Template:Cv-unsure
![]() | {{{1}}} suspects that this article (specifically [{{{2}}} this version]) may be a copyright violation, but without a source this can not be definitively determined. If this article can be shown to be a copyright infringement, please list the article on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. If you are certain that the article is not a copyright violation, you should give evidence below. Please do not remove this tag without discussion. |
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If you suspect an article is a copyright violation, place this tag on the article's talk page. This tag should not be substituted.
Usage
To use this tag, include your signature and the full url of the version that you suspect is an infringement. Because the url will contain an equals sign, you must precede the url with url=.
For example:
{{Cv-unsure|~~~|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Article_name&oldid=987654321|date=September 2025}}
Results in:
![]() | Your signature suspects that this article (specifically [{{{2}}} this version]) may be a copyright violation, but without a source this can not be definitively determined. If this article can be shown to be a copyright infringement, please list the article on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. If you are certain that the article is not a copyright violation, you should give evidence below. Please do not remove this tag without discussion. |
The |section=
parameter, when set to any value, will substitute the word "section" for "article". The |copyvios=
parameter, when set to any value, will add a link to Earwig's Copyvio Detector.
For example:
{{Cv-unsure|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Article_name&oldid=987654321|date=September 2025|section=yes|copyvios=yes}}
Results in:
![]() | {{{1}}} suspects that this article (specifically [{{{2}}} this version]) may be a copyright violation, but without a source this can not be definitively determined. If this article can be shown to be a copyright infringement, please list the article on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. If you are certain that the article is not a copyright violation, you should give evidence below. Please do not remove this tag without discussion. |
You can also specify the talkpage section where this issue is discussed like this:
{{Cv-unsure|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Article_name&oldid=987654321|date=September 2025|copyvios=yes|talk=Why I suspect a copyvio in this article}}
Results in:
![]() | {{{1}}} suspects that this article (specifically [{{{2}}} this version]) may be a copyright violation, but without a source this can not be definitively determined. If this article can be shown to be a copyright infringement, please list the article on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. If you are certain that the article is not a copyright violation, you should give evidence below. Please do not remove this tag without discussion. |
This template will add tagged articles to Category:Suspected copyright infringements without a source, or a dated subcategory thereof.
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:Cv-unsure/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. |