User:Ajpolino/Copyright guidance


 * Copyright violations ("Policy with legal considerations") - "Do not add content to Wikipedia if you think that doing so may be a copyright violation. Contributors should take steps to remove any copyright violations that they find."
 * Copying text from other sources (Explanatory supplement) - "With the exceptions of short quotations and text copied from a free source, text from other sources may not be copied into Wikipedia. Doing so is a copyright violation and constitutes plagiarism."
 * Close paraphrasing (Explanatory supplement)
 * Text Copyright Violations 101 (How-to guide)
 * FAQ/Copyright
 * Donating copyrighted materials
 * Requesting copyright permission (How-to guide)
 * Copyright problems/Advice for admins (How-to guide)
 * Help:Adding open license text to Wikipedia (How-to guide)


 * Image use policy (Policy)
 * Non-free content (Content guideline)
 * Guide to image deletion (How-to guide)

WP:CV
If you suspect CV:
 * 1) Post on article talk
 * 2) Add (adds to Category:Copied and pasted articles and sections)
 * 3) (Optional) Post at WP:CP

Once you have an answer:
 * 1) If backwardscopy, make a note at talk (links to )
 * 2) If poster has the rights, they can release them. If they say they'll release them, replace article with (adds to Category:Wikipedia pages tagged for copyright problems) until release is complete.
 * 3) If material is appropriately licensed (including public domain) you can mention it on the talk page (links to Plagiarism for further guidance).

Then jumps back to - if you suspect just part of an article is copyvio:
 * 1) Request revdel with (adds to Category:Requested RD1 redactions)
 * 2) (Optional) Leave a note at talk. (Optional) Use.
 * 3) Revert to last clean revision.
 * 4) If no revision is clean, rewrite the article or delete the page. Deletion may be without discussion, links to Criteria_for_speedy_deletion and suggests (adds to Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion_as_copyright_violations).
 * 5) If CSD does not apply and you believe the text should be rewritten instead of removed, replace with and post at WP:CP, where it gets a week in purgatory for comment.

"Addressing contributors"
 * 1) Notify contributors of infringing content of the terms of use and copyright policy (links to Template_index/User_talk_namespace for message suggestions).
 * 2) If contributor has had many warnings, find an administrator (suggests Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to investigate copyright matters), post at ANI, or open a WP:CCI.
 * 3) Repeat offenders may be blocked to stop the madness. Blocks may be indefinite pending contributor's promise to stop with the CV.
 * 4) For extreme repeaters, we may assume their contributions are all CV and remove them indiscriminately.

For copyright owners
 * If Wikipedia is infringing on your copyright, email info-en-c@wikimedia.org (who monitors this?)
 * Alternatively you can make a formal OCILLA request to the foundation "designated agent" at DMCA takedowns (does this happen?)
 * If you want to donate materials, see Donating copyrighted materials

Links at bottom:


 * Policies, guidelines and information pages
 * Copy-paste: an information page with a simple explanation of Wikipedia's various copyright policies
 * Cv101: a simple guide to addressing copyright problems
 * Copyrights: official copyright policy
 * FAQ/Copyright: FAQ explaining various aspects of copyright policy
 * Non-free content: policy and guideline on including non-free content
 * Public domain: guideline on identifying public domain content
 * Mirrors and forks: information on what to do if another source is misusing Wikipedia's content
 * Copying within Wikipedia: guideline on copying content from one Wikipedia page to another
 * Plagiarism: guideline on plagiarism
 * Guide to image deletion: an overview of various processes for handling problem files
 * Donating copyrighted materials: information on how to donate copyrighted materials you own
 * Requesting copyright permission: information on how to request permission from copyright holders


 * Noticeboards
 * Copyright problems: the board for reporting problem articles
 * Contributor copyright investigations: the board for requesting investigation of serial infringers
 * Files for discussion: the board for reviewing usage of non-free files and their copyright status
 * External links/Noticeboard: the board for reviewing the appropriateness of external links


 * Other resources
 * WikiProject Copyright Cleanup: a Wikipedia project for copyright cleanup
 * Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to investigate copyright matters: a list of administrators who have self-identified as being willing to help users with copyright concerns.
 * Signpost dispatch on plagiarism
 * Plagiarism of Wikipedia and Plagiarism from Wikipedia


 * Duplication Detector – A tool used to compare any two web pages to identify text which has been copied from one to the other. Either, neither, or both pages may be current or old revisions of a Wikipedia article.
 * CopyPatrol – A tool which analyses every new edit for copyright violation and shows an easy comparison view for cross-checking the copyright violation. It is a work-in-progress at the moment.
 * Earwig's Copyvio Detector – searches the web for copyvio on the page using Google and the links present on the page.
 * User:Enterprisey/cv-revdel – user script to fill out Template:Copyvio-revdel with source URL and edits to be revision deleted.


 * Templates
 * backwardscopy: template used on talk page to provide notice of reverse copying
 * copyvio: replaces the page with a copyright violation banner
 * db-copyvio: tags a copyright violation page for speedy deletion
 * copy-paste: adds notice to a page that the contents may be a copyright violation
 * copyvioel: places a banner that the page may contain external links to copyright violations
 * copyvio link: inline citation to tag a specific external link which may go to a copyright violation
 * Copyright violation: inline citation to tag a specific sentence that may contain a copyright violation
 * cclean: template used on talk page to provide notice of removed copyrighted content
 * copyvio-revdel: template used on article page to request Revision deletion of portions of an article's history (see template documentation)
 * Uw-copyright: template used on contributor talk page to alert to removal (not tagged deletion) of copyrighted text
 * Uw-copyright-new: welcome message with detailed copyright information for inexperienced contributors of copyrighted text
 * Uw-copying: template used on contributor talk page to alert to process for copying content from one Wikipedia article to another
 * dual: a template used on an article's face to note the import of text under CC BY-SA and GFDL
 * evidence should be documented at the talk page of the article, unless the license is clear at the source
 * CCBYSASource: a template used on an article's face to note the import of text under CC BY-SA only
 * evidence should be documented at the talk page of the article, unless the license is clear at the source