Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2026 April 26

26 April 2026

• Stuart Roy Clarke (history · last edit · rewrite) from two books cited in the article. I don't have access to the books, but this looks very much like it's been copied from them verbatim. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:03, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

  WP:REX#Stuart Roy Clarke. Tenshi! (Talk page) 19:36, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

  Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Content has been removed from the article presumptively. Sennecaster (Chat) 04:40, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

• Draft:Imric Porsolt and Taumata o Kupe have some sentences that I consider closely paraphrased but want a second opinion on before I remove the text. Taumata o Kupe had more obvious close paraphrasing issues that I have already removed. Traumnovelle (talk) 23:14, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

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Text: 'At the Best Design Awards in 2023, TOA Architects won gold in the Toitanga category, as well as the supreme purple pin, for work which raises the bar for New Zealand design.'

Source: 'Toa Architects, which designed Te Taumata o Kupe, won the gold pin as well as the supreme purple pin in the Toitanga section at this year’s Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards.'

Text: 'Te Māhurehure is a sub-tribe of Ngāpuhi from the Hokianga region. Post World War II, diaspora in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland searched for a site to maintain cultural identity and belonging in a predominantly non-Māori population'

Source: Te Mahurehure is a Ngāpuhi hapū (subtribe) from Waimā in the Hokianga region. Like many other Māori communities since the end of the Second World War, Te Mahurehure has experienced a diaspora of some of its members to Tāmaki Makaurau. Mid-20th-century Māori migrants to Tāmaki Makaurau searched for places to maintain their cultural identity in a city where non-Māori were and still are the majority of the population.

Text: 'The site of Taumata o Kupe used to be Auckland's tip'

Source: 'The site of the Taumata o Kupe used to be the city’s tip' (in hindsight this one is blatant, its the same wording minus substituting 'city' for 'Auckland')

Text: 'and the current site is a result of decades of commitment from numerous people in and around the Te Māhurehure community'

Source: 'It is a remarkable result following decades of work and commitment from numerous people and speaks to the determination and perseverance of the Te Mahurehure community.'

Text: 'a place where mātauranga Māori, especially that to do with Kupe, could be received.'

Source: 'This would be a place where people could recite and receive mātauranga Māori, particularly that associated with Kupe'

Text: 'The name Kupe recalls the Polynesian navigator thought in Māori legend to be the discoverer of Aotearoa New Zealand.'

Source: 'The name Kupe is associated with the legendary Polynesian navigator who is thought to be the discoverer of Aotearoa.'

Text: 'The sails on the waka of which Kupe arrived on were a starting point for TOA Architect's design.'

Source: 'The sails of the waka (or canoe) were the starting point for the building’s form'

Text: 'The site measures at 600 square feet over two levels.'

Source: 'It measures 600 square metres over two levels'

Text: 'The building veers from the structure of a conventional wharenui (Māori meeting house) with its rectangular gabled-shaped building.'

Source: 'The building form is not that of the conventional Wharenui with a rectangular gabled-shaped building and front porch area.'

Text: 'The glass facade is split in two, with the bottom tilted inwards, suggesting alluding to the nautical themes of sails and rudders'

Source: 'and the glass’ inward tilt and angles on the red barge suggests the movement of the sails and rudders.'

Source: 'the glass facade echoing the stays, while the faceted frame alludes to the shape of a rudder.'

Text: 'The diagonal black wind brace which traces the front façade recalls the forms of stays used on Māori sails.'

Source: 'The diagonal black wind brace on the front façade follows the form of stays used on Māori sails'

Text: 'The glass panels illustrate Kupe's journey, drawing inspiration from whakairo rākau and kōwhaiwhai traditions as well as contemporary Māori artist Cliff Whiting's aesthetic and colour palette.'

Source: 'Rawiri based his visual language on the traditions of whakairo rākau and kōwhaiwhai (scroll painting) and the contemporary aesthetic and colour palette pioneered by the Māori modernist artist, Cliff Whiting.'

Text: 'TOA Architects designed the raised platform of the building to reference the Society Islands taumata (hill) from where Kupe departed for Aotearoa New Zealand'

Source: 'According to TOA Architects, this raised platform is a direct reference to Society Islands’ taumata from which Kupe departed.'

Text: 'Imric Porsolt was born in Pozony, Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia) in 1909. Living in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he learnt both Hungarian and German.'

Source: 'Born in Pozony in Hungary in 1909 (now Bratislava in Slovakia), Porsolt grew up speaking both Hungarian and German as a citizen of the Austro-Hungarian empire'

Text: 'Simultaneously, several avant garde art and architecture movements were growing and modernism was catching on as a depature from traditionalism'

Source: 'Modernism represented a radical departure for him from the old way of life of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.'

As per the instructions, @Traumnovelle: can you tag the problematic material with {{copyvio}}? Tenshi! (Talk page) 07:46, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

I have done that, although it blanks the whole page which I find to be a bit extreme based on the perceived issue here. Traumnovelle (talk) 23:12, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

I added some more examples from the first paragraph, some are quite blatant examples of close paraphrasing but others are debatable. Traumnovelle (talk) 09:22, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

And more examples. I haven't gone through the entire article but I now believe the article may required to be fully deleted due to the extensive close paraphrasing. Traumnovelle (talk) 21:50, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

@Traumnovelle ~2026-32797-61 (talk) 16:15, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Yes? Traumnovelle (talk) 20:31, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

1 Albert Street, Auckland also has these issues to a perhaps lesser degree. I'm unsure if a full CCI is warranted or not on the contributor. Much of the content is cited to a book I don't have. Traumnovelle (talk) 21:44, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

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Text: 'The building's features earned it the title of the 'Crown Jewel of Auckland'.'

Source: 'Completed in 1972, the building’s striking features once earned it the title of the ‘Crown Jewel of Auckland’.' (the non-standard spelling even has me wondering if it was just copypasted and then edited)

Text: 'Ignite Architects were approached in 2022 to renovate the building, to meet evolving workplace requirements'

Source: 'Ignite was approached to redevelop the podium and lower levels of the building with the aim of bringing it in-line with contemporary workplace requirements.'

Text: 'Modernism in New Zealand took off in the 1950s and 1960s during the post-WWII economic boom'

Source: 'Modernism took off during the post-war economic boom. In the 1950s and ’60s...'