Talk:822 Naval Air Squadron

Close paraphrasing

This article has parts which are very closely paraphrased from [1]. This can be a problem under both our copyright policies and our guideline on plagiarism.

While facts are not copyrightable, creative elements of presentation – including both structure and language – are. For an example of close paraphrasing, consider the following: The source says:

At Ulunderpet, Southern India the squadron joined 11th Naval TBR Wing and from Katukurunda embarked on HMS Victorious with 21 aircraft for a strike on 18 September 1944 on a railway target at Sigli, Sumatra.

The article says:

At Ulunderpet, the squadron joined 11th Naval TBR Wing and embarked on HMS Victorious with 21 aircraft for a strike on 18 September 1944 on a railway target at Sigli, Sumatra.

Every word in this sentence has been copied from the original, with some of the surrounding text omitted. This is clearly derivative of the original.

The source says:

In January 1945 the squadron joined RAF Coastal Command for anti-submarine operations in the English Channel, being re-equipped with 12 Barracuda IIs in June 1945...

The article says:

In January 1945 the squadron was allocated to RAF Coastal Command for anti-submarine operations in the English Channel after being re-equipped with 12 Barracuda IIs in June 1945.

I've bolded precise copying. The sentence deviates from the original by only a few words.

These are examples; there are other passages that follow quite closely.

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Please let me know if you have questions about this. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:36, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

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