This page is for listing and discussing possible copyright problems involving text on Wikipedia, including pages which are suspected to be copyright violations. Listings typically remain for at least five days before review and closure by a copyright problems clerk or administrator. During this time, interested contributors are invited to offer feedback about the problem at the relevant talk page, to propose revisions to the material, or to request copyright permission. After the listing period, a copyright problems board clerk or administrator will review the listing and take what further action may be necessary.

Pages listed for copyright review appear in the bottom section of the page. The top includes information for people who have copyright concerns about pages or images, for those whose pages have been tagged for concerns, for community volunteers who'd like to help resolve concerns and for the clerks and administrators who volunteer here.

To add a new listing, please go to today's section. Instructions for dealing with copyright concerns can be found at Instructions for dealing with text-based copyright concerns.

Handling previously published text on Wikipedia

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 even claim copyright, for a copyright to exist.

Only one of the following allows works to be reused in Wikimedia projects:

A) Explicit Statement. An explicit statement (by the author, or by the holder of the rights to the work) that the material is either:

in the public domain,
licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA), or
otherwise compatible with CC-BY-SA.

B) Public Domain. If the work is inherently in the public domain, due to its age, source or lack of originality (such as Copyright-free logos); or

C) Fair Use. United States law allows for fair use of copyrighted content, and (within limits) Wikipedia does as well. Under guidelines for non-free content, brief selections of copyrighted text may be used, but only if clearly marked and with full attribution.

Even if a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, material should be properly attributed in accordance with Wikipedia:Plagiarism. This is not only a matter of respecting local custom. When content is under a license that is compatible with Wikipedia's license, proper attribution may be required. If the terms of the compatible license are not met, use of the content can constitute a violation of copyright even if the license is compatible.

Repeated copyright violations

Contributors who repeatedly post copyrighted material (text or images) may be subject to contributor copyright investigations, to help ensure the removal from the project of all copyrighted material posted in contravention of policy. Contributors who repeatedly post copyrighted material after appropriate warnings will be blocked from editing, to protect the project; see 17 United States Code § 512.

Backwards copying: when Wikipedia had (or may have had) it first

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WP:BACKWARDSCOPY

In some instances, it is clear that two pieces of text (one on Wikipedia, and one elsewhere) are copies of each other, but not clear which piece is the original and which is the copy. "Compliant" sites that copy Wikipedia text note that they have done so, but not all of our re-users are compliant.

If you've found such a case, you might first check the discussion page to see if a note has been added to the top of the talk page to allay people's concerns. If not, you can look for clues. Do other pages in the other website copy other Wikipedia articles? Did the content show up on Wikipedia all in once piece, placed by a single editor? If you don't see good evidence that Wikipedia had it first, it's a good idea to bring it up for investigation. You might follow the Instructions for listing below or tag the article {{copy-paste|url=possible source}} so that others can evaluate.

If you confirm definitely that the content was on Wikipedia first, please consider adding {{backwardscopy}} to the article's talk page with an explanation of how you know. If you see an article somewhere else which was copied from Wikipedia without attribution, you might visit the CC-BY-SA compliance page or Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks. There are well documented cases of plagiarism from Wikipedia by external publications.

Instructions for dealing with text-based copyright concerns

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WP:CPI

Copyright owners: If you believe Wikipedia is infringing your copyright, you may request immediate removal of the copyright violation by emailing us at info-en-cwikimedia.org. Please provide the address or title of the page, and evidence to show that you are the legitimate copyright holder. Alternatively, you may contact Wikipedia's designated agent under the terms of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act. You are also welcome to follow the procedures here. See the copyright policy for more information.

Blatant infringement

Pages exhibiting blatant copyright infringements may be speedily deleted if:

Content was copied from a source which does not have a license compatible with Wikipedia, and the content was copied from that source to Wikipedia and not the other way around (Wikipedia has numerous mirrors);
The page can neither be restored to a previous revision without infringing content, nor would the page be viable if the infringing content were removed.
There is no credible assertion of public domain, fair use, or a free license.

To nominate an article for speedy deletion for copyright concerns, add one of these to the page:

{{db-copyvio|url=insert URL of source here}}
{{db-copyvio|describe non-web source here}}

Both of these templates will generate a notice that you should give the contributor of the content. This is important to help ensure that they do not continue to add copyrighted content to Wikipedia. An administrator will examine the article and decide whether to delete it or not. You should not blank the page in this instance.

Suspected or complicated infringement

If infringement is not blatant or the speedy deletion criteria do not apply:

Remove or rewrite the infringing text avoiding violations of copyright or revert the page to a non-copyrighted version if you can.
The infringing text will remain in the page history for archival reasons (allowing evaluation by non-administrative editors) unless the copyright holder asks the Wikimedia Foundation to remove it. After determination that it is a copyvio, it should be tagged for {{copyvio-revdel}}. Please note the reason for removal in the edit summary and at the article's talk page (you may wish to use {{subst:cclean}}). When possible, please identify and alert the contributor of the material to the problem. The template {{Uw-copyright}} may be used for this purpose.
However, if all revisions have copyright problems, the removal of the copyright problem is contested, or reversion/removal is otherwise complicated:

Replace the text with one of the following:
{{subst:copyvio|url=insert URL here}}{{subst:copyvio|identify non-web source here}}
Go to today's section and add
* {{subst:article-cv|PageName}} from [insert URL or identify non-web source here] ~~~~
to the bottom of the list. Put the page's name in place of "PageName". If you do not have a URL, enter a description of the source. (This text can be copied from the top of the template after substituting it and the page name and url will be filled for you.) If there is not already a page for the day, as yours would be the first listing, please add a header to the top of the page using the page for another date as an example.
Advise the contributor of the material at their talk page. The template on the now blanked page supplies a notice you may use for that purpose.

Instructions for special cases

Probable copyvios without a known source: If you suspect that a page contains a copyright violation, but you cannot find a source for the violation (so you can't be sure that it's a violation), do not list it here. Instead, place {{cv-unsure|~~~|2=FULL_URL}} on the page's talk page, but replace FULL_URL with the full URL of the page version that you believe contains a violation. (To determine the URL, click on "Permanent link" in the toolbox area, and copy the URL.)
Instances where one contributor has verifiably introduced copyright problems into multiple pages or files and assistance is needed in further review: See Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations.

Instructions for handling image copyright concerns

Image copyright concerns are not handled on this board. For images that are clear copyright violations, follow the procedure for speedy deletion; otherwise list at Files for Discussion. To request assistance with contributors who have infringed copyright in multiple articles or files, see Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations.

Responding to articles listed for copyright investigation

Copyright owners and people editing on their behalf or with their permission, please see below.

Any contributor is welcome to help investigate articles listed for copyright concerns, although only administrators, copyright problems board clerks, and OTRS team members should remove {{copyvio}} tags and mark listings resolved.

Assistance might include supplying evidence of non-infringement (or, conversely, of infringement) or obtaining and verifying permission of license. You might also help by rewriting problematic articles.

Supplying evidence of non-infringement

Articles are listed for copyright investigation because contributors have reason to suspect they constitute a copyright concern, but not every article listed here is actually a copyright problem. Sometimes, the content was on Wikipedia first. Sometimes, the article is public domain or compatibly licensed and can be easily fixed by supplying attribution (e.g. through a dummy edit). Sometimes, the person who placed it here is the copyright owner of freely-licensed material and this simply needs to be verified.

If you can provide information to prove license or public domain status of the article, please do. It doesn't matter if you do it under the listing for the article on the copyright problems board or on the talk page of the article; a link or a clear explanation can be very helpful when a clerk or administrator evaluates the matter. (As listings are not immediately addressed on the board, it may take a few days after you make your note before a response is provided.)

If the article is tagged for {{copyvio}}, you should allow an administrator or copyright problems clerk to remove the tag. If the article is tagged for {{copy-paste}} or {{close paraphrasing}}, you may remove the tag from the article when the problem is addressed (or disproven), but please do not close the listing on the copyright problems board itself.

Obtaining/verifying permission

Sometimes material was placed on Wikipedia with the permission of the copyright owner. Sometimes copyright owners are willing to give permission (and proper license!) even if it was not.

Any contributor can write to the owner of copyright and check whether they gave or will give permission (or maybe they in fact posted it here!). See Wikipedia:Example requests for permission. In either case, unless a statement authorizing the material under compatible license is placed online at the point of original publication, permission will need to be confirmed through e-mail to the Wikimedia Foundation. See Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission. If a compatible license is placed online at the point of original publication, please provide a link to that under the listing for the article on the copyright problems board or on the talk page of the article.

Please note that it may take a few days for letters to clear once they are sent. Do not worry if the content is deleted prematurely; it can be restored at any point usable permission is logged.

Rewriting content

Any contributor may rewrite articles that are or seem to be copyight problems to exclude duplicated or closely paraphrased text. When articles or sections of articles are blanked as copyright problems, this is done on a temporary page at Talk:PAGENAME/Temp so that the new material can be copied over the old. (The template blanking the article will link to the specific temporary page.)

Please do not copy over the version of the article that is a copyright problem as your base. All copied content, or material derived from it, should be removed first. Other content from the article can be used, if there is no reason to believe that it may be a copyright issue as well. It is often a good idea – and essential when the content is copied from an inaccessible source such as a book – to locate the point where the material entered the article and eliminate all text added by that contributor. This will help avoid inadvertently continuing the copyright issues in your rewrite. If you use any text at all from the earlier version of the article, please leave a note at the talk page of the article to alert the administrator or clerk who addresses the listing. The history of the old article will then have to be retained. (If the original turns out to be non-infringing, the two versions of the article can be merged.)

Rewrites can be done directly in articles that have been tagged for {{close paraphrasing}} and {{copy-paste}}, with those tags removed after the rewrite is complete.

Please review Wikipedia:Copy-paste and the linked guidelines and policies within it if necessary to review Wikipedia's practices for handling non-free text. Reviewing Wikipedia:Plagiarism is also helpful, particularly where content is compatibly licensed or public domain. Repairing these issues can sometimes be as simple as supplying proper attribution.

Copyright owners who submitted their own work to Wikipedia (or people editing on their behalf)

Policy shortcut

WP:IOWN

If you submitted work to Wikipedia which you had previously published and your submission was marked as a potential infringement of copyright, then stating on the article's talk page that you are the copyright holder of the work (or acting as his or her agent), while not likely to prevent deletion, helps. To completely resolve copyright concerns, it is sufficient to either:

Link to a note permitting reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported 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 permissions-commons@wikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation, ideally using the email template at WP:CONSENT.

Please note that it may take a bit of time for letters and e-mails to clear once they are sent. Do not worry if the content is deleted prematurely; it can be restored at any point usable permission is logged. Your e-mail 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.

One other factor you should consider, however, is that content that has been 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 the core policies that govern the project. This may help 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.

Information about the people who process copyright problems listed on the board

Copyright problems board 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 problems board clerks are experienced editors on Wikipedia who have demonstrated familiarity with Wikipedia's approach to non-free text and its processes for dealing with them. They are trusted to evaluate and close listings, although their closures may sometimes require completion by administrators, when use of administrative tools is required. Clerks are periodically reviewed by the administrators who work in copyright areas on Wikipedia.

Copyright problems board administrators

For a more complete description of administrators on Wikipedia, please see Wikipedia:Administrators.

Any administrator may work the copyright problems board. Working the copyright problems board may involve evaluating listings personally or using tools as necessary to complete closures by clerks. Clerks have been evaluated in their work, and their recommendations may be implemented without double-checking, although any administrator is welcome to review recommendations and discuss them with the clerks in question.

Closing listings

Pages should stay listed for a minimum of 5 days before they are checked and processed by copyright problems board clerks, 7 days before they are checked or processed by administrators, who close the daily listings. OTRS agents who verify images may close listings at any time.

For advice for resolving listings, see:

Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Advice for admins (OTRS agents, see section there)
Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Clerks#Advice for clerks

The templates collected at Template:CPC may be useful for administrators, clerks and OTRS agents noting resolution.

Listings of possible copyright problems

Very old issues

From Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2017 July 21:

List of World Heritage Sites in the Philippines (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/3860/ and other whc.unesco sites. I cut out a bunch of text in the previous edit, but some of it might be okay, and conversely there may be some copyrighted content remaining in the article. Would appreciate more eyes on this one as there is a lot of text. /wiae /tlk 12:17, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

To complicate things, the official listings are now licensed under CC-BY-SA-3.0-IGO. MER-C 12:39, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

@MER-C: Where are you seeing this? Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:38, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

See e.g. [1]. The tentative listings do not have this license. MER-C 03:36, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

From Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2019 July 1:

Meanings of minor planet names: 100001–101000 (history · last edit · rewrite) from Jet Propulsion Laboratory

We have over 400 pages of Meanings of minor planet names that may have the same issue, so I picked the 100001–101000 example at random. For most of the entries, the description in the This minor planet was named for... column was copied or very closely paraphrased from the "JPL" source linked in the Ref · Catalog column. This was previously discussed at a tangentially related AfD where some editors felt it was a copyright violation while others argued that the data was "freely available from NASA" and not subject to copyright. JPL's copyright statements [2] [3] may be of use. –dlthewave ☎ 21:36, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Simple phrases such as "This minor planet was named for <name>" cannot be copyrighted. I don't know how many entries fall outside this "simple" phrasing, but it's something to consider. Primefac (talk) 19:40, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

A random selection indicates to me that we have to either (a) determine that the "Discovery Circumstances" prose within the JPL Small-Body Database Browser is not subject to copyright; or (b) check and possibly re-phrase a huge number of pages. It's not as simple as "This is named for <name>. We perhaps should say that in a lot of the entries. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 19:21, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Older than 7 days

14 December 2019

Naturopathy (history · last edit · rewrite) from [4] —[AlanM1(talk)]— 07:24, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- Webpage shows copyright 2019, no reference to Wikipedia, and is not at archive.is (or .org). ability to heal itself through a special vital energy, for example, was added at 2014-08-01T23:28:01Z. Comparison says all the prose on the source page (about 2K) is verbatim copied to the article's Naturopathy#Practice and Naturopathy#Methods sections.
  Earwig search shows an additional paragraph at Naturopathy#Australia was copied from [5], which is cited as source, but the text is not attributed as a quote, and is too big (I think). The other larger hits are properly cited and quoted, and seem to be of reasonable size, right? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 07:24, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
Wartime Broadcasting Service (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/magazine-36865345 2001:8F8:1F21:911A:2:3:45D1:C3BA (talk) 19:01, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
This copyvio was removed, although the article still contains a lengthy quotation. MER-C 10:34, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Red team (history · last edit · rewrite) from [6]
- Original copyvio check here [7]. I have also put a selection of diffs from October 2014 to October 2019 into the Earwig Copyvio detector, with results ranging from 40% to over 80% chance of a violation. Not sure what to do with this information so I could do with some more experianced eyes here. LampGenie01 (talk) 19:21, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Berry Hinton (history · last edit · rewrite)
John C. Ensminger (history · last edit · rewrite)
John Keeny (history · last edit · rewrite)
Billy Joe Booth (history · last edit · rewrite)
Confession (TV series) (history · last edit · rewrite)
Kenn George (history · last edit · rewrite)
James Monroe Smith (history · last edit · rewrite)
Jack P.F. Gremillion (history · last edit · rewrite)
David Farabee (history · last edit · rewrite)
Robert H. Johnson (history · last edit · rewrite)
Chester Dunning (history · last edit · rewrite)
The Martha Raye Show (history · last edit · rewrite)
Presumptive deletion per Wikipedia:Copyright violations#Addressing contributors, Billy Hathorn. MER-C 20:00, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 08:59, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
Zeugma (Commagene) (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://web.archive.org/web/20050306131003fw_/http://www.zeugmaweb.com/zeugma/english/engtarihce.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20050404150241/http://www.zeugmaweb.com/zeugma/english/enganasayfa.htm. Foundational, relisted from 27 October 2019 (page was not blanked). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:30, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 04:14, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

13 January 2020

Is the use of File:El grafico 3902 romario.jpg in 1994 FIFA World Cup Final a copyright violation on the English project? The file is flagged as a copyright vio in commons within the US, it has expired in Argentina. I have tried to keep it out but Fma12 (talk · contribs) has edit warred to keep it in, and he has threatened to report me (where? I don't know because a WP:BOOMERANG would apply. See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1994_FIFA_World_Cup_Final&oldid=prev&diff=935508850 Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:32, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@Walter Görlitz: reverted my edit twice 1, 2 on 1994 FIFA World Cup Final.

His reasons were (as he statedd) "bad spelling and copyright violation in the US", which I consider not only harsh (a bad spelling can be improved) but falacious so the URAA issue was already discussed on Commons and closed in 2014 as "URAA cannot be used as the sole reason for deletion". Moreover, I don't know any rule that forbid the use of non-PD-US images on this project. In fact, other articles such as Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup) or 1986 FIFA World Cup Final have files with the same licenses.

I contacted him to request a valid reason for his reversions, but he also reverted the discussion showing a non-collaborative behaviour and any will to reach a consensus at all. - Fma12 (talk) 10:28, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

You've once again completely missed the point. Is the file under copyright in the US? If so, can it be used on the English project?

Since you've found that I moved the discussion to Talk:1994 FIFA World Cup Final are you still going to lie and say that I am showing a non-collaborative behaviour and any will to reach a consensus at all? Walter Görlitz (talk) 11:51, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

You talking to me of "lies"? Another time, you being harsh. Where is the "non-written" rule that states a non-PD-US file can't be used in the English Wikipedia? What consensus tried you to reach when your only attitude has been reverting my edits and blanking your talk page? Is this polite? I don't think so. – Fma12 (talk) 12:16, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Let's focus on the questions we need to discuss here: Is the file under copyright in the US? If so, can it be used on the English project? Walter Görlitz (talk) 12:50, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

I wonder the same, and I'll await for a proper answer so this issue can be solved. Fma12 (talk) 15:13, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

So basically what you're saying is that you do not know if it is under copyright in the US? The fact that the image is tagged in Commons as still being under copyright should answer that question, but I do want you to acknowledge that copyright laws vary from location to location. So again, is the image still under copyright in the US? Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:21, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

The only thing I need to know whether the image (or any URAA-tagged files) can be used in this project or not. In fact, many URAA images are used in other projects (such as the Spanish wiki, where rationale use is not allowed, which is apparently a contradiction). - Fma12 (talk) 15:32, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

No. Copyrighted images may not be used on English Wikipedia. That's been what I've been saying from the outset. That's what the polcies clearly state as well. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:37, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

In my opinion, {{Not-PD-US-URAA}} explains the issue clearly enough. The image can't be used in the English Wikipedia unless a non-free use rationale is provided. It is my guess that there isn't a strong enough case for non-free use, so the image should be excluded from the article. EdJohnston (talk) 18:28, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@EdJohnston: Any chance you'd like to remove it as a copy vio. With the threat of a visit to 3RN, I'd rather not do it, even thought it's clear that it should be done. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:58, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

I don't usually enforce copyright, so I hope we can get a response first from User:Fma12 before I consider further steps. EdJohnston (talk) 19:11, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@EdJohnston: Having cleared the point, I've just removed the Romario photo from the article although it could be used in other projects, as you stated. I don't consider to go further with this discussion, this is closed for me. Regards. Fma12 (talk) 20:36, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Confidence-building measures (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Stationing%20permanent%20liaison%20observers%20at%20major%20headquarters.%22. See the analysis at Talk:Confidence-building measures#Possible copyvio problem - Contadora and the diplomacy of peace in Central America where I have traced the source of the probably-non-free text to an article that was created as a separate article (with this content plus a list of four non-online references), and later merged into Confidence-building measures. Boud (talk) 23:32, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

14 January 2020

Qene (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://www.qeneonnet.org/aboutqene.php?contentid=6. ticket:2016030810005034 possibly relates to this page, but it is not specific enough to confirm permission. There was no response to a request for clarification in 2016. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:51, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Elizabeth Parker hut (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.kamloopstrails.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/EParkerHut.pdf. Noticed because of the instructional tone and unusual format. Copied text inserted in a series of edits starting 2007-12-26 by RockyMtnGuy (inactive over a year now) (e.g., Special:Diff/180303674 ack'ing "from ACC documents" in the edit summary, ACC (Alpine Club of Canada) being the source of the doc). Doc can also be found at the ACC site at [8] (click on "Approach Description: Printable PDF"). Earwig shows 95% confidence and most of the text highlighted red. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 14:36, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- What kind of idiotic American Disneyesque copyright stupidly is this? I was Chair of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Alpine Club of Canada at the time. I was asked by the Alpine Club to update their page on the Elizabeth Parker Hut. (Elizabeth Parker was one of the founders of the Alpine Club), so I updated the page. If somebody protests, then they are in violation of Canadian copyright law. The Chair of the National at the time was a lawyer, so we checked Canadian law. American copyright law is so stupid stupid stupid. Go away and don't bother us Canadians. RockyMtnGuy (talk) 17:31, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Qubad Talabani this biography has become today mostly in a copy paste article of https://gov.krd/english/government/deputy-prime-minister/#pos_2914 I can't do a rollback because there were two editors involved. you could just rollback to this version https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qubad_Talabani&diff=934379070&oldid=934139308&diffmode=source and then I'll introduce info from the bio mentioned. I hope, I reported correctly and at the right place. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 22:44, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

19 January 2020

Linares International Chess Tournament (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic279.html. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:50, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 20:46, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Space warfare#Space-Based Lasers (history · last edit · rewrite) from Directed-Energy Beam Weapons by Bahman Zahuri or related sources – This book is copyright 2019, but the edits that added the text (eight edits starting here) is from 2017, so the assumption is that the book plagiarizes Wikipedia, not vice versa. However, the text is not in conformance with Wikipedia style guidelines (in particular it's not in encyclopedic style), so I suspect it's copied from an earlier source, perhaps a paper that covered much of the same ground as the book. Since Wikipedia may be the original source, I have not removed the text. Hairy Dude (talk) 00:33, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
- Possible sources, from a Google Scholar listing of citations of Zahuri:
  - Directed Energy Weapons Technologies (CRC, 2011)
  - Directed Energy Weapons (Springer, 2016) Hairy Dude (talk) 00:59, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

30 January 2020

Seizure and epilepsy classification (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.epilepsydiagnosis.org/seizure/motor-overview.html (licenced CC BY-SA 4.0) http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7xq1j7zf https://semanticscholar.org/paper/95d400dc8c70b41b4089475ccfc53ef2fc7dc9e1. All text needs to be checked. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:03, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Dewan Shatrughan Singh (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) I suspect this is a direct translation from either or both of the Hindi sources in the article (see current version), but I don't speak Hindi so cannot check. b uidhe 14:46, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 17:00, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

3 February 2020

Talk:Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (history · last edit · rewrite) from link to source. Listing on behalf of Boershistory. MER-C 20:43, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

5 February 2020

Mickey's Choo-Choo seems to have a lot of text copied from https://drgrobsanimationreview.com/2016/03/30/mickeys-choo-choo ... ---- φ OnePt618^Talk φ 07:09, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Charles Verlat seems to have a lot of text copied from http://www.jspayne.com/php/SummaryGet.php?FindGo=Vincent_van_Gogh ... ---- φ OnePt618^Talk φ 07:09, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Backwardscopy. Tag and explanation placed at talk page. MER-C 19:45, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.tbrb.org/successions/. SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 21:38, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

14 February 2020

Gargi College molestations (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/delhi-college-molestation-students-hold-protest-police-launch-probe/articleshow/74062183.cms https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gargi-college-sexual-assault-case-updates-national-commission-for-women-at-college-delhi-police-orde-2177714 https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gargi-college-sexual-assault-ncw-delhi-police-to-probe-gargi-college-students-sexual-assault-claims-2177799 https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/gargi-college-molestation-students-hold-protest-delhi-police-launches-probe/article30782159.ece. Dee 03 15:01, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

15 February 2020

Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani) Specifically, the text in the Poetry section attributed to the 100 peso note in Spanish and an English translation; source given: Miguel León=Portilla (1967). Trece poetas del mundo azteca [Thirteen poets of the Aztec world] (in Spanish) (2nd, 1972 ed.). Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. pp. 39–75. The English translation also appeared briefly at Northern mockingbird, reverted for lack of source. BiologicalMe (talk) 15:44, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
HITRAP (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://web.archive.org/web/20060211024436/http://www-linux.gsi.de/~hitrap/. Foundational. I found this through the random article feature. I'm going to look through the user's other contribs. 💵Money💵emoji💵^{Talk💸Help out at CCI!} 00:02, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 10:50, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
CRYSIS (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://web.archive.org/web/20061126202602/http://www.msi.se/crysis/CRYSIS.HTM. Foundational. From the same contributor as above. 💵Money💵emoji💵^{Talk💸Help out at CCI!} 00:26, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 10:50, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

17 February 2020

SSAE No. 18 (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.aicpa.org/content/dam/aicpa/interestareas/frc/assuranceadvisoryservices/downloadabledocuments/trust-services-criteria.pdf and other sources. I've removed another chunk of it as a copyright violation of this press release and there seems to be plenty of other copyvio there. Hut 8.5 22:41, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Author is attempting a rewrite at SSAE No. 18/Temp. Hut 8.5 07:43, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Author is concerned that there has been No progress in review and final decision in several months. Author intends to learn the rules of the review and approval process and begin participating, as there must be a terrible backlog and shortage of volunteers. I know this stuff isn’t much fun. Thanks to all participating in this process. Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 17:36, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

@Anon lynx: I don't think there's any rule stopping you from moving the rewrite to mainspace. If it is a copyright violation then it is liable to be deleted again but there's nothing saying you can't rewrite stuff which was deleted as a copyright violation. I should point out that the listings on this page can only be reviewed by admins or approved clerks. Hut 8.5 19:37, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

28 February 2020

Polatuzumab vedotin (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.adcreview.com/polatuzumab-vedotin-drug-description/. ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 12:25, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 14:16, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

All edits by this editor (Hofland) need to be checked. I'd also clear out the links to adcreview.com as spam/not WP:MEDRS. MER-C 14:21, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Duocarmycin (5 edits): (+4353)(+2927)(+959)(+778)(+491)
Antibody-drug conjugate (2 edits): (+4266)
Thalidomide (5 edits): (+3804)(+1335)(+229)
Isoflavone (1 edit): (+2857)
Grünenthal (6 edits): (+2375)(+720)(+211)
Brentuximab vedotin (9 edits): (+1891)(+1019)(+532)
Nilotinib (6 edits): (+1845)(+1469)(+1319)(+809)(+195)
Pelareorep (2 edits): (+1578)(+659)
Tecemotide (5 edits): (+1235)(+875)(+680)(+543)(+401)
Brivanib alaninate (27 edits): (+1200)(+1156)(+1139)(+929)(+806)(+766)(+599)(+593)(+542)(+517)(+486)(+462)(+402)(+236)(+219)(+215)
Seattle Genetics (2 edits): (+1014)(+163)
Ovarian cancer (1 edit): (+766)
Vemurafenib (1 edit): (+469)
Development of analogs of thalidomide (2 edits): N MER-C 16:15, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

7 March 2020

File talk:Under construction Karachi.jpeg (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.facebook.com/1944935619148453/videos/453413485346906/
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 17:08, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
Gangkhar Puensum#History The last two sentences under the History heading appear to be a direct copy and paste from a book which is not cited. Sentences in question: "This elevation is supported by Japanese sources, in turn based on Chinese sources. It has not been surveyed by Bhutan." have been in the article for a long time. They appear to be copied from this book. But I am not sure if I should remove them, or because it is two sentences turn it into a quote. Or maybe they have been in wikipedia longer than in the book and it is quote? I can't tell so leaving it for the community to help. Desertborn (talk) 10:38, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Kabir Helminski (history · last edit · rewrite) from [9]. The draft was WP:G12d and the speedy deletion brought to WP:DRV for review. The outcome of that review was that it's unclear if we copied from them or they copied from us, and it was decided that this should be referred to WP:CP for the opinion of people who are more versed in copyright policy. See Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2020 February 27 for details. I am opening this case as a purely administrative action and as such I offer no opinion either way. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:06, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

10 March 2020

Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch (history · last edit · rewrite) from [10] Underwaterbuffalo (talk) 10:26, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- Note: Issue has similarities with the one at Liang Yi Museum (similar design of source website). Could also be an additional paid editing issue. Underwaterbuffalo (talk) 10:31, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Frank W. Putnam (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://indiana.edu/~bioweb/about/history/biographies/Putnam_Frank_by_Kenneth_Neet.pdf. — Diannaa (talk) 11:15, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 17:34, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
The Ambassadors. The article replicates text from this Amazon sales page. Not sure if I am supposed to put this here or not. I put a note about this on the talk page of the article last month. Novellasyes (talk) 18:01, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

16 March 2020

Gudban (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://org.uib.no/smi/sa/10/10Defeat.pdf. — JJMC89 (T·C) 02:33, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
Pappas Restaurants (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/pappas-restaurants-inc. Daylen (talk) 06:38, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 19:15, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
Smith Carter (history · last edit · rewrite) from here, here, here, here, and more. Descriptions of all the buildings appear to be copied from elsewhere online. — Diannaa (talk) 11:53, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
Foundational copyvio. I don't trust any of the content, so deleted. MER-C 19:07, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

2020 May 1

Cannibalism in China (history · last edit · rewrite) (Should have been listed by Bledwith on 27 August 2019) — JJMC89 (T·C) 04:07, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Clean version put in place, although I found one lingering problem to remove. Did not do history clean because could not plainly differentiate when it entered. :/ Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 02:05, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Kokoni (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://wagwalking.com/breed/kokoni, https://www.milouchouchou.com/les-races-rares/kokoni, http://www.koe.gr/index.php/el/greekbreeds/kokoni. — Diannaa (talk) 11:32, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. — Diannaa (talk) 10:43, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
A. R. Rahman (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://www.arrahman.com/biography.aspx and https://web.archive.org/web/20110615223846/http://www.hummaa.com/music/artist/A+R+Rahman/24 — Sainsf 22:20, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

2020 May 12

Henry Hickman (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/religionandliterature/online-publications/a-biographical-dictionary/; https://archive.org/details/ABiographicalDictionaryOfTutorsAtTheDissentersPrivateAcademies1660To1729MarkBurden2013/mode/2up. Please note that this text at the Internet Archive is tagged as "opensource", and the large addition of text to Henry Hickman from the source in 2015, from [11] for example, may have been a good faith edit. The author Mark Burden may have intended to release it. If so, clarifying the license would be a very positive step. In any case the use in Wikipedia is clear plagiarism.Charles Matthews (talk) 11:54, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Page 11 of the PDF says the text is unquestionably copyrighted under an incompatible license and the archive uploader "Perrott Family of Wales" isn't Mark Burden. MER-C 19:09, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 19:09, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Jules Engel (history · last edit · rewrite) seems to be largely copied from volume 11 of Walt's People, readable here: https://books.google.com/books?id=3YmdyNAmh8YC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=a+look+at+lithography+jules+engel&source=bl&ots=T7Jazgrj_I&sig=ACfU3U0z5noO0BX0d0TlyK4SQpKGpZNqQw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7xOuE667pAhXSuZ4KHagFBdQQ6AEwDHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=a%20look%20at%20lithography%20jules%20engel&f=false (Sorry if I didn't do this right!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quiksteppe (talk • contribs) 17:47, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Lagos State Ferry Services Corporation (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://ferryservices.lagosstate.gov.ng/. (Listed for 37.152.231.22) — JJMC89 (T·C) 02:18, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
More likely to be a backwards copy, funnily enough. The reporter has been rangeblocked as a LTA. I think we can ignore this. MER-C 19:13, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

1 June 2020

Great Dane Airlines and many other articles with reference to the website http://www.avcodes.co.uk/. According to said website, "[t]he data of this website belongs to the owner of this site. It can be used freely for PERSONAL use only." (emphasis in original.) So not I'm wondering whether we're allowed to copy codes from there or not. I tried contacting them through their feedback form, but it just showed "405 - HTTP verb used to access this page is not allowed" upon submission. I also tried contacting them through their supposed email (at avcodes dot co dot uk), but Gmail didn't recognise it. —Biscuit-in-Chief :-) ^{(/tɔːk/ – /ˈkɒntɹɪbs/)} 14:06, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
No copyright concern. Material PD or appropriately licensed for use. MER-C 16:40, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

The ICAO code for each airline is a simple statement of fact and not subject to copyright. MER-C 16:40, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Deconstructed club (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://pitchfork.com/features/article/2010s-rise-of-conceptronica-electronic-music/. — Diannaa (talk) 15:16, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. — Diannaa (talk) 11:58, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Ricky Templet (history · last edit · rewrite)
Ernie Alexander (history · last edit · rewrite)
Ned Randolph (history · last edit · rewrite)
Don Collier (history · last edit · rewrite)
Chuck Kleckley (history · last edit · rewrite)
Ashton J. Mouton (history · last edit · rewrite)
B. L. Shaw (history · last edit · rewrite)
Ben Earl Looney (history · last edit · rewrite)
Carroll E. Lanier (history · last edit · rewrite)
E. D. Gleason (history · last edit · rewrite)
Louise B. Johnson (history · last edit · rewrite)
Claybrook Cottingham (history · last edit · rewrite)
Gilman Rankin (history · last edit · rewrite)
John William Payne (politician) (history · last edit · rewrite)
Darby Hinton (history · last edit · rewrite)
Jesse N. Stone (history · last edit · rewrite)
Presumptive deletion per Wikipedia:Copyright violations#Addressing contributors, Billy Hathorn. MER-C 17:15, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 08:20, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Oxford City Stars - The entirety of the huge history section looks to have been lifted verbatim from http://oxfordcitystars.com/club-history/1984-1989/ in a series of edits in 2013 which can largely be seen here. Not sure how to handle this; it's not at all my area. Thank you! Jessicapierce (talk) 22:26, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Jitendra Singh Tomar (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9527360/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm. Note, article is also listed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jitendra Singh Tomar Whpq (talk) 23:59, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Article deleted for a reason other than copyright concerns. MER-C 08:18, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

2 June 2020

Gifted Education Programme (Singapore) (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://nroer.gov.in/55ab34ff81fccb4f1d806025/file/5951f6c216b51cd0cc4e19fd#metadata_info. This may or may not be an issue, I am unsure, but erring on the side of caution. In short, two separate paragraphs appear to have been lifted from a piece of text, one before the text's apparent publication, and one apparently after. Issue further clarified on the explanation on the Talk page. WhinyTheYounger (talk) 00:13, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Update After the user in question promptly reached out (visible on the talk page), I now feel it is more likely the source in question plagiarized from the article, which would explain why the material in question was added over the space of several months as opposed to all at once. I will leave this up for reference/if anyone wants to give a second opinion but am striking through it for now; please delete if necessary. WhinyTheYounger (talk) 03:59, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Aai Tuza Ashirwad (history · last edit · rewrite) Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 14:28, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 10:38, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Opened Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Manveermalhi. MER-C 10:53, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Meenachil River (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://www.kerenvis.nic.in/Database/Meenachil_1829.aspx . Doc Taxon (talk) 16:01, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
No, Honestly (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://resp.tv/tv/14258. Fiddle Faddle 17:47, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Article cleaned, still needs a history purge to remove original copyvio. DannyS712 (talk) 21:29, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

11 June 2020

I am not sure if Ali Kaaf constitutes a copyright violation of https://alikaaf.com/about - it hinges on whether the list material could be reasonably represented in a way that didn't require a word for word reproduction of the text? Advice welcome. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 16:35, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Ice Cold Gold – seems to be, in large part, a mere c/p of some website (possibly http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/ice-cold-gold, which I cannot access, though).--Hildeoc (talk) 19:40, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

14 June 2020

As an afterthough from an edit to the Juillard School article (diff) a web search on the anterior sentence L&M was Schuman's reaction against more formal theory and ear training, and as a result did not have a formal structure is leading me to the evidence of possible copypasting: Juilliard+report+on+teaching+the+literature+and+materials+of+music is named Juilliard report on teaching the literature and materials of music. The second other match on the sentence ([12]) links to the institution's website. I do not know how to date those two occurrences. --Askedonty (talk) 12:55, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Ohio Tuition Trust Authority (history · last edit · rewrite) from collegeadvantage.com/blog/blog-detail/posts/2019/10/01/ohio-s-529-plan-helping-families-save-for-college-for-30-years. Signed,The4lines |||| ^{(You Asked?) (What I have Done.)} 18:14, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 17:25, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

20 June 2020

Charas / El Bohío (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://web.archive.org/web/20110301233835/http://placematters.dreamhosters.com/node/1432 https://www.6sqft.com/development-dispute-over-p-s-64-in-the-east-village-continues-two-decades-later/ possibly others. Was tagged as a g12, although not all of the content is clearly a violation, although it does look suspicious. Moneytrees🌴^{Talk🌲Help out at CCI!} 01:01, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Every source I've checked in this article is direct plagiarism, especially the sections with only one trailing citation. I'd be curious to know what part doesn't qualify for G12. czar 02:20, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

@Czar:, I only looked at the similarities between the two G12 urls instead of running the copyvio detector on the whole article. Upon doing that, I can see the while thing was basically copied, so

Article deleted due to copyright concerns. Moneytrees🌴^{Talk🌲Help out at CCI!} 20:23, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Perfume (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.theperfumedcourt.com/fragrance_families.aspx. 2003:CD:7F4F:A00:48A8:8A6A:9F4E:EA83 (talk) 12:17, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Norman L. Richardson (history · last edit · rewrite)
Jukebox Jury (history · last edit · rewrite)
John Newell (city founder) (history · last edit · rewrite)
Billy Chandler (history · last edit · rewrite)
Joseph D. Selby (history · last edit · rewrite)
A. P. Tugwell (history · last edit · rewrite)
Bethany House (Laredo, Texas) (history · last edit · rewrite)
Two Faces West (history · last edit · rewrite)
Edwin O. Ware Sr. (history · last edit · rewrite)
Frontier (1955 TV series) (history · last edit · rewrite)
Philip H. Morgan (history · last edit · rewrite) - this was rewritten
Joe Waggonner (history · last edit · rewrite)
Presumptive deletion per Wikipedia:Copyright violations#Addressing contributors, Billy Hathorn. MER-C 14:15, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 17:33, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Ukrainian literature (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\L\I\Literature.htm. Daylen (talk) 17:19, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
I removed the copied paragraph (Special:Diff/970037616). Admins may want to rev del it, and clerk action is still needed to remove the copyvio tag --DannyS712 (talk) 21:21, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. I also went a head and removed all 40,000 bites added along with the vio; it was an admitted copyvio. Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk🌴Help out at CCI!} 21:49, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

My Death My Decision (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.mydeath-mydecision.org.uk/about. 46.208.236.218 (talk) 18:45, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 18:19, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Helen Hills (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.york.ac.uk/history-of-art/staff/hills/#profile-content. Eagleash (talk) 19:19, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 19:08, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

24 June 2020

Draft:George Bass (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/strine/b-3.php. Signed,The4lines |||| ^{(You Asked?) (What I have Done.)} 03:15, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
The draft was directly copied from George Bass, but I am wondering whether that itself is a copyvio: see [13] (e.g. "He was one of the first to describe that loveable Australian marsupial, the wombat."). MER-C 17:55, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
@MER-C: I agree, Signed,The4lines |||| ^{(You Asked?) (What I have Done.)} 18:37, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
Over-the-top media service in India - Well meaning user has added copyrighted images of Indian media channels to a list page. I am not sure this is allowed per Fair Use, as the images are indeed copyrighted. Can someone with more experience in this matter pelase take a look? I have instructed the original poster of this discussion. -- Alexf^(talk) 19:27, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
No, it isn't allowed. MER-C 17:50, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
Rezang La (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://books.google.com/books?id=uzizVBSb4YsC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73#v=onepage&q&f=false. This section was copied wholesale from a book, but the book was published by the Ministry of Defence of the government of India. According to copyright law of India, government works are indeed protected under copyright for 60 years after publication, which would easily cover this, and the edition notice certainly seems to imply that it is copyrighted, but I am not 100% confident that there isn't some kind of exception that might apply here. -Elmer Clark (talk) 21:59, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

6 July 2020

Aleksandr Baltiysky - this article is a GF translation of the corresponding article on ru-Wiki, Балтийский, Александр Алексеевич. However, the ru-Wiki article is itself a very close paraphrase of this webpage from a private website which asserts the owner's copyright (here). I don't know the situation between ru-Wiki and the private website: it's possible that they have permission to use the content. Ingratis (talk) 02:58, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
Dear Dad (film) (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5615116/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl. Added by an IP user in 2016, and all subsequent revisions contain the copyvio. There was previously a version that didn't copy from imdb, but it looks like it may also have been a copyvio of this page - although I've been unable to verify whether reverse copying occurred here, which is why I'm sending it to Copyright problems and not simply G12 tagging. Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 21:10, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. MER-C 12:07, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

7 July 2020

Million Pound Property Experiment (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/3318943/How-to-make-a-million.html (NB paywall). Crookesmoor (talk) 13:50, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Do you have access to the Telegraph, Crookesmoor? If so, would kindly either email me the text or quote the copied part of it here or on the talk-page of the article? That'd be a big help, thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:48, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Conquest of Shewa (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://books.google.it/books?id=6XMBAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA322 https://books.google.it/books?id=eACqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA164. I've already deleted this once as G12, this version is substantially identical; other edits by Yacoob316 may need to be checked. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:18, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

9 July 2020

Evidence-based practice (history · last edit · rewrite) Major sections of the Evidence-based practice article appear to have been copied and pasted directly, and the source may be protected by copyright. The original source might be the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions, or this book, Clinician's Guide to Evidence Based Practices: Mental Health and the Addictions Paperback. I found the material here http://binsggatoban.otzo.com/3299.p

I did the section on education, so I am comfortable with that. John NH (talk) 15:58, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Stephen Morehouse Avery (history · last edit · rewrite)
Paul E. Osborne (history · last edit · rewrite)
Jonathan H. Carter (history · last edit · rewrite)
John Kuempel (history · last edit · rewrite)
The Blue Angels (TV series) (history · last edit · rewrite)
Hal Stalmaster (history · last edit · rewrite)
Charles W. DeWitt Jr. (history · last edit · rewrite)
Richard G. Neeson (history · last edit · rewrite)
Linus A. Sims (history · last edit · rewrite)
Presumptive deletion per Wikipedia:Copyright violations#Addressing contributors, Billy Hathorn. MER-C 18:50, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 17:02, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

12 July 2020

If you run Wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation through Earwig you’ll see it contains a copyvio. The curation tool and Twinkle won’t let me send this to G12 because the external link is in a spam blacklist, and I can’t post the source link here for the same reason. Thanks Mccapra (talk) 06:12, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Urgh sorry about the formatting. I posted this to July 12 but it’s showing as 11 for some reason. I got a bit lost with the other formatting. A bit fiddly with an iPad. Mccapra (talk) 06:16, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

This was copied from Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The text was added in 2008 with line break formatting typically associated with copyvio. But it comes back clean. I'm leaving this up for a second opinion. MER-C 09:12, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks it comes up clean for me now too. Possibly the other page (I don’t remember what it was) was a mirror of Wikipedia and had scraped to content from our article on the corporation. Anyway it’s vanished. Mccapra (talk) 11:43, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

15 July 2020

Political Animal Lobby (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://palobby.org/campaigns and the pages linked from that. A section of this article has been removed as a copyvio of [14] and there seems to be other copyvio in other sections, e.g. the section about hunting with hounds has copyvio from [15]. Hut 8.5 19:41, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Author claimed on my talk page that they have permission from the copyright holder. I've referred them to the instructions for how to prove this. Hut 8.5 17:02, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

16 July 2020

Raul Loya (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://obits.arizonagravestones.org/view.php?id=76659. The page had previously been tagged for close paraphrasing of [16] which is now a dead link, but the copyvio is foundational; the initial edit includes verbatim material from a newspaper obituary published after Loya's death. Chubbles (talk) 14:12, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Tom Hennen (history · last edit · rewrite)
Empty Bowl (history · last edit · rewrite)
Robert Hedin (poet) (history · last edit · rewrite)
Tagged for presumptive deletion per Wikipedia:Copyright violations#Addressing contributors, RCFrancis. MER-C 18:59, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Article deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 08:09, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

19 July 2020

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://web.archive.org/web/20190617161616/http://iiitsonepat.ac.in/home/about. MER-C 11:29, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

20 July 2020

Add the following to the bottom of Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2020 July 20

Draft:The work of the International Labor Organization to minimize the unemployment crisis caused by the Coronavirus (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/briefingnote/wcms_745963.pdf. — Diannaa (talk) 21:50, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

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Draft:Danojang (history · last edit · rewrite) from (unknown). Looks like an FAQ section, so it is a possible copyvio. –User 45 65 41 18:48, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
Jane Hogarth (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-310187 (I can provide paywalled pdf to anybody investigating). This is coming from otrs:11454772 Sam-2727 (talk) 18:49, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

25 July 2020

Category:Sunday Times Rich List contains a number of articles, one of which (1989) I just accepted at WP:AFC, but, having done so, I found Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunday Times Rich List 2007, so I have brought the entire category, including my newly created navbox template, for folk with a better understanding than mine to consider. I am ambivalent on whether they should exist or go. Fiddle Faddle 14:16, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Pretty obviously the main article is likely to be fine regardless. I suppose I need to say that. Fiddle Faddle 14:25, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

26 July 2020

HMS Sheffield (C24) (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://www.russianconvoyclub.org.nz/RoyalNavyShipsPT.html. Jack Frost (talk) 10:47, 26 July 2020 (UTC). Present since 2007, and related to Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Benea. I don't believe it is a reverse copyvio. --Jack Frost (talk) 10:45, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

The Mickey Rooney Show (history · last edit · rewrite)
Sally (1957 TV series) (history · last edit · rewrite)
My Friend Flicka (TV series) (history · last edit · rewrite)
The Imogene Coca Show (history · last edit · rewrite)
O. H. Haynes Jr. (history · last edit · rewrite)
Darryl Richard (actor) (history · last edit · rewrite)
John J. Doles (history · last edit · rewrite)
L. H. Musgrove (history · last edit · rewrite)
George H. Wells (history · last edit · rewrite)
R. W. "Buzzy" Graham (history · last edit · rewrite)
Presumptive deletion per Wikipedia:Copyright violations#Addressing contributors, Billy Hathorn. MER-C 17:12, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Sadakichi Hartmann (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://books.google.com/books?id=X6X_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA124. (not watching, please {{ping}}) czar 20:30, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Stanton P. Sender (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fduarchives.coalliance.org%2Frepositories%2F2%2Fresources%2F639. The talk page has an OTRS note for the source, but it was tagged as a G12 by an otrs volunteer; maybe something happened? Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk🌴Help out at CCI!} 20:55, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
No copyright concern. Material PD or appropriately licensed for use. Mistunderstanding according to the OTRS agent. Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk🌴Help out at CCI!} 03:01, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

27 July 2020

Draft:Amoz Gibson (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://bahai-library.com/?file=memoriam_bw_18. — Diannaa (talk) 12:54, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Not for Sale (organization) (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://www.notforsalecampaign.org/our-projects/ https://www.notforsalecampaign.org/team/. Appears to be an advertisement as well.Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk🌴Help out at CCI!} 18:12, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
La verdad sospechosa (history · last edit · rewrite) from http://www.magarciaguerra.com/2012/12/la-verdad-sospechosa-de-juan-ruiz-de-alarcon/. © Tbhotch^™ (en-3). 19:05, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

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