Template:Copypaste/doc

This template will add tagged articles to Category:Copied and pasted articles and sections or if a URL is provided Category:Copied and pasted articles and sections with url provided. If you have strong reason to believe that the source material is copyrighted, please tag the page for deletion with {{deletion}}.

  • This template is a self-reference.
  • Please do not subst: this template.

Syntax[edit]

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=April 2024}} produces:

Parameters[edit]

  • |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[edit]

Redirects[edit]

TemplateData[edit]

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools.

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[edit]