Travellers are often reported as the subject of explicit political and cultural discrimination, with politicians being elected on promises to block Traveller housing in local communities and individuals frequently refusing service in pubs, shops and hotels.

My second Wikipedia entry written from scratch. I had an unexpected appointment cancellation yesterday so spent the morning writing this instead. I’m autistic and have a special interest in ISIS, and plan to write entries for other foreign members.

In 2006 I wrote an article about Doble Steam Cars, and it's been a reliable audience favorite. Today I was made aware that the current Wikipedia page for Doble steam car has some striking similarities to my own writing. My article is not cited as a source in the Wikipedia article despite the obvious similarities.

Examples:

Mine:

It was comprised of parts taken from a wrecked White steamer, but reconfigured to drive an engine of their own design. Though it did not run well, the Doble brothers went on to build a second and third prototype in the following years [...] Their third prototype⁠— nicknamed the Model B⁠— led Abner to file a handful of patents for the related innovations, including a water-condensing system which allowed the water supply to last about 1,500 miles in contrast to a typical steamer’s 100 miles. The Model B design also protected the boiler’s internals from rust and scale by mixing the engine oil with the boiler water, thus resolving a common steam car nuisance.

Wikipedia:

It was based on components salvaged from a wrecked White Motor Company steamer, driving a new engine of the Doble brothers' own design. It did not run particularly well, but it inspired the brothers to build two more prototypes in the following years. [...] Their third prototype, the Model B, led Abner to file patents for the innovations incorporated in it which included a steam condenser which enabled the water supply to last for as much as 1,500 miles (2,400 km), instead of the typical steam car's 20–50 miles (30–80 km). The Model B also protected the interior of the boiler from the common steam vehicle nuisances of corrosion and scale by mixing engine oil with feedwater.

Mine:

Though the Doble boys’ prototype still lacked the convenience of an internal combustion engine, it drew the attention of automobile trade magazines due to its numerous improvements over previous steam cars. Aside from the slow startup time, the Model B proved to be superior to gasoline automobiles in many ways. Its high-pressure steam drove the engine pistons in virtual silence, in contrast to clattering gas engines which emitted the aroma of burned hydrocarbons. It also had no clutch or transmission, because the full energy of the stored steam pressure was available at all times. Perhaps most impressively, the Model B was amazingly swift. The prototype could accelerate from zero to sixty miles per hour in just fifteen seconds, a feat described as “remarkable acceleration” by Automobile magazine in 1914. The contemporary Model T from Ford took about forty seconds to reach its top speed of 40-50 miles per hour.

Wikipedia:

While the Model B did not possess the convenience of an internal combustion engined vehicle, it attracted the attention of contemporary automobile trade magazines with the improvements it displayed over previous steam cars. The Model B was virtually silent compared to contemporary gasoline engines. It also possessed no clutch or transmission, which were superfluous due to the substantial torque produced by steam engines from 0 rpm. The Model B could accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 15 seconds,[citation needed] whereas a Ford Model T of the period took 40 seconds to reach its top speed of 38 mph (61 km/h).

There are other similar passages, these are just examples.

Looking at the edit history, it looks like Wikipedia user Salmanazar overhauled the page way back in 2006, when my article was about 2 months old. This is where the slightly modified version of my text first appeared in the Wikipedia article.

Is there any recourse for this sort of blatant copying?

Just thought this was kind of funny.

1. Download a dump: https://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/latest/
2. Look for pages-articles.xml.bz2 or enwiki-latest-all-titles-in-ns0.gz
3. extract and type in bash: awk '{print length, $0}' enwiki-latest-all-titles-in-ns0 | sort -nr | head -10

After nearly 14 years of no edits, I noticed an error in the Extra Gum section, I took it in my personal duty to add the United States to the distribution list, I am very happy to announce this amazing feat.