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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=June 2024))produces:
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
- ((Copyvio link)) – for just tagging a single external link, rather than an entire page
- ((Copyright violation)) – inline version to tag a sentence or paragraph
- ((Copypaste)) – for articles or sections that appear to be copy-pasted from another 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
- ((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)), ((CCI-subject)) – talk page notices regarding contributor copyright investigations
- ((copied)), ((translated page)) – to show where page text originates, from other pages or from other language wikis, respectively
- ((Backwards copy)) – to show a source has copied Wikipedia, not the other way around