pitch where London Irish failed to make any impact in the leagues despite employing the services of a number of high profile coaches.

I have not done a specific search to narrow down to see if issues improved after a certain point, but I do note that the article that was listed at WP:CP was included in March of this year. It, too, included some close paraphrasing and some duplicated content, although not on this scale.

Given that content still remains copied from external sources and that attribution needs to be provided for in-wiki copying, this CCI seems unfortunately to be very necessary. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:54, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Contribution survey edit

GordyB (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

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