Template:CCIsubst

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Instructions

All contributors with no history of copyright problems are welcome to contribute to clean up. Contributors who are the subject of a contributor copyright investigation are among contributors with a history of copyright problems and so are not welcome to directly evaluate their own or others' copyright violations in CCIs. They are welcome to assist with rewriting any problems identified, and are encouraged to assist with accessing offline and paywalled sources.

If contributors have been shown 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 they may be removed indiscriminately in accordance with Wikipedia:Copyright violations. This includes CCI subjects, so all of the below listed contributions may be removed indiscriminately. However, to avoid collateral damage, efforts should be made when possible to verify infringement before removal.

When every section is completed, please blank the page except for the yellow box and {{NOINDEX}}, and place {{subst:Courtesy blanked}} below. Then mark the case at Template:CCIlist with completed=yes. This will alert a clerk that the listing needs to be archived.

• {{CCI-open|Contributor name|Day Month Year|completed=yes}}

Text

• Examine the article or the diffs linked below.
• If the contributor has added creative content, either evaluate it for copyright concerns or remove it.

• Evaluating for copyright concerns may include checking the listed sources, spot-checking using search engines, google books, or archives, and looking for major differences in writing style. The background should give indication of the kinds of copyright concerns that have been previously detected. For older text, mirrors of Wikipedia content may make determining which came first difficult. It may be helpful to look for significant changes to the text after it was entered. Searching for the earlier form of text can help eliminate later mirrors. If you cannot determine which came first, text should be removed presumptively.
• If you remove large portions of text presumptively, place {{subst:CCI|name=Contributor name}} on the article's talk page.
• If you specifically locate infringement and remove large portions of the text (or revert to a previous clean version), place {{subst:cclean}} on the article's talk page. The url parameter may be optionally used to indicate source.
• If there the article would be deleted after the removal of the text or is impossible to salvage, replace it with {{subst:copyvio}}, linking to the investigation subpage in the url parameter. List the article as instructed at the copyright problems board, but do not notify the contributor. Your note on the CCI investigation page serves that purpose.
• To tag an article created by the contributor for presumptive deletion, place {{subst:copyvio|url=see talk}} on the article's face and {{subst:CCId|name=Contributor name}} on the article's talk page. List the article as instructed at the copyright problems board, but you do not need to notify the contributor.

• After examining an article:

• replace the diffs after the colon on the listing with one of the following and your signature (generated by four tildes ~~~~):

• {{y}} if copyright problems were found. If the article is blanked, please indicate this as well.
• {{n}} if no problem was found.
• {{?}} if the material is no longer present or rewritten.

• If a section is complete, collapse it by placing {{collapse top}} and {{collapse bottom}} beneath the section header and after the final listing.

Files

• Examine the files below. For free images:
  • Does the image look non-free? Is it likely the uploader is the copyright holder?
  • Is the image properly licensed and sourced? Be aware of images that say "this image is licensed under X" without specifying who created it.
  • Do a reverse image search using Google Images. Check the license of the source page. Compare the last modified time with the (Commons) upload time.
  • Do a Google image search for phrases that describe the image's contents.
  • See Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion#Addressing suspected copyright infringement on dealing with cases of possible image copyright infringement. Administrators may delete local files from repeat violators presumptively in accordance with Wikipedia:Copyright violations. Non-administrators may tag files for speedy deletion or list them at Files for deletion.

• For non-free images, determine whether each image meets our non-free content criteria.
  • Note that Commons does not accept non-free content.
• Annotate the listing with the action taken, e.g. if the image was tagged no source write "no source"; if the fair use claim is deemed ok you can write "OK fair use".

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