Template:Cv-unsure

It is suspected that this article may be a copyright violation, but without a source this cannot be definitively determined. If this article can be shown to be a copyright infringement, please list the article on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. If you are certain that the article is not a copyright violation, you should give evidence on the talk page. Please do not remove this tag without discussion. (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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If you suspect an article is a copyright violation, place this tag on the article's talk page. This tag should not be substituted.

Usage

To use this tag, include your signature and the full url of the version that you suspect is an infringement. Because the url will contain an equals sign, you must precede the url with url=.

For example:

{{Cv-unsure|~~~|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Article_name&oldid=987654321|date=April 2026}}

Results in:

Your signature suspects that this article (specifically this version) may be a copyright violation, but without a source this cannot be definitively determined. If this article can be shown to be a copyright infringement, please list the article on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. If you are certain that the article is not a copyright violation, you should give evidence on the talk page. Please do not remove this tag without discussion. (April 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

The |section= parameter, when set to any value, will substitute the word "section" for "article". The |copyvios= parameter, when set to any value, will add a link to Earwig's Copyvio Detector.

For example:

{{Cv-unsure|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Article_name&oldid=987654321|date=April 2026|section=yes|copyvios=yes}}

Results in:

It is suspected that this section (specifically this version) may be a copyright violation, but without a source this cannot be definitively determined (Copyvios report). If this article can be shown to be a copyright infringement, please list the article on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. If you are certain that the article is not a copyright violation, you should give evidence on the talk page. Please do not remove this tag without discussion. (April 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

You can also specify the talkpage section where this issue is discussed like this:

{{Cv-unsure|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Article_name&oldid=987654321|date=April 2026|copyvios=yes|talk=Why I suspect a copyvio in this article}}

Results in:

It is suspected that this article (specifically this version) may be a copyright violation, but without a source this cannot be definitively determined (Copyvios report). If this article can be shown to be a copyright infringement, please list the article on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. If you are certain that the article is not a copyright violation, you should give evidence on the talk page. Please do not remove this tag without discussion. (April 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

This template will add tagged articles to Category:Suspected copyright infringements without a source, or a dated subcategory thereof.

Usage

See also