Template:Copying within Wikipedia/doc
 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Copying within Wikipedia. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template is intended to be placed on an article to warn editors of possible intentional or unintentional violations of the WP:CC BY-SA and/or WP:GFDL violations due to cut and paste of material form other articles, for purpose of fixing the lack of attribution. It adds the article to Category:Possible CC BY-SA or GFDL violations due to copying within Wikipedia.
Usage
- {{CWW}} - if the original page is not named, highly unrecommended, but allows for quick tagging while the source article is found.
- {{CWW|ORIGINPAGE}} - if the original page is named, highly recommended to use this format. For single origin only.
Examples
{{CWW}}:
 | This article's edit history is not complete. Some of the article text's edit history exists at a different location due to copying and pasting between articles. This may be a violation of the CC BY-SA and/or GFDL if proper attribution was not made in an edit summary or on the talk page. Please see Wikipedia:Merge and Wikipedia:How to break up a page for details of when such copying and pasting is acceptable and when it is not, and how to correctly attribute using links in the edit summaries. You can also read the "copying within Wikipedia" guideline for an overview of the issues involved. |
{{CWW|Wikipedia:Example}}:
| This article's edit history is not complete. Some of the article text's edit history exists at Wikipedia:Example due to copying and pasting between articles. This may be a violation of the CC BY-SA and/or GFDL if proper attribution was not made in an edit summary or on the talk page. Please see Wikipedia:Merge and Wikipedia:How to break up a page for details of when such copying and pasting is acceptable and when it is not, and how to correctly attribute using links in the edit summaries. You can also read the "copying within Wikipedia" guideline for an overview of the issues involved. |
Template data
For placement on an article to warn editors of possible intentional or unintentional violations of the WP:CC-BY-SA and/or WP:GFDL violations due to cut and paste of material form other articles, for purpose of fixing the lack of attribution.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin page | 1 | The original page text for this article was copied from, if known
| String | suggested |
See also
- Template:CWW-multi – More than one origin page
- Template:Duplication – for articles or sections with duplicated content
- Template:Convert to transclusion
- Template:Uw-copying – user talk page notification template for CWW situations