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I'm sure you're already aware of this, but for what it's worth, both these pages seem to have been created (and edited solely) by the same troper.
Yeah, by Overlord_2018. They're also responsible for My New Devil Wife.
...I think we have a troper who doesn't understand editing rules here.
I suppose the only good thing about this is that they are consistent with their method of formatting, the problem being that the aforementioned formatting method is incorrect. Hopefully this means that when they're told they're doing something wrong, they will consistently create pages with correct formatting...
Edited by CyokieRevott
The synopsis on each page also looks like it was copied and pasted from some other website.
They almost definitely are, considering the synopsis for My New Devil Wife is preceded by this:
- (Translator's note) From the first two chapters of the manga I have deduced:
Ugh... I wish I can send them a notifier about this, but, none of the available categories match the formatting issues the troper is doing.
I pm'ed them alerting them to this thread.
May I help clean those pages up?
Edit: I've cleaned them up, if you don't mind.
Edited by TheGeekArtist08 artsy geek | any pronouns | "well, if you're hearing this, then chances are you've made a very poor career choice."
^ Sure! I'm swamped with other activities atm, so you can go ahead.
^^ Thanks! The pages definitely look better now, formatting-wise. There's still some questionable grammar (especially in the synopses) and there also appear to be an unusual amount of paragraph-long examples, but the latter may not be a problem—I'm not familiar with any of these works.
I'll try to search up common light novel distribution sites later for evidence of plagiarism.
UPDATE: I found evidence for plagiarism.
- Rose Princess Hellrage: Description taken wholesale from the Novel Updates
website.
- She Retaliated Because Her Entire Family Was Wrongfully Executed: Same deal as above. Description taken wholesale from Novel Updates.
- My New Devil Wife: Ditto. Unlike the last two, this one's altered a bit, but the description still follows the same sentence structure.
I took a further look at Overlord's edit history and found more troubling editing patterns, including plagiarism. I think it's time to give them the tap.
THIS light novel has the worst issues. The description is almost entirely written in first-person, and by the same troper. It's I Woke Up Piloting The Strongest Starship.
Edited by DivineFlame100
Overlord also made I Dont Work Here Lady, a page with several problems that's being discussed in the websites cleanup thread.
I'm not defending this troper as their poor formatting and plagiarism must definitely be acknowledged, but I would like to point out that strangely, all of the above pages seem to have valid examples with acceptable grammar. Unexpected, considering what was happening with everything else, especially the synopses.
I would like to note that this is an assumption based on a quick glance over these pages; once again, I am not familiar with any of these works, but most of the examples actually look fine. Regardless, this troper needs to be talked to...
^ Yeah, the examples are good for the most part. It's the descriptions that need cleaning up. I may create a separate thread for that later on Projects/Short Term, because this troper created A LOT of manga and light novel pages.
I think I have another page that Overlord_2018 plagiarized.
The main description of Do You Think Someone Like You Can Defeat The Demon King seems to have been copied from this site.
The page history shows a user named JGC-97 as having added the content to the page, but after I sent them a PM, they told me that Overlord_2018 was the one that created the page and that they only moved the content into the proper namespace since Overlord_2018 misspelled the namespace as "LigntNovel."
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^^ I haven't received a response. Looking at their edit history since then, it looks like they've been adding to character pages, and also completely rewrote the description for My New Devil Wife, which was previously noted to be plagiarised.
That's what I figured. I have PM'ed the user instructing them to work on the pages they have plagiarised. Fixing the issues takes precedence over punitive action. Let's see how it goes. Do bump the thread if you do not see any improvements made so that I can respond accordingly.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
On Characters.Rose Princess Hellrage, they're uploading images that are either low-resolution screenshots of illustrations from the novel, or renders that are not bothered to be cropped (as with the case of the main character). I couldn't send them an image notifier because that's for un-autherized image changes, and the page never had images before.
Edited by DivineFlame100
DivineFlame100 You can simply choose to send a message with suggestions, though I don't see an issue with the uncropped images. Not everything needs to be a standard notifier - a custom message can be drafted from scratch in an attempt to help.
The user has acknowledged my request and gone back on their edits to fix a lot of the problems. The examples also demonstrate reasonable writing so far. I will give them a week to rewrite She Retaliated Because Her Entire Family Was Wrongfully Executed and Do You Think Someone Like You Can Defeat The Demon King. Should this not happen, or you notice any other issues, feel free to open a new query.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
Well... I don't need much explaning to do, but look at the format for this light novel page: Rose Princess Hellrage. It's a formatting mess. Same thing for She Retaliated Because Her Entire Family Was Wrongfully Executed.
Edited by DivineFlame100