Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/TheLastOfTheGiants

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Based upon copy/pasting In 1875, the government of Prime Minister Tisza intensified the program of forced magyarization, closing Slovak and Romanian-language schools and limiting minority cultural activities inside Wikipedia articles, I seek a copyvio investigation for TheLastOfTheGiants.

They have argued The "In 1875, the government of Prime Minister Tisza intensified the program of forced magyarization, closing Slovak and Romanian-language schools and limiting minority cultural activities" is paraphrased (not copy-pasted, so no copyright violations) from a book written by historian Geoffrey Wawro in 2014. at .

So, unless their name is Myra A. Waterbury, they are a plagiarist, a literary thief. And she wrote her book in 2010, that is four years earlier than Wawro.

Evidence: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22In+1875%2C+the+government+of+Prime+Minister+Tisza+intensified+the+program+of+forced+magyarization%2C+closing+Slovak+and+Romanian-language%22&client=firefox-b-d

At they have only changed one phrase, while at least some other parts of the paragraph are shoplifted.

Another copyvio: "A Croat could be a good Magyar, but if he wanted to be a good Croat he was proscribed". They are not a literary thief, they are a serial literary thief. tgeorgescu (talk) 12:51, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Context: User tgeorgescu listed this here to harass me for evaluation. When writing information for Wikipedia, I paraphrase the information I find in books in order to avoid copyright. In this case, I forgot to paraphrase that part when writing that paragraph. As soon as tgeorgescu found that out, he reported me rather than notify me about it so I paraphrase it. When I received the notification from this report, I paraphrased the sentence in question. If there are other parts of the paragraph that have not been paraphrased, please list them so I can do so. This is an attempt to bully me due to ] an ongoing report over the fact that I was trying to enforce WP:RS/AC in an article and he didn't like WP:NPOV. TheLastOfTheGiants (talk) 12:52, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Friend, it is a fact that you are a serial plagiarist. Don't try to shove the guilt for your deeds upon me. tgeorgescu (talk) 12:54, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

I will not try to convince you otherwise because "For the fanatic, the Devil is the intellectual, because the intellectual has doubts". TheLastOfTheGiants (talk) 12:58, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

You already did plagiarize. It's a fact, get used to it. tgeorgescu (talk) 13:00, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

And again you changed only one phrase at . What's this, The Comedy of Errors? tgeorgescu (talk) 13:03, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Revdel requested at . I was not the first saying it's copyvio: see . My excuse for losing my temper: the most infuriating tactic is complete denial. tgeorgescu (talk) 22:31, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Saying that I would fix it, constantly, and then doing it, while you kept calling me a thief, constantly, is not complete denial, it's the opposite of denial. TheLastOfTheGiants (talk) 03:59, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

But whatever helps you sleep better at night and justifies you being an ahole. TheLastOfTheGiants (talk) 04:00, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

@TheLastOfTheGiants: FYI, strike through means it is retracted. tgeorgescu (talk) 04:12, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Only retrated because the admins told you to, your character is as rotten as before. TheLastOfTheGiants (talk) 04:41, 28 July 2022 (UTC)