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02 November 2011

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Aiman abmajid was blocked in December 2010 for widespread copyright violations: see Contributor copyright investigations/Aiman abmajid. He created stubs on articles about Malaysian roads, most of which have been deleted. Then 1Malaysiaspirit popped up in February 2011 creating exactly the same kind of stubs, in exactly the same format. He also proceeded to edit the exact same article in relation to which Aiman was ultimately blocked for violating copyright. Mkativerata (talk) 19:22, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

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Through the history of Wikipedia, Aiman abmajid was the second user to create Malaysian highway articles after me. However, he was able to create tons of highway articles because he had access to various related departments and agencies, unlike me who could only rely on personal observations and limited resources. In addition, it was very difficult to find written materials regarding Malaysian highways.

The major reason that had led to his copyvio was because he had a very poor English command, causing him to have tendency to copy the same pattern for new highway articles by changing only a few words (copy-paste articles). He has a Malay Wikipedia account, and (from my own observation as a Malay Wikipedia sysop) so far he has never done similar copyvio in Malay Wikipedia, as Malay is his native language.

Due to the situation, I believe that punishment will not be able to solve Aiman's copyvio and sock cases effectively. Instead, I believe that the only viable solution for him is to educate him properly about how to write good articles, paraphrase, get references, and properly cite sources, as well as the importance of respecting copyrights. Instead, if we simply block him, he will indefinitely create more socks, which will only make matters turn worse. Besides, blocking him may only make Wikipedia to lose a valuable user contributing Malaysian highway articles to the world, which is almost irreplaceable. Of course, his sock must be blocked due to violation towards Wikipedia policy.

For this case, I would like to suggest to have Aiman abmajid's original account to be unblocked for a probationary period of 1 month. During that period, he will have to write under my supervision, while sysops monitor his writing style changes. As I have recently opened my own Malaysian highway blog, he will have to start writing articles there (as I am the admin of the site) before making similar articles in Wikipedia. In Wikipedia, Aiman himself will have to learn how to paraphrase, get references and cite sources from me (and all sysops). Before creating any article, Aiman must create his own sandbox to make drafts before I approve his articles to be created; if I don't approve, then he will have to improve them through paraphrasing and citing. We'll see how he improves within this 1-month period. If he still uses his old style, then there will be no other options than blocking him in English Wikipedia and limiting him only to Malay Wikipedia.

Hope that my suggestion works. Cheers. - Hezery99 (talk) 02:30, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

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 * Per WP:DUCK I've blocked and tagged 1Malaysia. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:32, 3 November 2011 (UTC)