Wikipedia: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.
Template parameters[ Edit 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
{{ 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
Inline cleanup tags
Attribution Clarity Miscellaneous Neutrality Precision
Time-sensitivity Verifiability
Dubious Bare URLs Incomplete or broken citation Missing or problematic reference
Wording General advice