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This page is for listing contributors who have verifiably placed copyrighted materials on Wikipedia without verification of permission when there is reason to check other contributions to see if other articles or media files constitute a concern. It is not for listing individual articles or tagging individual media files for evaluation; see Wikipedia:Copyright problems or Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion for that.

All Wikipedia editors are encouraged to assist with the matters below. Some tips for doing so are found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/How to clean copyright infringements. Please remember that our purpose here is to address a potentially serious legal concern for Wikipedia. This material must be cleaned, but it is not our purpose to harass individuals listed here for evaluation, though some may require administrator intervention to protect the project. Individuals should be courteously advised of copyright policies. If multiple articles are tagged for infringement, it is better to leave an individual note than fill the contributor's page with multiple, redundant template advisories.

Contribution Surveyor tool for Windows

User:Dcoetzee has put at the disposal of WikiProject Copyright Cleanup a "contribution surveyor" program for Windows that scans the history of an editor and clusters his or her contributions by article, putting these into a list prioritized by most significant contributions. Each list includes diffs which also indicate the size of the contributor's specific contribution. The program is available in zip form at http://moonflare.com/misc/ContributionSurveyor.zip Instructions are included in the zip file.

If creating a subpage including the output of this program, it is advisable to subdivide into sections for easier management. Longer contribution histories may need multiple pages. A useful hierarchy for these pages is Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/Username. These can be linked from this page for convenience. They are unlikely to be necessary for contributors with less extensive histories. If you create such a page, please include {{noindex}} at its top.

Completed contribution checks

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/Contributor surveys/Archive.

Current contribution checks

This section is for listing contributors who require extensive evaluation because it is confirmed that they have placed copyrighted text on Wikipedia. If you simply have concerns about an editor, but no confirmation, please discuss your concerns either directly with the editor or bring them up at the project talk page.

To list a contributor for evaluation

Create a new level 3 subsection at the bottom of the page with the contributor name (===Username===)

Beneath the header, provide a {{user}} template for the username ({{user|Username}})

Provide a link to the cleanup subpage, if any

Briefly describe the history, signing the listing with ~~~~

To close an evaluation request

Place {{Resolved|1=~~~~}} at the head of the listing

Mgreason

Mgreason (talk · contribs)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/Major project (16 pages left to check)

Long-term project, not yet complete. Instructions at that subpage. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:40, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GrahamBould

Long-term project, ongoing. Complete instructions at that subpage. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:40, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bjrbbhaw81

Bjrbbhaw81 (talk · contribs)

See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Copyright_Cleanup#Another_problematic_contributor. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:35, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Now at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Copyright_Cleanup/Archive_1#Another_problematic_contributor. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 06:13, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Martim33

Martim33 (talk · contribs)
User:Moonriddengirl/Contribution check Martim33 (14 pages left to check)

Copyright infringement or GFDL infringement in many major contributions. Evaluation ongoing. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rcpaterson

Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/Rcpaterson

Retired good-faith contributor added material from his own publications which must now be removed, as he was not in position to release his publisher's copyright in material. Approach to this evolving at the military history project. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:16, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Paknur

Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/Paknur

Done --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:27, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/Paknur2

Done --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:56, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Doing... — The Earwig @ 04:06, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple article infringer who pasted text under multiple accounts. Running contribution surveyor for all of them. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 21:54, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nrswanson

Nrswanson (talk · contribs) multiple violator. Some of his material has been considered at WT:WPO, but his 450+ new articles stretch beyond opera. I suggest liasing with WPO and other projects.--Peter cohen (talk) 14:10, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera/Subpage for organizing CopyVio Cleanup. We need help. Voceditenore (talk) 14:04, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update: At the WikiProject Opera, we had made quite a lot of progress with going through and repairing the articles where we found copyvios, but we have now discovered that this user had a whole load of socks (blocked today):

I think we need Contributor surveys for them and this project's help with the mess. Voceditenore (talk) 18:35, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eep. My primary computer is very, very ill, but when I get it back (knock wood), I will run the program (unless somebody else downloads it and does so before then.) I'm very sorry for leaving you so much to this on your own. As you can see from the below, they never stop coming. :/ We need an army! --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:27, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update: All the above socks have now been checked and dealt with except for Singingdaisies (talk · contribs) who might require a survey in the long term. Voceditenore (talk) 17:48, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I got my computer back up. Let's see if it's really working. :) (Knock wood.) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 18:12, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Structured listing

I have not yet finished separating this (and will edit this when I have) but am currently thinking that we have no choice here but to indiscriminately remove all contributions by this editor given the provisions of WP:COPYVIO. I'll draft a templated notice. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 21:29, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

according to what provision may we remove images or edits without individually checking them? DGG ( talk ) 20:47, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to the provision at WP:COPYVIO that says, "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." --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 21:45, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ivankinsman

Ivankinsman (talk · contribs) systematic copyright violator. Most of his contributions are listed on his user page so it's not too difficult to track down. I removed a few of the most recent, when I stumbled upon it, but have not had time to go through all. Green Cardamom (talk) 17:54, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll run a contribution survey on him later today. I've got the program working on another user at the moment. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:33, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/Ivankinsman

Mdd

Extensive pastiche from various sources, including other Wikipedia articles. For one example, see Mathematical diagram. The contributor is working on cleanup himself. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:09, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jeffman52001

Jeffman52001 (talk · contribs)
Wikipedia:CCI/Jeffman52001

Not listing this at CCI since that page is not officially active and this contributor still is. The example case is indef-blocked. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 20:38, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Flaming Ferrari

Some image vios reported on talk page, but recent issue is textual infringement on ONDB. See a list of tagged articles at User:Ironholds/ff. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 02:09, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 *[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/Paknur8]]
 *[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/Paknur9]]