Template documentation Wiki: 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.
TemplateData Template parametersEdit template data
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 {{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 {{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
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