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Hey Copyright Cleanup! I would like to invite you to look over an issue on the Dispute Resolution board that has a copyright-related component: Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution noticeboard#Russell Islands. Geographyinitiative ( talk) 14:45, 12 November 2020 (UTC) Hello. I have recently followed the official File Upload Process ( [1]) to upload what I understand to be a non-free image: [2]. Am I free and clear to add this image to the Geography section of the Russell Islands page without violating Wikipedia rules related to copyright? Thanks for any guidance. Geographyinitiative ( talk) 14:52, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
This article is mainly a copy of https://www.izu.edu.tr/en/about-izu/history/prof-dr-sabahattin-zaim. A praising article of a university on their Professor. Usually I fix it myself, but this is too much. Paradise Chronicle ( talk) 16:42, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, dealing with COPYVIOs is still kinda new to me at AfC. In Draft:Metro Park, the Earwig tool came back at 56%, which is higher than I'm used to seeing. However, it looks like the hits are canned episode descriptions. Are these violations that need removal and revdels, or is reusing something like that considered generally acceptable? Thanks, 2pou ( talk) 22:38, 28 January 2021 (UTC) Another question. Am I supposed to remove the violating content before a CV decline so the admin can know what revs to delete easier? (Ideally yes, I assume.) I unfortunately CV declined a few revs before the violating content was removed here: Draft:The Reincarnationist Papers. - 2pou ( talk) 23:09, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Copyright infringing material should also not be linked to.I've opened a number of FFDs (as referenced) for violating files, and assuming they are deleted, the existing links will be deleted as well. My question now involves removing the links in main space and the required cleanup before I re-request some blacklist additions discussed here. Should external links in references be revision deleted, or is removing the link sufficient? Then (assuming the answer is yes) the question becomes how to best go about doing this. The {{ link summary}} tool shows pages that have active WP:COPYVIOEL violations, which is great when the links are still active, the addition can be found and revdel requested. What if another user recognizes the link is inappropriate and removes it but does not request a revdel? ( Here is an example.) It's good that the link is removed, but that makes finding the violations a bit harder. Is there a tool that can search for links in old revisions? I could open a systematic review at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations#When and how should a CCI be started? for one user, but if an IP or different user added links, those would slip through, but is that about all that can be done? - 2pou ( talk) 22:44, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
Checks for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 video game)Hi It's been a while since I did copyvio checks, several years, and I have just found some in a fairly stable page (copyvio was mid 2020) I removed the offending passages, but when I went to use my copyvio tools, I found they were out-of date :¬( There should be earwig and coren search, but they are no longer useful it appears, as one is now defunct, and there were no flags on the page.
I did run the page through Duplication Detector, but that requires me to know the page I suspect the copyvio came from. Thanks Chaosdruid ( talk) 04:51, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
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![[2]](/info/en/?search=File:Map_of_the_Russell_Islands.jpg){kind=link}
I just noticed Talk:Greg_Bear#Career_section making a claim that big chunk of content is a copyvio. Not sure where to escalate this. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:00, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- @ Piotrus: Hi, sorry that a reply came pretty late. This page isn't watched much; most queries now take place elsewhere. If you have a source, the best place to escalate copyvio that is not obvious or is a complex case is to list it at WP:Copyright problems. If it's obvious, removing it yourself is preferrable if you feel comfortable doing that; you can still list it at copyright problems if you're not. Sennecaster ( Chat) 04:10, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
Hello! I'm Chlod, the developer of Deputy. You may have heard of this tool before or you may be an active user, but in case you haven't heard of it prior, it's a tool for streamlining some of the copyright cleanup work on this wiki.
I'm currently holding a survey to gauge editors' experience of the tool, be it as a user or a non-user. You're invited to participate, even if you don't use Deputy! The responses collected will help improve the tool and, if you're not a user, help make Deputy work smoothly with how you do your work.
The survey can be found here, and you can learn more about this survey on the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki. Thanks! Chlod ( say hi!) 23:19, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Template talk:Copyvio § Making the template more intuitive. –
Isochrone (
T) 13:21, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi, a page has been created at Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/2023 backlog drive regarding a possible backlog drive. Editors who wish to help can edit the page with suggestions. – Isochrone ( T) 18:07, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi, so a few weeks ago, I started clearing up Category:Copied and pasted articles and sections with url provided (Not related to the backlog drive above; I wasn't aware of this wikiproject at the time.) and I'm about half way through. I'm a bit worried I might have missed some policy/something important, so would anybody be willing to double check a few of my removals? Most (~90%) of my cv actions have "copyvio" or "attribution" (for compatible license material) in the edit summary, so this and this should contain most of them. Thanks! ARandomName123 ( talk)Ping me! 01:53, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
Just a quick question - I recently removed one sentence of copyvio (which was also terribly promotional, but that's beside the point) from a draft at AfC; is that something that I should still submit to get a revdel for or is one sentence in a draft too little for it to really matter? LittlePuppers ( talk) 02:02, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
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Hey Copyright Cleanup! I would like to invite you to look over an issue on the Dispute Resolution board that has a copyright-related component: Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution noticeboard#Russell Islands. Geographyinitiative ( talk) 14:45, 12 November 2020 (UTC) Hello. I have recently followed the official File Upload Process ( [1]) to upload what I understand to be a non-free image: [2]. Am I free and clear to add this image to the Geography section of the Russell Islands page without violating Wikipedia rules related to copyright? Thanks for any guidance. Geographyinitiative ( talk) 14:52, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
This article is mainly a copy of https://www.izu.edu.tr/en/about-izu/history/prof-dr-sabahattin-zaim. A praising article of a university on their Professor. Usually I fix it myself, but this is too much. Paradise Chronicle ( talk) 16:42, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, dealing with COPYVIOs is still kinda new to me at AfC. In Draft:Metro Park, the Earwig tool came back at 56%, which is higher than I'm used to seeing. However, it looks like the hits are canned episode descriptions. Are these violations that need removal and revdels, or is reusing something like that considered generally acceptable? Thanks, 2pou ( talk) 22:38, 28 January 2021 (UTC) Another question. Am I supposed to remove the violating content before a CV decline so the admin can know what revs to delete easier? (Ideally yes, I assume.) I unfortunately CV declined a few revs before the violating content was removed here: Draft:The Reincarnationist Papers. - 2pou ( talk) 23:09, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Copyright infringing material should also not be linked to.I've opened a number of FFDs (as referenced) for violating files, and assuming they are deleted, the existing links will be deleted as well. My question now involves removing the links in main space and the required cleanup before I re-request some blacklist additions discussed here. Should external links in references be revision deleted, or is removing the link sufficient? Then (assuming the answer is yes) the question becomes how to best go about doing this. The {{ link summary}} tool shows pages that have active WP:COPYVIOEL violations, which is great when the links are still active, the addition can be found and revdel requested. What if another user recognizes the link is inappropriate and removes it but does not request a revdel? ( Here is an example.) It's good that the link is removed, but that makes finding the violations a bit harder. Is there a tool that can search for links in old revisions? I could open a systematic review at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations#When and how should a CCI be started? for one user, but if an IP or different user added links, those would slip through, but is that about all that can be done? - 2pou ( talk) 22:44, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
Checks for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 video game)Hi It's been a while since I did copyvio checks, several years, and I have just found some in a fairly stable page (copyvio was mid 2020) I removed the offending passages, but when I went to use my copyvio tools, I found they were out-of date :¬( There should be earwig and coren search, but they are no longer useful it appears, as one is now defunct, and there were no flags on the page.
I did run the page through Duplication Detector, but that requires me to know the page I suspect the copyvio came from. Thanks Chaosdruid ( talk) 04:51, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
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I just noticed Talk:Greg_Bear#Career_section making a claim that big chunk of content is a copyvio. Not sure where to escalate this. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:00, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- @ Piotrus: Hi, sorry that a reply came pretty late. This page isn't watched much; most queries now take place elsewhere. If you have a source, the best place to escalate copyvio that is not obvious or is a complex case is to list it at WP:Copyright problems. If it's obvious, removing it yourself is preferrable if you feel comfortable doing that; you can still list it at copyright problems if you're not. Sennecaster ( Chat) 04:10, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
Hello! I'm Chlod, the developer of Deputy. You may have heard of this tool before or you may be an active user, but in case you haven't heard of it prior, it's a tool for streamlining some of the copyright cleanup work on this wiki.
I'm currently holding a survey to gauge editors' experience of the tool, be it as a user or a non-user. You're invited to participate, even if you don't use Deputy! The responses collected will help improve the tool and, if you're not a user, help make Deputy work smoothly with how you do your work.
The survey can be found here, and you can learn more about this survey on the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki. Thanks! Chlod ( say hi!) 23:19, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Template talk:Copyvio § Making the template more intuitive. –
Isochrone (
T) 13:21, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi, a page has been created at Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/2023 backlog drive regarding a possible backlog drive. Editors who wish to help can edit the page with suggestions. – Isochrone ( T) 18:07, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi, so a few weeks ago, I started clearing up Category:Copied and pasted articles and sections with url provided (Not related to the backlog drive above; I wasn't aware of this wikiproject at the time.) and I'm about half way through. I'm a bit worried I might have missed some policy/something important, so would anybody be willing to double check a few of my removals? Most (~90%) of my cv actions have "copyvio" or "attribution" (for compatible license material) in the edit summary, so this and this should contain most of them. Thanks! ARandomName123 ( talk)Ping me! 01:53, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
Just a quick question - I recently removed one sentence of copyvio (which was also terribly promotional, but that's beside the point) from a draft at AfC; is that something that I should still submit to get a revdel for or is one sentence in a draft too little for it to really matter? LittlePuppers ( talk) 02:02, 7 September 2023 (UTC)