You are intentionally missing the point because it s not every word it s distinctive ones that function as an element of the author s original creative expression Otherwise what does the copyright apply to the prepositions and coordinating conjunctions You are absolutely wrong about this but I imagine that the amount of energy it would take to go the distance combined with your inevitable group of sympathetic Wikipedian s would make demonstrating that highly exhausting and therefore unlikely All I ask is that you provide one WP RS that explicitly states that taking creative or distinct words from source material is acceptable in a proper paraphrase