Submissions/Machine aided copyright infringement detection

After careful consideration, the Programme Committee has decided not to accept the below submission at this time. Thank you to the author(s) for participating in the Wikimania 2015 programme submission, we hope to still see you at Wikimania this July.

Submission no.
3033
Title of the submission
Machine aided copyright infringement detection
Type of submission (discussion, hot seat, panel, presentation, tutorial, workshop)

Presentation

Author of the submission

Doc James (talk) 19:37, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail address
jmh649@gmail.com
Username
Country of origin

Canada, Israel, United States

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)

WikiProject Med Foundation

Personal homepage or blog

WikiProject Med Foundation

Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal)

Last year at Wikimania in London we created a bot that checks all edits to medical articles over a certain size for issues with copyright infringement using the API of Turnitin. It then creates a list of concerns which are followed up by human editors. Many cases of copyright infringement that would have likely remained undetected have been dealt with. Additionally an opportunity to provide feedback regarding problematic edits was provided. This presentation will be a discussion of:

  1. how the bot works
  2. ongoing efforts to improve its function
  3. the possibility of expanding its scope not only to all of the English Wikipedia but also to other languages

We will also touch on those who copy and paste from us without attribution. A prominent example this year was a textbook by the Oxford University Press (specifically content about Ebola).

Track
  • Technology, Interface & Infrastructure
Length of session (if other than 30 minutes, specify how long)
30 minutes

30 minutes

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?

Yes

Slides or further information (optional)

TBD

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