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− | | issue = This {{{1|article or section}}} '''may have been [[Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources|copied and pasted]] from {{#if:{{{url|}}}|{{CVD|{{{url|}}}}}| | + | | issue = This {{{1|article or section}}} '''may have been [[Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources|copied and pasted]] from another location, ''possibly'' in violation of [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|Wikipedia's copyright policy]]'''. |
− | + | | fix = Please review {{#if:{{{url|}}}|{{CVD|{{{url|}}}}}|the source}} and [[Wikipedia:Text Copyright Violations 101|remedy this]] by editing this article to remove any non-free copyrighted content and attributing free content correctly, or flagging the content for deletion. Please be sure that the supposed source of the copyright violation is not itself a [[Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks|Wikipedia mirror]]. | |
| date = {{{date|}}} | | date = {{{date|}}} | ||
| cat = Copied and pasted articles and sections{{#if:{{{url|}}}| with url provided}} | | cat = Copied and pasted articles and sections{{#if:{{{url|}}}| with url provided}} |
Latest revision as of 03:02, 26 July 2018
This article or section may have been copied and pasted from another location, possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. (September 2025) |
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This template will add tagged articles to Category:Copied and pasted articles and sections. If you have strong reason to believe that the source material is copyrighted, please instead follow the procedure at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. If a source cannot be identified, please use {{Cv-unsure}}.
- This template is a self-reference.
- Please do not subst: this template.
Syntax
To place this template, simply add {{Copypaste}} to the top of the suspect article or section. You may optionally include 3 arguments – one showing the date the tag was added, a second specifying whether it is an entire article or just a section that is suspect, and a third linking to the url you believe contains the original text.
For example:
{{Copypaste|section|url=https://example.org|date=September 2025}}
produces:
This section may have been copied and pasted from another location, possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. (September 2025) |
Parameters
|date=
: the date the tag was added|url=
: the URL believed to contain the original text|1=
(or an empty parameter): text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
Tracking categories
Redirects
{{Plagiarized}}
TemplateData
TemplateData for Copypaste
Use this template to indicate that an article may be substantially copied and pasted from another location, possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Month and year | date | Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
URL | url | The URL believed to contain the original text
| String | suggested |
Type (e.g., section) | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| String | optional |
See also
- {{Db-g12}} – for speedy deletion of blatant text copyright violations involving an entire article
- {{Copyvio}} – for blanking entire articles or sections of article that violate copyright but do not meet the speedy deletion criterion
- {{Copyvio-revdel}} – for requesting a revision deletion after infringing material has been wiped
- {{Copypaste}} – for articles or sections that appear to be copy-pasted from another source
- {{Cv-unsure}} – if you're unsure whether a page violates a copyright because you don't know the source
- {{Close paraphrasing}} can be used when content was apparently copy-pasted but also slightly reworded
- {{Non-free}} – for flagging articles that may use excessive amounts of non-free material
- {{Copyvio link}} – for just tagging a single external link, rather than an entire page
- {{Cclean}} – for notifying a removal of infringing material on articles' talk pages
- {{Uw-copyright}}, {{Uw-copyright-link}}, {{Uw-copyright-new}}, {{Uw-paraphrase}}, {{Welcome-copyright}} – for warning users who violate copyright
- {{CCI}}, {{CCId}}, {{CCI-notice}}, {{CCI-project}} – talk page notices regarding contributor copyright investigations
- {{Backwards copy}} – to show a source has copied Wikipedia, not the other way around
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Copypaste/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |