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Latest comment: 5 months ago by Michael.C.Wright in topic Copyright material not removed

Review of revision 4849697 [Not ready]

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  • Helicopter crash in South Africa blamed on 'unsecured' penguin
  • South African Civil Aviation Authority blames helicopter crash on 'unsecured' penguin

Better? Gryllida (talk) 11:49, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Review of revision 4849872 [Not ready]

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Review of revision 4850014 [Passed]

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The following phrases[1] are identical to or scuffed-up versions of phrases in the UPI article[2].

  • "The SACAA's incident report said the pilot and three human passengers..."
  • "...landed on Bird Island, off the Eastern Cape, on January 19..."
  • "...and a passenger described as a "specialist" placed a penguin from the island in a cardboard box and brought it aboard the aircraft."
  • "The report said the helicopter, which landed on its side,"

The following is near-verbatim (scuffed up):

  • "The passenger occupying the left front seat of the helicopter put the box on his lap, but he lost his grip on it just after take-off and the box slid into the pilot's cyclic pitch control lever as the helicopter was approximately 15m above the ground. The lever was pushed to the far-right position, causing the helicopter to roll to the right."

I propose the following correction statement be posted after the plagiarism is removed:

This article previously included copyrighted material copied from a source. The content has been removed. Wikinews regrets the oversight.

The reviewer previously identified 90% copyrighted material, which I believe warranted deletion and a fresh start by the author.

I do not believe the plagiarism has been adequately addressed in this article. The following statements are still similar[3] to source material and may form a pattern of close paraphrasing or "scuffed up" plagiarism:
  • "...passengers landed on Bird Island..."
  • "...a "specialist" placed a penguin from the island in a cardboard box..."
The following still contains three verbatim phrases from a source (highlighted):
"The passenger occupying the left front seat of the helicopter put the box on his lap, but he couldn't hold it in the first several seconds after the take-off. The box fell, and hit the pilot's cyclic pitch control lever..."
Individually, these phrases may seem minor, but in aggregate they create a pattern that resembles close paraphrasing. To maintain our editorial standards, it may be worth rephrasing further to clearly distinguish our wording from the source. —Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Reviewer) 16:01, 23 May 2025 (UTC)Reply
Done Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Reviewer) 14:38, 12 September 2025 (UTC)Reply