Editing Eurovision Wiki:Copyright problems/Header (section)

==<span class="anchor" id="Responding"></span>Responding to listed articles==

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''Copyright owners and people editing on their behalf or with their permission, please see [[#IOWN|below]].''</div>

Any editor is welcome to investigate articles listed for copyright concerns and remove {{tl|copypaste}} or {{tl|close paraphrasing}} tags when the problem is addressed or disproven. Only administrators, copyright clerks, and [[WP:VRT|VRT]] agents should remove {{tl|copyvio}} tags and close listings.

Copyright problems is run by volunteers and it usually takes a few days before listings are first investigated.

You can assist in the following ways:
* Providing information on the copyright status of the article
* Obtaining or verifying claims of permission
* Rewriting or removing infringing content without removing {{t|copyvio}}.

===Providing information on copyright statuses===
Not every article listed here is a copyright violation. The content may be [[WP:BACKWARDSCOPY|on Wikipedia first]], public domain, compatibly licensed, or below the [[WP:LIMITED|threshold of originality]]. Editors can provide information about licensing or public domain status under listings here or on the talk page of the article. A link or a clear explanation is very helpful when a clerk or administrator evaluates the article.

===Obtaining/verifying permission===
Sometimes material was placed on Wikipedia with the permission of the copyright owner. The owner may be willing to give permission and proper license. Any contributor can write to the owner of copyright and check whether they gave or will give permission. See [[Wikipedia:Example requests for permission]]. If a compatible license is placed online at the point of original publication, please provide a link to that under the listing.

More details about the permissions process can be seen [[WP:IOWN|below]] and at [[Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials]].

=== Rewriting or removing content ===
If an article verifiably has copyvio, the content must be removed or rewritten entirely. If the article is blanked, the rewrite takes place at ''Talk:PAGENAME/Temp'' so that the new material can be copied over the old. The listing will link to the specific temporary page. You can directly rewrite on articles tagged for {{tl|close paraphrasing}} or {{tl|copy-paste}}, and remove the tags when the rewrite is complete.

The article should not be copied over without first removing copyvio. Other content from the article can be used, if there is no reason to believe that it may be a copyright issue as well. If the content is copied from an inaccessible source like a book or cannot be verified, please [[WP:PDEL|remove]] all text added by the contributor. ''If you copy any text from the old article, please leave a note on the listing or in your edit summaries of the rewrite''. Reviewing administrators will then preserve the history of the old article.

Please review [[Wikipedia:Copy-paste]] and its linked guidelines as necessary to ensure the rewrite is compliant with policy. Repairing [[Wikipedia:Plagiarism|plagiarism from permissible sources]] is usually as simple as supplying proper attribution.

=== <span class="anchor" id="IOWN"></span>Copyright owners who submitted their own work to Wikipedia (or people editing on their behalf) ===
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If you submitted work to Wikipedia which you had previously published and your submission was marked as a potential infringement of copyright, you must do one of the following to resolve the problem:
* Link to a note permitting reuse under the [[Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License|Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 International License]] (CC BY-SA) and the [[Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]] (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) at the site of the original publication; or
* Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to [mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org permissions-en@wikimedia.org] or a postal message to the [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Contact_us Wikimedia Foundation], ideally using the email template at [[WP:CONSENT]].

See also [[Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials]].

Emails are handled by volunteers and take time to log permission. Do not worry if the content is deleted; it will be restored if usable permission is logged. Your email will receive a response whether the permission is usable or not. If you have not received a response to your letter within two weeks, it is a good idea to follow up.

Please keep in mind that content previously published elsewhere ''may'' not meet Wikipedia's specific guidelines and policies. If you are not familiar with these policies and guidelines, please review especially [[Wikipedia:Five pillars|our core policies]]. This will prepare you to deal with any other issues with the text that may arise.

Should you choose to rewrite the content rather than release it under the requisite license, please see [[#Rewriting content|above]].

===Clerks and patrolling administrators===
====<span class="anchor" id="Clerks"></span>Copyright clerks====
''For a more complete description of clerks and their duties, as well as a list of active clerks, please see [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Clerks]].''

Copyright clerks are experienced editors on Wikipedia, especially with copyright policies and their enforcement. On this board, they are trusted to evaluate and close listings and request administrative actions when necessary.

====<span class="anchor" id="Admins"></span>Copyright problems administrators====
''For a more complete description of administrators on Wikipedia, please see [[Wikipedia:Administrators]].''

Any administrator may work the copyright problems board. This may involve evaluating listings personally or completing requests by clerks. Clerks are trusted in their work and their requests may be implemented without double-checking, although any administrator is welcome to review requests and discuss with the clerks in question.

===<span class="anchor" id="Advice"></span>Closing listings===
Listings can be processed at any time by anyone, but are not formally closed until a clerk or administrator verifies that all problems are resolved. Pages listed for presumptive deletion stay open for a minimum of '''7 days''' before being processed.

For advice for resolving listings, see [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Instructions]] (VRT agents, see [[Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/Instructions#Checking_for_permission|section there]]).

{{t|CPC}} may be used to denote resolutions of listings by administrators, clerks and VRT agents.