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30 May 2023

  • Marine construction ( history · last edit · rewrite) from Construction of Marine and Offshore Structures. [1] This new article got flagged five times by CopyPatrol and a closer review reveals pretty foundational copying and close paraphrasing issues. CandyScythe ( talk) 14:57, 30 May 2023 (UTC) reply
    Entirety of Combined steel-concrete structures is unacceptable close paraphrasing or outright copying. Sennecaster ( Chat) 02:31, 31 May 2023 (UTC) reply
    Sennecaster, have you taken into account WP:LIMITED and the absence of creative expression? If so, on what grounds is it unacceptable? · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 07:09, 1 June 2023 (UTC) reply
    The sentence structures are almost the exact same, and I can see ways to rewrite this without losing precision. I am aware of both policies/guidelines you just cited to me, and I have asked a few of my friends if they could rewrite some of the copied phrases, and they said yes, which is my standard test of LIMITED. This is going to be an obnoxious article to clean because the PDF doesn't want to play nice with Earwig's copyvio detector, for anyone else who wants to pitch in on cleanup. Sennecaster ( Chat) 14:14, 1 June 2023 (UTC) reply
    If I remember correctly it was not even possible to select text in the source document, never mind copy it. I suppose Earwig's is having the same problem. · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 14:26, 9 June 2023 (UTC) reply
    CandyScythe, Please be specific about what you mean by pretty foundational copying and close paraphrasing issues, it is difficult to refute or address such vague accusations. · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 07:19, 1 June 2023 (UTC) reply
    Would someone please specify what creative expression is involved in this claim. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 04:14, 7 July 2023 (UTC) reply
    Two months now and no resolution. Also no responses to my requests. Can this continue indefinitely? Please ping with reply. · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 08:17, 2 August 2023 (UTC) reply
    I've removed or rephrased all content from the initial source but the tag will have to remain until the other are checked. – Isochrone ( T) 12:16, 6 August 2023 (UTC) reply
    Article cleaned, revision deletion requested. – Isochrone ( T) 14:49, 6 August 2023 (UTC) reply
    Done. Wizardman 00:43, 7 August 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Brabantio ( history · last edit · rewrite) from [Presumptive]. See Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations/ItsLassieTime Scorpions13256 ( talk) 20:00, 30 May 2023 (UTC) reply
    Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Wizardman 00:37, 4 July 2023 (UTC) reply