Wikipedia talk:Contributor copyright investigations/Dr. Blofeld 37

36059
This phrase "The epicenter was located some 25 kilometers north of the city of Nebit-Dag and 125 kilometers southeast of Turkmenbashi." is probably too close to " the epicenter was 25 kilometers north of the city of Nebit-Dag and 125 kilometers southeast of the city of Turkmenbashi." from this source. It has been slightly modified in the interim; I made a further modification. Close call on whether my modification is sufficient and whether the phrase is long enough to be problematic.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  14:45, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Bread, Love and Dreams 36262
I'm stumped on this one.

Blofeld's edit clearly matches this letterbox site, but the Blofeld edit is in 2007, and the IA only has letterbox back to 2014.

It seems plausible, but not necessarily definitive, the letterbox picked up the Wikipedia wording.

Any thoughts? S Philbrick (Talk)  21:10, 19 January 2020 (UTC) (See also next section) S Philbrick (Talk)  22:54, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The original plot description he added is also a good match for IMDb, so my feeling is it is probably at least partly copied from IMDb originally and the second edit was not copied, ie. the Letterbox version is a Wikipedia mirror.— Diannaa (talk) 00:08, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Pál Balkay 36106
I have a similar concern with this one. Blofeld's edit clearly matches this site. The Blofeld edit is in 2007, and IA has the other site back to 2011. However, the site with the matching text seems to be a project run by two people rather than an organization, so it seems plausible tyhey picked up the Wikipedia text.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  22:54, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I did some spot checks with other articles on that site and did not find any matches with our stuff, so my feeling is Dr Blofeld copied it. — Diannaa (talk) 00:15, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I concur with Diannaa. And I want to thank you both for the work you’ve done so far. 💴Money💶💵emoji💷Talk💸Help out at CCI! 03:02, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks to both S Philbrick  (Talk)  14:53, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

36511 Porthkerry_Park
I am concerned adbout similarities between Porthkerry_Park and this site I reached out to that site. I received a response today, but it indicated that the relevant person is a way for another 10 days, so I'll leave this open until I hear back. S Philbrick (Talk)  16:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Wasn't that website created in 2013, see the bottom for copyright.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:43, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

I checked and my source for the Cwm Cidi info was the An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan book I own, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=42cvAAAAMAAJ&q=Comkedye+Street&dq=Comkedye+Street&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxk9GM4ZrnAhXHTcAKHREuC8kQ6wEIMjAB p  224 It's likely that site used the same source or copied us.♦  Dr. Blofeld  22:28, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , Thanks for identifying the source of the information. I tried the link at the Google books site and it may not have the entire document. I tried searching for some relevant phrases and did not get a hit. Can you confirm that the relevant text is a paraphrase rather than a word for word copy?-- S Philbrick (Talk)  18:32, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes, the article and that website is from that Inventory book, they copied us or the book too. I've merged the article into Porthkerry and written in my own words, I suggest deleting the park and then restoring it as a redirect.♦
 * , sounds like a good plan I see you've already done it. Thanks. Dr. Blofeld 11:30, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

36660 Makola Market
I am concerned about this edit made in 2008

The text clearly matches the text at this Flicker site which accompanies a photo taken in 2006.

That is short of definitive proof. While I am comfortable concluding that the photo was taken before the Wikipedia edit, I don't know enough about how Flickr works to know whether one can conclude that the accompanying text happened at the same time the photo was uploaded. It seems plausible that someone could have added that text later. The Internet archive is no help.

Any thoughts?

Sorry about bugging you, I'm sure you have plenty of other things on your plate but I'm firmly convinced that it is often helpful to discuss these issues with other editors.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  16:25, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The prose is a match, and the quality of the prose is quite a bit better than what Dr Blofeld has written when he composes his own prose. I would say it's a match and should be removed. — Diannaa (talk) 19:36, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks. Interestingly, I had the same thought rattling around in my brain but was a little uncomfortable saying it. S Philbrick (Talk)  20:37, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

The text was written by Transaid, I think I took it as a USaid affiliation and public domain. Wasn't there a USaid site with that info in it, I vaguely recall it.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:58, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , Transaid appears to be fully copyrighted. I searched USaid and did not find it. (Cursory search).-- S Philbrick  (Talk)  18:29, 24 January 2020 (UTC)