Template:Copypaste

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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.

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

Syntax

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 2026}} produces:

Parameters

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

Tracking categories

• Category:All copied and pasted articles and sections (18)

Redirects

• {{Plagiarized}}

TemplateData

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[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	date	Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested
URL	url	The URL believed to contain the original text Example https://example.org	String	suggested
Type (e.g., section)	1	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section" Default article or section Example section Auto value section	String	optional

See also

• Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup

• {{Backwards copy}} – to show a source has copied Wikipedia, not the other way around

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