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• Great job on the story about Brigid Hughes, it shows us how Wikipedia can fill the gaps that have been erased by institutional histories. But was this inspired by yesterday's Longreads story? If so you should link to it. Gamaliel (talk) 15:59, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Gamaliel, thanks for catching that, I completely forgot to do that. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:01, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

• That's rich – The Sun accusing Wikipedia of harboring fake news! LOL! Kaldari (talk) 21:11, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
• Daily mail probably have a link to Wikipeia somewhere, like this page have a link to Commons somewhere. Where is the attribution to the authors of the used images on this page - Hidden behind a invisible link. 62.116.217.98 (talk) 09:10, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
• Why does Toby get such a large image? It's okay, he probably deserves it. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) ✐  ✉ 22:04, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
• How did anyone detect plagiarism by The Daily Mail? I know that we check content posted to Wikipedia for copying, but I am not aware of how we detect copying of Wikipedia elsewhere. Did the author of the wiki article identify their own work? Blue Rasberry (talk) 22:26, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

@Bluerasberry: I found the Mail article via Google News searching for details of The Coronation and recognised large chunks of text as my own work. Firebrace (talk) 22:22, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Interesting, thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 23:12, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

• More copying from Wikipedia: take a look (and listen) to this YouTube video in the HERSTORY series. The vast majority of the commentary is lifted word-for-word from the Chrissie Wellington article (I know, I wrote it!). At the end of the video JanetTV.com claims "all rights reserved" copyright - no mention of Wikipedia that I can see. --NSH001 (talk) 17:47, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Hmm- thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 23:12, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Yup, it's a cheaply made video – Chrissie deserves better than that – just a badly read out lump of Wikipedia and some stock photos and video clips (I wonder if they made the "necessary arrangements" for those). I doubt anyone would want to copy it anyway. --NSH001 (talk) 23:55, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Plagiarism of us is rampant. It does not take much looking to find. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:04, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

I started compiling a list of celebrity or at least notable plagiarizers of Wikipedia here. It might even become article-worthy. ☆ Bri (talk) 05:31, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Indeed so, Doc (I see you get a few mentions elsewhere). That particular one stands out for me, firstly because I wrote it, and secondly because it is lifting vast chunks of the article, and not just a few sentences, which seems to be the case in most instances of plagiarism from Wikipedia. I don't mind people using my text (I take it as a compliment) but I do care about their not acknowledging the source, and in the case of HERSTORY, butchering my text by reading it so badly. --NSH001 (talk) 22:57, 24 January 2018 (UTC)