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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.

If you are here because of a note on an article's talk page explaining removal of text, please do not restore any removed text without first ensuring that the text does not duplicate, closely paraphrase or plagiarize from a previously published source. You are welcome to use sourced facts that may have been removed to create new content in your own words or to incorporate brief quotations of copyrighted material in accordance with the non-free content policy and guideline.

Instructions[edit]

All contributors with no history of copyright problems are welcome to contribute to clean up. Contributors who are the subject of a contributor copyright investigation are among contributors with a history of copyright problems and so are not welcome to directly evaluate their own or others' copyright violations in CCIs. They are welcome to assist with rewriting any problems identified.

If contributors have been shown to have a history of extensive copyright violation, it may be assumed without further evidence that all of their major contributions are copyright violations, and they may be removed indiscriminately in accordance with Wikipedia:Copyright violations. Contributors who are the subject of a contributor copyright investigation are among contributors who have been shown to have a history of extensive copyright violation and so all of the below listed contributions may be removed indiscriminately. However, to avoid collateral damage, efforts should be made when possible to verify infringement before removal.

When every section is completed, please alter the listing for this CCI at Wikipedia:CCI#Open_investigations to include the tag "completed=yes". This will alert a clerk that the listing needs to be archived.

((CCI-open|Contributor name|Day Month Year|completed=yes))

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Examine the article or the diffs linked below.
If the contributor has added creative content, either evaluate it carefully for copyright concerns or remove it.

Evaluating for copyright concerns may include checking the listed sources, spot-checking using google, google books and other search engines and looking for major differences in writing style. The background may give some indication of the kinds of copyright concerns that have been previously detected. For older text, mirrors of Wikipedia content may make determining which came first difficult. It may be helpful to look for significant changes to the text after it was entered. Searching for the earlier form of text can help eliminate later mirrors. If you cannot determine which came first, text should be removed presumptively, since there is an established history of copying with the editor in question.
If you remove text presumptively, place ((subst:CCI|name=Contributor name)) on the article's talk page.
If you specifically locate infringement and remove it (or revert to a previous clean version), place ((subst:cclean)) on the article's talk page. The url parameter may be optionally used to indicate source.
If there is insufficient creative content on the page for it to survive the removal of the text or it is impossible to extricate from subsequent improvements, replace it with ((subst:copyvio)), linking to the investigation subpage in the url parameter. List the article as instructed at the copyright problems board, but you do not need to notify the contributor. Your note on the CCI investigation page serves that purpose.
To tag an article created by the contributor for presumptive deletion, place ((subst:copyvio|url=see talk)) on the article's face and ((subst:CCId|name=Contributor name)) on the article's talk page. List the article as instructed at the copyright problems board, but you do not need to notify the contributor.

After examining an article:

replace the diffs after the colon on the listing with indication of whether a problem was found (add ((y))) or not (add ((n))). If the article is blanked and may be deleted, please indicate as much after the ((y)). The ((?)) template may be used for articles where you were unable to determine whether or not a violation occurred, but are prepared to remove the article from consideration – either because the material is no longer present in the article, or it is adequately paraphrased so as to no longer be a violation (please specify which).
Follow with your username and the time to indicate to others that the article has been evaluated and appropriately addressed. This is automatically generated by four tildes (~~~~)

If a section is complete, consider collapsing it by placing ((collapse top)) and ((collapse bottom)) beneath the section header and after the final listing.

Images

Examine the images below. For free images:
- Does the image look non-free? Is it likely the uploader is the copyright holder?
- Is the image properly licensed and sourced? Be aware of images that say "this image is licensed under X" without specifying who created it.
- Do a reverse image search using Google Images. Check the license of the source page. Compare the last modified time with the (Commons) upload time.
- Do a Google image search for phrases that describe the image's contents.
- See Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion#Addressing suspected copyright infringement on dealing with cases of possible image copyright infringement. There is no need to open a possibly unfree files listing. Administrators may delete images from multiple point infringers presumptively in accordance with Wikipedia:Copyright violations. Evaluators who are not administrators may section images into a "deletion requested" section for administrator attention.

For non-free images, determine whether each image meets our non-free content criteria.
- Note that Commons does not accept non-free content.
Annotate the listing with the action taken, e.g. if the image was tagged no source write "no source"; if the fair use claim is deemed ok you can write "OK fair use".

Background[edit]

Damon.cluck

Damon.cluck (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Check requested by Mobi Ditch (talk)
This editor does not seem to understand the issues with copying text from other sources. He has received multiple warnings (2010, 2012, and 2013) about copying text from websites. The problematic edits are as recent as 2018. Two recent articles still in draft form either almost entirely composed of sentences copied from two sources, or simply a cut-and-paste from another website. Commonly, he copies from posts to an Arkansas history webforum where he is active, or from an amateur historian's webpage, or from a state-sponsored history encyclopedia, though he also copies from other sources. He seems to be working with good intention to complete a niche topic, but in his desire to create volumes of text for a myriad of articles he has basically ignored some Wikipedia rules, IMO. I've asked him to help correct any problems, and I'm sure he'll be willing to do so once he understands the errors. Mobi Ditch (talk) 08:53, 25 January 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Mobi Ditch (talk) 23:32, 24 January 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Comment Some copying appears to have been from US government sources, of content in the Public Domain; in those cases, all we need to do is to provide appropriate attribution. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:03, 25 January 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
User renamed as Aleutian06. MER-C 08:19, 23 July 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Beware of cut-pasting work into other articles that the user has written. Sennecaster (Chat) 03:19, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Contribution survey[edit]

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M. Jeff Thompson Y Sennecaster (Chat) 03:11, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply] Helena order of battle (2 edits): N --S Philbrick (Talk) 01:45, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply] Fort Hindman Confederate order of battle (1 edit): N --S Philbrick (Talk) 01:45, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply] 1st Regiment Arkansas Cavalry (Union) (1 edit): N - content not actually added. Only stuff rearranged and references/ELs added. Hog Farm _Talk 02:18, 30 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply] American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front (World War I) order of battle (1 edit): N --S Philbrick (Talk) 01:44, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply] Alexander Travis Hawthorn (1 edit): N OK (reference) --S Philbrick (Talk) 01:43, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply] Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (1 edit): N Hog Farm _Talk 22:31, 29 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply] Saint Barbara Y Cleaned Wizardman 13:28, 4 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply] Battle of Helena (1 edit): N OK (reference) --S Philbrick (Talk) 01:42, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply] Robert C. Newton ? Didn't find it in the links, p-remove Sennecaster (Chat) 03:11, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply] Harris Flanagin (1 edit): N (references and external links). Hog Farm _Talk 22:26, 29 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply] Akutan Zero N from preview search spamming, it seems ok Sennecaster (Chat) 03:11, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply] Elaine race riot (1 edit): N OK (reference) --S Philbrick (Talk) 18:23, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply] Atlanta Campaign Confederate order of battle (2 edits): N OK (reference) --S Philbrick (Talk) 18:22, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply] Meridian Campaign (1 edit): N -(reference). Hog Farm _Talk 21:09, 29 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply] Battle of Fayetteville (1863) (1 edit): N OK (reference) --S Philbrick (Talk) 18:21, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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M. Jeff Thompson Y Sennecaster (Chat) 03:11, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Helena order of battle (2 edits): N --S Philbrick (Talk) 01:45, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Fort Hindman Confederate order of battle (1 edit): N --S Philbrick (Talk) 01:45, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
1st Regiment Arkansas Cavalry (Union) (1 edit): N - content not actually added. Only stuff rearranged and references/ELs added. Hog Farm _Talk 02:18, 30 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front (World War I) order of battle (1 edit): N --S Philbrick (Talk) 01:44, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Alexander Travis Hawthorn (1 edit): N OK (reference) --S Philbrick (Talk) 01:43, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (1 edit): N Hog Farm _Talk 22:31, 29 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Saint Barbara Y Cleaned Wizardman 13:28, 4 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Battle of Helena (1 edit): N OK (reference) --S Philbrick (Talk) 01:42, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Robert C. Newton ? Didn't find it in the links, p-remove Sennecaster (Chat) 03:11, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Harris Flanagin (1 edit): N (references and external links). Hog Farm _Talk 22:26, 29 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Akutan Zero N from preview search spamming, it seems ok Sennecaster (Chat) 03:11, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Elaine race riot (1 edit): N OK (reference) --S Philbrick (Talk) 18:23, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Atlanta Campaign Confederate order of battle (2 edits): N OK (reference) --S Philbrick (Talk) 18:22, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Meridian Campaign (1 edit): N -(reference). Hog Farm _Talk 21:09, 29 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Battle of Fayetteville (1863) (1 edit): N OK (reference) --S Philbrick (Talk) 18:21, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Wilson's Creek Confederate order of battle N Wizardman 17:19, 5 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply] 4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Union) (1 edit): N OK --S Philbrick (Talk) 17:31, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply] Archibald Yell (1 edit): N close call but OK --S Philbrick (Talk) 17:31, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply] This report generated by ContributionSurveyor.java at 2019-01-25T21:24:50.602Z.

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Wilson's Creek Confederate order of battle N Wizardman 17:19, 5 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Union) (1 edit): N OK --S Philbrick (Talk) 17:31, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Archibald Yell (1 edit): N close call but OK --S Philbrick (Talk) 17:31, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This report generated by ContributionSurveyor.java at 2019-01-25T21:24:50.602Z.

Instructions[edit]

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Background[edit]

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Contribution survey[edit]

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