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25 March 2012

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I've cleaned this one and am out of time, but have some concerns that the contributor may not be conversant with our standards on close paraphrasing. On 29 March, he added the following content to an article:

Vermont Yankee has reached the end of its projected lifetime operation, but the NRC favors extending its license, despite strong local opposition. On March 22, 2012, more than 1,000 people marched in protest to the plant, and about 130 engaging in civil disobedience were arrested, including the stalwart 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist Frances Crowe.

The source he used says:

Vermont Yankee has reached the end of its projected lifetime operation, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission favors extending its license, despite strong local opposition.... On March 22, more than 1,000 people marched in protest to the plant, and about 130 engaging in civil disobedience were arrested, including the stalwart 93-year-old activist Frances Crowe.

This prompted me to look at some of his other work. I picked one article at random from his "good" list: Requiem for a Species. Comparing the first version to his sources, I see immediately this issue:

Hamilton makes his argument in three stages. First, he reviews the evidence about how serious the situation is already and how much worse it will get. Second, he examines the roots of our denial, both in terms of our resistance to the evidence and in relation to the actors and agencies motivated to deny climate change. Last, he looks at some future scenarios and reflects on what people should do.

His source says:

Hamilton makes this argument in stages. First, he reviews the evidence to impress on us how bad the situation is already and how much worse it will get. Then he examines the roots of our denial, both in terms of our resistance to the evidence and in relation to the actors and agencies motivated to deny the truth. Last, he looks at some likely futures and reflects on what we can do about it all.

I'm unsure if this necessitates a more indepth check and wanted feedback. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:01, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
My view is that the examples you give definitely reach the level of being a copyright concern and so fear that a CCI will be needed. Dpmuk (talk) 00:06, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. :/ I've taken this to WT:CP so as not to hold up the day. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:10, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I need another reviewer to look at the rewrite, please, since I've engaged the text already. Fresh eyes would be good! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:34, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Second opinion left. Dpmuk (talk) 06:55, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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