Wikipedia talk:Contributor copyright investigations/Corkythehornetfan

General
Please Note: If anyone chooses to double check my work please note that there are a number of situations where the editor has reverted to an earlier version — in some cases an improper blanking of an article, in other cases either accidental or deliberate removal of sections. The restoration of previously removed material seems to trigger Earwig. I've labeled some of these using "restoration of improper blanking or removal" but I may not have labeled every such situation. As a specific example see Article_725-- S Philbrick (Talk)  19:32, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 3
Comments re Central Missouri Mules basketball

Note that the very first edit by the subject was a replacement of a redirect with a full-blown article. This is usually a red flag. However, I checked several phrases (using Google):

In 1905, the team's first year, Joe Ferguson was named the head coach and only played on game

For the next thirty years after World War II, the Mules saw six coaches come and go

During his five years as head coach, Smith led the Mules to an 86–46 overall record

I believe the only hits I got were at the article itself, of course, and sites it appeared to be Wikipedia mirrors. The Earwig Tool if I used it correctly, responded with no violation.

I also note that the first sentence contains a typo ("on" should be "one") While a typo in a sentence that matches a typo in another sources close to presumptive proof of copying, in this case the existence of a typo and the inability to find the associated text strongly suggest that the editor wrote it themselves.

It is always hard to say anything for certain but I'm going to accept this and I'm recording this to show my thought process-- S Philbrick (Talk)  01:09, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Article 18
Although Earwig had some hits, with a 36.3% confidence, Earwig Corky's edit was the restoration of some material accidentally removed.-- S Philbrick  (Talk)  22:03, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Article 29
One can debate whether a list of military decorations forms a noncreative list exempt from copyright but I decided to play it safe and rewrite. The material clearly belongs in the associated article but not necessarily in a list article-- S Philbrick (Talk)  14:56, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * List of University of Southern Mississippi people

Article 33
An administrator can revdel this. I realized I copied and pasted the content in 2013 from here, although Earwig's tool is showing 'there is no text from...'. I am willing to help, just let me know what I can do, if allowed. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 02:12, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Revdel completed, thanks for helping.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  15:01, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Article 43
Earwig identified a few phrases, several were in quotes (and not too long) so fine. One phrase "voted 134 to 73 to admit Kansas under the Wyandotte Constitution" perhpas could be rewritten, but nothing jumping out at me, so accepting it as not too long.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  21:07, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Earwig also flags the Preamble, but identified as a quote, and sourced, so OK.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  21:12, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 47
Earwig identifies "Missouri University of Science and Technology" and "of the University of Missouri". IMO, OK -- S Philbrick (Talk)  22:24, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 48
Emporia State University Memorial Union has been cleaned. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 21:05, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 51
Copied from this website. Has been removed. Please revdel. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 23:20, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Revdel completed, thanks for helping -- S Philbrick (Talk)  00:01, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 53: Emporia State University
I believe I've cleaned all violations that I've found with Earwig's Tool. Please let me know if there are others. I have collapsed the content below, but listed are the diffs, a description, and whether or not there were any violations. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 06:20, 20 July 2017 (UTC)


 * 1) Special:Diff/52145425: Edit only involved an expansion of the infobox..
 * 2) Special:Diff/563543220: List of presidents and their years.
 * 3) Special:Diff/574084615: Multiple violations  – cleaned
 * 4) Special:Diff/575659992: List of buildings.
 * 5) Special:Diff/577639374: References filled out and "see also" section added.
 * 6) Special:Diff/615234624: Addition of Vice Presidents/Provost in the infobox.
 * 7) Special:Diff/625587830: Multiple violations  – cleaned
 * 8) Special:Diff/626340860: References filed out, re-worded sentences.
 * 9) Special:Diff/626431420: Expanded athletics section.
 * 10) Special:Diff/626607671: "Great College to work for".  – cleaned
 * 11) Special:Diff/626838523: Expanded lede section.
 * 12) Special:Diff/626903500: Section in the history section.  – cleaned
 * 13) Special:Diff/627215457: Jones Institute, SLIM section.  – cleaned
 * 14) Special:Diff/627257674: The Bulletin, student newspaper.
 * 15) Special:Diff/627600914: Buildings to prose form, mascots section.  – cleaned
 * 16) Special:Diff/629383286: References filled out.
 * 17) Special:Diff/634600716: Sports box added.
 * 18) Special:Diff/635965895: Honors College.  – cleaned
 * 19) Special:Diff/635966980: References filled out.
 * 20) Special:Diff/639020350: Police & Safety.  – cleaned
 * 21) Special:Diff/646065580: National Teachers Hall of Fame, and Teacher's Memorial.  – cleaned
 * 22) Special:Diff/686574749: New softball coach.
 * 23) Special:Diff/686575462: References filled out, expansion on memorial. Phrases "National Memorial to Fallen Educators" & "National Park Service" I've kept.
 * 24) Special:Diff/687030285: President Garrett's announcement. Phrases "president of Emporia State University" and "Executive Vice President at Abilene Christian University". Removed Exec. VP, kept other.


 * Thanks, I'll check it out, but looks good so far.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  12:59, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * [Earwig still registers https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Emporia+State+University&oldid=&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1&turnitin=0] but it flags entries such as "the School of Business, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Library and Information Management, and the Teachers College" and "President of Emporia State University" which IMO, do not need to be rewritten. Thanks for the work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sphilbrick (talk • contribs) 16:29, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 56
Saint Luke's Health System edit was clearly copied, but was removed by Sphilbrick one month later. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 05:17, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * OK.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  21:13, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 57: Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball
I have cleaned all violations that I've found with Earwig's Tool. I have collapsed the content below, but listed are the diffs, a description, and whether or not there were any violations. Please note, Earwig's is still showing 11.5% unlikely, but they are either the name of the team, conference, or award. The phrase "first NCAA Division II National Championship in any sport" I cannot figure out how to rewrite and will leave it up to you. Thanks, Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 21:02, 31 July 2017 (UTC)


 * 1) Special:Diff/591369073: Article created; identified a conference name Central States Intercollegiate Conference.
 * 2) Special:Diff/593213720: Records updated; "streaks" section added.  – cleaned
 * 3) Special:Diff/614544332: Identified conference name, "Defensive Player of the Year" award, etc.
 * 4) Special:Diff/624091068: List of coaches and their records in a wikitable.
 * 5) Special:Diff/627226519: Home arena section.  – cleaned
 * 6) Special:Diff/627244397: Mascots section.  – cleaned
 * 7) Special:Diff/644049892: Multiple phrases identified.  – cleaned
 * 8) Special:Diff/645700674: Sections rearranged, season records moved to individual sections.
 * 9) Special:Diff/646105011: Records, headings, and tables updated.
 * 10) Special:Diff/646556942: Records vs. conference opponents.
 * 11) Special:Diff/649160043: National Championship banner added.
 * 12) Special:Diff/663243956: Rearranged, added overview section.
 * 13) Special:Diff/664029903: Content copied from Jory Collins article.  – cleaned
 * 14) Special:Diff/664030107: References filled.
 * 15) Special:Diff/665987742: Added former conference opponents in table.
 * 16) Special:Diff/666291190: Phrases, but were names of a tournament, awards, etc.
 * 17) Special:Diff/666291744: References filled in.
 * 18) Special:Diff/688926346: 2015–16 team roster.


 * FYI, I treat a non-zero Earwig as a red flag requiring a look, but it does flag some multi-word phrases that are close to inevitable. Thanks again for helping out.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  23:44, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 59: ESU School of Business
Emporia State University School of Business has been cleaned. Shows 9.1%, but I believe they're phrases. I'll leave it up to you. This should help you close the section. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 23:52, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Article 85: KVOE (AM)

 * This diff showed 54.5% violation. It has been[[ [[Special:Diff/800513062|cleaned. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 01:11, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Article 86: Northern Heights HS

 * In this diff, I'm not sure about the 'history' section since the PDF is no longer available. I've removed it just in case... Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 01:11, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Article 87: KVOE-FM

 * This diff was showed 50% violation. It has been cleaned. This diff was just references being filled in. This diff was just an improvements on the references. Article now shows 2.0% and I believe it has now been cleaned. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 01:11, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Article 89: Madison High School (Kansas)

 * In this diff, the problems would be the mission statement and fight song. Both have been removed. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 01:11, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Article 91: Kapaun Mt. Carmel

 * This diff was a revert of unexplained removal. The History section was added sometime between 2007 and 2013, prior to my first edit on the page on October 31, 2013. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 01:11, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Article 92: Tom Smith

 * This diff was the addition of the infobox and season-by-season article. No problems found. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 01:11, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Article 93: Olpe Elementary

 * This diff, I believe, the history section was copied from the old school website. Now a redirect to Olpe High School. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 01:11, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Article 94: Jasper N. Wilkinson

 * This diff showed 58.1% violation. It has since been cleaned. This diff was just references. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 01:11, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Article 125
– The mascot name changed was most likely copied from the Northeastern State University, where it was already listed before I made my first edit in the article in October 2013... Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 03:10, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. I will fix it. By the way, when copying from one Wikipedia article to another, we are supposed to at minimum say so in an edit summary at the page into which we've copied the content. There's more information at Copying within Wikipedia. If you could do that in the future that would be perfect. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:54, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 126
Rob Robinson (American football) is cleaned. Earwig shows 6.5% with a couple of phrases, which I'll let you decide on. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 23:39, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
 * No trivial way to rewrite "head football coach at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah," so acceptable.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  01:06, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Article 137
Emporia State University Teachers College should be cleaned. Earwig shows 10%, but I'm not sure how else to rewrite those phrases, so I'll that up to you or someone else who is better at writing than me. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 23:32, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I was in Montreal at Wikimania, so have been away from this for a few days. I will look at this one, and check the two above.


 * Can I get you to look at #259 Kansas Bureau of Investigation? I think the history section is an issue and while it is a bit silly, that's the one article preventing me from closing a section.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  00:56, 16 August 2017 (UTC)


 * I did a light rewrite of the main problem.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  01:12, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Appreciate it! It looks like the history section for the KBI was directly copied from here. I've removed it. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 01:28, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Article 150
The Jory Collins article has been cleaned. Earwig still shows a 2.9%. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 23:24, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree, looks fine.("Region 7 Coach of the Year" is a very standard phrase, with various versions of n in Region n) -- S Philbrick (Talk)  01:03, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Article 270
Armed Forces Insurance On the surface, this looks problematic with [https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=&oldid=578042453&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1&turnitin=0 an Earwig score of 45.9%. However, note that many of the flag phrases a flight because the editor move material around and much of the flag phrases were in the article prior to the edit in question. Moreover, the matched "source" specifically identifies that some of the material came from Wikipedia. Much of the original material in this specific edit is a list of the Members of the board of directors and senior management, a simple, non-original list so not a copyright concern. I suspect that some of the material in the article was not original to the initial editor but that's beyond the scope of this review.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  01:21, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Article 310
Wichita West High School was copied from here. It has been cleaned and shows no copyright violations with the exception of the external link down in the EL section. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 05:29, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
 * OK -- S Philbrick (Talk)  21:14, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Articles 361 through 380
I rewrote the relevant text in Gardner Edgerton High School. I was harsher(or lazier) in KOFO and St. Marys High School, where I simply removed the copied history section. I also removed a school song and alma mater - whyile not flagged by Earwig, these are rarely in pd, and rarely viewed as necessary for the articles. They can be restored if I erred in assuming they are not pd.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  00:34, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 643
Hawaii Pacific Sharks had a 10.7% score in Earwig, but not due to overlapping words with an article about Hawaii Pacific, but some overlap with an article about Chaminade - presumably because of a semi-templated approach to creating standardized articles. The longest phrase was "located in Honolulu, Hawaii, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports." Not necessary to rewrite.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  01:22, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Article 725
I initially thought there was an issue with article 725 Texas Lutheran University because one of the edits triggered a high Earwig value, but I now believe it's because it was a reversion to an earlier version.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  21:30, 14 July 2017 (UTC)