Talk:Phoenician settlement of North Africa

Wiki Education assignment: The Phoenicians - Cunning Seafarers

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 January 2024 and 15 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Phoeniciansea2024 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Jking1304, ColinMc0529, Willbatchelder.

— Assignment last updated by MotoMoto1952 (talk) 13:08, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Copyvios

there are significant copyvios in this article. entire paragraphs are copied with the lightest of edits or paraphrasing

some examples below. It needs a significant rewrite

The article

• Both overpopulation in the Levant and the allure of trade played a significant role in prompting the Phoenicians to migrate west.

The source [1]

• Both overpopulation in the Levant and the allure of trade played a significant role in the push towards migration.

The article

• new pottery and radiocarbon dates confirm that the Phoenicians started migrating westwards before the Assyrians imposed tribute on their homeland

The source [2]

• new pottery and radiocarbon dates confirm that the Phoenicians started migrating westwards before the Assyrian Empire put pressure on their homeland\

The article

• The densest Phoenician settlement in North Africa was on the coasts of present-day Tunisia,

The source [3]

• The densest Phoenician settlement in North Africa was to be found on on the coasts of what is now Tunisia,

The article

• The native peoples had to give up the largest and best part of the coast to the Phoenician settlers.

The source [4]

• To the Phoenicians the native peoples had to give up the largest and best part of the Northern coast

the rest of this paragraph is an extremely close paraphrase

The article

• The absence of Phoenician records detailing their migrations, combined with the fact that many sites remain either partially or completely unexcavated,

The source [5]

• With no Phoenician acount detailing their migrations, and with the majority of sites remaining either partially or completely unexcavated,

2001:8F8:1B69:1AFD:30A9:6768:87CA:4A82 (talk) 08:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

I've restored this edit, and it would have been really helpful for me to consult while checking this article for copyright violations. It should not have been removed; no evidence has been presented that this user is a sock. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 08:03, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Copyvio

Unsure why this article was flagged for copyvio in the first place, as the copyvio tool shows only a 4.8% similarity with the original sources, and the copied passages are both brief and properly cited. I have already revised and rephrased the existing text. I don't think this article constitutes a copyright violation at all. Given that the IP responsible for adding the tag is a disruptive blocked sockpuppet, I will proceed to remove the tag. Skitash (talk) 19:38, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

@Skitash: The copyvio tool does not check against Google Books, which is where the majority of this article's sources are. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 15:04, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Israel, not "Palestinian Territories"

My edit to change "Palestinian Territories" to the more correct "Israel" (based purely on geography) was reverted without explanation. Even from the map in the article it is clear that the Phoenicians did not leave from anywhere that is currently considered the "Palestinian Territories". Moreover, there is no citation. The reversion is unjustified. slygent (talk) 17:10, 9 October 2024 (UTC)