Wikipedia:Copyright problems
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This page is for listing and discussing possible copyright problems involving text on Wikipedia. On this page, editors handle articles where the copyright status is disputed or where complex cases of infringement are present. Most listings are handled within 1 week, although some may take longer. Interested editors are invited to offer feedback, rewrite infringing content, or request copyright permission.
Listed pages appear in the bottom section of the page. For additional guidance, see below.
To add a new listing, go to today's section.
How to list an article
You should list an article on this page if one of the following applies:
- All revisions of an article have copyright violations (copyvio), and speedy deletion does not apply.
- The removal of copyrighted content has been contested.
- Removal or reversion is complicated or involves a majority of the article.
- You cannot determine whether the text originated from the source or Wikipedia. Do not blank the article in this case.
- The article is eligible for presumptive deletion.
- Other complex situations not listed here or in the section below.
If the article needs to be listed,
What not to list here
- Backwards copy by another source of Wikipedia. Instead, add
{{Backwards copy|Title=title of source|url=link to source|year=2000}}to the article's talk page. - Blatant infringement. Articles that are entirely copyvio can be handled through speedy deletion if it meets the criteria. Do not blank or list the article here if tagged for speedy deletion.
- Non-extensive obvious copyvio. If the copied content is not extensive, you can remove, rewrite, or revert the page to before the text was added. You should place
{{Copyvio-revdel|url=copied source|start=diff of copyvio insertion|end=diff before copyvio removal}}on the article afterwards and warn the contributor of the material to the problem, unless advised not to. The template {{Uw-copyright}} may be used for this purpose. - Requests for revision deletion. These should be handled by placing
{{Copyvio-revdel|url=copied source|start=diff of copyvio insertion|end=diff before copyvio removal}}on the article. - Files. For files that are clear copyright violations, follow the procedure for speedy deletion; otherwise, list the file at Files for Discussion. If the file is on the Commons, they can be handled through Commons speedy deletion or Deletion requests.
- Individual editors. Contributors who repeatedly post copyrighted text or files after appropriate warnings will be blocked from editing to protect the project; see 17 United States Code § 512. If one contributor verifiably inserts multiple copyright violations and systematic review is needed, please file a request at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations.
- Copyright violations without a source. If you cannot find a source of where something could be copied from, do not list the article here. The content may be removed for other reasons, like being unreferenced or violating our biographies of living persons policy.
What text can be reused?
Under the United States law that governs Wikipedia, copyright is automatically assumed as soon as any content (text or other media) is created in a physical form. An author does not need to apply for or claim copyright, for a copyright to exist. One of the following must be present to reuse the content on Wikipedia:
- Explicit statement by the author, stating that the work is either in the public domain or compatibly licensed
- Public domain due to age, source, or lack of originality
- Fair use under our guidelines for non-free content, where the text used is brief and clearly marked with full attribution
If none of the above are present, the text cannot be reused.
Even when the text can be reused, it must be attributed or it will be considered as plagiarism.
Responding to listed articles
Any editor is welcome to investigate articles listed for copyright concerns and remove {{copypaste}} or {{close paraphrasing}} tags when the problem is addressed or disproven. Only administrators, copyright clerks, and VRT agents should remove {{copyvio}} tags and close listings.
Copyright problems is run by volunteers and it usually takes a few days before listings are first investigated.
You can assist in the following ways:
- Providing information on the copyright status of the article
- Obtaining or verifying claims of permission
- Rewriting or removing infringing content without removing {{copyvio}}.
Providing information on copyright statuses
Not every article listed here is a copyright violation. The content may be on Wikipedia first, public domain, compatibly licensed, or below the threshold of originality. Editors can provide information about licensing or public domain status under listings here or on the talk page of the article. A link or a clear explanation is very helpful when a clerk or administrator evaluates the article.
Obtaining/verifying permission
Sometimes material was placed on Wikipedia with the permission of the copyright owner. The owner may be willing to give permission and proper license. Any contributor can write to the owner of copyright and check whether they gave or will give permission. See Wikipedia:Example requests for permission. If a compatible license is placed online at the point of original publication, please provide a link to that under the listing.
More details about the permissions process can be seen below and at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
Rewriting or removing content
If an article verifiably has copyvio, the content must be removed or rewritten entirely. If the article is blanked, the rewrite takes place at Talk:PAGENAME/Temp so that the new material can be copied over the old. The listing will link to the specific temporary page. You can directly rewrite on articles tagged for {{close paraphrasing}} or {{copy-paste}}, and remove the tags when the rewrite is complete.
The article should not be copied over without first removing copyvio. Other content from the article can be used, if there is no reason to believe that it may be a copyright issue as well. If the content is copied from an inaccessible source like a book or cannot be verified, please remove all text added by the contributor. If you copy any text from the old article, please leave a note on the listing or in your edit summaries of the rewrite. Reviewing administrators will then preserve the history of the old article.
Please review Wikipedia:Copy-paste and its linked guidelines as necessary to ensure the rewrite is compliant with policy. Repairing plagiarism from permissible sources is usually as simple as supplying proper attribution.
Copyright owners who submitted their own work to Wikipedia (or people editing on their behalf)
If you submitted work to Wikipedia which you had previously published and your submission was marked as a potential infringement of copyright, you must do one of the following to resolve the problem:
- Link to a note permitting reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) at the site of the original publication; or
- Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to [email protected] or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation, ideally using the email template at WP:CONSENT.
See also Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
Emails are handled by volunteers and take time to log permission. Do not worry if the content is deleted; it will be restored if usable permission is logged. Your email will receive a response whether the permission is usable or not. If you have not received a response to your letter within two weeks, it is a good idea to follow up.
Please keep in mind that content previously published elsewhere may not meet Wikipedia's specific guidelines and policies. If you are not familiar with these policies and guidelines, please review especially our core policies. This will prepare you to deal with any other issues with the text that may arise.
Should you choose to rewrite the content rather than release it under the requisite license, please see above.
Clerks and patrolling administrators
Copyright clerks
For a more complete description of clerks and their duties, as well as a list of active clerks, please see Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Clerks.
Copyright clerks are experienced editors on Wikipedia, especially with copyright policies and their enforcement. On this board, they are trusted to evaluate and close listings and request administrative actions when necessary.
Copyright problems administrators
For a more complete description of administrators on Wikipedia, please see Wikipedia:Administrators.
Any administrator may work the copyright problems board. This may involve evaluating listings personally or completing requests by clerks. Clerks are trusted in their work and their requests may be implemented without double-checking, although any administrator is welcome to review requests and discuss with the clerks in question.
Closing listings
Listings can be processed at any time by anyone, but are not formally closed until a clerk or administrator verifies that all problems are resolved. Pages listed for presumptive deletion stay open for a minimum of 7 days before being processed.
For advice for resolving listings, see Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Instructions (VRT agents, see section there).
{{CPC}} may be used to denote resolutions of listings by administrators, clerks and VRT agents.
Listings of possible copyright problems
Older than 7 days
- Pablo Herrán (history · last edit · rewrite) from [1]. Very closely paraphrased from the source. See Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Peripatetic The4lines |||| (talk) 04:31, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. Complex/Rational 15:55, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
- Te Matatini (history · last edit · rewrite) from Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from February 2025. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Tenshi! (Talk page) 21:14, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
- Angevin kings of England (history · last edit · rewrite) from Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from March 2025. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
- Bruxism (history · last edit · rewrite) from Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from March 2025. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Sennecaster (Chat) 02:43, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- Cambridge Women's Center (history · last edit · rewrite) from Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from March 2025. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
- Tag removed by original tagger. The4lines |||| (talk) 06:10, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
No vio found, claim cannot be validated. Tag removed from article. Wizardman 20:59, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
- COMMON (user group) (history · last edit · rewrite) from Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from March 2025. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
- Noting that this was created by a user that has an open CCI. Tenshi! (Talk page) 20:38, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
- According to tagger, sources being paraphrased from are [2][3][4]. Tenshi! (Talk page) 15:31, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Sennecaster (Chat) 18:24, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
- Yan Xishan (history · last edit · rewrite) from Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from March 2025. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Sennecaster (Chat) 22:08, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- Frederick Matthew Darley (history · last edit · rewrite) from [5]. Sophisticatedevening(talk) 00:08, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
- The source is from Project Gutenberg Australia, so presumably out of copyright. What's the basis for thinking this is copyrighted material? john k (talk) 03:55, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
- Specifically, the text in question appears as "copyright 1920." This seems to be public domain. john k (talk) 03:57, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
- @John K The text is from Dictionary of Australian Biography which was published in 1949. While yes this is public domain in Australia, it is not public domain in the United States and it will not be until 2044 because of URAA. You can look at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Dictionary of Australian Biography where this part was discussed. Sophisticatedevening(talk) 04:00, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
- Ah, I see (was looking at the wrong thing from 1920.) My question on something like this is...who owns the US copyright on this? Almost certainly works like this (published in a country where they are now in the public domain) are totally orphaned in the US, no? john k (talk) 04:30, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
- There was an effort at Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board to find who the copyright holder was, either a descendent of Percival Serle or now possibly with HarperCollins in order to try to get them to put it under a creative commons license, perhaps that discussion might assist your question. Sophisticatedevening(talk) 04:50, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
- Ah, I see (was looking at the wrong thing from 1920.) My question on something like this is...who owns the US copyright on this? Almost certainly works like this (published in a country where they are now in the public domain) are totally orphaned in the US, no? john k (talk) 04:30, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
- The source is from Project Gutenberg Australia, so presumably out of copyright. What's the basis for thinking this is copyrighted material? john k (talk) 03:55, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
- Gresford Athletic F.C. (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://web.archive.org/web/20251211034210/https://www.gresfordathleticfc.com/a/history-63923.html. SlimyGecko7 (talk) 11:28, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
- Added in March 2023, annoyingly the Wayback Machine doesn't have a working archive from then. But with similar content on the Gresford website from 2014 and the edit being sourced to the club website, it's fair to assume it's a copyvio. SlimyGecko7 (talk) 11:39, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
Article cleaned, revision deletion requested. MCE89 (talk) 16:01, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
Revision deletion completed. Whpq (talk) 18:34, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
- Stuart Roy Clarke (history · last edit · rewrite) from two books cited in the article. I don't have access to the books, but this looks very much like it's been copied from them verbatim. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:03, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
- Draft:Imric Porsolt and Taumata o Kupe have some sentences that I consider closely paraphrased but want a second opinion on before I remove the text. Taumata o Kupe had more obvious close paraphrasing issues that I have already removed. Traumnovelle (talk) 23:14, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
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Text: 'At the Best Design Awards in 2023, TOA Architects won gold in the Toitanga category, as well as the supreme purple pin, for work which raises the bar for New Zealand design.' Source: 'Toa Architects, which designed Te Taumata o Kupe, won the gold pin as well as the supreme purple pin in the Toitanga section at this year’s Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards.'
Text: 'The site measures at 600 square feet over two levels.' Source: 'It measures 600 square metres over two levels' Text: 'The building veers from the structure of a conventional wharenui (Māori meeting house) with its rectangular gabled-shaped building.' Source: 'The building form is not that of the conventional Wharenui with a rectangular gabled-shaped building and front porch area.' Text: 'The glass facade is split in two, with the bottom tilted inwards, suggesting alluding to the nautical themes of sails and rudders' Source: 'and the glass’ inward tilt and angles on the red barge suggests the movement of the sails and rudders.' Source: 'the glass facade echoing the stays, while the faceted frame alludes to the shape of a rudder.' Text: 'The diagonal black wind brace which traces the front façade recalls the forms of stays used on Māori sails.' Source: 'The diagonal black wind brace on the front façade follows the form of stays used on Māori sails' Text: 'The glass panels illustrate Kupe's journey, drawing inspiration from whakairo rākau and kōwhaiwhai traditions as well as contemporary Māori artist Cliff Whiting's aesthetic and colour palette.' Source: 'Rawiri based his visual language on the traditions of whakairo rākau and kōwhaiwhai (scroll painting) and the contemporary aesthetic and colour palette pioneered by the Māori modernist artist, Cliff Whiting.' Text: 'TOA Architects designed the raised platform of the building to reference the Society Islands taumata (hill) from where Kupe departed for Aotearoa New Zealand' Source: 'According to TOA Architects, this raised platform is a direct reference to Society Islands’ taumata from which Kupe departed.' Text: 'Imric Porsolt was born in Pozony, Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia) in 1909. Living in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he learnt both Hungarian and German.' Source: 'Born in Pozony in Hungary in 1909 (now Bratislava in Slovakia), Porsolt grew up speaking both Hungarian and German as a citizen of the Austro-Hungarian empire' Text: 'Simultaneously, several avant garde art and architecture movements were growing and modernism was catching on as a depature from traditionalism' Source: 'Modernism represented a radical departure for him from the old way of life of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.' |
- As per the instructions, @Traumnovelle: can you tag the problematic material with {{copyvio}}? Tenshi! (Talk page) 07:46, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
- I have done that, although it blanks the whole page which I find to be a bit extreme based on the perceived issue here. Traumnovelle (talk) 23:12, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
- I added some more examples from the first paragraph, some are quite blatant examples of close paraphrasing but others are debatable. Traumnovelle (talk) 09:22, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- And more examples. I haven't gone through the entire article but I now believe the article may required to be fully deleted due to the extensive close paraphrasing. Traumnovelle (talk) 21:50, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Traumnovelle ~2026-32797-61 (talk) 16:15, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- I added some more examples from the first paragraph, some are quite blatant examples of close paraphrasing but others are debatable. Traumnovelle (talk) 09:22, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- I have done that, although it blanks the whole page which I find to be a bit extreme based on the perceived issue here. Traumnovelle (talk) 23:12, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
- Face transplant (history · last edit · rewrite) from Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from June 2025.
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MCE89 (talk) 13:45, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
- Plan on reforming Party and state institutions (history · last edit · rewrite) from [6] as part of Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from June 2025.
- Banu Kırbağ (history · last edit · rewrite) from Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from August 2025. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:06, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- Skoojal 02 books
- Sex and Reason (history · last edit · rewrite)
- What Wild Ecstasy (history · last edit · rewrite)
- Gay Science (history · last edit · rewrite)
- The Myth of Mental Illness (history · last edit · rewrite)
- Life Against Death (history · last edit · rewrite)
- The Foundations of Psychoanalysis (history · last edit · rewrite)
- The Science of Desire (history · last edit · rewrite)
- Violence and the Sacred (history · last edit · rewrite)
Presumptive deletion from Skoojal 02. Sole or near-sole authorship held by freeknowledgecreator. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 07:10, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. Deleted all. Sennecaster (Chat) 02:01, 29 May 2026 (UTC)
- Pierre de Vallombreuse (history · last edit · rewrite) from [7], [8], [9]. The edits made today are translated from various pages of de Vallombreuse's website ([10], [11]). After looking at the Copypatrol report, it seems that the page has been a translation of content from his website since the first revision (2013 archived snapshot of the biography from his website: [12], 2014 page creation: [13]). MCE89 (talk) 13:44, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
- Draft:Griffith John Williams (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://biography.wales/article/s2-WILL-JOH-1892.html. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:22, 21 May 2026 (UTC)
- The Floor (American game show) (history · last edit · rewrite) from The Futon Critic listings. I had reported this earlier at ANI, but was recommended to come here instead (honestly didn't know of or think of coming to this!). Here is my original report from ANI:
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I've previously attempted solving this issue myself last year, but was reverted multiple times ([14], [15], [16]), and it appears that someone(s) readded similar WP:COPYVIO summaries, and it's just continued on to now. For example, the two episodes added on today are season 5 episodes 11 and 12, "The Ice King Melts" and "The Fight to The Final" The two summaries added for those episodes here are as follows:
Via the episodes' listing on The Futon Critic, these are their respective summaries via that:
While not purely the same exact thing, as WP:COPYVIO notes, "Even inserting text copied with some changes can be a copyright violation if there is substantial linguistic similarity in creative language or sentence structure; this is known as close paraphrasing, which can also raise concerns about plagiarism". Just as another quick example, season 5 episode 1, "New Year, New Floor". Once again, the summary on the Wikipedia article:
And via the episode listing on The Futon Critic:
Even the following episode, "The Expert-Slayer Strikes", gives quite a closely-paraphrased summary:
I've been trying to see how (possibly) bad it is through the Copyvio Detector, but I'm guessing it is likely yielding low percentages for the article due to how lengthy it currently is. On another note, I'd imagine with how lengthy the article is, I would suggest splitting it up into separate season articles, as previously suggested at Talk:The Floor (American game show)#Should we split the show into its respective seasons?. Should be noted that the show has already been renewed for a sixth and seventh season, so if it is not split now, it'll only be getting worse as time goes on. |
Will also note that I have not warned any contributor(s) on their talk page, as this has been over sometime and likely involves more than one contributor, but I have issued a notice on the article's talk page at Talk:The Floor (American game show)#WP:COPYVIO issues and article splitting. I'd imagine if indeed considered copyright violation(s), there are too many revisions that would need deleting. However, I would recommend removing said copyright violation(s) and retaining the actual episodes' game summaries, as I'd previously attempted doing (such as this). Magitroopa (talk) 01:26, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
- User:Jazzyshazzy12/sandbox (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.royalwarrant.org/company/hildon-ltd. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:12, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
- Free Nutritious Meals (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://en.tempo.co/read/2062967/minister-prabowo-governments-success-hinges-on-free-meal-program . The paragraph were originally in Indonesia Free Meal Program Poisoning (diff) before being moved to National Nutrition Agency due to AfD, and then moved to the current article. - Ivan530 (Talk) 14:53, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
No copyright concern. Material is PD, license compatible, or ineligible for copyright protection. WP:LIMITED. Tenshi! (Talk page) 13:10, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Julius Tallberg (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://blf.fi/artikel.php?id=3654, https://www.tallberg.fi/tallberg-yhtiot/historia/tienraivaaja-joka-osti-lauttasaareen/ (direct translations). Jähmefyysikko (talk) 16:09, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
- Not salvageable. Tenshi! (Talk page) 16:28, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. The4lines |||| (talk) 16:06, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- @The4lines: The original contributor made an attempt at rewrite at Talk:Julius_Tallberg/Temp. I don't think it is enough to address the issues, but please evaluate it yourself. Jähmefyysikko (talk) 16:54, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Jähmefyysikko, Sara Fredrika, the rewrite is still copyvio, the translation is still way too close to the original text. For the rewrite to be viable, the text must be translated in your own words. The4lines |||| (talk) 05:36, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- @The4lines: The original contributor made an attempt at rewrite at Talk:Julius_Tallberg/Temp. I don't think it is enough to address the issues, but please evaluate it yourself. Jähmefyysikko (talk) 16:54, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Books 2
- Sexuality and Its Discontents (history · last edit · rewrite)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. The4lines |||| (talk) 16:15, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Hegel's Ontology and the Theory of Historicity (history · last edit · rewrite)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. The4lines |||| (talk) 16:16, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Philosophical Essays on Freud (history · last edit · rewrite)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. Sennecaster (Chat) 23:44, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
Presumptive deletion from Skoojal 02. Fnc holds near-total authorship on each. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:12, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
- St Vincent Gardens (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://web.archive.org/web/20060117053714/http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/stvincent_gardens.html. Rangasyd (talk) 07:51, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MCE89 (talk) 13:09, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
- Charles Fickert (history · last edit · rewrite) presumptive deletion from 20151115. Relisted from Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2026 May 9 Tenshi! (Talk page) 22:05, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. Complex/Rational 00:31, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
- Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (history · last edit · rewrite) from Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from September 2025.
- Association of Commercial Television in Europe (history · last edit · rewrite) from [17] as part of Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from September 2025.
- Dhuppani Waterfall (history · last edit · rewrite) from [18] as part of Category:Articles with close paraphrasing from September 2025. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 23:51, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
New listings
New listings are made on daily reports transcluded on this page and are not directly added to it. To add a new listing, please go to today's section. Instructions for adding new listings can be found at How to list an article. Editors may resolve issues with listings at any time, save for presumptive deletion. See the section on responding for more information.
- Books 4
- Sexual Preference (book) (history · last edit · rewrite)
- Freud and Philosophy (history · last edit · rewrite)
Presumptive deletion from Skoojal 02. Near-total authorship by fnc theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:47, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Yashar (political party) (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://en.idi.org.il/israeli-elections-and-parties/parties/yashar/. Tanline666 (talk) 21:10, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Tenshi! (Talk page) 15:12, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Books 5
- The Evolution of Human Sexuality (history · last edit · rewrite)
- The Homosexual Matrix (history · last edit · rewrite)
Presumptive deletion from Skoojal 02. Total or near-total authorship by fnc. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:30, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- Gol de Quem? (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.allmusic.com/album/gol-de-quem--mw0000766661 Suriname0 (talk) 21:58, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
Article cleaned, revision deletion requested. Sophisticatedevening(talk) 19:22, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
Revision deletion completed. Sophisticatedevening(talk) 06:48, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Irom Maipak (history · last edit · rewrite) presumptive deletion from Takhellei. Article created/only substantially edited by Gurumayum Arvind's socks post-block, so it's also G5 eligible GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 22:57, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oken Amakcham (history · last edit · rewrite) presumptive deletion from Takhellei. Article author wasn't consistent about citing sources they copied from. Article created/only substantially edited by Gurumayum Arvind's socks post-block, so it's also G5 eligible GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 22:59, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- Yelhou Jagoi (history · last edit · rewrite) presumptive deletion from Takhellei. Article author wasn't consistent about citing sources they copied from. Article created/only substantially edited by Gurumayum Arvind's socks post-block, so it's also G5 eligible GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 23:31, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- Sambal Wangma (history · last edit · rewrite) presumptive deletion from Takhellei. Article author wasn't consistent about citing sources they copied from. Article created/only substantially edited by Gurumayum Arvind's socks post-block, so it's also G5 eligible GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 23:33, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- Khurai Angaobi (history · last edit · rewrite) presumptive deletion from Takhellei. Article author wasn't consistent about citing sources they copied from. Article created/only substantially edited by Gurumayum Arvind's socks post-block, so it's also G5 eligible GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 23:41, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- Mamado Leisabido Angaobido (history · last edit · rewrite) presumptive deletion from Takhellei. Article author wasn't consistent about citing sources they copied from. Article created/only substantially edited by Gurumayum Arvind's socks post-block, so it's also G5 eligible GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 23:42, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
Checked all 6 above, agree that they all qualify for G5. Iffy on copyvio as Earwig's tool seems to be returning very low match percentages (and I just hit a rate limit trying to check these). G5 would probably be enough, though. ASUKITE 18:09, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Just to clarify on the copying front, when I was working on this case earlier this year, I found a few instances where they copied from websites/press releases they didn't cite. Can't remember which articles, but this isn't a good set of articles for Earwig to clear. GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 18:59, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Ah, that makes sense. I may take a closer look later and see if I can find them. I left CSD tags for now but I wouldn’t mind the copied URLs being in the logs too. (edit 14:23, 8 June 2026 (UTC): I did try a series of websearches for exact text snippets but had no luck finding those sources.) ASUKITE 21:49, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- All deleted as WP:G5. Anyone who wants to check the article text, feel free to ask! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:02, 8 June 2026 (UTC)
- Ah, that makes sense. I may take a closer look later and see if I can find them. I left CSD tags for now but I wouldn’t mind the copied URLs being in the logs too. (edit 14:23, 8 June 2026 (UTC): I did try a series of websearches for exact text snippets but had no luck finding those sources.) ASUKITE 21:49, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- The Homosexualization of America (history · last edit · rewrite) Presumptive deletion per Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Skoojal, relisted from Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2026 May 28. MER-C 18:03, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- Melvin Simon Productions (history · last edit · rewrite) Presumptive deletion per Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Dutchy85. MER-C 18:18, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- Holly Lodge Estate (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://hle.org.uk/early-history. MRSC (talk) 17:07, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
Article cleaned, revision deletion requested. That text is originally from [19], judging from the talk page comment Gyrofrog had referenced I think VampWillow was trying to say they owned the site and wanted to give permission to use the text, but the website was never updated to put it under a compatible license AFAICT so this is still a copyvio. They wrote their comments in weird half-sentences so I may be misreading what they were trying to say however. Sophisticatedevening(talk) 07:25, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Sadly VampWillow has been vanished so we can't query them further. I think the lack of explicit license probably prevents us from using the text, even if I'm reluctant to redact history going back to 2004. IA copies only go back to '22 and that website has been registered since '97, so I agree. ASUKITE 14:28, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
Done, feel free to notify/ping me if anybody wants to oppose the RD1 as I typically don't like such large redactions. ASUKITE 14:30, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Revdel's okay, though if I remember correctly there was the old link in the copyright blanking in 2005 which also had IA copies. I'll note that I asked Sennecaster to look at this earlier on the off-chance there was a ticket in VRTS. Tenshi! (Talk page) 16:15, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Sadly VampWillow has been vanished so we can't query them further. I think the lack of explicit license probably prevents us from using the text, even if I'm reluctant to redact history going back to 2004. IA copies only go back to '22 and that website has been registered since '97, so I agree. ASUKITE 14:28, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Draft:White Powder Gold (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://ormusminerals.com/blogs/ormus-minerals/faq-about-ormus?comment=138066166065#comments. Rht bd (talk) 20:30, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. Archive.org and archive.today have no copy, but the page is dated March 23 and DNS records for the URL go back 5000+ days, clearly copied. ASUKITE 21:22, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Văn Hiến University (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://en.vhu.edu.vn/vi/introduction-1088/our-history and https://web.archive.org/web/20070530130314/http://www.daihocvanhien.edu.vn:80/en/index2.htm. I stumbled across this article and noticed that content that was added a few times in January of this year had been copied from an English version of the school's website. While looking for revisions to have revdeled, I noticed that most of what remained was unsourced, and I looked to see if that had also been copied from somewhere. I found the text in question was added in 2007 [20] along with an external link. Clicking the link gave me a 404 error, but I found an archived version (linked above) and noticed the text was almost exactly the same as what was added, and this has basically remained on the page since then (with only minor changes over the years, mainly updating numbers). I do not have much experience with requesting revdels from archived sites (though I assume the process is likely similar to using the revdel template), so I figured I would make a request here just in case, especially considering this would affect most of the article's history. Combining the violations from both websites, if all these revisions have to be deleted, it would span from 134521277 (the aforementioned 2007 edit) to 1358366077 (my removal of the violations). ProClasher97 ~ Have A Question? 06:50, 8 June 2026 (UTC)
Article cleaned, revision deletion requested. @ProClasher97: You can request revdel for archived sites using the revdel template, though also your removal edit doesn't need to be revdel'd since there wouldn't be any copyvio text visible in that version. Tenshi! (Talk page) 12:10, 8 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oh ok, I will keep that in mind in case I come across another situation like this again. Thank you so much for your help! ProClasher97 ~ Have A Question? 12:59, 8 June 2026 (UTC)
Revision deletion completed. ASUKITE 14:44, 8 June 2026 (UTC)
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