Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations
Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations
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Contributor copyright investigations (CCI) is a process intended to identify users who have repeatedly committed copyright violations in articles or uploaded many copyrighted images (typically over a long period of time), and is intended to systematically remove this infringing material. This process begins with the filing of a CCI by an editor who notices a large-scale pattern of copyright violation by an individual contributor and, if the case is approved, will lead to a complete survey of their contributions, followed by removal of any material suspected to be infringing copyright. This process is intended for large-scale systematic copyright violations only. Persistent unattributed copying or translation within Wikipedia or from other Wikimedia properties or compatibly licensed sources may also be raised here. To list individual media files or articles for evaluation, see Wikipedia:Copyright problems or Wikipedia:Files for discussion; however, attempting resolution is not required prior to filing a CCI request. When and how should a CCI be started?As a rule of thumb, at least five instances of clear copyvios (copy/pasting of unlicensed third party material; clear derivative works) should be required to file a case. There are no other requirements for filing a CCI request. New cases should be filed by placing the {{subst:CCI-request}} underneath the requests header below. {{subst:CCI-request |user = the user subject to the CCI |evidence = your reasoning for opening the case }} Please remember to remain civil. Some contributors violate copyright policies due to a misunderstanding of copyright policies or laws, rather than malicious intent. While it may be necessary to intervene to prevent future copyright issues, it is not helpful to treat individuals listed here discourteously. Good faith requests are welcome even if they should prove mistaken. However, please remember that this is a serious allegation and should not be made without evidence. Requests without evidence may be interpreted as harassment. After submitting a case, please notify the contributor by adding Review of CCI requestsFurther information: Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Instructions
Following a CCI request, a CCI clerk or admins will determine whether concerns are substantiated, based on the evidence presented and the response of the editor who is the subject of the CCI. Non-admin clerks may request that an administrator reviews deleted contributions where necessary. If the evidence does not substantiate the concern, the CCI request will be declined, and then filed in the archive subpage. If a user has requested evaluation of your contributions here, please remember that the purpose of this process is not to harass or embarrass you, but to ensure that Wikipedia remains compliant with copyright laws. If you believe that your contributions have not constituted a copyright problem under Wikipedia's policies, please succinctly provide your rationale. If it should prove that the contributor who made the request is mistaken, this will be noted and the request archived. However, if concerns are substantiated, you may best demonstrate your willingness to comply with Wikipedia's copyright policies by helping to identify and address the copyright issues you have caused. Accepted casesUpon accepting a case, a clerk or uninvolved admin will create the appropriate contributor survey subpage and then populate the contribution data. If contributors have been proven to have a history of extensive copyright violation, it may be assumed without further evidence that all of their major contributions are copyright violations, and thus removed indiscriminately, in accordance with Wikipedia:Copyright violations. If such indiscriminate removal would be controversial or cause considerable collateral damage, an effort must be made to assemble a volunteer force sufficient to evaluate problematic contributions. If insufficient volunteers are available to manage clean-up, presumptive wholesale removal is allowed. To participate in cases, follow the link of one of the open cases. All contributors with no history of copyright problems are welcome to contribute to clean up, and users who are listed here are encouraged to help clean up their own materials. The user should not expect to receive individual notices of articles or images that are deleted or blanked for copyright concerns during the course of a CCI. The Y and N |
Please add all requests at the bottom of the list below, following the format given at How should a case be filed? above. A copyright clerk or administrator will review your request, according to the instructions, then either open the case or decline it.
0mtwb9gd5wx
- 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
- Check requested by — SamX [talk · contribs]
- Four prior warnings for copyright violations on talk page. I've found some copyright violations in their recent contributions:
- close paraphrasing from this source added to M&M's with this edit
- Close paraphrasing from this source added to NBC Orange Network with this edit
Verbatim copyingclose paraphrasing from this source added to The Plain Dealer with this edit edited 18:38, 12 November 2023 (UTC)- Close paraphrasing from this source added to Manny Farber with this edit
- This editor's misuse of quotes is also a concern. Excessive quoting using the
|quote=
parameter in CS1 templates seems to be common (as seen here, here, here, here, and here), as well as very long verbatim quotes from sources (as seen here, here, here) and at least one case of very large verbatim copying into a hidden text comment (here). — SamX [talk · contribs] 05:52, 11 November 2023 (UTC)- quotes & paraphrasing are allowed ? .... 17:44, 12 November 2023 (UTC) 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 17:44, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- @0mtwb9gd5wx: Thanks for following up. They are sometimes, but not always. Very limited quotes of non-free works are allowed per WP:NFCC, but quotations that are very large, could be replaced with handwritten prose, or that comprise a significant or critical portion of copyrighted works are not. Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources and WP:COPYQUOTE explain this in more detail. Paraphrasing can also be problematic. It's usually alright if it's very limited in scope, but using similar wording with a few tweaks or presenting a series of ideas in the exact same order of a source is generally not acceptable. I'd highly recommend reading Wikipedia:Plagiarism and especially Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing for a more detailed explanation. — SamX [talk · contribs] 18:12, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- I don't remember the details of the context, most likely I found citations that answered questions about the subject, but I didn't understand it well enough to paraphrase it. Why don't you paraphrase them ? ... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 18:29, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- Paraphrasing large passages or adding a passage with minimal changes from the source usually means using the same creative expression, which is legally protected. These criteria are more strict than a lot of people realize. For example, the passage you added to The Plain Dealer would probably be better written as
WHK (AM) and WJAY were purchased by United Broadcasting Company in 1934 and 1936, respectively. United Broadcasting company was owned by the Forest City Publishing Company, which in turn owned The Plain Dealer
. This passage states the facts in a different order and uses different language, thereby using different creative expression than the source. Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing explains this in more detail. This particular instance is admittedly smaller than the other diffs I've cited and might even meet WP:LIMITED, which is why I used it to illustrate an example of acceptable paraphrasing. — SamX [talk · contribs] 18:53, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- Paraphrasing large passages or adding a passage with minimal changes from the source usually means using the same creative expression, which is legally protected. These criteria are more strict than a lot of people realize. For example, the passage you added to The Plain Dealer would probably be better written as
- I don't remember the details of the context, most likely I found citations that answered questions about the subject, but I didn't understand it well enough to paraphrase it. Why don't you paraphrase them ? ... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 18:29, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- @0mtwb9gd5wx: Thanks for following up. They are sometimes, but not always. Very limited quotes of non-free works are allowed per WP:NFCC, but quotations that are very large, could be replaced with handwritten prose, or that comprise a significant or critical portion of copyrighted works are not. Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources and WP:COPYQUOTE explain this in more detail. Paraphrasing can also be problematic. It's usually alright if it's very limited in scope, but using similar wording with a few tweaks or presenting a series of ideas in the exact same order of a source is generally not acceptable. I'd highly recommend reading Wikipedia:Plagiarism and especially Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing for a more detailed explanation. — SamX [talk · contribs] 18:12, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- quotes & paraphrasing are allowed ? .... 17:44, 12 November 2023 (UTC) 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 17:44, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
Notafly
- Notafly (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
- Check requested by Scorpions1325 (talk) 04:09, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
- For the past two years, I have been working on the Ruigeroeland CCI. I often see this user's work come up when making RD1 requests. Today, I saw that Diannaa removed and revdeleted some of his contributions back in 2021. I also see that Moneytrees warned him back in 2019 about unattributed PD copying. The fact that a such a long-time contributor has had at least 3 warnings since 2019 has concerned me. I looked back at his talk page history and saw at least 12 warnings for copyright violations. I am not sure of what to do from here, but I don't think the copying will stop without at least a firm warning. Scorpions1325 (talk) 04:09, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
- I also found unattributed PD plagiarism on Coenoteohria salicata. Scorpions1325 (talk) 00:21, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
ItsMeGabeProductions
- ItsMeGabeProductions (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
- Check requested by Stifle (talk)
- User has created numerous articles which upon a brief glance seem likely to have been translated from an article in a different language Wikipedia, without providing the required translation. See their contributions and talk page. Multiple warnings and talk messages have been ignored. Preventative block from creating new articles has been issued. Stifle (talk) 08:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Only clerks or administrators should add or remove listings in this section. Proposed investigations should be listed in the section above. All contributors with no history of copyright problems are welcome to contribute to clean up. Additionally, contributors listed are encouraged to contribute to clean up of their own materials. New listings should mention the date they were opened, and listed in the order they are opened. Overview of rough stats here with Firefly's bot.
You may want to read User:Moneytrees/CCI guide and User:Moneytrees/CCI Sort before editing these pages. |
Case | Date | Notes |
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Djflem | 25 July 2011 | New Jersey |
Hauganm | 31 July 2011 | Sweden, Norway, biographies |
Arfaz | 3 August 2011 | Indian films |
20111004 | 04 October 2011 | aviation |
Ironboy11 | 09 October 2011 | Pakistan |
SasiSasi | 18 October 2011 | copyright |
Borsoka | 23 October 2011 | Eastern Europe |
20111108 | 8 November 2011 | text |
Tiamut | 11 March 2012 | Middle East |
20120412 | 12 April 2012 | energy |
Marcus334 | 19 April 2012 | India, environment |
Anglo Pyramidologist | 6 June 2012 | miscellaneous |
Judgesurreal777 | 23 June 2012 | pop culture |
YHoshua | 10 August 2012 | Indiana |
Striver | 4 September 2012 | Islam |
Hyperionsteel | 10 October 2012 | Canada |
Proudbolsahye | 21 December 2012 | Armenia |
IWannaABillionaire | 29 January 2013 | popular culture |
Tobyc75 | 13 February 2013 | Switzerland |
Snigdhasinghsweet | 20 February 2013 | India |
No barometer of intelligence | 01 March 2013 | American politics, national security |
Rosser1954 | 04 March 2013 | Scotland |
Hantsheroes | 17 March 2013 | Canada |
Tamravidhir | 25 March 2013 | India |
20130330 | 30 March 2013 | philosophy |
BhagyaMani | 19 April 2013 | wildlife |
Gunkarta | 10 June 2013 | Indonesia |
Arrwiki | 17 June 2013 | Indian films |
20130819 | 20 August 2013 | Military |
Degen Earthfast | 5 September 2013 | Military |
20130908 | 8 September 2013 | geology, paleontology, biology |
Zictor23 | 19 September 2013 | Politics |
FreshCorp619 | 14 October 2013 | Schools |
America789 | 31 October 2013 | Military |
Buster40004 | 31 October 2013 | Military |
DrMicro | 13 November 2013 | medicine |
Aetheling1125 | 9 December 2013 | British history |
Premkudva | 20 December 2013 | India |
Purrum | 15 January 2014 | Australian Football |
20140127 | 27 January 2014 | Biographies |
Nehapant19 | 18 February 2014 | India |
Dante8 | 27 March 2014 | feminism |
$1LENCE D00600D | 17 April 2014 | American military history |
Norden1990 | 25 April 2014 | Hungary |
DendroNaja | 17 May 2014 | snakes, crime |
GordyB | 1 June 2014 | Rugby |
Trident13 | 22 July 2014 | Britain |
Superzohar | 10 August 2014 | Russia |
Kprtqrf06 | 16 August 2014 | Canadian military history |
Zozo2kx | 23 August 2014 | Syria |
Lactasamir | 27 August 2014 | Europe |
Skoojal | 6 September 2014 | philosophy, LGBT |
Gryffindor | 16 October 2014 | various |
El Cazangero | 17 October 2014 | various |
20141020 | 20 October 2014 | Native American history |
Mztourist | 29 October 2014 | military |
DocOfSoc | 22 November 2014 | California |
Wysinger | 1 December 2014 | Jazz |
Ajdebre | 5 December 2014 | Serbia |
ProfReader | 1 January 2015 | South Carolina |
Hahc21 | 18 January 2015 | music |
BiggestSataniaFangirl89 | 21 March 2015 | History |
Rick570 | 2 April 2015 | New Zealand, Christian brothers |
Headhitter | 15 April 2015 | Biographies, music, churches |
Grunners | 17 August 2015 | Europe, railways |
Oanabay04 | 25 August 2015 | US railways and popular media |
20150927 | 27 September 2015 | Nigeria |
20151115 | 15 November 2015 | American history |
Coldcreation | 15 November 2015 | Art |
Koala15 | 15 November 2015 | Film |
20151212 | 12 December 2015 | Ireland, TV shows |
Aldebaran69 | 22 May 2017 | unattributed translations about royalty |
Nannadeem | 23 May 2017 | Pakistan, Islam |
Faedra | 23 May 2017 | Nobility |
Josephlalrinhlua786 | 23 May 2017 | Film |
Ahendra | 23 May 2017 | Islamic and other history |
Helena Bx | 24 May 2017 | South Asian history |
CJojoC | 22 September 2017 | Korean movies |
20171031 | 31 October 2017 | India |
Jwratner1 | 1 December 2017 | Earth |
20180325 | 25 March 2018 | Women and other minorities in history |
Tanbircdq | 22 August 2018 | Asia |
Sayerslle | 11 September 2018 | Politics and arthouse films |
Nauriya | 11 September 2018 | Film and TV |
20150507 | 11 September 2018 | Animals and Cricket |
Edelmand | 11 September 2018 | Britain and Led Zeppelin |
Rochelimit | 11 September 2018 | Indonesian architecture |
Hogie75 | 11 September 2018 | Canadian geography |
Mahussain06 | 11 September 2018 | Boxing |
Dunks58 | 11 September 2018 | Australia, Milesago.com |
20190125 | 25 January 2019 | American military |
MatteoNL97 | 24 July 2019 | Cigarettes and motorcycles |
Contaldo80 | 24 July 2019 | Homosexuality and religion |
Dead.rabbit | 24 July 2019 | Bangladesh BLPs |
Flooded with them hundreds | 24 July 2019 | Music |
20190724 | 24 July 2019 | Unattributed NASA copies |
Favre1fan93 | 24 July 2019 | Superhero media |
20190724a | 24 July 2019 | Terrorism in India |
Kailash29792 | 26 December 2019 | Indian cinema |
Dutchy85 | 26 December 2019 | Old films and TV |
20200212 | 12 February 2020 | Aviation and transport |
20200411 | 11 April 2020 | India: Assam |
Georgiano | 22 May 2020 | Caucasus history |
Dhollm | 19 July 2020 | Science |
Snickers2686 | 21 July 2020 | American politics |
ZarhanFastfire | 29 July 2020 | Canadian art |
Isinbill | 22 August 2020 | Ethnic groups and Mexico |
Veillg1 | 2 September 2020 | Machine translations, Quebec |
Lmmnhn | 7 September 2020 | Hong Kong |
Kiraroshi1976 | 16 September 2020 | American culture and movies |
20201008 | 8 October 2020 | Britain |
20201108 | 8 November 2020 | Royalty and foreign arthouse films |
20201122 | 22 November 2020 | The Middle East and technology |
Comhar | 27 November 2020 | Ireland |
Greenock125 | 30 November 2020 | Songs |
Sengkang | 7 December 2020 | Singapore geography |
211.237.125.110 | 7 December 2020 | Japan |
ZaDoraemonzu | 7 December 2020 | International relations |
Ssolbergj | 24 December 2020 | The EU and Europe |
JoeScarce | 9 January 2021 | Catholicism and news |
20210111 | 11 January 2021 | Britain |
Shootingstar88 | 26 January 2021 | Sexuality |
20210126a | 26 January 2021 | Books and art pop |
20210126b | 26 January 2021 | Film |
20210127 | 27 January 2021 | Nigeria |
20210127c | 27 January 2021 | Alcohol |
Backendgaming | 28 January 2021 | Asia, music, and news |
20210128 | 28 January 2021 | Indian cinema |
20210206 | 6 February 2021 | Guyana |
Manannan51 | 15 February 2021 | Catholic |
TheriusRooney | 4 March 2021 | Motoring |
Ruigeroeland | 6 March 2021 | Species |
Troy86 | 12 March 2021 | Brazil |
20210314 | 14 March 2021 | Austrialia, world history |
20210315 | 15 March 2021 | Misc. american history |
Kahsiav | 16 March 2021 | India |
Vvven | 22 March 2021 | Ibero-America |
Jjanhone | 24 March 2021 | Finland |
20210410 | 10 April 2021 | Tamil movies |
Amshpatten | 16 April 2021 | Indian history and culture |
20210418 | 18 April 2021 | Military history |
Lg16spears | 24 April 2021 | Movies and TV shows |
BornonJune8 | 25 April 2021 | American sports and TV |
Verosaurus | 30 April 2021 | Ships |
Rockysantos | 11 May 2021 | Portugal |
20210531 | 31 May 2021 | World history |
LupEnd007 | 4 June 2021 | Rap music |
20210813 | 13 August 2021 | India- Kollam |
Bluecountrymutt | 26 August 2021 | US Air Force |
Elan Morin Tedronai | 2 October 2021 | Science fiction, fantasy and music |
Enthusiast01 | 13 October 2021 | Australia, world events |
20211022 | 22 October 2021 | European biographies |
DaWulf2013 | 31 October 2021 | US military regiments |
Werldwayd | 6 November 2021 | Music |
20211117 | 17 November 2021 | Hinduism |
20211215 | 15 December 2021 | Indian history |
MWD115 | 26 January 2022 | Unattributed translations |
BOZ | 1 February 2022 | Table top games and video games |
Shadowwarrior8 | 14 February 2022 | Islam |
Qualitatis | 20 February 2022 | Israel, Palestine |
JShanley98 | 20 February 2022 | Movies |
Harshhussey | 20 February 2022 | Cricket |
Ashim nep | 20 February 2022 | Nepal |
20220220b | 20 February 2022 | Hinduism |
Ewf9h-bg | 4 March 2022 | Ancient society |
Friedjof | 4 March 2022 | German biographies |
DeltaSquad833 | 4 March 2022 | Ships |
Rtkat3 | 25 April 2022 | Comics |
TDKR Chicago 101 | 15 June 2022 | Biographies and Chicago |
20220623 | 23 June 2022 | Cuba |
20220731 | 31 July 2022 | Bangladesh and Indian films |
Nicholas0 | 1 September 2022 | Film |
Suslindisambiguator | 24 September 2022 | Science biographies |
20221001 | 1 October 2022 | Translations |
J Bar | 23 October 2022 | Australian media |
20221029 | 29 October 2022 | The Bible |
Takhellei | 30 October 2022 | Manipur films |
Lelouch Di Britannia | 13 November 2022 | Miscellaneous |
Chinakpradhan | 5 January 2023 | Spaceflight |
20230110 | 10 January 2023 | Sikhs |
Profile101 | 11 February 2023 | Transport |
SuperSwift | 12 February 2023 | Nigerian history and government |
20230303 | 3 March 2023 | Sustainability |
SGT141 | 8 May 2023 | US police |
20230508 | 8 May 2023 | Afghan military history |
Sittaconde | 8 June 2023 | Sierra Leone |
Chamaemelum | 21 July 2023 | Science and genetics |
Zackmann08 | 21 July 2023 | Fires and firefighting |
Peripatetic | 12 August 2023 | Biographies |
20230813 | 13 August 2023 | Australian music |
20230831 | 31 August 2023 | Diving and South Africa |
20230909 | 9 September 2023 | Australia |
1Sire | 22 October 2023 | Music |
Gilabrand | 3 November 2023 | Israel |
20231125 | 25 November 2023 | Botany |
Piledhigheranddeeper | 19 December 2023 | USA history |
Hadden | 13 January 2024 | USA history |
FuzzyMagma | 13 January 2024 | Middle East |
Cs california | 13 January 2024 | Plants |
OcelotHod | 13 January 2024 | Films |
20240203 | 3 February 2024 | Mathematics |
Gre regiment | 2 March 2024 | Greece, Turkey |
GoldenBootWizard276 | 7 April 2024 | British politics |
Declined requests and Closed investigations
All closed and declined investigations can be found at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Archive.
See Category:Wikipedia contributor copyright investigations templates.
- {{CCI}}: placed on article talk pages to note cleanup
- {{CCId}}: placed on article talk pages when it has been tagged presumptively for deletion review in one week
- {{CCI-notice}} to notify contributors of a new listing
- {{CCI-project}} to notify a project of a CCI with which they may help
- {{CCI project update}} to notify a project that a CCI has been completed
- {{CCI update}} to notify people who have assisted in a CCI that it is finished.
- {{CCI-subject}} to notify contributors that their CCI is finished.
- {{CCI-request}} to request new investigations
- {{CCI-open}} to denote open CCI requests, this template should only be used by a clerk or administrator
- Other useful copyright and attribution templates
- {{Source-attribution}} to attribute public domain content (either at end of articles or for references)
- {{Text release}} for placing on talk pages of articles that contain content that was under a free license, but the source no longer states it as such
- {{CC-notice}} to attribute content licensed under a Creative Commons license
- {{Copyvio}} for listing an article at WP:Copyright problems
- {{Copyvios}} and {{CVD}} provides link to Earwig's copyvio detector report of an inputted diff
- Tools
- Earwig's Copyright Violation Detector (Option: Use this link to install directly into your Tools menu)
- mw:Who Wrote That? to determine the writers of an article
- User:Enterprisey/cv-revdel for quickly applying a {{copyvio-revdel}} template to pages
- Wikipedia:Deputy for assisted processing of CCI cases
- Wikipedia:Deputy/Attribution Notice Template Editor to modify a page's {{copied}}, {{backwards copy}}, {{translated page}}, etc. templates
- Wikipedia:Deputy/Infringement Assistant to help with filing copyright problems entries.
- Copyright tables at Commons Helpful to determine whether copied text/images are public domain in the United States. Note: copied works/images published outside of the United States must be PD in the United States.
- US Copyright (register/renewal) Helpful to determine alongside Hirtle Chart above to determine whether books are PD in USA.
- MER-C's contribution surveyor - works on a maximum of 10,000 non-minor mainspace edits. Ping MER-C for larger edit counts
- WP:Compatible licence Helpful to determine which Creative Commons licenses are usable on English Wikipedia
- Statistics
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Templates and tools
- CCI specific templates