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Wikipedia:Copyrights, the official English Wikipedia policy on copyrights, says, in part: "... if you know that an external Web site is carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright, do not link to that copy of the work."

This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles containing links to copyright violations.

Add this template only if you strongly suspect that the external location which the associated link references is carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright.

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	`date`	Provides the month and year; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Auto value `((subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME)) ((subst:CURRENTYEAR))`	String	suggested

See also[edit]

Template:Copyvio links - a banner version of this template

((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
((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
((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

Inline cleanup tags

Attribution

Clarity

Miscellaneous

Neutrality

Precision

((By how much)) ((Definition)) ((Definition needed)) ((Example needed)) ((Example needed span)) ((Explain)) ((How)) ((How often)) ((Misquoted)) ((Quantify)) ((Specify)) ((Vague)) ((When)) ((Where)) ((Which)) ((Who else)) ((Why)) ((Year needed))
Excessive	((Duplication span)) ((Importance inline)) ((Relevance inline)) ((Undue weight inline)) ((Globalize inline))

Time-sensitivity

Verifiability

Dubious	((Contradictory inline)) ((Disputed inline)) ((Dubious)) ((Dubious span)) ((Inconsistent)) ((Needs independent confirmation)) ((Speculation inline))
Bare URLs	((Bare URL inline)) ((Bare URL non-HTML)) ((Bare URL AV media)) ((Bare URL PDF)) ((Bare URL image)) ((Bare URL DOC)) ((Bare URL plain text)) ((Bare URL spreadsheet))
Incomplete or broken citation	((Author incomplete)) ((Author missing)) ((Date missing)) ((Dead link)) ((Edition needed)) ((Episode needed)) ((Full citation needed)) ((Incomplete short citation)) ((ISBN missing)) ((Moved resource)) ((Page needed)) ((Place missing)) ((Publisher missing)) ((Season needed)) ((Time needed)) ((Title incomplete)) ((Title missing)) ((Volume needed)) ((Year missing))
Missing or problematic reference	((Additional citation needed)) ((Better source needed)) ((Better source needed example)) ((Check quotation)) ((Chronology citation needed)) ((Citation needed)) ((Citation needed span)) ((Citation not found)) ((Close paraphrasing inline)) ((COI source)) ((Deprecated inline)) ((Excessive citations inline)) ((Failed verification)) ((Failed verification span)) ((Image reference needed)) ((Irrelevant citation)) ((Medical citation needed)) ((Medical citation needed span)) ((Nonspecific)) ((Not verified in body)) ((Obsolete source)) ((Page range too broad)) ((Primary source inline)) ((Promotional source)) ((Quote without source)) ((Request quotation)) ((Request quotation span)) ((Retracted)) ((Scientific citation needed)) ((Self-published inline)) ((Tertiary source inline)) ((Third-party inline)) ((Unreliable fringe source)) ((Unreliable medical source)) ((Unreliable source?)) ((Verify quote)) ((Verify source))

Wording

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