Template:Copyvio
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Please note this is about the text of this Wikipedia article; it should not be taken to reflect on the subject of this article.
Do not restore or edit the blanked content on this page until the issue is resolved by an administrator, copyright clerk or OTRS agent.
If you have just labeled this page as a potential copyright issue, please follow the instructions for filing at the bottom of the box.

The previous content of this page or section has been identified as posing a potential copyright issue, as a copy or modification of the text from the source(s) below, and is now listed on Wikipedia:Copyright problems :
Unless the copyright status of the text on this page is clarified, the problematic text or the entire page may be deleted one week after the time of its listing (i.e. after 15:20, 8 July 2022 (UTC)).
Temporarily, the original posting is still accessible for viewing in the page history.
- Posting copyrighted material without the express permission of the copyright holder is unlawful and against Wikipedia policy.
- If you have express permission, this must be verified either by explicit release at the source or by e-mail or letter to the Wikimedia Foundation. See Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries.
- Policy requires that we block those who repeatedly post copyrighted material without express permission.
If you have tagged the article for investigation, please complete the following steps:
- Add the following to the bottom of Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2022 July 1
* {{subst:article-cv|Template:Copyvio}} from . ~~~~
- Place this notice on the talk page of the contributor of the copyrighted material:
{{subst:Nothanks-web|pg=Template:Copyvio|url=}} ~~~~
- To blank a section instead of an entire article, add the template to the beginning of the section and {{Copyvio/bottom}} at the end of the portion you intend to blank.
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![]() | This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Copyvio}}). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. |
Usage
If a text page is a likely copyright violation, add the following before the copied text:
This template must always be substituted.
- If the entire page, including all previous versions of it, is a blatant copyright violation, do not use this template and do not blank the page. Tag with {{db-copyvio}} instead.
- If only part of the page is a likely copyright violation, you may tag only that section. The template by default will blank all content following it; to limit the blanking, place {{Copyvio/bottom}} at the point where copyright concerns end.
- This template is not for use with images. Blatant image copyright violations should be tagged with {{Db-f9}}. Otherwise, suspected image violations should be tagged with {{Ffd}}. If this template is used on a page in the File namespace, it will transclude Template:Copyvio error above the notice.
- Separate multiple URLs with spaces.
See also
- Script error: No such module "Section link". - for a more detailed description on how to use this template as well as the other related templates
- {{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:Copyvio/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. |