Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2020 December 2

2020 December 2

 * Volkswagen EA211 engine ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from . The original version of the page appears to have been lifted from another Wikipedia article (including a cleanup tag from 2009). It was subsequently revised to include a "Technical description" section that was copied nearly verbatim from the link above. The article creator then made numerous additional edits to the page, deleting nearly all of the prose and replacing it with a specifications list, but the copyright violation remains in the page history. --Sable232 (talk) 23:34, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 17:56, 10 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Alexander Alam ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) Way back in 2005 a user identified the original article as a possible copyright violation, however nothing was done to remove the offending text. The text was added on the creation of the article and Earwig confirms the extent of the violation . It's not clear to me how this can be revdeled without removing the required attribution for subsequent editors. I have deleted the section that contained the most problematic text. I am listing it here in case there is something else that needs to be done. --Find bruce (talk) 00:15, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 17:52, 10 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Al Bowlly ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) In looking at Alexander Alam I looked at the contributions of the IP editor & saw they had made a significant edit to this article & Earwig picks up several possible copyright violations. Since flagging the article, I have had the time to check some details: (1) The issues picked up by Earwig would appear to be copying from Wikipedia rather than vice versa. (2) the only reason I suspected copyright violation was because of the editor & I have  been unable to find a source for the inserted text  & (3) the article has been extensively re-written since 2005 such that any violation has since been removed. Unless there is some reason not to, I intend to remove the tag from the talk page as resolved.  --Find bruce (talk) 00:15, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, OK to remove. MER-C 17:53, 10 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Roadkill (TV series) ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/roadkill/. 76.14.39.120 (talk) 03:50, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 17:57, 10 December 2020 (UTC)