This template will add tagged articles to Category:Copied and pasted articles and sections. If you have strong reason to believe that the source material is copyrighted, please instead follow the procedure at Wikipedia:Copyright problems.

Syntax

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To place this template, simply add {{Copypaste}} to the top of the suspect article or section. You may optionally include 3 arguments – one showing the date the tag was added, a second specifying whether it is an entire article or just a section that is suspect, and a third linking to the url you believe contains the original text.

For example:

{{Copypaste|section|url=https://example.org|date=December 2024}} produces:

Parameters

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  • |date=: the date the tag was added
  • |url=: the URL believed to contain the original text
  • |1= (or an empty parameter): text to replace the word "article", usually "section"

Tracking categories

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Redirects

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TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Copypaste in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Copypaste

Use this template to indicate that an article may be substantially copied and pasted from another location, possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Month and yeardate

Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'

Example
January 2013
Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Stringsuggested
URLurl

The URL believed to contain the original text

Example
https://example.org
Stringsuggested
Type (e.g., section)1

Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"

Default
article or section
Example
section
Auto value
section
Stringoptional

See also

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