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1bx.com and related

1bx.com
URL
  • http://1bx.com/
  • msn988.info
  • iask8.info
  • beidu.info
  • donkeylink.com
  • askmore.net
  • toshare.info
  • fellowshare.com
  • wozhidao.info
  • vb.game-host.org
  • ref.podzone.net
  • nba.servegame.org
  • toshare.dynup.net
  • stevehome.dynup.net
  • term-life.no-ip.info
  • vioxx.no-ip.info
  • webnote.info
  • juugle.info
  • porkdb.info
  • worlditems.info
  • iask123.info
  • qq818.info
  • qq888.info
  • onebrainman.info
  • syzygytech.info
  • tocatch.info
  • encyclopedia.figureout.info
Sample
  • http://www.1bx.com/en/Tonga.htm
Rating Medium
Details These are a group of interlinked mirror sites. The owner claims the duplication is for "load balancing". On all the sites I checked, there is a link to internal GFDL, the original article, and the original history, below the last ads. The sites use dynamic loading (the owner says he has set up 1 year caching), and hotlink images. Many registrations use whois cloaking services.
Contact info jin@1bx.com, 1BX.COM@domainsbyproxy.com, TOSHARE.INFO@domainsbyproxy.com, emule2005@host.sk (donkeylink.com whois admin), jinhui@jcomsoft.com (askmore.net whois), generalmanager@domainsbyproxy.com (private registration), abuse@sitelutions.com (DNS) (UTC)
Actions
  • Emailed host to complain about lack of contact information in whois. Superm401 -

Talk 03:10, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Received replies indicating DNS provider will not consider the use of anonymous whois data a violation of their TOS. Superm401 - Talk 00:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent email to 1BX.COM@domainsbyproxy.com asking for an HTML link. Superm401 - Talk 00:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent certified letter to:
DOMAINS BY PROXY®
Attn: Legal Complaints
15111 N. Hayden Road, Suite 160
PMB 353
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Resent certified letter to correct address (previous had wrong address). Confirmation is 70052570000177871962. Superm401 - Talk 08:48, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Has been delivered. :) Superm401 - Talk 02:16, 31 January 2007
Received email from generalmanager@domainsbyproxy.com saying "In this particular instance, we have contacted our customer and requested that they contact you by February 7, 2007 to resolve this situation. Please confirm at that time that our customer has made this step. Failure to contact you as we have requested would be a violation of our terms of service. If our customer fails to contact you, we will proceed with the cancellation of the privacy service on this domain." The subject of the email is "RE :: 1BX.COM :: 100170"; this is probably necessary for followups. Superm401 - Talk 21:49, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I received an email noting that 1bx.net has been fixed. Superm401 - Talk 23:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Replied noting that they were dynamically loading, and that some sites still aren't in compliance. Superm401 - Talk 23:39, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
He replied saying he had fixed another site (and said there is a 1 year cache). I replied back asking him to stop hotlinking. Superm401 - Talk 01:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
He said he would fix the hotlinking, and that all sites should be fixed. Superm401 - Talk 02:15, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

1-player.net

1-player.net
URL http://www.1-player.net
Sample http://www.1-player.net/articles/Sony_HiFD
Rating Medium
Details Mentions GFDL and Wikipedia but does not link to original article or include history. Superm401 - Talk 09:39, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Contact info edwinarif@centrin.net.id (whois), abuse@serverpronto.com (host)
Actions Web site is 404 as of 20:55, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

1-bike.com

1-bike.com
URL http://www.1-bike.com
Sample http://www.1-bike.com/articles/Miniature_motorcycle_racing
Rating High
Details Mentions Wikipedia and the GFDL; links to original article and local copy of the GFDL.
Contact info edwinarif@gmail.com
Actions

10baset.info

10baset.info
URL http://en.10baset.info/
Sample http://en.10baset.info/Bear_River_Massacre
Rating None
Details Neither does this site reference Wikipedia in spite of being a complete mirror, it also claims independent copyright on all content on Wikipedia in its own name. A rather bizzare word substitution is employed to avoid a "Google Search" of content.
Contact info registerfly@pmlinvestments.com; Phone # 1-408-767-6851
Actions Site is down as of 20:56, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

2BuyGood.com/InfoPedia

They've set up a "technical issues" message and a rediect to their store. JesseW 05:25, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

2violent.com

2violent.com
URL http://www.2violent.com/
Sample http://www.2violent.com/sharon_tate.html
Rating Medium
Details There is a notice that mentions Wikipedia and the GFDL. The whole thing links to wikipedia.org, but there is no history section, link to the original article, or link to the GFDL. Other pages besides "Sharon Tate" appear to be a partial derivation of older wikipedia articles, or, just possibly, some text from them has been uploaded to wikipedia, as I have found exact word for word passages in Jay Sebring and Charles Manson from around 2004 November 8 or later. -Wikibob - Talk 19:32, 2005 May 22 (UTC)
  • Note: I've changed this to medium, as both Wikipedia and GFDL are mentioned, and the images are not being ripped off WP's servers.
Contact info webmaster@2violent.com, clasione@verizon.net (domain admin), abuse@godaddy.com (host)
Actions
  • Emailed webmaster@2violent.com, clasione@verizon.net (domain admin) politely referring to Sharon Tate copy.

-Wikibob - Talk 20:52, 2005 May 22 (UTC)

  • Sent standard followup letter, mentioning Charles Manson. Superm401 - Talk 09:14, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Got 553 sorry, relaying denied from your location from webmaster@2violent.com and 4.2.1 mailbox temporarily disabled from clasione@verizon.net Superm401 - Talk 09:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

7val

7val
URL http://en.wikipedia.7val.com
Sample http://en.wikipedia.7val.com/w/index.php?title=Knowledge
Rating High
Details Dynamic mirror. Links to local mirror of GFDL and history section. No explicit notice that material is under the GFDL, though.
Contact info adminc-sponagl-nospam@7val.com (whois; presumably remove "-nospam"), http://www1.sevenval.de/mobile/index.php?id=9&L=1
Actions Sent standard violation letter to adminc-sponagl-nospam@7val.com and adminc-sponagl@7val.com . Superm401 - Talk 02:31, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

The problem was caused by an error in their rendering engine. Is now fixed. Added link to GFDL and page history. For future issues regarding 7val: Wikimedia Deutschland is in close contact with them. Please contact de:Benutzer:Akl in case there are any problems.

999 Network

999 Network
URL http://999network.com/
Sample http://999architects.com/
Rating High
Details A network of sites, each covering one topic using one Wikipedia article. Articles carry a link to Wikipedia home, direct link to source article on Wikipedia, and a link to GFDL directly under article text. Articles are edited versions, based on a one-time export, and are not updated. Images are not used.
Contact info pat.fox[at]canall.com
Actions

A

aaez.biz

The Free Web Encyclopedia
URL http://www.aaez.biz/
Sample http://www.aaez.biz/default.asp?t=User:Crazytales56297
Rating High
Details Live leech. Damn, I hate these. Seems to handle syntax properly too. No mention whatsoever of Wikipedia or GFDL except ‘retrieved from (wikipedia url)’ at bottom.
Contact info George Robertson
8554 122nd Ave. N.E. PNB 28
Kirkland WA 98033 USA

1-425-867-1671
george at renasoft dot com
Actions None as of now.. c. tales //dirty little secrets// 00:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

aardogs.com

aardogs
URL http://www.aardogs.com/
Sample http://www.aardogs.com/pages10/95/wall-lamps.html
Rating Low
Details
Contact info
Actions Sent violation letter. -- WB 07:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Site seems to be mostly down, wall-lamps page redirects to ads -- Dragonbeast 16:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Aaronlanguage.com

Aaronlanguage (probable; I can't read Japanese)
URL http://aaronlanguage.com/
Sample http://aaronlanguage.com/reading_high_school_5.htm
Rating "None"
Details The term "Wikipedia" does not appear on the page. I doubt the source is explained in the Japanese on the page.
Contact info isshirley@highstream.net, 415-468-5568 (admin)
Actions none

Abbaci books

Abbaci Books
URL http://www.abacci.com/books
Sample http://www.abacci.com/books/authorDetails.asp?authorID=263
Rating Medium
Details Links to the original article, with link text "Wikipedia", and has long GFDL notice with offsite link.
Contact info http://www.abacci.com/books/page/contact.asp
Actions

ABC World

ABC World
URL http://abcworld.net/
Sample http://abcworld.net/culture.html
Rating Low
Details I don't see any mention of "GFDL" or "Wikipedia". (I don't see any "Contact" information either). As far as I can tell, all the content on *every* page on this site comes from Wikipedia.
Contact info Contact listed as "Joe Damien" with email address 4leenda@gmail.com. The contact also includes a phone number +001.41512345678 (fake) and a real physical mailing address which is actually the location of the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington.
Actions primary email sent

About.com

  • Site: About.com
  • acknowledgement without a link
  • no mention of GFDL. Standard letter sent by: MB 08:01 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)
  • Point of contact, Mary Bellis inventors.guide@about.com.
  • Response received Sun, 13 Jul 2003 04:26:14 -0700.
  • Portions of affected articles at inventors.about.com (as of July 14 2003) link back to wikipedia and are released under the GFDL.
  • Any examples of the affected articles? Can't find any trivially.
  • Don't email the person above; she is only responsible for "inventors" section, and seems rather grumpy.Proyster 15:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • They are putting a "copyright 2006 About.com" on the content--which (in my view) violates the terms. I find this extremely objectionable.Proyster 20:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC) As of the current time, they do not display an About.com copyright, instead: "This is the "GNU Free Documentation License" reference article from the English Wikipedia". AnonEMouse (squeak) 19:53, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I emailed a complaint today regarding their page at http://experts.about.com/e/j/jo/Joshua_Scottow.htm and (a few hours later) the page now re-directs to the Wikipedia original page.Proyster 20:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Looking at this mirror, I don't see any acknowledgement that the articles originally come from Wikipedia, or any history of contributions. FreplySpang 01:53, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • No mention of Wikipedia or GFDL I saw before their obnoxious spyware?/adware? finally crashed my browser. John Reid ° 14:53, 18 November 2006 (UTC)


About.com (not url)
URL www.about.com
Sample http://classiclit.about.com/cs/profileswriters/p/aa_mshelley.htm?terms=Mary+Shelley is a former version of Mary Shelley.
Rating Varies from article to article. As mentioned above, some copyright it under themselves, others link right to

Wikipedia.

Details This one has a copyright on the bottom saying that it is copyright of About.com , a member of the New York Times Company.
Contact info classiclit.guide@about.com is the email address to the specific guide of this page. The problem was mentioned above. To other people, I don't know.
Actions None.

Check this out though, it almost sounds like the "guide" claims she wrote the article: http://classiclit.about.com/mbiopage.htm

Absolute Astronomy

Absolute Astronomy
URL http://www.absoluteastronomy.com
Sample
Rating Undetermined
Details This website formerly violated the GFDL. I am uncertain whether they currently use Wikipedia articles. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/planets/Uranus.htm , for instance, is similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus but I haven't determine whether there's still copying. If you remove this entry, be sure to archive it.
Contact info {{{contact}}}
Actions {{{action}}}

aboutsociology.com

AbsoluteArts.com

World Wide Arts Resources / AbsoluteArts.com
URL http://www.absolutearts.com/
Sample http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2006/01/06/33592.html
Rating "Low/None"
Details I have no idea whether they often crib from us, but the last paragraph of the cited sample page on "Archival Investigations: Early Electro-mechanical Sound Works and Artifacts from Trimpin’s First Five Years in Seattle" is a straight-out copy of the first two paragraphs of our article on Trimpin - Jmabel
Contact info Telephone: 740-587-3326, Fax: 740-587-4103

Email: help@wwar.com or help@absolutearts.com
Snail mail: World Wide Arts Resources; absolutearts.com; 3678 Loudon Street; Granville, Ohio 43023; USA

Actions

Academie.de Net-Lexikon

  • Site: Academie.de Net-Lexikon
  • copies German-language Wikipedia
  • indicates Wikipedia as source
  • links to original article
  • links to copy of the WikipediaDE GNU/FDL page, which links to GNU/FDL at gnu.org (minus point for indirect link; however the GNU/FDL is mentioned directly, so not a grave one)
  • Does not contain "aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie"

adago.com

More research requested

Advantacell.com

advantacell.com
URL http://advantacell.com
Sample http://advantacell.com/wiki/University_of_California%2C_Santa_Barbara, http://it.advantacell.com/wiki/Verde
Rating Medium
Details Wikipedia pages are attributed to Wikipedia. At the bottom of every page that includes a Wikipedia article is reported: "Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..." and "This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License."
Contact info webmaster@advantacell.com
Actions None.


Agenda.z1.ro

Agenda.z1.ro / Agenda ta
URL http://agenda.z1.ro
Sample http://agenda.z1.ro/baba.php
Rating "Low/None"
Details Article on Corneliu Baba appears to be an uncredited translation of our English-language article.
Contact info marius.gheghici@gmail.com
Actions None so far.

aircraft-list.com

aircraft-list.com
URL http://aircraft-list.com/
Sample http://www.aircraft-list.com/db/Antonov_An-225/59/
Rating
Details Copy of Wikipedia articles about aircrafts combined with copyrighted images (some maybe without permissions from authors). GFDL notice applied only to text, not entire derived work (website).
Contact info Trimbitas Sorin, Romania. trimbitassorin AT hotmail.com, +40.0724540234
Actions None so far.

Algebra.com

Algebra.com
URL http://www.algebra.com/algebra/about/history/Main_Page.wikipedia
Sample http://www.algebra.com/algebra/about/history/Algebra.wikipedia
Rating Medium
Details A seeming verbatim copy of all Wikipedia. It does not seem to use remote loading except when it has no copy of the article. In other cases, it appears to refresh a cache occasionally. However, it does appear to load images remotely, which is unacceptable. This should be verified. They are still probably compliant, though attribution info is off-site. Wikipedia used to have its own attribution info off-site until commons descriptions were automatically imported. However, because of the remote image loading alone, I am marking this medium. Also, they are scraping userpages.
Contact info ichudov@algebra.com
Actions sent letter to contact attress

All2know.com

All2know.com
URL http://www.all2know.com
Sample http://www.all2know.com/de/wikipedia/t/to/tonga.html
Rating Medium
Details There is a link to www.wikipedia.org, but no link to the article copied. There is a GFDL notice with a link to Wikipedia's copy of the GFDL.
Contact info
Actions

Allabout.cc

  • Site: Allabout.cc
  • Link to GNU FDL
  • Link to www.wikipedia.org
  • Says that "it [the article] uses material from Wikipedia"
  • Nolink to original article

All About-kittens.com

All About-kittens.com
URL http://www.about-kittens.com
Sample http://www.about-kittens.com/563/Korat
Rating "Low/None"
Details Mirrors various WP articles on breeds of cats. Pages carry the notice, "© 2005-2006 about-kittens.com. All Rights Reserved ", but do not mention Wikipedia or the GFDL at all. The article on the Korat breed at All About-kittens appears to be a copy of the Wikipedia article as it appeared between July 5 and August 19, 2006, and includes a copy of an image with a limited-use license.
Contact info Administrative Contact: Adrian Agafitei, Calea Nationala nr. 67 Bl. J1, Botosani, BOTOSANI 710006, RO ( )745125530 adiaga@gmail.com

Technical Contact: Administrator DNS, 1 N State Street, 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602, US (312)2362132 administrator@siteprotect.com.

Actions As I am not a contributor to any of the cat breed articles, I have not tried to contact the site. I did leave a note at Talk:Korat advising the contributors that they could contact the site to complain. Posted notice on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cats. -- Donald Albury 01:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Contacting with letter 1, ST47Talk 21:05, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

All About-puppies.com

All About-puppies.com
URL http://www.about-puppies.com/
Sample http://www.about-puppies.com/721/Yorkshire_Terrier
Rating "Low/None"
Details Mirrors various WP articles on breeds of dogs. Pages carry the notice, "© 2005-2006 about-puppies.com. All Rights Reserved ", but do not mention Wikipedia or the GFDL at all. The article on the Yorkshire Terrier breed at All About-puppies appears to be a copy of the Wikipedia article as it appeared during July, 2006.
Contact info Administrative Contact: Adrian Agafitei, Calea Nationala nr. 67 Bl. J1, Botosani, BOTOSANI 710006, RO ( )745125530 adiaga@gmail.com

Technical Contact: Administrator DNS, 1 N State Street, 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602, US (312)2362132 administrator@siteprotect.com.

Actions None, as I am not a contributor to any of the dog breed articles. Added notice to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dog breeds. -- Donald Albury 01:21, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Contacted this one as well ST47Talk 21:11, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

All Science Fair Projects Encyclopedia

* "Copyright (C) 2003 All Science Fair Projects.com All Rights Reserved" listed on every page * Copyright notice and disclaimer, albeit very informative, are not linked to from either the main page or the article pages

  • Standard letter sent. Telso 04:24, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

** Article pages show update as of 10-05-04 but still not compliant. JamesMLane 12:49, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)Update statement removed

Copy of WP content. Maybe just taking the science articles. Although mentions where it is from, does not mention GFDL, link back to wikipedia or the articles. Dunc_Harris| 16:10, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

  • MIT example says "The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details"
    • Mentions GFDL and has local copy [3]
    • Acknowledges wikipedia source
    • No Link back to wikipedia original article

moved from main page Davelane 22:47, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Alternative To Reality

Alternative To Reality
URL http://www.alternative2reality.com
Sample http://www.alternative2reality.com/history/CBS
Rating None
Details *No mention of GNU FDL and of Wikipedia
  • All pages have the footnote "(c) 2006 alternative2reality.com".
Contact info
Actions email

Amazines.com

Amazines
URL http://www.amazines.com
Sample http://amazines.com/Superoxide_related.html, http://www.amazines.com/Jesse_Jackson_related.html
Rating None
Details I have added notices but am unsure if this is sufficient. - Ryan (website owner)
Contact info Ryan Jones - 805-579-0545
Actions email

Annlongfineart.com

Ann Long Fine Art
URL http://www.annlongfineart.com
Sample http://www.annlongfineart.com/artists/magritte
Rating "Low/None" compliance with GFDL
Details No mention of GNU FDL and of Wikipedia. c 2007 ann long fine art on all pages
Contact info ann@annlongfineart.com
Actions

Anoca.org

Anoca.org
URL http://www.anoca.org
Sample http://www.anoca.org/information/computing/computer_science.html
Rating High
Details They acknowledge Wikipedia and note that the conent is under the GFDL. There are links to the original articles, as well as to a local copy of the GFDL. Each article has an automatic list of misspellings of the title.
Contact info domains@quigibo.com (whois), legal-response@theplanet.com
Actions

Answers.com

Answers.com
URL http://www.answers.com/
Sample http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=New+York&answers.x=0&answers.y=0&gwp=8, http://www.answers.com/topic/absolute-power-series
Rating Medium
Details
  • Wikipedia pages are clearly attributed to Wikipedia. At the bottom of every page that includes a Wikipedia article, a note such as the following is presented: "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "New York"." See http://www.answers.com/topic/new-york#copyright for that example.
  • Footnote on front page but not articles: Copyright ©2005 GuruNet Corporation. About GuruNet: online reference library - encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesaurus and much more...
  • Copy of Wikipedia article seen was a much earlier version which suggests that Answers.com may not be able to cope with Wikipedia's "ongoing editing" format. The unsuspecting visitor to Answers.com has no means of knowing this. Nor does this help Wikipedia's image. A mere external link on Answers.com rather than the article in full would be more satisfactory. Portress 19:45, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Well, they might do some kind of fact checking on the article version they mirror. But they should mention the date of the last edit on the article they mirrored and mention that the article could have undergone further changes since then. --L33tminion (talk) 17:56, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
  • They have started making "Answer Notes". These are shortened versions of Wikipedia articles (and possibly other content). At least one of them is a derivative work of the below Wikipedia article. This is certain because the first sentence is an exact copy. However, it is not licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Others are probably also illegal deriviative works. Hence, they are now at medium compliance. I have sent a violation letter. Superm401 20:05, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Rather than license the note under the GFDL, they rewrote it to attempt to stop it from being a derivative work. I suspect that other notes are derivative works, so I'm keeping it at medium. Superm401 18:37, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Image pages now appear to display copyright correctly. See, e.g., [4]. Are there any concrete objections at this point? Slow mirroring isn't a valid compliance issue, and I don't see any concrete examples of pirated AnswerNotes. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 04:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
  • In the Absolute Power page above, the content appears to have been kept up-to-date with our version, including the image, which is also identical. There is a large bar at the top of the page including the Wikipedia logo and name, and their framing of the image looks distinctly familiar. —Vanderdeckenξφ 20:00, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
  • See also Wikipedia:Tools/1-Click Answers and [5]
Contact info
Actions None.

Archaeologics

Archaeologics
URL Archaeologics.com
Sample http://www.archaeologics.com/Health-RtoZ/Syphilis.php
Rating Low/None
Details Claims copyright in our page.
Contact info ARCHAEOLOGICS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com, DBP@domainsbyproxy.com (webmaster listed in dns), noc@godaddy.com/abuse@godaddy.com (isp admin)
Actions sent "Letter for website that doesn't acknowledge Wikipedia as a source" to first address. 17:34, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

sent reminder letter to first address. 21:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Third letter sent. No change or reply. ~a (usertalkcontribs) 06:06, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

area51.ipupdater.com

area51.ipupdater.com (no other name given
URL http://area51.ipupdater.com
Sample http://cedilla.area51.ipupdater.com
Rating Medium-High
Details Links to corresponding Wikipedia article, links to copy of GFDL on GNU's site.
Purpose may be spammy: has Google Ads, no real content of its own
Contact info admin@area51.ipupdater.com
Actions none

aRiKaH

aRiKaH
URL http://www.arikah.net and http://www.arikah.com
Sample http://www.arikah.net/encyclopedia/History_of_Peru, http://www.arikah.com/encyclopedia/Marquis_de_Condorcet
Rating Medium
Details Link text "Wikipedia" (redirected) to corresponding Wikipedia page, and a link to a local copy of the GFDL. However, both links are impossible to distinguish from regular text except on hover (because of CSS). Also, they have pidepikiw instead of Wikipedia in the source, then reverse it with a CSS hack; I consider this a dirty trick and it shows up as pidepikiW with CSS disabled (though the links become more obvious). They also have nofollow on both links.
Contact info a_rikah@fastmail.fm (webmaster) ipnet@layeredtech.com (isp admin) domain.tech@yahoo-inc.com (dns admin)
Actions None Roarjo 06:21, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Arizona Gardens

ArizonaGardens.org
URL http://www.arizonagardens.org
Sample http://www.arizonagardens.org/Grapefruit
Rating "High", compliance with GFDL (matches Wikipedia:GFDL Compliance).
Details Uses articles from wikipedia, provides links back to Wikipedia in each article. Site is licensed GFDL 1.2.
Contact info sherman.boyd@gmail.com
Actions I actually run the site, and I'm adding this Mirror entry. If my site doesn't comply notify me and will strive to reach the highest standard of compliance.

Arkansas Encyclopedia

  • I didn't see this listed anywhere. It strikes me as very odd. I initially came accross this through a Google hit that led me to this http://lakewoodrepublicans.8m.com/michigan.html. They do state that the text content is GFDL ("All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License."), but there is no link to the license and no link back to Wikipedia and no history. What is really odd though, is that it looks as though the content is actually spread across various domains. For example this entry on Germany: http://beerot.itgo.com/germany.html (which does not even mention GFDL anywhere). Or the "main" page: http://www.geocities.com/arkencyclo/. Seems like every click is a different domain. Bkonrad | Talk 14:14, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
The pictures of the article Michigan are not hosted by them but directly form Wikipedia. That is not a nice thing to do. Walter 09:11, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I just examined this site and they're no longer stealing bandwidth, and are now linking the article. I'd move them to high degree. Derrick Coetzee 13:03, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
They mention Wikipedia nowhere. High is not appropriate. Medium? JesseW 15:31, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Mentioning Wikipedia is not required. However, information on authors is, and I couldn't find any. — Kate Turner | Talk 15:34, 2004 Oct 19 (UTC)
  • Each article links to the GFDL on www.gnu.org, and to the corresponding article on Wikipedia.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
Source: Original text from the article in Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia: <article name>.
In my book, that puts them at least into medium compliance, which is where I will move them. -Rholton 05:17, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Armageddon Online

Armageddon Online
URL http://www.armageddononline.org/
Sample http://www.armageddononline.org/comet_shoemaker-levy_9.php, http://www.armageddononline.org/worldwar3.php, http://www.armageddononline.org/biowarfare.php
Rating Low
Details
Partial mirror, possibly with some additions.
  • No mention of GNU FDL either on individual pages or on http://www.armageddononline.org/disclaimer.php (site disclaimer and legal information).
  • Some pages contain links to original article and/or Wikipedia:Copyrights (eg, http://www.armageddononline.org/comet_shoemaker-levy_9.php, but not all of them (eg http://www.armageddononline.org/worldwar3.php, http://www.armageddononline.org/biowarfare.php). Appears to be haphazard.
  • All pages have the footnote "All Pages Copyright © Armageddon Online".
  • http://www.armageddononline.org/contact.php says "All articles on Armageddon Online were written exclusively for Armageddon Online and may not be used under any circumstances with out explicit permission from the administration."
Contact info amazingbible@verizon.net, http://www.armageddononline.org/contactadmin.php, http://www.armageddononline.org/contactwebmaster.php
Actions Sent tweaked standard violation letter to amazingbible@verizon.net. Superm401 - Talk 23:37, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Armeniapedia

Aremeniapedia
URL http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
Sample http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Raffi_Cavoukian
Rating High
Details Attributes (including linking to) Wikipedia and has a GFDL notice.
Contact info http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Raffi
Actions Violation letter sent. Superm401

ArsenalHQ

Arsenal HQ
URL http://www.arsenalhq.com/
Sample http://www.arsenalhq.com/history.php
Rating None
Details Direct copy of History of Arsenal F.C. (specifically, this version) but marked "All Rights Reserved". No credit to Wikipedia.
Contact info Details available here.
Actions Violation letter sent. Qwghlm

Art History Club

  • Site: Art History Club
  • Example: Albania
  • States "The content of this article is licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License" at end of each page
  • No hyperlink to Wikipedia or to orginial article
  • "Copyright" at bottom of each page links to disclaimers and local copy of GFDL.
    --Henrygb 22:12, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
    • Like CARluvers, each article ends with: "The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. How to see transparent copy" with link to www.wikipedia.org (using backwards Javascript) and to local copy of GFDL plus link to local description of how to find original article. --Henrygb 02:05, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
    • States that it is an "art history encyclopedia," but contains articles on subjects unrelated to art.[6] Seahen 02:26, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

articles.co.nr

2006 Wikipedia CD Selection
URL http://articles.co.nr (clicking that link displays http://124.125.21.126/wcd/)
Sample http://124.125.21.126/wcd/wp/e/Enceladus_%2528moon%2529.htm compared to Enceladus_(moon)
Rating Medium
Details Each page has a link that acknowledges wikipedia with links to a local copy of the GFDL and their notice of copyright and disclaimer. Images are kept locally but no image information is available. Individual pages have no wikipedia history, in fact the reader is told The original authors or creators of content and images from Wikipedia may be found by going to the article in the English Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) with the same article name and tracing content via the page history.
Contact info User:Achalmeena has been inserting spam links to this site in wikipedia and claims that industrial.org is his website. The top level of the domain http://124.125.21.126/ identifies itself as software.org, with the contact details of root@industrialsoft.org. Whois doesn't return the users name (Achal Meena), but ??
Actions None — Graibeard (talk) 12:10, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

ArticleHead.com

  • Site: ArticleHead.com
  • Very recent, apparently almost complete mirror, utilising categories. No mention of Wikipedia, no mention of GFDL, claiming their own copyright. I've sent a first warning notice. --195.11.216.59 13:50, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
    • I see GFDL and backlinks at the bottom of every article page; either you didn't see them (because they don't appear on the category pages?) or your warning was instantly effective. Hob 17:36, 2004 Sep 6 (UTC)
The latter - I received the following email:
"Thanks for keeping me informed of my obligations. The following changes have been made:
a) on article pages, the note information at the bottom of the page is automatically expanded.
b) on article pages, the footer information at the bottom of the page has been changed from
"Articles and category structure on this site have been graciously provided by Wikipedia. Please consider donating to their cause."
TO
"This article is licensed under the [linked] GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from Wikipedia: [linked] Wiki entry."
If only all of our mirrors were so ready to meet their legal obligations. --195.11.216.59 21:54, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Moved to High although i would like them to have a link on the front page to wikipedia and GFDL --Davelane 22:40, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
    • It appears, as of March 2005, to have reverted to non-compliance. Burgundavia 20:49, Mar 24, 2005 (UTC)
      • On further inspection, they hide the notice. You can view through clicking Notice+. I am moving to medium.
    • How can this be even considered medium compliance? I clicked on the Notice+, and get this:
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from Wikipedia: Wiki entry.
When I click on Wiki entry I get http://www.articleshead.com/#, and not a link back to the original article. When I click on the GNU FDL link I get the page from http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html . But there is no mention of the GFDL or the correct copyright notice unless I click on Notice+, surely this is non-compliance? -Wikibob | Talk 17:48, 2005 May 22 (UTC)

Artilifes.com

Artilifes.com
URL http://www.artilifes.com/aboutartilifes.html
Sample http://www.artilifes.com/mathematics.html
Rating Low/None
Details All articles are copies that do not mention Wikipedia or the GFDL.
Contact info http://www.artilifes.com/contactartilifes.html (contact form), copyrightclaims@godaddy.com, (host's DMCA agent), post address at http://www.domainsbyproxy.com/legalAgreement.aspx (requires certified mail).
Actions
  • Sent standard violation letter. Superm401 - Talk 08:41, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent violation letter to abuse@domainsbyproxy.com. Superm401 - Talk 23:55, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Received reply that they abuse@domainsbyproxy.com is only for spam. Superm401 - Talk 03:41, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Artistopia

Artistopia
URL http://www.artistopia.com
Sample http://www.artistopia.com/the-pussycat-dolls
Rating Medium
Details Every page has a Copyright citations section at the bottom. "It says This article is licensed under the GNU License", with GNU license linking to an off-site copy of the GFDL. The next line is " Click here for original article: ABBA". The article name links back to Wikipedia. At the very bottom it says "Copyright 2007, iCubator Labs, LLC, All Rights Reserved."
Contact info corporate@artistopia.com (WHOIS), http://www.artistopia.com/About-Us/Contact.asp
Actions

ArtLine.ro

ArtLine.ro
URL http://www.artline.ro/
Sample http://www.artline.ro/2_588_Baba__Corneliu_4945.html
Rating "Low/None"
Details Non-compliant. Page appears to be an image of some sort, not HTML text, but it is our content (I know, because I wrote this one). I haven't examined beyond the one page. - Jmabel
Contact info unknown
Actions Nothing so far

ArtPolitic

Arts and Design Info

  • Site: Arts and Design Info
  • Mentions GNU FDL license and links to a local copy of it
  • Acknowledges Wikipedia authorship.
  • No link to original article
  • Example: [9] from Digital Art

assault-weapons.com

Asia Information 01

  • Site: Asia Information 01
  • Mentions GNU FDL license and links to a local copy of it
  • Acknowledges Wikipedia authorship.
  • No link to original article
  • Offline since Nov. 2005 [10]

Asinah.net

  • Site: Asinah.net
  • Acknowledges wikipedia authorship, links to wikipedia
    • Not for their Dutch version.
  • States that the article is licensed under the GNU FDL.
    • Though it links to what looks to be a partial copy or commentary about the license rather than the actual text of the license.
  • Does not link to the relevant wikipedia page, but does link to the edit function of the individual page (under the heading "edit this page")
    • It no longer does this, at least not for an not logged in user.
    • It now only links to their copy of our article on Wikipedia. [11] Guanaco 16:46, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • Example: [12] from Kyoto Protocol.
    • Now seems to be a Thailand tourist page, but previous version can be seen on Google search and cache [13] Henrygb 17:20, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
  • forum page include some comments on articles and replies from site admins. Reading a few replies, it seems that the admins encourage people to edit articles on Wikipedia.
  • The placement of their own copyright notice makes it unclear exactly what they are claiming copyright for.
  • I could not find any link to the history of the article nor any attribution of authorship aside from the link to the Wikipedia main page.
  • No mention of Wikipedia on the Hindi version.

ask.dyndyns.dk

  • Sample article: http://article.ask.dyndns.dk/
  • Acknowledges Wikipedia as source, says content is GFDL.
  • Links back to corresponding WP page and to FDL on GNU site.
  • Main page seems to be http://ask.dyndns.dk/ which offers search of local content.
  • Contains a list at the bottom of every article of (computer-generated) misspellings of the title, each one of which links to a subpage identical to the parent (which contains the copy of the article, of course), probably in order to rank high on Google searches.
  • Does not handle the interwiki or category links properly, which causes a load of rubbish to appear at the end of every article (apart from the aforementioned list of misspellings) - see, for example, http://richard-stallman.ask.dyndns.dk/.

--Fibonacci 05:07, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

AskFactMaster

AskFactMaster
URL http://askfactmaster.com/enc-en/
Sample http://askfactmaster.com/?title=United%20States
Rating Medium
Details There is a text notice saying "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article" (the actual name of the article does not appear). There is no link to the original article or the GFDL and they do not include the history section. All instances of Wikipedia are changed to AskFactMaster.com (e.g. http://askfactmaster.com/?title=Wikipedia) but there is no history section entry for this change.
Contact info support@lukol.com, abuse@sagonet.com (host)
Actions
  • Emailed support@top-greetings.com asking for a plain-text notice with links to the GFDL and original article. I also asked for replacements (Wikipedia->AskFactMaster.com) to be reversed (or a history section entry added). Superm401 - Talk 22:30, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Received reply stating "I'll address the issues you mentioned in details within several days and will get back to you." Superm401 - Talk 06:38, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent followup asking that GFDL be hosted locally and that he link to actual article not main page. Superm401 - Talk 00:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Avapedia

Avapedia
URL http://atla.wikispaces.com/
Sample http://atla.wikispaces.com/Aang, http://atla.wikispaces.com/Zuko, http://atla.wikispaces.com/Azula
Rating Undetermined
Details Site links back to specific Wikipedia articles in a few cases, but most Wikipedia links are generic, and all together absent in some articles. Notice appears licensing all contributed content under GFDL, with link to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html#TOC1.
Contact info help@wikispaces.com (for the hosting site, only email I could find)
Actions None as of yet.

azplayers.com

AZ Players Directory
URL http://www.azplayers.com
Sample http://www.waynerooney.azplayers.com/wayne-rooney-biography.html is the intro of our bio of Wayne Rooney
Rating Medium
Details Links back to Wikipedia source articles, no mention of GFDL, claims "Copyright © 2006. All rights reserved. by AzPlayers.com", using bios of various footballers. Seems cooperative, hopefully should get to full compliance soon.
Contact info email address office@azplayers.com is shown. whois says domain is registered to Nicolae Adrian Chirica, email nachirica@gmail.com, phone +40.744992325, post Sos. Barajului nr.22 bl.1 sc.D et.3 ap.13, Tulcea, 820222, RO. Hosted on IP address 66.118.138.197, whois says this is Sago Networks, reverse DNS says delta.fastbighost.com
Actions
  • Standard letter emailed to office@azplayers.com -- AJR - Talk 23:04, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Reply received, they have added links back to Wikipedia source articles. I've thanked them for doing that promptly, and have explained that they should also mention the GFDL, and have provided sample text. From the email they sent me, I don't think there should be a problem sorting it out. -- AJR - Talk 12:06, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

B

Backgammon.co.uk

BackGammon Federation
URL http://www.backgammon.co.uk/
Sample http://www.backgammon.co.uk/strategies.htm (only article I can find)
Rating Medium
Details Does not link to enwiki article, but has GFDL notice.
Contact info info@backgammon.co.uk
Actions The site uses an image I created, licensed under the GPL. I sent an email stating that the page should note the GPL license of the image, and the GFDL license of the article. I included links to the licenses at gnu.org and a link to Backgammon.

4 October 2006: Webmaster replied to my email noting the updated copyright notice.

ptkfgs 04:54, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Backgammoned.net

Backgammoned.net
URL http://www.backgammoned.net
Sample http://www.backgammoned.net/all-about-backgammon.html (only article)
Rating Medium
Details States that content is under GFDL and is reprinted from Wikipedia.
Contact info info@backgammoned.net
Actions Maintainer appears to have joined a discussion at Talk:Backgammon. I referred him to Wikipedia:Copyrights.

ptkfgs 20:23, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Baghdad Museum

  • Site: [14]
  • contains this explanation:
  • You may freely contribute to this article using the authoring tools provided at the article's source, Wikipedia.org, sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition, this article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, which means that you may copy and modify it as long as the entire work, including your additions, remains under this license. Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the article; all previous versions may be viewed here.
  • High Compliance


In addition, the paragraph above includes the article title and a link to the Wikipedia article itself, the GNU Free Documentation License, and to the history of the article on Wikipedia.
A site-wide copyright notice -- which may have been misinterpreted by Wikipedians as a claim on the Wikipedia article appearing on a particular page -- has now been dropped altogether on all the Wikipedia pages. (Wikipedia articles can link to pages protected under US Copyright law, but do comments and sidebars added outside a Wikipedia article on the same webpage count as additions under the GNU License? In other words, if a Wikipedia article appears on a web page and Gore Vidal writes an essay about the Wikipedia article just below it, can the essay be copyrighted?) On the BaghdadMuseum/Iraq Museum International site, where the copyright notice used to be is now the statement: "The Iraq Museum International Open Encyclopedia is offered to the public under the GNU Free Documentation License" with yet another link to the GNU Free Documentation License.
Yes, they're better than most. However, I'd still like to see a direct link to the original Wikipedia article. I think that's reasonable, given how generous we are in interpreting some GFDL provisions(like what's a "modified work", including our copyright notice, 5 original authors, history...). I sent an email asking for a direct link today. Superm401 | Talk 01:15, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
There are now direct links for the original article, editing the original article, and the article's history. The GFDL link is to the FSF copy, but I don't think that's really an issue. Superm401 | Talk 20:14, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

BambooWeb Dictionary

  • Site: http://www.bambooweb.com/
  • At the bottom of every article page is a link to the Wikipedia article and a notice that says it is from wikipedia and under the GFDL.

Barry's Tickets

Barry's Tickets
URL http://www.barrystickets.com/
Sample http://www.barrystickets.com/hockey-tickets/index.php
Rating None
Details No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. Excerpts of various ticket-related articles are used.
Contact info info@barrystickets.com, (800) 928-7199 (818) 990-8499 FAX (818) 990-5433, Technical Contact: Katz, Randy randyk@CCSALES.COM, (213)307-9581 fax: 123 123 1234; Administrative Contact: Rudin, Barry info@BARRYSTICKETS.COM, 818 990-8499; IP=66.114.252.14 = Broadwing Communications
Actions
  • Sent standard violation notice to info@barrystickets.com. Superm401 - Talk 08:00, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Received autoreply with only text "test info@barrystickets.com"
      • Resent violation notice to randyk@CCSALES.COM

Base Science 24

  • Site: http://www.base.science24.org/
  • Example:[15] from Albania
  • Article ends with "Albania provided by Science 24 Base; Our source is Wikipedia. Albania - licensed under GNU Free Documentation License 1.2"
  • No link to Wikipedia or original article
  • No link to GFDL
  • As of 00:21, 14 December 2005 (UTC) --Henrygb
    • Seems to have changed to en.science24.org:
    • Albania example now [16]
    • Page ends with "This page is a mirror of Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia All the content is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. Trec Nurkowanie implanty kredyt got�wkowy casinos online" with links to Wikipedia and to GFDL at gnu.org
    • Internal and external links are invisible (apart from Google ads)
    • As of 01:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC) --Henrygb

Basic Famous People

Basic Famous People and Basic Celebrations
URL http://www.basicfamouspeople.com/ and http://www.basiccelebrations.com/
Sample http://www.basicfamouspeople.com/index.php?aid=899 and http://www.basiccelebrations.com/
Rating Low/None
Details No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL on either. Basic Famous People says both "It is believed that all material on this web site is in the public domain." and "Basic Famous People Copyright © 2004 - 2006 By Steven J. Hayes. All rights reserved. " Both are completely wrong. The Famous People site modifies the articles, removing external links and references and changing formatting. Basic Famous People copies biographical articles. Basic Celebrations copies our date pages (such as February 25). It has only a copyright notice.
Contact info sjhayes2@verizon.net (whois), abuse@godaddy.com (host and registrar)
Actions Sent standard violation letter to whois address and address given on site. Superm401 - Talk 19:43, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

behindthefridge.com

  • Site: behindthefridge.com
  • Have large excerpts of Wikipedia content.
  • Mentions Wikipedia and GFDL.
  • No links at all, no links to the original article.
  • Has "© THIS PAGE ON American Expatriates, COPYRIGHT 2004 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" on it.
  • As of 12:55, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Bibleocean

  • Site: http://bibleocean.com/
  • Example: [17] of Albania
  • Article ends with "Original Article from WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania"
  • No mention of GFDL
  • Note: looks like it may be mirroring the site by crawling, since it handles section edit links poorly and has specific error pages indexed all over the place where the crawler has tried to follow them wrong (this is a mirror, so of course no actual vehicle for editing).

BigMac.biz

The Big Mac Index
URL http://bigmac.biz/
Sample same as above
Rating Medium
Details Wholesale copy of Big Mac index from [18] or earlier. No mention of Wikipedia or GFDL on site.
Contact info webmaster@bigmac.biz (given on site); +819.2934278, matt@utsn.net (whois admin)
Actions Standard violation letter sent. -- Scott e 08:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
No response or change. Second letter sent. -- Scott e 02:11, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Fixed. -- Scott e 09:31, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

BIGpedia

BIGpedia
URL http://www.bigpedia.com/
Sample http://www.bigpedia.com/encyclopedia/Gray%27s_Anatomy
Rating "Medium"
Details
  • Mentions and links to GFDL.
  • Mentions Wikipedia.
  • The link does not reach the original page nor Wikipedia itself (at least without JavaScript).
Contact info
Actions None -- WB 09:13, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Biocrawler

Biocrawler
URL http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Main_Page
Sample http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Illiad
Rating Medium
Details This is a mirror as of June 23, 2005 that has apparently had minor forking since then. However, almost all instances of Wikipedia have been changed, even in people's talk comments. This makes it a modified version, and these modifications have not been specifically mentioned on page history. Also, the GFDL specifically states that "The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License give permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or imply endorsement of any Modified Version." However, the bottom of every page states, "Content is available under GNU Free Documentation License 1.2.", with a local link to the GFDL. With images, it also says "This document originates in his first or later version from the English Wikipedia. You can find it there under the keyword (ARTICLE). The list of previous authors is available here: (link to Wikipedia's history of ARTICLE). ... This text falls under the same license (GFDL). Additions to biocrawler (starting from 23.6.05 will be doubly licensed under the GFDL and CC-by-sa)." Without images, it also has simple links to Wikipedia, the original history, and Wikipedia's copy of the GFDL.
Contact info boeckl@biofacts.com, domain@biofacts.com
Actions
  • Sent letter requesting correction of these issues. Superm401 - Talk 23:34, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Received apparently form reply that didn't address complaints. It ranted about things like "Biocrawler being a fork, you can edit pages yourself." and "Please edit each page being aware that this is a biological Wiki." The closest it came to addressing the fraud and improper page history was "There is a full detailed disclaimer on every page stating the source of each article, and the history of each page." I replied asking for a direct response to the real issues. Superm401 - Talk 06:03, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Received response noting that another Wikipedian told him to replace all mentions of Wikipedia with Biocrawler. Said he would fix it if I demonstrated consensus here that my advice was correct. I referred him to Wikipedia talk:Mirrors and forks#Weird. Superm401 - Talk 01:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Biodatabase.de

biodatabase.de
URL http://www.biodatabase.de
Sample http://www.biodatabase.de/Dodona, http://www.biodatabase.de/Herodotus
Rating High
Details Links to original en.wiki articles and histories, GNU FDL note is reported correctly in bottom of page.
Contact info
Actions

Biography Base

Biography Base
URL http://www.biographybase.com/
Sample http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Yarwood_Mike.html
Rating Medium
Details Links to GFDL and mentions individual Wikipedia article, but does not directly link to them or include history section.
Contact info leonardo.mikelic@ri.htnet.hr (whois), abuse@theplanet.com (host), legal-response@theplanet.com (host)
Actions Sent violation letter to Biography Base, noting that they should link to Wikipedia article and provide on-site GFDL. Superm401 - Talk 02:08, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Biography Finder

  • Site: Biography Finder
  • Contains older versions of Wikipedia articles on various people.
  • Has no mention of Wikipedia.
  • No link to GFDL.
  • Claims copyright.
  • Is apparently linked with Phobia Finder.
  • Sent standard GFDL e-mail. - Evil saltine 22:43, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Removed from main page (duplicate)
  • Now, at the bottom of each page, it reads: This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article <article name>. Where <article name> is appropriately filled in. It links to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html and to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, but no link to the actual Wikipedia article. I'm moving this to Medium compliance. -Rholton 03:36, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Biography.ms

Biography.ms
URL http://www.biography.ms/
Sample http://marie-curie.biography.ms/
Rating Low
Details Without images, no mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. With images, there is a single rectangular image with text "The wikipedia content included on this page is licensed under the GFDL." The entire image is a link (redirected) to the original article. There is no link to the GFDL. Even if there were a link to the GFDL (which must be "reproduced" somehow), using an image is a violation because text-only users (like Lynx) are shown the page but not the mandatory GFDL notice (Section #2). Contains all Wikipedia articles (though only biographies are indexed) and other materials. Mirrroring is badly done and not all wikitext is processed. Includes advertising.
Contact info webmaster@unitio.com, registro@unitio.com, nq7fa8d84dk@networksolutionsprivateregistration.com, https://www.networksolutions.com/help/domain-service-request.jhtml (registrar and nameserver contact form), abuse@iberbanda.es (host)
Actions
  • Sent a standard letter in Spanish (my own translation) and English to registro@unitio.com. --Fibonacci 19:46, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Sent a letter to Network Solutions asking for real contact info (whois has private registration info). Superm401 - Talk 01:58, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent standard followup letter to webmaster@unitio.com. Superm401 - Talk 01:34, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Biology Daily

Biology Daily
URL http://www.biologydaily.com/
Sample http://www.biologydaily.com/biology/Aerobiologyand http://www.biologydaily.com/biology/Gmail
Rating Medium
Details There is a notice that says the content is from Wikipedia and links to a local copy of the GFDL (part of a copyright page). Wikipedia is linked to the main Wikipedia URL backwards (gro.aidepikiw.www//:ptth). A javascript function reverses the link (if you have JS enabled). There is also a link to another section on the copyright page that is meant to tell users how to view the "transparent copy"; it just tells them to go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<PAGENAME> by typing it in. Arguably, XHTML itself is transparent so this isn't necessary. However, it does vaguely help users vaguely find the history section.
Contact info
Actions

bird-center.net

Seems to be HIGH compliance, as far as I can see. Will someone move them to that list, please? JesseW 20:34, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

BirminghamUK.com

bizgos.com

GameLow.com
URL http://www.bizgos.com/
Sample http://www.bizgos.com/AnheuserBusch/ARINC.php
Rating None
Details No mention of GFDL. Claims copyright. No links to original article or mention of Wikipedia. No history section. Contains copies of the old wiki entries.
Apparently related to gamelow.com, which infringes similarly and has the same graphics.
Contact info BIZGOS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Actions Sent standard violation letter. Superm401 - Talk 20:20, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Blinkybits

Blinkybits
URL http://www.blinkbits.com/en_wikifeeds/
Sample http://www.blinkbits.com/en_wikifeeds/HQ9_Plus_Plus
Rating Medium
Details Has notice, "User Bits and Wikipedia articles licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. The wikipedia articles uses material from the Wikipedia article name.". However, this links to "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/article_name" (i.e. that actual URL, unsubstituted), and an offsite GFDL.
Contact info
Actions

bookonlinesale.com

Bookonlinesale and Booksonlinesale
URL http://bookonlinesale.com/ and http://booksonlinesale.com
Sample http://bookonlinesale.com/258082_edgar-prestage_1131743628lettersofaportuguesenundiscountbookstores.html and http://www.booksonlinesale.com/623250_margaret-mitchell_113517007xautantenemporteleventbookreportforfree.html
Rating High
Details Includes text "This artikel <ARTICLENAME> is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License. There is a list of authors available. You can edit this article if you like. " The article name links to the original wikipedia article, "GNU" links to the GNU's copy of the GFDL, Authors links to the history tab, and edit links to the edit page. However, on some pages none of these links are colored or formatted distinctly from normal text (until you hover over them); thus, it is hard to tell they can be clicked.
Contact info INFO@100000BOOKS.COM (whois), http://www.cd-music.org/mailform.php (contact form), info@server4you.de (host)
Actions

bookrags.com

BooksRags
URL http://www.bookrags.com
Sample http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/High_Commissioner
Rating Medium?High?
Details Includes text "This artikel <ARTICLENAME> is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License". There isn't a list of authors available or a link to the original Wikipedia article. Link to GNU Free Documentation License is absent.Includes text "<ARTICLENAME> from Wíkipedia. ©2006 by Wíkipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. View a list of authors or edit this article." Links to GFDL at gnu.org, and to article history and edit pages at wikipedia.org
Contact info whois
Actions

bopedia.com

*Link to local copy of the GFDL: yes (As of 2 Nov 2006 DES (talk)). No longer true. Superm401 | Talk 06:14, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Link to original Wikipedia article: yes (As of 2 Nov 2006 DES (talk))
  • State that content is under the GFDL: Yes (As of 2 Nov 2006 DES (talk))
  • State that content is from Wikipedia: Yes. (As of 2 Nov 2006 DES (talk))

Seems to be HIGH compliance, as far as I can see. DES (talk) 21:33, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

borgfind

Borgfind
URL http://borgfind.com/ , http://albania.geeks.dnip.net/
Sample http://albania.borgfind.com/
Rating High
Details Articles end with "borgfind.com, 2005. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Albania"" with links to local GFDL and to original article. Redirects from geeks.dnip.net, e.g. http://albania.geeks.dnip.net/
Contact info
Actions

www.bostoncoop.net

  • Site: http://www.bostoncoop.net/~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
  • Mentions Wikipedia, which leads to this explanation: "This is a static mirror of the wikipedia site. It exists for the purpose of testing experimental interfaces, made for wikipedia. It is my own project. I am using wikipedia content to gather anonymous user navigation behavior as a statistical sample for a centroid cluster based recommendation system" No links to the original article.
  • As of 09:04, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

bowise.com

  • Site: www.bowise.com
  • Seems to combine links to ads and other non-wikipedia content with links to related articles on bopedia, which in turn has proper compliance info. This is the result of a brief look, however. DES (talk) 21:39, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Research requested. JesseW 22:23, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

BT Research

BT Research
URL http://www.breathittteens.com/research.php
Sample http://www.breathittteens.com/research.php?title=Common_Raccoon
Rating Low
Details Another dynamic loader. Uses a dynamic loading script (http://www.vacilando.org/index.php?x=7065) Links to Wikipedia Main Page, but claims that Wikipedia content is under a Creative Commons license. Not just any Creative Commons license, but a NonCommmercial license. Never mind that this is a commercial site with ads (see http://breathittteens.com/vb/index.php).
Contact info BREATHITTTEENS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com (private whois), DMCA@liquidweb.com
Actions

brian-oshaughnessy.com

  • Site: www.brian-oshaughnessy.com
  • There are ostensible ripoffs directly from Wikipedia in the Resident Evil articles, mostly from past, unmodernized versions of them, while making no mention at all to Wikipedia.
  • As of 20:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Braindex

Braindex
URL http://www.braindex.com/encyclopedia/mainpage.php
Sample http://braindex.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Ring_of_the_Fisherman
Rating Medium
Details Pages link to Wikipedia main page and offsite copy of the GFDL. There is no link to the original Wikipedia article or included history section. Pages display "© 2005 BrainDex LLC".
Contact info kevin@braindex.com (whois), http://www.braindex.com/products/contact_us.php (site contact form), support@iicinternet.com (host)
Actions
  • Standard complaint letter sent to domain registrant (as found via whois) on 26 October 2005 by User:DESiegel
  • Sent letter to kevin@braindex.com asking for removal of copyright statement and direct link to original article. Superm401 - Talk 21:08, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

BrainyEncyclopedia

BrainyEncyclopedia
URL http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/
Sample http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/t/te/telectronics.html
Rating Low
Details Without JavaScript, no mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. With Javascript, has notice that "The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL" with link to Wikipedia main page and local copy of the GFDL. Is not clear what "the Wikipedia article" is. There is no link to the original Wikipedia article or included history section."
Contact info domain.names@xplore.com (whois), service84@brainyquote.com (customer service email)
Actions
  • Standard complaint letter, modified to include request to remove copyright claim and request for link back to individual articles, sent to domain registrant (as found via whois) and customer service (as found using Inquire link in the drop down menu on their pages) on 12 November 2006 by User:WAvegetarian

Brandt.kurowski.net

  • Site: Brandt.kurowski.net
  • A number of articles, such as: http://brandt.kurowski.net/projects/lsa/wiki/view.cgi?doc=338
    • I'm not sure who put this here or why, nor do I understand why they didn't email me with their complaint. To the best of my knowledge, I am in full compliance with all requirements for re-use of Wikipedia content. If there is a specific dispute with my compliance, please let me know so that I may either fix the problem or remove the content from my site. --BrandtKurowski
  • Each page has a link back to the appropriate page on Wikipedia. He also has a link to our GFDL page. His compliance may not be perfect, but he's certainly making a good effort. I've passed on a few suggestions for improvement. Meanwhile, I'm moving the status of this page to Medium Compliance. -Rholton 03:50, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Brendaadderly.com

Britain tv

Britain tv
URL http://www.britain.tv/articles/publish/ and http://www.britain.tv/wikipedia.php
Sample http://www.britain.tv/articles/publish/parliament_house_of_commons.shtml from British House of Commons and http://www.britain.tv/articles/publish/belly_dance_belly_dancing_music.shtml from Belly Dance and http://www.britain.tv/wikipedia.php?title=Philippines.
Rating Low/None
Details There are two separate groups of copied articles. Some of them are linked from http://www.britain.tv/articles/publish/. Examples of this include http://www.britain.tv/articles/publish/parliament_house_of_commons.shtml, http://www.britain.tv/articles/publish/belly_dance_belly_dancing_music.shtml, http://www.britain.tv/articles/publish/george_galloway_respect_member_parliament.shtml, http://www.britain.tv/articles/publish/regional_assembly_assemblies_england.shtml, http://www.britain.tv/articles/publish/york_city_minster_yorkshire_england.shtml. Not all of the articles in the "articles/publish" section are from Wikipedia, but violations are widespread, especially in certain categories (such as Cities and Towns). These now say "© Copyright Wikipedia - Under GNU Free License " right beneath the article, in addition to "All rights reserved. Material may not be copied or reprinted without written permission." which is at the very bottom of every page. They also still credit the submitter, such as "By Brian Fox" at the top, where Brian Fox is some disingenuous Britain.tv contributor.

A separate mirror has also been created. This is located at http://www.britain.tv/wikipedia.php. An example is http://www.britain.tv/wikipedia.php?title=Philippines. Articles in this section clearly note that Wikipedia is the source. They say "extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia" with a link to the Wikipedia main page; Wikipedia also appears prominently elsewhere on the page. However, there is no link to Wikipedia or the GFDL, and "Copyright (c) 2006 Britain.tv All rights reserved" appears at the bottom in a graphic.

Contact info webmaster@elite-media.co.uk
Actions
  • I sent an email asking that the ad hoc copies in the article section be removed outright, and explained how to make the articles in the Wikipedia section GFDL-compliant. Superm401 - Talk 23:09, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent followup to webmaster@elite-media.co.uk . Superm401 - Talk 09:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Brough's Books

  • Site: Brough's Books
  • link to current version of article
  • link to the GFDL on www.gnu.org
  • Example: [20]



C

Campus Empire

Campus Empire
URL http://www.campusempire.net
Sample http://www.campusempire.net/school_index.php?school_id=342
Rating "Low/None"
Details Copies a portion of the University of Oklahoma article with no mention of Wikipedia anywhere on the page. Has CampusEmpire.net copyright at the bottom.
Contact info admin@campusempire.net
Actions Sent first GFDL notice (1/15/07).

Campusprogram.com

Example: http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/n/ne/new_forest.html
  • A link to GFDL from every page.
  • A link back to individual wikipedia articles from the top of the page. The text of the link is quite prominent.
  • Confirmed. High Compliance. -Rholton 15:15, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
update - Doesn't seem to be using wikipedia content any longer. \Rexruff
update - I am the owner of campusprogram.com and only removed the wikipedia mirror because I believed I was not in compliance and that it was generally frowned upon. There are 1000's of backlinks that now go to a 404 page which is a shame. Any advice would be appreciated.
    • I've told him by email that he was complying perfectly, and he has expressed interest in setting up the mirror again. I referred him to some information on how to do so. Superm401 | Talk 20:33, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Canbet.com

Canbet.com
URL http://www.canbet.com
Sample http://www.canbet.com/whatsnew/atlanta-falcons-history.aspx
Rating Medium
Details Uses sections of sports-related articles. GFDL notice with link to original article and offsite GFDL.
Contact info mail@canbet.com, marketing@canbet.com
Actions Sent GFDL violation letter to contact on April 4, 2006. --JerryOrr 19:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

No response to email or change to the page in violation; sent follow-up GFDL violation letter on May 16, 2006. --JerryOrr 16:17, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Received response to follow-up email on May 16, 2006 stating that they would resolve the problem --JerryOrr 11:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Canineconcepts.co.uk

CanineConcepts: What is dog agility
URL http://www.canineconcepts.co.uk/ccp51/cc/dog-training/dog-agility-training.shtml
Sample {{{sample}}}
Rating Low compliance with GFDL (matches Wikipedia:GFDL Compliance). Full compliance.
Details Has a note at the bottom of article, which includes several photos from wikipedia, that says "courtesy of Wikipedia" with a link to our main page. No GFDL, no link to the article (dog agility), no clarification that both text & photos come from there--and they have their own copyright notice at the bottom of the page. Have link back to article, GFDL text, and link to gnu.org copyleft page.
Contact info Patricia Hunter is owner, cannot find email or phone number of admin and ISP. Patricia's company's phone number (UK: 01608 73 83 77) is on their web site, along with snail-mail address. April 4, got response from info (at) canineconcepts (dot) co.uk, signed Peter Hunter.
Actions 01:46, 3 April 2006 (UTC), emailing standard letter from Wikipedia:Standard GFDL violation letter using GFDL letter for site that doesn't acknowldge WP (since compliance is so minimal). Used their form-based emailer since that seemed to be the only way to get them email. User:Elf . April 4, 2006: They revised this page and are in full compliance. Note: I have not checked their site for other wikipedia-source articles. User:Elf
CanineConcepts: dog breed articles
URL http://www.canineconcepts.co.uk/dog-breed-directory
Sample http://www.canineconcepts.co.uk/dog-breeds--Affenpinscher--Affenpinscher
Rating Low compliance but working on it (see above).
Details Has a note at the bottom of article (which includes photos from wikipedia), that says "courtesy of thefreedictionary" with a link to their main page. No GFDL, no link to the article (dog agility), no clarification that both text & photos come from there--and they have their own copyright notice at the bottom of the page. (freedictionary is a wikipedia mirror)
Contact info info (at) canineconcepts (dot) co.uk, signed Peter Hunter.
Actions 4 April 2006 (UTC), sent nice email about breed articles in reponse to his fix of the agility article (above). User:Elf

Caninecrib

Caninecrib
URL http://www.caninecrib.com/dog/pictures/
Sample http://www.caninecrib.com/dog/pictures/bostonterrier/boston4.asp -- compare to Image:BostonTerrierBrindleStand_w.jpg)
Rating None
Details Doesn't give credit or link back to WP; claims copyright by prominently adding THEIR copyright directly onto each photo
Contact info caninecrib@caninecrib.com, legal@crystaltech.com (host DMCA)
Actions
  • Sent email Dec 2, 2005, have received no response & n othing seems to have changed. Elf - Talk 23:20, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Have just sent another email using the standard wikipedia gfdl & linking text as recommended on this page's main page. Elf - Talk 23:28, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Just sent 3rd warning using standard 2nd warning modified with note about takedown notice if they don't comply, with list of some specific photos (there are too many on their site to list individually if I don't really have to go through the whole thing! but one can start comparing their photos to what we have posted at Wikipedia:List of images/Nature/Animals/Dogs). Sent again to caninecrib@caninecrib.com. Elf - Talk 01:55, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Found a different whois tool that provided me with this data: http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?domain=caninecrib.com&prog_id=godaddy . Email of admin and technical is listed as Hoang, Chung; email chung(dot)h at ewebcircle(dot)com(dot)au . Sending email to that address. Elf - Talk 17:30, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Update: Just got this email (email address syntax edited by me):

Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:19:47 -0700
Subject: re: invalid use of Wikipedia material on your site
From: "CanineCrib" <caninecrib(at)caninecrib(dot)com>
Apologise for the late reply. Photos were sent to me via the public. 
I will go through them and take them ones that are from wikipedia
regards
Chung

Elf - Talk 16:31, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

captaincopyright.ca

  • Site: Captain Copyright
  • Page: Colouring Book
    • That page is dynamic and displays different versions at random on each load. Three of the versions contain quotes or very close paraphrases from Wikipedia articles Paper, Book, and ISBN. The only credit is "[Source: Wikipedia.com]". No GFDL information, no link, and entire site purports to be covered by a license that seems very much incompatible with GFDL: [21].

caribbean-forum.com

LarsSanders 17:33, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Carlos Zambrano

Carlos Zambrano
URL http://www.carloszambrano.com/
Sample http://www.carloszambrano.com/
Rating None.
Details Verbatim copy of Carlos Zambrano article introduction, without mention of GFDL or Wikipedia.
Contact info frontoffice@gmail.com
Actions Sent standard violation letter to frontoffice@gmail.com. Superm401 - Talk 00:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

CARluvers

  • Site: http://www.carluvers.com
  • Example: [23] for Albania
  • Each article ends with: " The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. How to see transparent copy" with link to www.wikipedia.org (using backwards Javascript) and to local copy of GFDL plus link to local description of how to find original article.
  • As of 01:55, 7 December 2005 (UTC) --Henrygb

Casinozone.info

  • Site: Casinozone.info
  • Site seems to have updated with the wiki copyright
  • Mentions Wikipedia and GFDL, however links back to the main page, and not the individual article.


Catholic University of Brussels

  • Site: Catholic University of Brussels
  • Most of main site is in Dutch
  • Copies the Semantic Web article completely
  • Mentions Wikipedia and has a link on the bottom (not clickable)
  • No GFDL Link
  • Sent standard GFDL email. David Newton 16:36, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • If problem persists, and Dutch translation seems needed, add a message to my talk page. Don't expect a quick response from me, though. --Kasperl 19:27, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Page is now 404 missing. Diderot 10:52, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

===Champions (UK) Plc After Dinner Speakers

Choam info

Chemistry Daily

[24]

  • No reference to GFDL on individual pages. Instead, line at the bottom:
The contents of this article is licensed from Wikipedia.org
  • Potentially confusing copyright line beneath that. No link to wikipedia on individual article's pages.
  • Terms of use [25] are pretty good though, including copy of GFDL license, plus reference to wikipedia.

Chesnutz.info

Example url: http://mp3player.chesnutz.info/dir11/mp3-player-compact-flash.html

I don't know what the term for this is, but it's basically link spam, they try to attract every search engine match possible to their link pages. That particular page rips off content from Limb darkening. There are lots more on that group of sites. No wikipedia credit or gfdl mention whatsoever. Actually the several that I looked at all use Sun-related snippets. Weird.


Chessbase.com

(article about Howard Staunton)

  • link to current version of article, mentions Wikipedia as source
  • no link to GFDL (perhaps not needed - very short text)
    • I agree, but we could tell him to put source: wikipedia (under GFDL). wikipedia would link to article, gfdl to license?
    • It's long enough to be copyrighted, so they should probably license the entire thing under the GFDL. Which will be nice, because they have some nice photos we could use. Martin 10:41, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
    • Any more feedback for this? Should we tell them to license the entire article, or just add "(under GFDL)" with a link to the GFDL. The rest of the article is unrelated to the first part about Howard Staunton IMHO, so I don't see how it is even an extension of the Howard Staunton article. dave 18:28, 8 Sep 2003 (UTC)
    • I suggest completely ignoring it. We're prominent enough that a link to our article with our name is ample notice that people can reuse that text. Chances are that we're better recognised as meaning open content than the initials GFDL are at this point... The picture of Howard Staunton appears to be a simple reproduction of a work made during his life and given his date of death and US law that means it is now in the public domain and can be taken from their site and used in the Wikipedia. Jamesday 21:05, 16 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • I don't believe this site should be listed as Low compliance (as it currently is). It may not be a shining example to hold up, but they sure made it clear where the article came from. Anyone following the link would then become aware of its GFDL status. There are better things than this to worry about. -Rholton 04:25, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

chess.go.ro

  • Site: chess.go.ro
  • All (?) chess related articles
  • Link to GFDL (but not local copy)
  • Links to www.wikipedia.org but not to corresponding article

Chinese Psychology Online

Chinese Psychology Online
URL http://www.zgxl.net/eng/eng.htm
Sample http://www.zgxl.net/eng/health/humanbody/dna.htm, http://www.zgxl.net/eng/health/humanbody/rna.htm (RNA version copied), http://www.zgxl.net/eng/health/disease/infectiousdiseases/meningitis.htm
Rating Low
Details There is mention of wikipedia (because they just cut and paste the whole article) but no link to the original article or included history. There is no mention of the GFDL (they say on the home page "In turns, all the content in this site is free for everybody and every organization. Owing to being lack of fund and manpower, we only mention author's name and where we find it." but also "It's the reserved copyright of us." and there are copyright notices on every page if javascript is enabled).
Contact info fundset@hotmail.com (whois), abuse@jsinfo.net (host), shanghai@hichina.com (ISP/nameserver)
Actions
  • Sent the standard letter. --snoyes 18:16, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Got the following autoreply - most probably chinese (don't know what character encoding they're using), can anyone translate it?:
ÄúµÄÓÊ?�<thorn>ÒÑ?�-ÊÕµ1⁄2¡£
ÓÉÓÚ1?�ÖÏÈÉ?�ú£¬¡¶Ö<ETH>1?�<ETH>ÄÀíÈÈÏß¡·ÒÔ1⁄4°¡¶1⁄2ñÈ?�<ETH>ÄÀí¡·´?�?�?�<eth>ÔY´»ºÓÊ1⁄4<thorn>*Éѯ»Ø¸´¡?�
ºÎʱ»Ö¸´Áí<ETH><ETH>֪ͨ¡£
This seemed to be in Simplified Chinese. The first line is "Your mail has been received". The second is scrambled by the markup text beyond recognition ("due to...."). The third one seems to be "we would notify you separately on when to resume...". --Hlaw 15:10, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Sent followup to cpo@163.net. Superm401 - Talk 00:28, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Got mailer-daemon error. Superm401 - Talk 00:28, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Resent followup to fundset@hotmail.com . Superm401 - Talk 00:31, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Christianclassifieds.com

  • Main page seems to have copied dating, including a vandilism
  • No mention of GFDL, lot of other site too, just look for "Dyersburg, Tennessee, illegal for a woman to contact a man by telephone"--Rayc 23:31, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

citiesamerica.com

  • As of 16:46, 06 Feb 2007 (UTC)

Citizendium

Citizendium
URL http://www.citizendium.org
Sample List_of_inorganic_compounds
Rating N/A
Details Partial. Some articles credit wikipedia some do not
Contact info admin@citizendium.org
Actions none yet
  • has a policy that articles that take content from wikipedia should credit but not all do. Situation with images worse. However the site is new so it is to be expected they will take some time to find their feet. No action taken at this time.

Geni 01:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Actually, they are now widely violating the GFDL and they explicitly intend to do so according to their founder on their forums. Last I looked, their plans were not yet finalized but they were bouncing between either taking Wikipedia content and calling it cc-by-nc or calling Wikipedia content GFDL and keeping CZ originated articles as CC-by-nc with the explicit intention of using a non-free-content license to avoid any cooperation with Wikipedia (from whom they take a significant amount of content). Their frequent copying of images from commons, even in approved articles, with zero attribution or license data is especially troubling. --Gmaxwell 01:20, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Where on their forums do they explicitly say that they intend on violating the GFDL? I checked out this topic on the GFDL but I couldn't find what you are talking about. I saw something on CC-by-NC-SA: is that the same as CC-by-nc? Even if it is the same, how does CC-by-nc violate the GFDL? I'm only asking because I don't know. Thanks. ~a (usertalkcontribs) 01:27, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I am of course not a lawyer, but it does seem re-releasing GFDL under CC-by-nc might require a day in court at some point. But that may be okay. We don't really know what the GFDL means until such a time, nor the interoperability between the GFDL and any CC licenses. A "day in court" could be a considerable societal good.
That's reply #3 in above mentioned thread. The idea is then re-inforced several times in that thread, also by Larry Sanger. But it's only one of many alternatives discussed there.
Pjacobi 13:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

citymayors.com

CityMayors
URL http://www.citymayors.com/
Sample http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/denver_mayor.html (city description is the lead to the article Denver, Colorado)
Rating Low
Details No mention of GFDL. Site claims copyright to material from Wikipedia.
Contact info info@citymayors.com, telephone: +44.20.8209.1722.
Actions

Civil-War.ws

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Mno#Otherground

Classic TV & Movie Hits

Classic TV & Movie Hits
URL http://www.classictvhits.com
Sample http://www.classictvhits.com/network.php?id=15
Rating Medium to Low
Details In very small print: "(Source: wikipedia.org)" The text "wikipedia.org" links to www.wikipedia.org. Does same thing for some pages taken from IMDb. No mention of GFDL. Claims copyright at bottom of page. On its "disclaimer" page, it quotes U.S. copyright law on fair use.
Contact info Admin: webmaster@classictvhits.com 978-886-2357 ISP: domains@ev1servers.net 713-333-7873
Actions none so far

Cleartest.com

This Pot Smoker of the Month is in significant parts a copyvio of Wikipedia's article on Melissa Etheridge

clubblogs.com

clubblogs
URL http://clubblogs.com/
Sample http://clubblogs.com/train
Rating "Low/None" compliance with GFDL (matches Wikipedia:GFDL Compliance).
Details mirror of wikipedia without any comment
Contact info
Actions none

Clusty

Clusty
URL http://wiki.clusty.com
Sample http://clusty.com/search?v%3Aproject=clusty-encyclopedia&query=dog
Rating High
Details All uses are accompanied by a GFDL notice, link to the original article, and mention of Wikipedia as the source. This is a search engine with a mirror of Wikipedia's Main Page. Searches show abstracts from Wikipedia. The front page (http://wiki.clusty.com/) is a direct copy of Main Page. License notices state, "Results from Wikipedia are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License." The GFDL is linked to Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License. However, there is a copyright notice stating "© 2004-2006 Vivísimo, Inc. Clusty is created entirely with Vivísimo Velocity." The use of the Wikipedia logo is specifically authorized by the Wikimedia Foundation (by way of Jimbo Wales).
Contact info arment@vivisimo.com
Actions
  • I have emailed to ask for slightly better compliance. Superm401 -
  • I am emailing to ask for a rephrasing of the copyright notice. Superm401 - Talk 00:58, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Talk 01:34, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

codeboy.net

Research requested. JesseW 22:16, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

  • Currently in non-workable state, full with "\n" and "font=", etc. I would assume noone with any sense would use it --Msoos 13:40, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

collectionagencysupport.com

Collection Agency Services
URL http://www.collectionagencysupport.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Sample http://www.collectionagencysupport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=32
Rating Low/None
Details Copy of Collection agency on various pages including the sample above. The author even kept in the Wiki markup.
Contact info Owner/Admin: bobur2002@hotmail.com, 302-345-1634

ISP: abuse@site5.com, 888-748-3526

Owner/Admin Address: Bob Kurbanov, 309 Waters Edge Drive, Newark 19702

Actions none


colombialink.com

colombialink.com
URL http://www.colombialink.com/01_INDEX/index_finanzas_eng.html
Sample http://www.colombialink.com/01_INDEX/index_finanzas_eng/arrow_impossibility.html
Rating Medium
Details GFDL notice with mention of Wikipedia and local link to the GFDL on all economics page copied. However, every page links to our list of economics topics rather than the particular page copied.
Contact info duran@colombialink.com, sales@ifxcorp.com (host)
Actions
  • Received message that they have fixed problems and appreciate my notice. However, I replied noting that they link to the wrong page for most articles. Superm401 - Talk 23:13, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Comedy Zone

Comedy Zone
URL http://www.comedy-zone.net
Sample http://www.comedy-zone.net/standup/comedian/s/stephenson-pamela.htm
Rating Low/none
Details Site features numerous comedian profiles; all four I checked were cut-and-pasted from Wikipedia articles with minor editing. Pamela Stephenson article includes material written by me. Comedy Zone notices claim copyright to site content, no mention of Wikipedia, GFDL, or link to source. I checked threefour more comedian profiles at random, and all were simply cut-and-pastes of corresponding Wikipedia articles with some abridgement.
Contact info ray.chapman@comedy-zone.net (registrant whois), hostmaster@POSITIVE-INTERNET.COM (technical whois), good@positive-internet.com (host email listed on their site)
Actions
  • Sent copy of PD letter (modified to note the other pages besides the one I contributed to) to technical contact with request that they pass on on to Mr/Ms Chapman. --Calair 00:24, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent followup letter to ray.chapman@comedy-zone.net. Superm401 - Talk 00:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

concordchrysler300.com

  • Site: http://concordchrysler300.com/wiki2.php
  • Just raw copy of Simple English Wikipedia.
  • The only mention of GFDL and Wikipedia is from the links in the actual Main Page of the Simple English Wikipedia.
  • nonworking as of 13 April 2006. Chris Chan.talk.contribs 00:03, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Conk

Connect Online

Connect Online
URL http://encyc.connectonline.com/
Sample http://encyc.connectonline.com/index.php/Tonga
Rating High
Details Notes that material ("information" as the site says) is from Wikipedia, with link to original article and main page (at top and bottom of article respectively) and links to local copy of the GFDL. Specifically disclaims copyright of Wikipedia material in copyright section (with another local link to the GFDL).
Contact info jrutherfordmd@hotmail.com (whois), support@oar.net (host)
Actions
  • Sent letter asking for a direct link to article, on-site GFDL, and no claim of copyright. Superm401 - Talk 02:24, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Received reply stating "I am forwarding this to my webmaster, who only works on this in his frre [sic] time, to make corrections. We will stay in touch and follow-up." Superm401 - Talk 03:18, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Conservapedia

Conservapedia
URL http://www.conservapedia.com
Sample http://www.conservapedia.com/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster
Rating None
Details None
Contact info Andrew Schlafly, (212) 292-4510, asclafly@aul.com / Ev1servers, abuse@ev1servers.net
Actions none yet

Cookery-Online

  • Site: cookery-online.co.uk
  • The site uses Wikipedia (and Wikibooks) content about cooking, kitchen appliances, diets, ect (all of their recipes come from Wikibooks). They provide a link to the text of the GFDL at the GNU's site, and to the Wikipedia Main Page, but not to specific articles (and make no reference to Wikibooks at all).
    • I received a reply from Chris Anstey, letting me know that the links have been changed to the relevant articles, and wikibooks content is now properly attributed. Gentgeen 02:32, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • I think I would call them medium compliance overall, slightly higher compliance with respect to Wikipedia, and slightly lower in respect to Wikibooks.
    • Changing to high compliance, after checking the site. Gentgeen 02:32, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Standard letter (modified to include Wikibooks issues) sent on January 5 by Gentgeen
    • Received reply January 15, 2005. Gentgeen 02:32, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Cooldictionary.com

Cooldictionary.com
URL http://www.cooldictionary.com/
Sample http://www.cooldictionary.com/words/Main_Page.wikipedia
Rating Medium
Details Like #Algebra.com, it looks like a nearly complete copy of Wikipedia from May 18. Links to the corresponding Wikipedia articles and notes that each article is licensed under the GFDL at the bottom of each page. However, it appears to be dynamically fetched, which is a major drain on Wikipedia resources. See for instance http://www.cooldictionary.com/words/Portal:Current%20events.wikipedia.
Contact info
Actions Notified wikitech-l about dynamic loading. Superm401 - Talk 01:53, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

copernicus.subdomain.de

  • Site: copernicus.subdomain.de
  • The main page is the Wikipedia article on Nicolaus Copernicus, but they seem to have copied all of the article namespace but none of the other namespaces.
  • They link to the GFDL at GNU.org, and to the respective Wikipedia article, and mention Wikipedia, at the bottom of every page.
However, as of 03:33, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC), google seems to still pick them up even with "-wikipedia" added. Strange. JesseW 03:33, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • All namespaces.
  • Sample: http://copernicus.subdomain.de/Jimmy_Wales
  • No mention of Wikipedia.
  • No mention of GFDL.
  • As of 13:54, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Creekin.net

Creekin.net
URL http://creekin.net/
Sample http://creekin.net/c5157-n125-western-sahara-morocco.html
Rating Low
Details
  • Mentions Wikipedia, as the source of "Some information" (really all)
  • Mentions GFDL, but with incorrect link.
  • Links to irrelevant page in Wikipedia.
  • No link to the original article.
Contact info
Actions Asked for DMCA takedown notices at Portal talk:Geography. Superm401 - Talk 00:50, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


Crystalinks.com

Crystalinks Metaphysical and Science Website
URL http://www.crystalinks.com/
Sample http://www.crystalinks.com/chupacabras.html
Rating Medium
Details Uses content from Chupacabra. No mention of Wikipedia or GFDL, claims copyright on front page. Links to Answers.com copy of article.
Contact info http://www.crystalinks.com/email.html
WHOIS: ecrystal@nyc.rr.com, 10031 4th Avenue Apt 6A, Brooklyn, NY 11209, US, Phone: (718) 833-4264
Actions
  • Standard GFDL violation letter sent. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 21:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Response received, page now links back to Chupacabra as "References and Links". Still no mention of the GFDL. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 11:16, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent standard followup letter to ecrystal@nyc.rr.com. Superm401 - Talk 07:33, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
    • She replied stating, "The file has been change. I apologize for any inconvenience."
      • I replied noting that the site was still in violation, and apparently had just changed to mentioning Answers.com. Superm401 - Talk 23:40, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

CultureCentric

CultureCentric
URL http://www.culturecentric.com/
Sample http://www.culturecentric.com/Language-A/affricate_consonant.php
Rating None
Details No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. Page says "© CultureCentric.com. All Rights Reserved"
Contact info I can't find any contact information.
Actions None yet. —Angr 19:30, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

CuteWalls.com

CuteWalls.com
URL http://cutewalls.com/
Sample http://cutewalls.com/a-to-f/anne-hathaway.html
Rating "None"
Details no mention of wikipedia or gfdl. Patstuarttalk·edits 08:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Contact info 9a30232f81f94adab722fcb45955739e.protect@whoisguard.com (yes, this is correct), Phone:6613102107.
Actions

cyberpedia.net

cyberpedia.net
URL http://cyberpedia.net/
Sample http://www.cyberpedia.net/info.php?title=Immune_system
Rating Medium
Details Mentions wikipedia, links to original article. Mentions gfdl, links to the GNU project site
Contact info mailto:ryehalbesma@yahoo.com.au +61422376907 (this is from whois. the website says nothing)
Actions none

Cyese.info

  • Google suggests copy of some articles (e.g. [[27]] should have a copy of Polyol) but protected behind registration requirement --Henrygb 18:21, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Site ont found, as of 00:06, 14 April 2006 (UTC). Chris Chan.talk.contribs

cytaty.servis.pl

  • Site: http://www.cytaty.servis.pl/haslo/Main_Page
  • Sample: http://www.wiedza.servis.pl/haslo/Albinizm
  • Uses Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, and Wikiquote contents.
  • Mention of GFDL 1.2, no links to it though. No mention of Wikipedia. -- WB 08:11, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
    • E-mail sent. -- WB 08:18, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Mirrors and Forks : (Numbers) ABC - DEF - GHI - JKL - MNO - PQR - STU - VWXYZ - All - Archive

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DATAFORMATO.COM

DATAFORMATO.COM
URL http://www.dataformato.com/
Sample http://www.dataformato.com/basal_cell_carcinoma.php
Rating None
Details Pages are verbatim copies of Wikipedia articles. No mention that the content is under the GFDL, no mention of or links to Wikipedia.
Contact info Private domain registeration through Domains by Proxy, Inc.
  • Phone: 1-480-624-2599
  • Email: DATAFORMATO.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
  • http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?domain=dataformato.com&prog_id=godaddy
  • http://domainsbyproxy.com/LegalAgreement.aspx (postal address for legal issues)
Actions None

datapan.com

datapan.com
URL www.datapan.com
Sample http://www.datapan.com/2005-In-Review-Mist-to-Moro/momo.php
Rating Low/None
Details Adds own copyright notice, no mention of wikipedia or GFDL. Purpose of site unclear, probably search engine spam.
Contact info DATAPAN.COM@domainsbyproxy.com (private whois), http://domainsbyproxy.com/LegalAgreement.aspx?prog_id= (post only)
Actions none so far

dCult.com

dCult.com
URL www.dcult.com
Sample http://www.dcult.com/Architectural-Styles/Brutalist_architecture.php
Rating Low/None
Details Adds own copyright notice, no mention of wikipedia, source
Contact info DCULT.COM@domainsbyproxy.com (private whois), abuse@domainsbyproxy.com, abuse@godaddy.com (registrar/host), http://domainsbyproxy.com/LegalAgreement.aspx?prog_id= (post only)
Actions Sent standard violation letter to DCULT.COM@domainsbyproxy.com. Superm401 - Talk 01:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Decipedia.com

Decipedia.com
URL http://www.decipedia.com/
Sample http://www.decipedia.com/article/Wikipedia
Rating High.
Details Mentions GFDL, Wikipedia and links to both.
Contact info info@decipedia.com
Actions Sample link no longer has Wikipedia content. ~a (usertalkcontribs) 04:56, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

DefinitionCenter.com

Definition Center
URL http://www.definitioncenter.com/
Sample http://www.definitioncenter.com/def/parthenon
Rating Low/None
Details Uses first paragraph only. Falsely claims copyright. GFDL is not mentioned at all. No mention of Wikipedia or link to original article. Because it is a modified version, it must follow more rigorous requirements. No "History" section. Does not perserve network location of original. Superm401 - Talk 15:56, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Contact info jessica@interactivegroupinc.net (whois admin), lgoffi@hotmail.com (whois tech), abuse@sagonet.com (host)
Actions
  • Sent standard violation letter to lgoffi@hotmail.com . Superm401 - Talk 02:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent standard followup to jessica@interactivegroupinc.net. Superm401 - Talk 09:55, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

dellpda.info

dellpda.info / get ENCYKLOPEDIA FREE
URL http://*.dellpda.info/
Sample http://copyleft.en.dellpda.info
Rating Low
Details Now mentions GFDL and Wikipedia, but does not link to article. Links to GFDL on gnu.org. Pure search-engine spam.
Contact info
Actions

deviantART

deviantART
URL http://www.deviantart.com
Sample http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/31660813/
Rating "Low/None"
Details ~Tim0z claims our Lenin piece as his

Quite possibly, this is just a user on a bulletin board; no idea if there is any other plagiarism on the site.

Contact info http://about.deviantart.com/contact/
Actions none so far

Dictionary of Meaning

Dictionary of Meaning
URL http://www.mauspfeil.net
Sample http://www.mauspfeil.net/suche.html?key=dog, http://www.mauspfeil.net/Requested%20moves.html
Rating Medium
Details Links to original article and GFDL. Copies the whole namespace. MediaWiki doesn't seem to be working properly. Wikitext is displayed unparsed. Mentions Wikipedia (links to Hauptseite, which redirects to our Main Page [probably an inappropriate redirct, and what does Hauptseite mean? (Means main page?)).

While the article portion of their Wikipedia is GFDL compliant, pages like <http://www.mauspfeil.net/Requested%20moves.html> links to the wrong page. Perhaps whoever is contacting this person next can tell them not to mirror anything besides the article namespace.

Contact info service@mauspfeil.de
Actions Sent violation letter asking for direct links to GFDL and original article. Superm401 - Talk 02:19, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

DictionPedia

DictionPedia
URL http://www.dictionpedia.com
Sample http://www.dictionpedia.com/en/Civilization?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=Civilization&utm_campaign=3
Rating low
Details
  • Each page gives correct (sortof) license at the bottom, but the link to further information on the license (the link "copyright") does not lead to a functioning page. No proper explaining of the GFDL, and no backlinks to Wikipedia.
  • References to Wikipedia are not explicit, even though Wikimedia is mentioned.
  • A bottom link pointing to About:DictionPedia leads to a page about Wikipedia.
  • The site is heavily filled with Google AdSense Ad's etc.
  • What's worse, the site's main page which is simply a search field, claims that content is (C) DictionPedia.
Contact info Unknown - tried to find one, but miserably failed. Hopefully someone will be able to do dig deeper
Actions none

didgeridooman.com

didgeridooman.com
URL http://www.didgeridooman.com
Sample http://www.didgeridooman.com/267297_elaine-cunningham_111796163xdarkjourneynewjediorder10booksonsale.html
Rating Medium
Details Mentions and links to GFDL, but also claims "All Rights Reserved". Backlinks to the article, history, and edit this page, but doesn't actually mention Wikipedia. None of these links are visible except on mouseover.
Contact info Cannot find contact information.
Actions none taken

Din Cyclopedia

  • Site: Din Cyclopedia
  • Contains a number of pages of Wikipedia, with all links. The links point to the local copy if it is there, otherwise to the current Wikipedia article
  • Links to both edit page and current page on Wikipedia.
  • GFDL link Links to Wikipedia's article on GNU Free Documentation License
  • "Find out how you can help support Wikipedia's phenomenal growth." present
Update - Not much there at all anymore. \Rexruff

Dirpedia

Dirpedia
URL http://www.dirpedia.com
Sample http://www.dirpedia.com/hobbies.html Compare with Hobby
Rating "Medium"
Details Fairly poor site that credits Wikipedia and the GFDL without linking to the articles in question, except in their silly "edit this page" links at top. Discovered it because the site spammed a good deal of Europe recently (Email dated May 5, 2006)
Contact info Bogdan Messer(?) dirpedia (at) dirpedia.com
Actions

Disease Reference

Disease Reference
URL http://www.disease-reference.com
Sample http://www.disease-reference.com/Autoimmune.htm
Rating Medium
Details States that content is from Wikipedia (with link to www.wikipedia.org) and licensed under the GFDL, which it links to a local copy of. Also includes medical disclaimer. Does not include history section or link to original article. Superm401 - Talk 16:13, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Contact info
Actions

disneyland-hong-kong.com

Disneyland Hong Kong
URL http://disneyland-hong-kong.com/, http://www.great-wall-of-china.com/
Sample http://disneyland-hong-kong.com/ from Hong Kong Disneyland and http://www.great-wall-of-china.com/ from Great Wall of China]
Rating Medium
Details Links to original article and offsite GFDL.
Contact info stephenjedge@hotmail.com, User talk:219.79.37.167 (unverified)
Actions

dogluvers.com

The Ultimate Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
URL http://www.dogluvers.com/
Sample http://www.dogluvers.com/dog_breeds/Bayesian_probability
Rating
Details Uses popular mirror template. Includes "The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. How to see transparent copy" with local link to GFDL and instructions to get to original article.
Contact info
Actions Requested that they mention Wikipedia on every page, as well as briefly describig the GFDL and changing the "Terms of Use" text to "GFDL License". Awaiting response. Superm401 - Talk 06:32, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

DomainsAreFree.com

DomainsAreFree
URL http://www.domainsarefree.com/glossary/
Sample http://www.domainsarefree.com/glossary/World_Wide_Web.html
Rating Medium
Details Commercial domain registration site using a subset of technical Wikipedia articles. Links to original article and offsite GFDL.
Contact info http://www.domainsarefree.com/contact.html
Actions

double-bass.koopal.com

Double bass entry portal to ibay.com.li
URL http://double-bass.koopal.com/
Sample http://double-bass.koopal.com/
Rating "Low/None" compliance with GFDL.
Details Copied and edited text from Double bass, and photo Image:AGK_bass1_full.jpg. No WP attribution or GFDL notice. Copyright attributed to "Ibay international Ltd", and links through to http://www.ibay-hk.com/.
Contact info On http://www.ibay-hk.com/ there is a link to info@ibay-hk.com, based in Zurich, including phone and postal address.
Actions Sent e-mail 20 Nov 2006. See discussion at Talk:Double_bass#Plagiarism/Copyright Issues? and copy of e-mail at Talk:Double_bass/Copyright_notice. Update: left a note of related GFDL violation at Musical instrument

Dr. Damerow

  • Links to the articles
  • Links to GFDL on gnu.org
Not a verbatim copy: embedding failure - text inserted between title ("Cold War") and start of Wikipedia text ("The Cold War (September 2, 1945 - December 25, 1991) was"). Either needs the inserted text placed above the header (to make it a verbatim copy) or it needs to comply with the stricter rules on derivative works.
The French Wars of Religion article is a combination of two Wikipedia articles. There are rules on how you can do this, but I can't remember them off the top of my head.

dropbears.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Abc#Brough.27s_Books.

DuranDuranFans.com

  • Site: DuranDuranFans.com
  • Non-commercial fansite, uses articles on Duran Duran and its five members - see Duran Duran
  • Removed "From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia"
  • Links removed, lightly edited
  • Pictures added -- looks like professional promo pics, probably copyrighted
  • Footer provides links to current articles and contains link to gnu.org copy of GFDL

DuranDuranTimeline.com

  • Site: History of Duran Duran: The Duran Duran Timeline
  • Non-commercial fansite (displaying Google ads), verbatim copy of Duran Duran article, inc. fair use pictures.
  • Links removed, years link to Timeline site pages
  • "From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia" retained
  • Header and footer provide link to current article and to Wikipedia copy of GFDL (and an invitation to translate the article for Wikipedia!)


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e-tv.co.za

e-tv.co.za
URL http://www.e-tv.co.za/
Sample http://www.e-tv.co.za/s/o/u/Southern_Africa_7a65.html
Rating Low
Details
Contact info
Actions None. -- WB 09:04, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

earth-history.com

earth-history.com
URL http://www.earth-history.com/
Sample http://earth-history.com/Egypt/toplevel/Publ-domain.htm
Rating Low
Details Mention that the article is from Wikipedia but without link to Wikipedia, GFDL, or the individual aritcle. Claims that the page presents copyrighted material under fair use doctorine of the U.S. copyright law. The publisher seems to be a Dutch. Fair use for an entire article is quite dubious. The extent of their use is not investigated. It may be just one article.
Contact info Leendert Geerts: webmaster@GEERTS.COM (admin whois), abuse@4rweb.com (host)
Actions
  • Sent standard violation notice to webmaster@earth-history.com. Superm401 - Talk 01:22, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Got email delivery error. Superm401 - Talk 02:02, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Resent to webmaster@GEERTS.COM. Superm401 - Talk 02:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

ebabylone.com

eBabylone
URL http://www.ebabylone.com/encyclopreg.php?title=Main_Page
Sample http://www.ebabylone.com/encyclopedie_IKEA.html
Rating Low
Details Mirror of French Wikipedia. Mentions Wikipedia and GFDL, but links to neither.
Contact info gs_fr@yahoo.fr (whois) http://www.ebabylone.com/contact.php
Actions

eBaita.com

eBaita
URL http://www.ebaita.com/
Sample http://www.ebaita.com/enciclopedia.asp?title=Wikip%C3%A9dia
Rating High
Details Mirror of Portuguese Wikipedia. Mentions Wikipedia and GFDL with links
Contact info webmaster at ebaita.com
Actions none

eBay Listing Index

eBay Listing Index
URL http://listing-index.ebay.com/index.html
Sample http://listing-index.ebay.com/actors/Pat_Renella.html
Rating High
Details GFDL notice with link to original article and local copy of the GFDL.
Contact info No general contact address. Web form about "Reporting Intellectual Property Infringements (VeRO)" (http://cgi1.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=InlineSelfHelpWebform&wftype=2024&rcode=VE%25V00024&subject=Reporting%20Intellectual%20Property%20Infringements%20(VeRO)&bcrumb=+Home+%3E+Help+%3E%A0Transaction+Problems+and+Protections%A0%3E%A0What+eBay+Can+Do%A0%3E%A0Reporting+Intellectual+Property+Infringements+%28VeRO%29&instruction=&expirationDate=). registeredagent@ebay.com (DMCA).
Actions Contacted using web form. Superm401 - Talk 06:53, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

eBook 2u (ebook2u dot com)

eBook2u.com
URL http://eBook2u.com
Sample http://www.ebook2u.com/articles/color-code.shtml
Rating Medium
Details Links to Wikipedia main page and offsite GFDL.
Contact info admin@ebook2u.com (whois)
Actions

ebroadcast.com.au

eBroadcast
URL http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/lookup/encyclopedia/
Sample http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/lookup/encyclopedia/wa/Washington,_D._C..html
Rating Low
Details No mention of GFDL, and claims copyright. Image link to www.wikipedia.org. Unlabeled links to original article.
Contact info enquiries@ebroadcast.com.au, milburn_peter@hotmail.com
Actions
  • Sent standard letter via e-mail. -Rholton 17:22, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Sent followup letter to enquiries@ebroadcast.com.au . Superm401 - Talk 06:00, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

www.economicexpert.com

EconomicExpert
URL http://www.ecomincexpert.com/
Sample http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Prime:time.html
Rating None
Details Without JS, no mention of Wikipedia or GFDL. With Javascript, GFDL notice with links to original article, offsite GFDL, history section, and editing.
Contact info pavflo@yahoo.com (whois), copyright@theplanet.com (host DMCA)
Actions Sent email to pavflo@yahoo.com asking that notice be plain HTML. Superm401 - Talk 06:21, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

editthis.info

www.editthis.info
URL http://www.editthis.info
Sample http://www.editthis.info/wiki/Disney_channel
Rating "Low/None"
Details No mention that the content is under the GFDL, no mention of or links to Wikipedia.
Contact info RobKohr@RobKohr.com, editthis.info@proxy.dreamhost.com, jeff@dreamhost.com (host/private whois DMCA)
Actions
  • Sent standard letter to RobKohr@RobKohr.com . Superm401 - Talk 06:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Got "Disc quota exceeded by recipient" mailer-daemon error. Superm401 - Talk 06:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

editthis.info/whitmoorwiki

whitmoorwiki (not url)
URL www.editthis.info/whitmoorwiki
Sample http://www.editthis.info/whitmoorwiki/Adolf_Hitler
Rating "Low/None"
Details Willy on Wheels (confirmed via dialogue on another editthis) plagiarized Wikipedia's Adolf Hitler page word for word. Also, vandal and admin templates were plagiarized. Finally (obviously), the logo was used
Contact info No contact information given.
Actions None

www.edvardmunch.info

www.edvardmunch.info
URL http://www.edvardmunch.info/
Sample http://www.edvardmunch.info/edvard-munch/the-scream.asp
Rating "Low/None"
Details Largely a straight copy of The Scream and claims own copyright for 2006
Contact info Webmaster@EdvardMunch.Info, EDVARDMUNCH.COM@domainsbyproxy.com, http://domainsbyproxy.com/LegalAgreement.aspx?prog_id= (post only)
Actions


emycontent.com and allaboutall.info

emyContent.com
URL http://www.emycontent.com/ and http://allaboutall.info
Sample http://www.emycontent.com/article/Category:Composers from commons:Category:Composers and http://www.allaboutall.info/article/Orchestra from Orchestra
Rating Medium
Details Links to original article at top. Links to offsite GFDL with notice "This article is from Wikimedia Commons. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License." with boilerplate copyright notice at bottom.
Contact info ssamoylov@gmail.com, team@allaboutall.info, domains@superkate.net (whois), abuse@blacklotus.net (emycontent host)
Actions
  • Sent letter to team@allaboutall.info asking for link to original article and onsite GFDL. Superm401 - Talk 07:14, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Received reply from ssamoylov@gmail.com, noting that there is a link to the original article. Replied back asking for local link to the GFDL. Superm401 - Talk 23:51, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopedia 4U

Encyclopedia 4U
URL http://www.encyclopedia4u.com
Sample http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/g/george-w-bush.html
Rating Medium
Details Links (with redirect) to original article and offsite GFDL
Contact info pws@parwebsolutions.com (whois)
Actions
  • Sent letter to pws@parwebsolutions.com asking for local GFDL link. Superm401 - Talk 07:12, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Said he would add link soon. Superm401 - Talk 01:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopedian

Encyclopedian
URL http://www.encyclopedian.com/
Sample http://www.encyclopedian.com/al/Albania.html
Rating High
Details Article ends with "This article is provided by contributions of Wikimedia Foundation. All text is available under the GNU free documentation license. View live article. Copyright & Disclaimer ". Links to local GFDL and original article.
Contact info Ali Ocalir: Gmail address his first, then last name lowercase with no punctuation. See whois.
Actions
  • Sent letter to address above asking that notice links be underlined. Superm401 -

Talk 07:06, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

    • Received reply from address above saying it would be done. It looks line some CSS was changed, but it still doesn't quite work in Firefox so I suggested a fix. Superm401 - Talk 23:16, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
      • Received reply noting that my fix was incorporated, making the links distinguishable in FF. Superm401 - Talk 18:16, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

EncycloZine

EncycloZine
URL http://encyclozine.com/, http://Artzia.com, http://eluzions.com/, http://diXionary.com, http://Kosmoi.com/
Sample http://encyclozine.com/Society/Social_Science/Anthropology/
Rating Low
Details EncycloZine is organized into subsites which include: Artzia.com, Eluzions.com DiXionary.com Kosmoi.com and possibly others, all very liberally plastered with links to books available on Amazon.
  • Not always link to current version of article
  • Not always link to GFDL
Contact info kosmoi@btinternet.com (whois)
Actions
  • Sent standard letter. There is no webmaster email address posted, so I posted it on the forum. Vacuum c 21:14, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
  • Sent another standard letter to kosmoi@btinternet.com . Superm401 - Talk 07:47, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

English-football

English-football
URL http://www.english-football.org.uk
Sample http://www.english-football.org.uk/owners-chairmen/bill-kenwright
Rating Medium
Details Has weak notice "This article may use some material from the Wikipedia article "<ARTICLE>".

All Wikipedia content is licenced under the GNU Free Documentation License." It links to the original article and an offsite GFDL.

Contact info No contact details on site, WHOIS gives registrar name and postal address only:
       1 Grange Cottage
       Pinwall
       Atherstone
       CV9 2EN
       United Kingdom
Actions 11 April 2006 - Standard letter mailed to postal address given by WHOIS.

Englishpremier

Englishpremier
URL www.englishpremier.net
Sample http://www.englishpremier.net/sheffieldunited/sheffieldunited_stadium
Rating None
Details No mention of Wikipeida or GFDL, claims own copyright.
Contact info blockedmind@blockedmind.com (whois), abuse@fdcservers.net (host)
Actions Standard violation letter sent to blockedmind@blockedmind.com on 30 November 2006


Enpsychlopedia

Enpsychlopedia
URL http://www.enpsychlopedia.org/, http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/
Sample http://enpsychlopedia.org/psypsych/Topology
Rating Medium
Details Mirror running MediaWiki crippled MediaWiki. See for instance http://enpsychlopedia.org/psypsych/Topology?action=edit or http://enpsychlopedia.org/psypsych/Topology?action=history . None of the functions really work right, and editing forwards to a Main Page source for some reason. All pages link to the original article and an offsite GFDL.
Contact info ENPSYCHLOPEDIA.ORG@domainsbyproxy.com, registrar@liviant.com (psychcentral.com whois), abuse@theplanet.com (host)
Actions

Enquirerworld

Enquirerworld.com
URL http://www.enquirerworld.com/
Sample http://www.enquirerworld.com/standards/tai.html from International Atomic Time, http://www.enquirerworld.com/calendars/gregorian.html from Gregorian calendar, http://www.enquirerworld.com/zones.html from Time zone
Rating Low
Details Doesn't credit Wikipedia anywhere. Doesn't mention the GFDL. Doesn't link back to Wikipedia. Every page says "© enquirerworld.com. All Rights Reserved"
Contact info E-mail from domain registration: ENQUIRERWORLD.COM@domainsbyproxy.com (proxy), abuse@godaddy.com (host)
Actions Sent standard violation letter to ENQUIRERWORLD.COM@domainsbyproxy.com . Superm401 - Talk 02:38, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


e-paranoids.com

E-paranoids
URL http://www.e-paranoids.com/
Sample http://www.e-paranoids.com/a/al/albania.html from Albania
Rating Medium
Details Articles are end with "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia" with links to www.wikipedia.org and a local copy of the GFDL. However, a CSS overlay makes it impossible to read part of the notice in some browsers. There is no link to the original article.
Contact info jitendrajain@gmail.com (whois), abuse@fortressitx.com (host whois)
Actions
  • Sent email to jitendrajain@gmail.com asking for CSS fix, local GFDL link, and link to original article. Superm401 - Talk 05:41, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Received reply from jitendrajain@gmail.com noting that he had changed the GFDL link. Unfortunately, it is now broken, but this will hopefully change. He falsely claimed the notice looked fine in Firefox (my browser) and I replied, correcting him and noting that the notice must be legible to everyone. Finally, he expressed doubt about his scripting ability and noting that the dump type the site used is no longer available. I said neither the GFDL nor the CSS required scripting, and that adding a link to the original article should be relatively easy. Superm401 - Talk 09:15, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
      • Received reply noting that GFDL link has been fixed, but doubting that CSS overlay every displayed wrong. He also said the pages were static, and thus it would be difficult to add a link to the original article. I replied thanking him for fixing the GFDL (but noting a couple of insignificant issues with that). I attached a screenshot of the notice on my browser to show the problem. Finally, I asked him how he had modified the GFDL link if the pages were static, and what OS he had. Superm401 - Talk 22:12, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Equityedu.com

Equityedu.com
URL http://www.equityedu.com
Sample http://www.equityedu.com/testing/plagiarism.html, http://www.equityedu.com/to-Cele/careerbuilder.php
Rating "Low/None" compliance with GFDL.
Details Content copied from wikipedia articles, even including clean up tags in some cases ([28]), but otherwise no mention of wikipedia or gfdl anywhere to be seen.
Contact info EQUITYEDU.COM@domainsbyproxy.com (proxy whois), abuse@godaddy.com (host whois)
Actions Sent standard violation letter to EQUITYEDU.COM@domainsbyproxy.com . Superm401 - Talk 06:08, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

eslbase

eslbase
URL http://www.eslbase.com/
Sample http://www.eslbase.com/language-exchange/czech from Czech language
Rating Medium
Details The language descriptions are taken from the lead paragraphs of the corresponding Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia is mentioned as a source, and the URL of the article used is given. There is a GFDL notice with an offsite link.
  • The terms of use state:
    • All copyright ... in eslbase.com and its content ... are owned by or licensed to eslbase.com or otherwise used by eslbase.com as permitted by law.
    • In accessing eslbase.com you agree that you will access the content solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder.

No mention is made of the GFDL here.

Contact info language@eslbase.com
Actions None.



eurovisionarchive

eurovisionarchive
URL http://eurovisionarchive.members.beeb.net/
Sample http://eurovisionarchive.members.beeb.net/1969.htm from Eurovision_Song_Contest_1969
Rating None
Details Year Pages for Eurovision taken from Wikipedia. No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL.
Contact info abuse@beeb.net (host)
Actions
  • Standard letter sent by Angela, 11 November 2003 via the feedback form on their site.
    • Sent standard provider letter to abuse@beeb.net . Superm401 - Talk 07:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Everything Preschool

Everything Preschool
URL http://everythingpreschool.com/
Sample http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/whales/encyclopedia.php
Rating High
Details Has thorough GFDL notice with links to www.wikipedia.org, original article, and local copy of the GFDL. States, "Just like any written work the authors or contributors of the article own the copyright but by contributing their work to Wikipedia they are licensing it under the terms of the GNU FDL This license means that you are free to print and share the articles with anyone you wish, provided that you comply with the GNU FDL. If you share them please let recipients know they are free to continue sharing the article under the same terms."
Contact info support@everythingpreschool.com, m.gutting@comcast.net (whois), abuse@pair.com (host)
Actions
  • Standard email sent. -Rholton 02:21, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • Sent email to m.gutting@comcast.net asking for GFDL to be re-uploaded, and for better notice text and formatting. Superm401 - Talk 07:34, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
      • Received reply from support@everythingpreschool.com (correct address) noting that the GFDL was reuploaded and the disclaimer improved. I replied thanking them but noting that part was cut off. I also brought up some wording problems. Superm401 - Talk 22:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
        • Received another reply from support@everythingpreschool.com . Notice was improved to note copyright and GFDL requirements, and is less cut off now. I replied suggesting using SSI instead of an iframe. Superm401 - Talk 03:00, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
          • He said he would look into it. Superm401 - Talk 03:00, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
            • Received email noting that he had replaced the iframe with an include! Superm401 - Talk 04:08, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

explanation-guide

Explanation Guide
URL http://explanation-guide.info
Sample http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Red.html
Rating Medium
Details This site once had terrible compliance, but has improved through the efforts documented below. It now has the notice, "Licensing information:

This article uses material from Wikipedia (credits) and is made available under the terms of the GNU FDL (copy). Image licensing information is accessible by clicking the image." Credits links directly to the history section (good) and there is a link to a local copy of the GFDL (and the gnu.org version). Unfortunately, the image links don't work. For instance, http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Plato.html links to http://explanation-guide.info//Plato.png.html but the correct link is http://explanation-guide.info/image/Plato.png.html.

Contact info ls_services_eire@yahoo.ie,info@explanation-guide.info, feedback-1607@explanation-guide.info
Actions Follow up. Since explanation-guide (EG) did not give attribution for the image at Gbe languages which I created and released under CC-by-2.0, I thought I'd send an email. Below I paste the contents of my first mail, the answer of mr. Lawrence Smith of EG, and my response. I sent my mail to feedback-1607@explanation-guide.info and to info@explanation-guide.info and I got an answer from info@explanation-guide.info. I will be posting further results soon. - Mark Dingemanse (talk) 21:49, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Madam,
As creator of the images used on http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Gbe-languages.html, http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/African-languages.html, and http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Nilo-Saharan-languages.html (all copies of the Wikipedia articles of the same title) I object to your use of them.
The images are released under the Creative Commons Attribution License 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0). Explanation-Guide, unlike Wikipedia, does not give the required attribution, thereby violating the license.
I trust that you resolve this issue soon, either by not using the images or by giving proper attribution to the creator.
Thank you,
Mark Dingemanse
Dear Mr. Dingemanse,
Please accept my apologies: I was not aware that the images are licensed separately to the texts. Thankyou for pointing this out.
As a short-term solution we have linked each image to an information page which links to the relevant page at Wikipedia. I hope this established attribution. We will try and add a more user-friendly and informative solution in the near future.
Yours sincerely
Lawrence Smith
Dear Mr. Smith,
thank you for your quick response. However, the short-term solution you propose does not work at present for the images I mentioned. The problem is that the respective Wikipedia articles contain scaled down versions of the original images. In the Wikipedia articles, this scaled down version is linked to the original image and to the attribution information, thereby fulfilling the license requirements. On explanation-guide, this link is lost, the scaled down version is copied, and the information page instead refers to a non-existent page on Wikipedia. Which leaves the issue unresolved.
I do trust that you will find a solution soon.
Thank you,
Mark Dingemanse
Dear Mr. Dingemanse,
Once again my apologies. The links now take into account scaling issues and link to the correct Wikipedia page.
Yours sincerely
Lawrence Smith
  • Sent letter to info@explanation-guide.info asking that image links be fixed. Superm401 - Talk 07:56, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Got mailer-daemon error. Resent to ls_services_eire@yahoo.ie . Superm401 - Talk 09:00, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

ezResult.com

ezResult
URL http://www.essentialresults.com, http://ezresult.com
Sample http://www.essentialresults.com/article/Lake_Tanganyika
Rating Medium
Details Without images, links to original article and local GFDL with text "This page and the Original Article used for this page are available for download under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License."; no mention of Wikipedia. There is an image that says "From Wikipedai, the free encyclopedia" beneath the title.
Contact info EZRESULT.COM@domainsbyproxy.com, abuse@ev1servers.net (host whois)
Actions
  • First email sent with a proposal for improvement. Andre Engels 00:03, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)
    • Reaction: "We will take up your suggestion during our next database/site update." Andre Engels 10:37, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)
    • This has been updated. (ezresult webmaster) 10:37, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)

F

fact-archive.com

Fact Archive
URL http://www.fact-archive.com/
Sample http://www.fact-archive.com/encyclopedia/Parthenon
Rating Medium
Details Links to main page, and local copy of the GFDL (section of another document). Provides instructions for viewing transparent copy (which consists of telling them to go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARTICLE). See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Abc#Biology_Daily.
Contact info p9asnrpypxq433@protectfly.com, abuse@cari.net (host whois)
Actions

Factbug

Factbug
URL http://www.factbug.org/
Sample http://www.factbug.org/cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=738 from Albania
Rating High
Details Calls itself "The fast Wikipedia mirror site with quick search." with link. Ends article with "This article was derived fully or in part from the article Albania on Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License." and link to original article and local GFDL.
Contact info
Actions

factsabout.com

Facts About
URL http://www.factsabout.com
Sample http://www.factsabout.com/w/wo/world_war_ii.html
Rating Medium
Details Links to www.wikipedia.org and local copy of the GFDL.
Contact info
Actions

FactBook.org

FactBook
URL http://www.factbook.org/
Sample http://www.factbook.org/wikipedia/en/a/al/albania_1.html
Rating Medium
Details Keeps "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Links to original Wikipedia article. Uses Wikipedia's GFDL notice ("All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.") but links to GFDL article, not actual license. That version of the article does link to the license very early. Pages say "modified by Geona".
Contact info support@goldvision.com
Actions Asked them to link to actual GFDL. Superm401 - Talk 05:38, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Fact-Index

Fact-Index
URL http://www.fact-index.com/
Sample http://www.fact-index.com/a/al/albania_1.html
Rating Medium
Details Links to www.wikipedia.org and local copy of the GFDL. Has donated $2500 to Wikimedia. Notes this as "Fact-index.com financially supports the Wikimedia Foundation."
Contact info
Actions


Famous-astrophysicists.com

Famous Astrophysicists
URL http://www.famous-astrophysicists.com/index.html
Sample http://www.famous-astrophysicists.com/astrophysicists/drake.htm from Frank Drake
Rating None
Details No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL.
Contact info shawnjoy@rogers.com (whois), legal@ipowerweb.com, webmaster@famous-astrophysicists.com
Actions
  • Standard letter sent. --snoyes 18:34, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Standard follow-up sent by mav 10:53, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Still not compliant. Lotsofissues 06:48, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Still not compliant. Jespley 21:08, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Famouspeople.co.uk

Famouspeople.co.uk
URL http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/index.html
Sample http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/m/margaretthatcher.html
Rating Low
Details The bottom of every page has "©2006 Copyright Splashweb, all rights reserved" with no mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. Clicking "©2006 Copyright" brings you to a copyright page that says "Famous People uses biographical information from Wikipedia the free encyclopedia under a GNU Free Documentation Licence issued by the Free Software Foundation Inc." Wikipedia is linked to www.wikipedia.org, and the GFDL is linked to the GNU site.
Contact info http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/contact/index.html,
Actions Sent a letter using contact form asking for link to original article, proper GFDL notice (without bogus copyright claim), and local copy of the GFDL. Superm401 - Talk 04:30, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


Famous Like Me

Famous Like Me
URL http://www.famouslikeme.com
Sample http://www.famouslikeme.com/76675/article.html from Samantha Mumba
Rating Medium
Details Has notice, "This content from Wikipedia is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Samantha Mumba" with link to www.wikipedia.org, original article, and offsite GFDL. Also lists Wikipedia as a "friend". :)
Contact info
Actions

Fastload.org

Fastload.org
URL http://www.fastload.org/
Sample http://www.fastload.org/co/Computer_science.html
Rating Medium
Details Includes text "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. To view or edit this article at Wikipedia, follow this link." "Follow this link" leads directly to the Wikipedia article copied. However, the GFDL link is to their copy of GFDL, not the actual license. That page links to Wikipedia:Text of the GFDL, which they include in the mirror.

Contact info webmaster@fastload.org (site)
Actions Sent standard violation letter to host. Superm401 - Talk 05:55, 21 January 2006 (UTC). Recevied response stating they would ignore copyright complaints that were not in the form of a DMCA takedown notice. Superm401 - Talk 16:46, 21 January 2006 (UTC). The GFDL link issue has been corrected.

Feedbus.com

Feedbus.com
URL http://feedbus.com/
Sample http://feedbus.com/wikis/wikipedia.php?title=Alicia_Keys
Rating High
Details Directly links to Wikipedia with local copy of GNU. All images are local. Appears to be using an automatic script: [29]
Contact info Peter Scott: scott@lights.com, 3062448761 (Canada)
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Fixed reference

Fixed Reference=
URL http://fixedreference.org/
Sample http://fixedreference.org/en/20040424/wikipedia/Taking_Children_Seriously
Rating Medium
Details Complete copies of WikiPedia and simple at fixed moments in time. Link to wikipedia.org and local copy of GFDL, as well as disclaimer. No link to original article. Done by BozMo and others: so people can see the project development and cite a fixed text with certainty.
Contact info BozMo
Actions

Filmbug

Filmbug
URL http://www.filmbug.com/
Sample http://www.filmbug.com/db/4028 from Elia Kazan
Rating High
Details Links to original article (redirected) and local GFDL.
Contact info
Actions

Filmsdown.net

<name of the webpage> (not url)
URL http://flmsdown.net/
Sample http://flmsdown.net/Anne-Hathaway---Photos-6624.html (beware of popups!)
Rating None
Details A few sentences of article; no mention of WP Patstuarttalk·edits 08:14, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Contact info nuysaler@gmail.com, +1.0075055017979
Actions

Firebird.cn

Firebird.cn
URL http://www.firebird.cn/wiki/Main_Page
Sample http://www.firebird.cn/wiki/Albania
Rating None
Details
  • No mention of Wikipedia. (without JS)
  • No mention of GFDL. (without JS)
Contact info
Actions Sent letter asking for no javascript requirement, local GFDL, and link to article. Superm401 - Talk 06:15, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

FirstCarHire.com

FirstCarHire
URL http://www.firstcarhire.com/country-guide/
Sample http://www.firstcarhire.com/country-guide/united-states/
Rating None
Details Uses text from country / city articles to pad out car-hire listings for respective locations. No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. Apparently used to have links to Wikipedia:About and Wikipedia:Copyrights, and possibly GFDL.
Contact info reservations@firstcarhire.com
Actions Sent standard violation letter. Superm401 - Talk 06:07, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


Fitness pills

Fitness pills
URL http://www.fitpills.com/
Sample http://www.fitpills.com/no-hangover/
Rating None
Details Copied Hangover article (after adding his own ad to the bottom!), but possibly others. Claims copyright, no link to GFDL or mention of Wikipedia
Contact info info@soforreal.net (whois), (703) 783.1331 (Myriad Network [host] DMCA fax; see http://www.myriadnetwork.com/legal/tos.php)
Actions * Copies most of article (with minor rewording). Could not find the terms "wiki", "FDL", or "doc" on the page. Standard letter sent. --Astronouth7303 00:01, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)


foosquare.com

Foosquare
URL http://foosquare.com
Sample http://motorola.foosquare.com/
Rating High
Details Links to original article and local copy of GFDL. Claims "by foosquare 2005" on each page
Contact info
Actions
  • Standard letter sent 3 December 2005 AJR - Talk 00:36, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Response received by email 13 December, now uses attribution text from Wikipedia:Copyrights#Example notice (links to GFDL at gnu.org and to source article at Wikipedia.) Apparently the non-compliance was accidental, in an email to me they say: "We are ready to fully comply with the requirements. It just dropped through bug detection. :(" -- AJR - Talk 17:04, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

France.com

France.com
URL http://www.france.com
Sample http://www.france.com/culture/display_item.cfm?id=154
Rating Medium
Details Links to original article and Wikipedia's copy of the GFDL at bottom of page.
Contact info
Actions

fraudwatchernetwork.com

Fraudwatchernetwork
URL http://fraudwatchernetwork.com
Sample http://fraudwatchernetwork.com/website/mail-fraud.html
Rating None
Details All the links at the top of the page are copies of Wikipedia articles. None mention Wikipedia or the GFDL.
Contact info webmaster@fraudwatchernetwork.com, bbdnx2000@fraudwatchernetwork.com (whois)
Actions
  • Standard violation letter sent. Superm401 - Talk 09:10, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent standard followup to bbdnx2000@fraudwatchernetwork.com. Superm401 - Talk 05:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

TheFreeDictionary.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks/Stu#TheFreeDictionary.com.

freedownloadsoft.com

  • Site: freedownloadsoft.com.
  • Sample article: Catenary.
  • Link to GFDL (This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.).
  • Link to Wikipedia article (It uses material from the Wikipedia article (name of article).).
  • Claims copyright of content (© 2005, freedownloadsoft.com).
  • Poor copy, does not show templates or images (see for example, the copy of our Main Page).
  • Outdated copy of articles.
  • Does not list contact information anywhere.

-Fibonacci 03:21, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

freeglossary.com

Free Glossary
URL http://www.freeglossary.com
Sample http://www.freeglossary.com/Painter-Stainers%27_Company
Rating Low
Details This is a multi-lingual mirror. No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL on article pages. There's an "About this article" link in bold at the bottom of the page, which acknowledges GFDL, links to the current version of the article, to the discussion page and to the version history. There is little to indicate the importance of this link. It's also always in English, even for mirrored versions of other language Wikipedias. Mentions Wikipedia on http://www.freeglossary.com/h.php?c=about . Appears to be a mirror of all articles.
Contact info webmaster@freeglossary.com, bauer@valuenetmedia.com (whois)
Actions
  • Violation letter sent October 21 2004 Sjc 09:01, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Sent standard violation letter. Superm401 - Talk 04:39, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
    • I missed the section below. I should have customized the letter. Superm401 - Talk 05:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)


freepedia.org

Freepedia
URL http://www.freepedia.org/ , http://de.freepedia.org/ , http://fr.freepedia.org/ , http://es.freepedia.org/
Sample http://en.freepedia.org/Organization.html
Rating High
Details Seems to use dynamic loading. All pages link to original article, local copy of the GFDL, and Wikipedia's copy of the page history. Has its own disclaimer (http://en.freepedia.org/Disclaimer.html), which seems to present the work as its own authorship.
Contact info
Actions

Free-web-encyclopedia

Free Web Encyclopedia
URL http://www.free-web-encyclopedia.com/
Sample http://www.free-web-encyclopedia.com/default.asp?t=Albania
Rating None
Details No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. Uses dynamic loading and hotlinks images.
Contact info george@renasoft.com (whois), patrick.m.flaherty@verizon.com (host DMCA agent)
Actions Sent standard violation letter.

Mirrors and Forks :

(Numbers) ABC - DEF - GHI - JKL - MNO - PQR - STU - VWXYZ - All - Archive

G

Gainsville.com

Gainsville.com
URL http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=wiki
Sample http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=wiki&text=Blood
Rating Medium
Details Dynamic mirror. Has notice at bottom, "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License." with offsite GFDL link but below "© Copyright 2007, The Gainesville Sun, Reproduction without consent is prohibited.". Has link to original article at top, with "Wikipedia" as anchor text.
Contact info davist@gvillesun.com
Actions

gamelow.com

GameLow.com
URL http://www.gamelow.com/
Sample http://www.gamelow.com/puzzles/logic.html
Rating None
Details No mention of GFDL. Claims copyright. No links to original article or mention of Wikipedia. No history section. Contains copies of the old wiki entries.
Contact info GAMELOW.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Actions Sent standard violation letter to GAMELOW.COM@domainsbyproxy.com. Superm401 - Talk 20:26, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

gamerwiki.com

GamerWiki
URL http://www.gamerwiki.com/
Sample http://www.gamerwiki.com/index.php/Nintendo_GameCube
Rating Medium
Details Fork of Wikipedia designed for gaming. Everything (including original content) is licensed under GFDL. This is noted at the bottom of every page, with link to offsite GFDL. Articles using Wikipedia include text "This article uses source material obtained from Wikipedia, as well as links to main page and original article.

The original article can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARTICLE" Both Wikipedia and the article name are linked.

Contact info Any licensing, copyright, or etiquette that has been overlooked, please leave messages at my talk page or at my GamerWiki talk page -- Tyagi 20:59, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Actions

Gateserver.net

Gateserver.net
URL http://www.gateserver.net
Sample http://www.gateserver.net/Topicdetails.aspx?Topicid=52082&name=&catid=329&topicname=Lost_Ten_Tribes
Rating Medium
Details They link to www.gnu.org for the GFDL license, and to the specific Wikipedia article. But no history on their site.
Contact info
Actions

geekopedia

Geekopedia
URL http://geekopedia.ipupdater.com
Sample http://albania.geekopedia.ipupdater.com/
Rating Medium
Details States (in very fine print) "This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License." Link to Wikipedia is broken (en.wikipedia.org/title/Albania rather than correct en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania). Links to gnu.org copy of GFDL
Contact info *webmaster@geekopedia.ipupdater.com
Actions
  • Asked webmaster@geekopedia.ipupdater.com for fixed article and link and local GFDL. Superm401 - Talk 20:57, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Got mailer-daemon error. Superm401 - Talk 21:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

geeks.dnip.net

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Abc#borgfind

geodatabase.de

Geodatabase.de
URL http://www.geodatabase.de/
Sample http://www.geodatabase.de/Joe%20Williams%20(jazz%20singer)
Rating Medium
Details Sometimes confuses talk pages with real pages (see www.geodatabase.de/mozilla). In other cases, correctly links to original article, page history, and edit page (albeit all through tracking redirects) and a local copy of the GFDL.
Contact info
Actions

geoseven.com

geoseven.com
URL http://www.geoseven.com
Sample http://www.geoseven.com/en/DE/
Rating high
Details Mentions Wikipedia and the GFDL; links to original article and also GFDL.
Contact info
Actions

George-Orwell.org

George-Orwell.org
URL http://www.george-orwell.org
Sample http://www.george-orwell.org/l_biography.html from George Orwell
Rating Medium
Details Mirror of only George Orwell article. Links to Wikipedia main page and our GFDL. No link to original article.
Contact info robp@ureach.com
Actions

globalcpr.com

globalcpr.com
URL http://www.globalcpr.com/
Sample http://www.globalcpr.com/org/super.html, http://www.globalcpr.com/Constellations.html
Rating Low
Details Some pages, such as http://www.globalcpr.com/Constellations.html , have the notice "This content related to ARTICLE was brought to you by Wikipedia and it must be used in accordance with the GNU." Wikipedia is linked to the main page. Another "featured" set, including http://www.globalcpr.com/green/anti.html has no mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. All pages say "© GlobalCPR.com. All rights reserved" at the bottom.
Contact info GLOBALCPR.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Actions

GlobalGuide.Org

GlobalGuide.Org
URL http://www.globalguide.org//
Sample http://www.globalguide.org/index.html?title=CBC_Radio_Two mirrors CBC Radio Two
Rating
Details Gives GFDL and mentions Wikipedia. Does not link to Wikipedia or author history.
Contact info
Actions none yet

glosk.com

glosk.com
URL http://www.glosk.com
Sample http://www.glosk.com/AS/Leichhardt/-2243917/pages/Poison_Rocks/106601_en.htm
Rating High
Details Mentions Wikipedia and the GFDL; links to original article and also GFDL.
Contact info contact@glosk.com
Actions

Gogeeky.net

No compliance. Same site format (and violations) and apparently same webmaster as Wikix.ipupdater.com

Example violation: http://www.gogeeky.net/title/A-Dream-Play from A Dream Play

getgourmetrecipes.com

  • Site: http://www.getgourmetrecipes.com/wiki_recipes/index.php?title=Main_Page
  • No link to the original article.
  • As of 13:50, 15 January 2006 (UTC)


GoUpstate.com

Spartanburg SC
URL http://www.goupstate.com/
Sample http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Alicia_Keys
Rating "Medium"
Details Directly mentions Wikipedia with a link to the article; however, no mention of GFDL
Contact info (IT director): cathy.miller@shj.com, 864-562-7621
Actions

governpub.com

governpub.com
URL http://www.governpub.com/
Sample http://www.governpub.com/gt/Beowulf.html
Rating Low
Details No mention of Wikipedia, GFDL, or any other copyright info on any page. Contains old copies of articles
Contact info abuse@domainsbyproxy.com, abuse@godaddy.com (registrar/host), GOVERNPUB.COM@domainsbyproxy.com (privacy whois)
Actions

Greatestinfo.org

Greatestinfo.org
URL http://www.greatestinfo.org/Main_Page
Sample http://www.greatestinfo.org/Christ
Rating
Details Was once a disturbingly exact copy of Wikipedia but all articles now redirect to http://www.greatestjournal.com/. Should be monitored occasionally.
Contact info http://www.greatestjournal.com/support/submit.bml (Greatestjournal complaint form)
Actions I've placed requests for the site owner to come here and explain further in a couple of visible places on the site. —Charles P. (Mirv) 19:57, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Greatsite discussion

Similarities with Wikipedia's Martin Luther passage:
  • [30] appearts to be based on Martin Luther. If you look at the history of our article (for example, the creation of the second paragraph of the "Exile at the Wartburg Castle" section in [31]), it seems to have been built up piece-by-piece, so I think it's pretty clear that they've copied us rather than the other way round. Camembert
  • Sent the standard letter. --snoyes 02:49, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • As the one who started this whole thread, I believe the evidence is more consistent with either Wikipedia copying this site or both copying a third source (hopefully public domain). The problem was introduced in the 18:18, 01 July 2003 revision; see the new sections "struggle to find peace with God", "Warburg Castle" and "Luther's writings" which are almost verbatim quotes. It is quite possible both were taken from a 3rd source (since it reads like the work of a scholar or theologian) but google did not find it. GreatSite.com lists a specific author with its copyright, and is willing to let the work be reproduced with credit (scroll to bottom). Joelwest 01:54, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • But much of the content we had before that July 1 edit is included in the greatsite version as well. For example, compare the beginning of greatsite's "Martin Luther and Judaism" section with the penultimate paragraph of this Wikipedia version of January 7, 2002. They are nearly the same. So if the Wikipedia version has been copied from another source (either greatsite itself or a shared third-party publication), then it's been copied in bits and pieces by many different people in many edits over the course of two years. That seems unlikely, to put it mildly. More likely, greatsite has copied a Wikipedia version and edited it a bit. Don't underestimate the ability of Wikipedia contributors to write like scholars or theologians - some of them are. --Camembert
  • I have ruled out the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopediaand the Catholic Encyclopedia as the source of both articles; see the Luther stories at CCEL.org. Joelwest 01:58, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Possible GFDL violation by greatsites. The 05:51, 9 Aug 2003 Melanchthon correction is present there. The 00:45, 30 Sep 2003 Pope Leo III to X correction isn't, so the copying seems to have happened between those two dates. The remaining edits between those dates don't help to narrow it down further. Lots of other corrections and edits prior to 9 Aug are at greatsites, so I conclude that it almost had to have been after that 9 Aug edit. In more detail: greatsites.com appears not to have had much coverage of Martin Luther on 2003-02-06 [32]. Regrettably there is no more recent archived copy of that site to compare with. The Luther's German Bible section is present and that was added at 20:26, 25 Jun 2003 so the copying seems to have happened after then. There's an extra sentence in the copy which doesn't seem to have ever been present in a copy of ours and the 1922 date differs from ours as well. Luther's early life was expanded at 17:47, 5 Jul 2003, including a mention of a copper mine starting from this 17:47, 5 Jul 2003 edit so the copying happened after this edit. this 14:17, 6 Jul 2003 edit changes text from "a few days later" to "the next day" and greatsites has that change. The changes in the 21:02, 8 Jul 2003 edit at the start of this examination are present. Until this 15:04, 11 Jul 2003 edit our text contained "From the viewpoint of the Roman Catholic Church". The greatsites version doesn't contain that, suggesting that the copying happened after this edit. Until this 18:34, 11 Jul 2003 edit our text contained "called to testify". The edit changed it to "summoned to either renounce or reaffirm them" and greatsites contains this change. The edits of 19:43, 11 Jul 2003 are present at greatsites. The Eck change of 21:47, 11 Jul 2003 is present at greatsites. The 18:28, 30 Jul 2003 near to nearby change suggests copying after this edit. The first of the 18:39, 30 Jul 2003 edits is present. The 07:31, 31 Jul 2003 changes are present, so it was after this. The 05:51, 9 Aug 2003 Melanchthon correction is present. Jamesday 10:39, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Here is a second example of similar text between Greatsite.com and Wikipedia:
  • Their Tyndale article has wording in it that was made to the old encyclopedia article on wikipedia by an anon user: [33]. Again it should be clear that they copied from us and not the other way arround. --snoyes 06:33, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

GreatPersonalities

GreatPersonalities
URL http://www.greatpersonalities.com
Sample http://www.greatpersonalities.com/viewtopic-32.html
Rating
Details Once copied several chess/tennis/etc. articles. Has now become a blog (what hasn't). Should be monitored
Contact info
Actions Sent first email Sept. 12, 2004 --Etaonish 19:02, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)

greatsite.com

  • Site: greatsite.com
  • No mention of wikipedia
  • No mention of GFDL
  • Claims to own copyright
  • Doesn't seem clear to me. If there's copying from the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia, they probably both borrowed from the CCEL.org version; I caught this (and credited the source) in the Philipp Melanchthon article. Joelwest 01:54, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • It seems clear to everyone else but you. The only theory that you have offered is that both numerous (probably in the double digits) _different_ wikipedia editors and the creators of greatsite.com misappropriated material from a mysterious third source. I'd like to know what this third source is. Take the example that I named above. The edit adds a paraph starting "Besides translating the Bible, Tyndale also held and published views which were considered heretical, ...". Now do you honestly claim that a wikipedia user and the creators of greatsite.com both found the same paragraph somewhere and copied it? Do a google search for this first sentence: [34] - you'll see that the only websites that contain this material have taken it from wikipedia. (Funny enough the wikipedia page is not listed there.) I don't see how it could be more clear that they took the material for the Tyndale article as well as others from us. Please give some valid arguments besides saying that it is not clear to you. --snoyes 19:10, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

great-wall-of-china.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Def#disneyland-hong-kong.com

Guajara.com

  • It mentions our name in the <title> :) -- Fennec 06:52, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • Footers on every page indicate: El contenido de Wikipedia se publica bajo la Licencia de Documentación Libre GNU.
  • Does not seem to have page history.
  • Does not seem to link back to articles.
  • Does not link back to Wikipedia, even from the page about Wikipedia.
    • It DOES link to the Wikimedia foundation from one page.
I wrote to them in may, but no response so far. --AstroNomer 15:42, May 14, 2004 (UTC)

guideofcasinos.com

-Dose not mention wikipedia at all -Duplicates Spring (device) page and possibly others- have not checked -Has a note at the bottom of the page “2000-2005 guideofcasinos.com”

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hallencyclopedia.com

Hall Encyclopedia.com
URL http://hallencyclopedia.com
Sample http://hallencyclopedia.com/Tehuantepec
Rating High
Details It is a copy of all languages. Includes text "This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License." Links to original article and offsite GFDL. Copyright statement at very bottom.
Contact info info@hallmall.com (whois)
Actions Sent violation letter. Superm401 - Talk 01:28, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Health-cares.net

<Health-cares.net> (not url)
URL http://heart-disease.health-cares.net/
Sample http://heart-disease.health-cares.net/survive-heart-attack.php
Rating "Low"
Details Seems to have copied text from Myocardial infarction, labeling it with "Copyright 2005, health-cares.net"
Contact info unknown
Actions none.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:55, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


Help.com

Help.com
URL http://help.com/wiki/
Sample http://help.com/wiki/Main_page
Rating Medium
Details Contains a copyright statement and links to offsite GFDL, but also claims "Copyright © 1995-2006 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved" at the bottom of the page. Definitely up-to-date (front page shows April 28 content), but not live-mirroring.

Update: Very clear reference to Wikipedia. However, is uploading images from Wikipedia, appears to not make no mention of GFDL: [35]. Patstuarttalk·edits 03:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Contact info hostmaster@cnet.com (whois)
Actions Haven't done anything yet. I'm lazy. Zetawoof(ζ) 23:01, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

helpfox.com

  • Site http://www.helpfox.com/
  • The site claims to be in Beta and adds "Copyright 2005 HelpFox.com" at the bottom of each page. There is no mention of Wikipedia, Wiktionary or GFDL.
  • I ran into this when I googled for "Suoczil" a language that apparently a pure product of our contributor's mind. The only other site to use this language name is Helpfox where they had copied entire lists of translations from Wiktionary.
  • Looking for other things there, their Hurricane Katrina was clearly copied from Wikipedia. Eclecticology 22:10, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi.is/~joner

Hi.is
URL http://www.hi.is/~joner/eaps
Sample http://www.hi.is/~joner/eaps/y3_80493.htm from Axiomatization
Rating High
Details Links to original Wikipedia article and offsite GFDL; clear GFDL notice. This is definitely a modified version, because articles are truncated. However, it probably is not fair use because articles are copied throughout the site. Note this Google search.
Contact info joner@hi.is
Actions Standard letter sent by: dave 07:43, 5 Sep 2003 (UTC)

History of Scotland

  • Site: History of Scotland
  • Link to Wikipedia, not article though
  • No link to GFDL, funny because it's on the Scottish Law Online web site.
  • Standard letter sent by: dave 07:29, 5 Sep 2003 (UTC)
    • They've fixed it now dave 16:57, 5 Sep 2003 (UTC)
  • Link to GFDL on gnu.org
  • Link to original Wikipedia article
Not a verbatim copy: embedding failure - they've inserted additional content (eg, Wikipedia logo, Wikipedia search box, link to Wikipedia front page) between the title and the start of the article. It is absolutely crazy that this should require them to follow the more complex regulations for derivative works, but this seems to be the case.
We could aid Scotiishlaw.org, and others in similar situations, by providing vastly more customisable skins. In this case, Wikipedia would be the publisher, and Scottishlaw could take a verbatim copy from Wikipedia. Hmm.

Home Fresh

  • Example: [36] from Polyol
  • Links to Wikipedia, GNU copy of GFDL, and original article. --Henrygb 18:03, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Homestay Finder

see Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Jkl#Knows-It-All

Horizonmonthly.com

  • Site: [37]
  • Example: [38] for article Eyewitness News
  • No mention of Wikipedia, let alone link to article or the Main Page. No mention of GFDL, let alone link to the GNU copy or anything else. --WCQuidditch 02:05, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Only links to external links. No links to other articles. Only takes article namespace. --WCQuidditch
  • Seems to break sections into seperate pages for some reason. --WCQuidditch 02:05, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Copyright notice: "horizonmonthly.com ™ ©All rights reserved" --WCQuidditch 02:05, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
  • To break it down: Practically no compliance. --WCQuidditch 02:08, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

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i2osig.org

Intelligence Information and Resources
URL http://www.i2osig.org
Sample http://www.i2osig.org/cia.html
Rating
Details Broken redirect to both GNU FDL and Wikipedia article.
Contact info ramzi@rcomp.com (WHOIS)
Actions

icorrection.com

  • Site: icorrection.com
  • DirkvdM let me know that this page is an exact, and not too clever, copy of helix. The page has no link to the article, and no mention of Wikipedia.
  • There is no contact information on the site at all, so haven't sent a letter. --Gareth Hughes 20:05, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

idrewthis.org

  • Site: www.idrewthis.org/d/20050314.html
  • The first panel of this comic is an obvious direct derivative of Image:Villianc.svg. The comic is from 2005, the Wikipedia image first appeared here in 2003 as an original work by User:J.J. (see Image:Villianc.jpg). The webcomic page gives no indication of the source of this image and has "All content © 2004-2006 D.C. Simpson." at the bottom of the page. I haven't sent any emails to anyone about this. Bryan 04:51, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

imimage.it

I Casino' Online
URL http://www.imimage.it
Sample http://www.imimage.it/Casino/?title=Klondike_Gold_Rush
Rating
Details Babelfish translation into Italian. No GFDL notice present on site. No authorship listed. No mention of Wikipedia.
Contact info
Actions


infofx.info

infofx
URL http://infofx.info/ and http://en.infofx.info/, http://de.infofx.info/, http://fr.infofx.info/,...
Sample http://dolmen.fr.infofx.info/
Rating None
Details No GFDL notice present on site. No authorship listed. No mention of Wikipedia. Copy of all wikipedias (es:, en:, fr:, de:, etc)
Contact info
Actions none

infothis

infothis
URL http://www.infothis.com
Sample http://www.infothis.com/find/Wikipedia
Rating
Details
Contact info
Actions

Note that they use javascript to recognize Wikipedia as source:

  <script type="text/javascript">
  document.write("<hr> Under the terms of the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License>GNU Free Documentation License</a>   Thank you wikipedia.org <hr>")
  </script> 

Browsers that block javascript or can't handle it would not show this line at all.

i-Gratis

i-Gratis
URL http://www.i-gratis.com/
Sample http://www.i-gratis.com/casinos_online_gratis.php
Rating High
Details Previously non-compliant. Now a notice in footer reads "The information on this page was used from wikipedia.org in accordance with the GNU Free Documentation Licence" with links to Wikipedia and the GFDL.
Contact info WHOIS information
Private registration through Domains by Proxy, Inc.
Email: I-GRATIS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Phone: (480) 624-2599
Fax: (480) 624-2599
Actions Sent first GFDL notice via email on June 11, 2006. Sent follow-up GFDL notice via email on June 19, 2006. Sent final GFDL notice on July 3, 2006. Response received July 4, 2006, and website updated accordingly.

indopedia.org

indopedia.org
URL http://www.indopedia.org/
Sample http://www.indopedia.org/Mind.html
Rating
Details It seems to copy the User's namespace(that's how I found it), and be a topic-specific fork of Wikipedia. JesseW 23:13, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It seems to provide some links back to WP, but these links are broken for anything outside of the main article namespace. --carlb 15:44, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Contact info WHOIS information

Plamen Gradinarov
Eurasia Academic Publishers
Lyulin 332 B-25
Sofia, BG, 1336
Phone:+359.2272388
FAX:+359.2272388
Email:eurasia@iztok.net, imago@abv.bg

Actions

in2reach.com

More research requested

InformationClub.com

Information Club
URL http://www.informationclub.com/
Sample http://www.informationclub.com/encyclopedia/e/ec/ecology.html
Rating
Details No mention of Wikipedia or GFDL on article pages. Link to offsite GDFL on main page only. Main page carries confusing/contradictory statement "Copyright ©2003 CompanyName.com"
Contact info sale@hostchart.com (WHOIS), abuse@Advantage1Web.com(host)
Actions

informationdepot.us

Research requested. JesseW 22:30, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

informationheadquaters.com

  • Site: informationheadquaters.com
  • Link to GNU FDL.
  • Link to Wikipedia homepage via "Help build the worlds largest free encyclopedia"
  • No link to original article.
  • November 19: Now says the content is from Wikipedia.
Jan 8 2004: This is still the case. A lot of the wikipedia pages have dead links (eg the September 11 pages), but what is there is acknowledged as wikipedia material. Perhaps this site should now come out of this list and be placed in one of the other ones? Arno 22:07, 7 Jan 2004 (UTC)

iptables.com

More research requested. JesseW 21:35, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

ipedia

  • Site: ipedia
  • Javascript loaded text at bottom of articles
    • Link to GNU FDL.
    • Link to www.wikipedia.org
  • No link to original article.
  • No GNU FDL or wikipedia link with Javascript off
  • No GNU FDL or wikipedia link in source code

InfoHeadquarters.com

  • Site: InfoHeadquarters.com
  • Acknowledges wikipedia authorship, links to wikipedia
  • States that the article is licensed under the GNU FDL.
  • Does not link to the relevant wikipedia page
  • Example: [39] from February 22

infomutt.com

Research requeted. JesseW 22:28, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

InfoSearchPoint

  • Site: InfoSearchPoint
  • Gives credit and links to the wikipedia homepage and the corresponding article page
  • Mentions the license as GFDL, and links to a local copy

Infostar.cz / Eurotran

  • Site: Infostar.cz / Eurotran
  • Machine translation of complete Wikipedia to Czech language
  • Sample article: Serbs - http://wikipedia.infostar.cz/s/se/serbs.html
  • Links to original Wikipedia article
  • Says on the bottom of each article (in Czech) "This is a machine translation of an article from the Wikipedia encyclopedia. The entire text is available under the conditions of the GNU FDL licence."
  • Links to Wikipedia Main Page
  • Links to local copy of GFDL (machine translated to Czech, but with a link to the official text of the licence at gnu.org prominently at the beginning)
  • Removes "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"
That's quite a neat site, actually! While on the whole it's pretty good, it does show up some of the limitations of machine translation. Looking up "Bitva Jutland" which is the translation of "Battle of Jutland" which I had quite a bit of input to, I notice that many of the names of British ships have been tranlated to their Czech equivalents (Lion --> Lev, for instance), but no German ship names have been translated. Also some of the British commander's names also get translated - Rear Admiral A.L. Duff of HMS Superb becomes zadního admirála. L. Bezcenn˘ of HMS Nádhern˘, while if my reading of Czech grammar is correct Vice Admiral Sir Cecil Burney gets a sex change as zlozvyku-sir admirála Cecil Burneyová! :) -- Arwel 00:04, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

InformationBlast

InformationBlast
URL http://www.informationblast.com
Sample
Rating
Details
Contact info rpanella@gmail.com (whois)
Actions DMCA should be sent to DMCA@ev1.net. -- 08:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Informationgenius

Infoslurp


Infovoyager-related sites

atc.ruv.net/infopedia/

Looks like another partial from copy from the ruv.net guy. Sigh. No references to Wikipedia at all as I can see. JesseW 06:56, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Infopedia.ruv.net

  • Site: Infopedia.ruv.net=
  • Mentions GFDL but clicking on it gives "!! ERROR !! PAGE NOT FOUND"
  • No name or link to original wikipedia article
  • Mention of the word "Wikipedia", but no link available
  • I'm going after this one. Quite a few articles that I have written mostly or exclusively are on that site, and that rather annoys me to say the least. David Newton 17:32, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • Standard letter sent. David Newton 17:41, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
    • Received a reply "Thanks for the email, I'll make sure to make the appropriate changes to my site." That was pretty quick, so I am optimistic over this one. David Newton 18:21, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
      • Second standard letter sent. David Newton 00:26, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • This one is still not resolved; the situation is like described above. No direct link back to the original Wikipedia article, clicking on GFDL gives 404 error. The little line "Copyright Wikipedia Contributors", without link, is in fact the only thing about Wikipedia that can be found on the page.
  • Furthermore, something very nasty is going on: for links that do not exist on infopedia, a utility called webgrap is used to try to rip the info directly from Wikipedia, thus loading the Wikipedia servers. See for ex. Oncology and try the link to Adjunctive therapies in the article (it has a question mark behind it to indicate that the article doesn't exist on Infopedia). The operation does not succeed, but the Wikipedia servers are queried nevertheless; so this is a case of straight bandwidth theft. - Mark Dingemanse (talk) 07:10, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Situation unchanged. -Rholton 21:32, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

InfoVoyager

  • Site: InfoVoyager=
  • Uses geography-related pages from wikipedia.
  • Mentions GFDL but clicking on it gives "!! ERROR !! PAGE NOT FOUND"
  • No name or link to original wikipedia article
  • Mention of the word "Wikipedia", but no link available
  • Same person as infopedia.ruv.net

JapanVoyager

  • Site: JapanVoyager=
  • Uses geography-related pages from wikipedia.
  • Mentions GFDL but clicking on it gives "!! ERROR !! PAGE NOT FOUND". (The main page of the website which is a copy of List of countries does not mention GFDL)
  • No name or link to original wikipedia article
  • Mention of the word "Wikipedia", but no link available
  • Same person as infopedia.ruv.net

Venice Voyager


InfoWrangler

  • Site: InfoWrangler
  • Appears to be complete mirror of English Wikipedia (except images), including same layout
  • "We have integrated InfoWrangler? with Wikipedia"
  • Link to GNU FDL does not work -404 error.
  • Retains "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia".
  • Claims Copyright © Object Positive Pty Ltd "All site content"
  • No link to Wikipedia or to article.
  • Sample article (Albania): Albania
Wow. This one is really obnoxious. They copy the site layout, even the edit buttons, so it looks like you're really on Wikipedia. Looks like it's a fairly old snapshot. Isomorphic 02:44, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
  • Comment only: It demonstrates the run of a tool called infowrangler, as run against the Wikipedia database. Okay well, that seems like an interesting and innovative use of a wikipedia database. If they can tidy up their act a bit, this could become a good demonstration of what FSF licensing is all about. Now if only those folks could release infowrangler under the GPL ;-). Kim Bruning 12:18, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
    • This site does not clarify that its material is a copy of the original source. Perhaps the owners thought that by including all Wikipedia namespace articles etc. with information about the project, that would suffice to clear them of legal issues. They were mistaken: the GDFL specifically states in part 4 to: "Preserve... the network locations given in the Document for previous versions it was based on." This seems to be one of a multitude of policy breaches. Perhaps more importantly, usage of the Wikipedia name and logo (even a retired version) in this way is to be seriously discouraged as it leads to problems with retaining trademark rights. Has anyone sent a letter yet? -- Kwekubo 01:05, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

InvestingCompany.com

  • Site: InvestingCompany.com
  • Does not acknowledge wikipedia authorship, links to wikipedia
  • States that the article is licensed under the GNU FDL.
  • Does not link to the relevant wikipedia page (or wikipedia at all)
  • Example: [40] from SARS.

iqexpand.com

  • Site: iqexpand.com
  • Note: how you access articles is by replacing www.iqexpand.com with the name of the article you are looking for i.e. for Linux, you would put in http://linux.iqexpand.com, and for Wikipedia, you would type in http://wikipedia.iqexpand.com/ (but in this case they're REAL sneaky, replacing Wikipedia with I.Q. Expand in the entry but forgetting to change the bottom links)
  • No GFDL notice. Claims copyright over the site.
  • Broken images everywhere on every article.
  • Absolutely no reference to Wikipedia, instead refering to the "English Information Megasite" for about information for iqexpand.com, thereby dodging reference to Wikipedia. The English Information Megasite is but of course nothing more than a cheaply done mirror of Wikipedia (check out the front page here: the front page says Wikipedia, and has tons of broken links to news, featured article of the day, etc.)
  • Deserves an e-mail from us; anyone who wants to do it please sign their name below (I can't do it since I have no time). --Bash 04:02, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

iqnaut.net

  • Site: http://iqnaut.net
  • Note: the links at the top refer to news stories. Go to the bottom and go to the links; you'll see that they are mirrors.
  • Mentions that the info is released under the GFDL, link to local copy of the license.
  • Links back to the original Wikipedia article.
  • Contact admin@iqnaut.net

Ireland information guide

iRepresentin

iRepresentin
URL http://www.irepresentin.com/
Sample http://www.irepresentin.com/Tyoo-to/muse.php (from Muse)
Rating None
Details Verbatim copies of Wikipedia articles. No mention of Wikipedia or GFDL.
Contact info WHOIS information

Private registration through Domains by Proxy, Inc.

  • Email: IREPRESENTIN.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
  • Phone: (480) 624-2599
  • Fax: (480) 624-2599
Actions None

Isulong SEOph

Isolong SEOph
URL http://isulongseoph-bicol.com/
Sample http://isulongseoph-bicol.com/about/what-is-seo/
Rating None
Details Verbatim copy of SEO article introduction, with no mention of GFDL or Wikipedia.
Contact info WHOIS information

Administrative contact: Bicol Business Directory
Email: bicolbusinessdirectory@gmail.com
Phone: +917.9605747

Actions None

ipupdater.com

See area51.ipupdater.com

Ivysport.com

Ivy League Clothing Co.
URL http://www.ivysport.com/splash.php?school=
Sample http://www.ivysport.com/category-category_id/329
Rating Medium
Details Mirrors articles on the Ivy League and the individual schools. Mentions WP and GFDL but claims copyright. Does not link back to us.
Contact info Registrant:

Council of Ivy Group Presidents

  228 Alexander Street
  Princeton, NJ 08544
  US
  Domain Name: IVYSPORT.COM
  Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
     Council of Ivy Group Presidents            jorleans@PRINCETON.EDU
     228 Alexander Street
     Princeton, NJ 08544
     US
     +1.6092586426 fax: +1.6092581690
Actions None

Iwannarock.net

Iwannarock.net - music ringtones and mobile content
URL http://www.fonebiz.co.uk
Sample http://www.fonebiz.co.uk/free-mobile-phone-ringtones/wiki.php?title=Alicia_Keys
Rating "Low/None"
Details No mention of Wikipedia; instead, asserts own copyright. Worse, the site is stealing our bandwidth by directly linking to our images.
Contact info wirken, Danny wirken@gmail.com

584122316670 (Venezuela) See: [41] Spanish speaker may be helpful.

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Mirrors and Forks : (Numbers) ABC - DEF - GHI - JKL - MNO - PQR - STU - VWXYZ - All - Archive

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JamBase

JamBase
URL http://www.jambase.com
Sample http://www.jambase.com/search.asp?bandID=36108
Rating "Low/None"
Details No compliance at all
Contact info
Actions
  • I haven't looked at their site to see if there are multiple plagiarisms, but I encountered this one page that clearly was.

Japan-101

  • No mention of GFDL Mentioned at footer of each article. Links to local copy.
  • No mention of Wikipedia Cited as source with link at footer of each article.
  • Has the tautological "copyrights are property of the owners" Has been removed.


One article in particular Hadaka Apron, but there probably are others. It doesn't use the latest version. Paranoid 13:09, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Jewish Virtual Library

I've only noticed one page here lifted from Wikipedia, but it has problems so I figured I'd mention it here. There may be others, I didn't look around. Bryan 00:43, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

  • site:[42]
    • Mentions Wikipedia as source with link to source article. However:
    • Claims copyright over the page
    • Doesn't mention the GFDL
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
URL http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
Sample http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Mussolini.html
Rating "Low/None"
Details
Contact info
Actions
  • Mentions Search Beat as source.
  • Claims copyright over the page
  • Doesn't mention the GFDL
  • You can see Mav's edit [here.
  • I have seen at least one other case where we thought we were copying this site. Rich Farmbrough 11:21 29 June 2006 (GMT).

jewishrecipes.org

  • Site: [43]
    • Example: [44] in the paragraph "According to Conservative Judaism" is copied from kosher wine.
  • Does not mention Wikipedia or the GPL Where (talk) 22:35, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
  • I just got an email from them saying that they working on complying with the GFDL. Where (talk) 17:21, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Jiggies

  • Site: [45]
  • says "All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License." at bottom of each mirrored page as of May 16, 2006.
  • Mentions GDFL, but link leads to local 404 (page not found). (Still true. JesseW 20:43, 22 July 2005 (UTC))
  • No mention of Wikipedia. (Still true. JesseW 20:43, 22 July 2005 (UTC))
  • No list of authors(i.e. a link to the Wikipedia article) (as of JesseW 20:43, 22 July 2005 (UTC))
  • Main page [47] has misleading statement "We have built open-content encyclopedia with most categories referring to Canadian content." (Misleading, because original source not credited.)
    • No such statement now. JesseW 20:43, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
    • Still there when I checked. --Utopianfiat 19:30, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Putting in LOW. JesseW 20:43, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Found a disturbing disclaimer replacing all mention of Wikipedia with Jiggies Reference Guide. [48] SasquatchTC 06:29, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Jiskha Homework Help

Jiskha Homework Help
URL http://www.jiskha.com/
Sample http://www.jiskha.com/social_studies/people/king_jr_martin_luther.html
Rating None
Details No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL on the front page or on the articles. Pages contain the text "Copyright © 1998-2006 Jiskha Homework Help. All rights reserved."
Contact info http://www.jiskha.com/contact/
Actions Standard violation letter sent (06:57, 6 February 2006 (UTC))

Juicee News Daily

  • No mention of GFDL
  • Links to original Wikipedia article as "Reference"
  • Claims copyright: "Copyright © 2005 Juicee News Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the written consent of juiceenewsdaily. To inquire about the use of juiceenwsdaily material, please email press@juiceenewsdaily.com."

Example article: [50]; there are others. DanKeshet 23:29, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

Sent first warning for including GFDL notice, as I'm not sure if notice was sent before. Cleduc 5 July 2005 01:49 (UTC)

Second example

Also Socialite is copied, but without any attribution. Sent notice -- don't know if anyone else has sent them notice before. Not sure, so we'll treat this as first notice. Cleduc 5 July 2005 01:37 (UTC)

  • Notice resulted in a "Reference" being placed on the page -- so the source is attributed. However, the GFDL notice is not placed on the page, just like the CPR article. I'm going to follow up with the editor/publisher. Cleduc 6 July 2005 18:23 (UTC)
    • So what happened? It still claims the copyright on the article is theirs. 86.136.90.90 17:29, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Third example

[51] from Jack Abramoff. No GFDL notice, no mention of Wikipedia. -- Antaeus Feldspar 20:00, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Fourth example

[52] from Bona fide purchaser. No GFDL notice, no mention of Wikipedia. "Copyright © 2005" is a link to the Wikipedia article. Robert A West 03:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Judaic.com

Judaic.com
URL http://www.judaic.com
Sample http://www.judaic.com/jewish-jewellery/jewellery/jewelry-history.html
http://www.judaic.com/sterling-silver/sterling-silver.html
Rating "Low/None" compliance with GFDL
Details Looks like they copied two articles for their commercial site, no mention of WP or GDFL.
Contact info 560 South Holly Suite 14, Denver, Colorado 80246, 800-830-8660, 303-322-7345, aharon@judaic.com
Actions None taken at this time, listing here.

Justrec.com

Justrec.com
URL http://www.justrec.com/
Sample http://www.justrec.com/wilderness.html
Rating "Low/None" compliance with GFDL.
Details No mention of GFDL or Wikipedia and claims copyright.
Contact info E-mail: JUSTREC.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Actions
  • Have e-mailed them. Bduke.
    • E-mail refused (domainsbyproxy.com refused to relay from my address). I have snail mailed a letter to them. Bduke 07:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
  • see also http://www.justrec.com/education/scout.html which is a copy of Scouting, emailed them the standard letter.Rlevse 16:44, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
  • sent followup email Rlevse 23:19, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
  • sent final warning prior to takendown notice being sent.Rlevse 02:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Sent DMCA takedown notice to GO DADDY in Scottsdale, AZ, USA.Rlevse 23:58, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
    • they blew me off.Rlevse 21:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

K

K12 Academics

K12 Academics
URL http://www.k12academics.com/
Sample http://www.k12academics.com/tourettes_symptoms.htm from Tourette syndrome, http://www.k12academics.com/pandas.htm from P.A.N.D.A.S
Rating None
Details Pages on this site use sections from Wikipedia articles, including Tourette syndrome and P.A.N.D.A.S. There is no mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL, and there is not a history section entry for the split into multiple pages.
Contact info info@k12academics.com, dmca@networksolutions.com (private registration and probably host), bf5r44df4bb@networksolutionsprivateregistration.com (whois)
Actions

Kapitalism.net

Kids.net.au

Kiessecker

Killersudoku

Kiwipedia

  • Site: http://www.kiwipedia.com
  • Example: [53]: initial part of Albania
  • No attribution to Wikipedia
  • No link to original page
  • Apparent link to GFDL at bottom is to initial part of local article about license, which in turn has broken link to GNU version
    • As of 10:23, 22 November 2005 (UTC) Henrygb

Klasikoyun.com

This site is violating GFDL. No attribution, no link to Wikipedia. Links to Wikipedia from main page

  • Some links to Wikipedia
  • No mention of source/GFDL
  • seems to be under construction

Moved from main page Davelane 22:58, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC) This was deleted by 212.174.228.10 (Removed Klasikoyun.com site has an attribution in the main page) I've restored this as I beleve they are not in compliance -- if you disagree please move to disputed. --Davelane 16:32, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Site is down now, I'll delist it soon (feel free to do it if I forget). Rhobite 20:29, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
It's back up now, and still infringing. Rhobite 21:32, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
Down again --Utopianfiat 19:31, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

knife-making-supplies.net

knife-making-supplies
URL http://www.knife-making-supplies.net/
Sample http://www.knife-making-supplies.net/japanese-kitchen-knives.html
Rating "Low/None" compliance with GFDL
Details No attribution to Wikipedia, No link to original page, No mention of GFDL
Contact info Unknown
Actions (no actions yet)

knolix.com

knover.com

Knover.com - It's all connected!
URL http://www.knover.com/
Sample http://www.knover.com/Profile/alicia_keys/Wikipedia
Rating Medium
Details Clear attribution to Wikipedia and local copy of GFDL; however, is directly uploading images from WP server.
Contact info Contact page is here: [54]. Press contact is Richard Bennett, r.bennett@knover.com, 212-695-2375
Actions

Knowledgerush

  • Links to local copy of GNU/FDL
  • Names Wikipedia and links to source article.
  • Does not have "title page".

Several articles copied, hard to say how many. Tualha 19:00, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Looks like everything with the possible exception of orphans and semi-orphans to me. Andre Engels 17:33, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

KnowLex

  • In en: and de:; I only really looked at the former.
  • Bottom of each page links to:
    • Source article on Wikipedia;
    • Wikipedia main page;
    • GNU FDL on FSF site;
    • Author list (history) on Wikipedia; and
    • Edit link on Wikipedia.

OK, so they should have a local copy of the licence. But they also say "The article can be editted here." and I think that's fantastic!!! -- Toby Bartels 04:38, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)


KnowledgeGeek

Knowledgegeek now looks close to compliance, acknowledging Wikipedia as the original source and linking to the GFDL. Do people agree that they are now largely compliant? --Robert Merkel 04:30, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
The site has definitely improved. However, witness all the 'summary' pages one level in from the root page (such as Coffee) still being composed largely of Wikipedia content without any acknowledgement. A sentence or two, lifted directly from Wikipedia is shown in many entries on those 'summary' pages (such as Drip brew, French press, Caffeine, etc. on the Coffee page above) yet you must click through to the full text before a Wikipedia or GFDL reference is made. A reference to Wikipedia and GFDL on all pages with even 'truncated' Wikipedia content (ie, the first few sentences of a bunch of articles) would still seem to be required. Potentially also worth mentioning is that the engine or template system used by KnowledgeGeek is used by StudioReview.com (documented on this page and supported/linked by Mark Coffman of KnowledgeGeek) and as of this writing, StudioReview has a low degree of compliance. I'm not suggesting that the owner/operator of KnowledgeGeek is able to accomplish this, but one wonders if it's possible to add compliance at an engine- or template-level for sites like this which are clearly copying Wikipedia content in huge quantities. Ds13 20:46, 2004 Mar 11 (UTC)
The remaining problems identified above seem to be addressed now. I would agree that they are largely compliant now. --Ds13 06:50, 2004 Mar 21 (UTC)
  • [Homepage of the site has no content of Wikipedia. No disclaimer/copyright information]

Knowledge Giant

Knowledge Giant
URL http://sex.knowledgegiant.com, http://knowledgegiant.com/
Sample http://sex.knowledgegiant.com/search/Physics, http://knowledgegiant.com/search/Earth_science
Rating Low
Details Apparently a full mirror of Wikipedia, though without image pages. Pages attribute Wikipedia without link and link to offsite GFDL. Also links to Wikipedia's copy of disclaimer. Explicitly claims copyright. Uses dynamic loading (see http://knowledgegiant.com/search/current%20events).
Contact info KNOWLEDGEGIANT.COM@domainsbyproxy.com (private whois), legal@nac.net (host whois)
Actions

Knowledge Is Fun

  • site: knowledgeisfun.com
  • A TOTAL ripoff of wikipedia. Claims copyright as own!--Deglr6328 23:11, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • No mention of Wikipedia
  • No link to GFDL
  • Contains text "Copyright © 2004 KnowledgeIsFun.com, all rights reserved."
  • Sent first letter to domainsatvizaginfo.com and @kif (best contacts aval.) --Davelane 00:03, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Response: "Thanks for informing about the missing copyright message. The website is maintained by one of our client who has informed us back that the necessary copyright message has been put."
  • Now contains text "Copyright © 2004 KnowledgeIsFun.com, all rights reserved. This article was derived fully or in part from an article on Wikipedia.org] - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License. " --Davelane 16:45, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Knowledge King

Knowledge King
URL http://www.knowledgeking.net
Sample http://www.knowledgeking.net/encyclopedia/a/al/albania_1.html
Rating
Details Ends with "This content from wikipedia is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Brought to you by System0." Links only to Wikipedia main page; no direct link to article or inclusion of history.
Contact info
Actions

Knows-It-All

Knows-It-All
URL http://www.homestayfinder.com/
Sample http://www.homestayfinder.com/Dictionary.aspx?q=Dan_Marsh
Rating High
Details Mentions GFDL. Links to Wikipedia. Mentions copyright status.
Contact info abuse@discountasp.net, abuse@domainsbyproxy.com, HOMESTAYFINDER.COM@domainsbyproxy.com (private)
Actions

L

LaborLawTalk

LaborLawTalk
URL http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/index.php
Sample http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Wikipedia
Rating Medium
Details Complete mirror of all Wikipedia articles. Links to gnu.org GFDL and original article.
Contact info LABORLAWTALK.COM@domainsbyproxy.com (private whois), http://laborlawtalk.com/sendmessage.php (contact form), abuse@rackspace.com (host)
Actions
  • Sent standard letter. Vacuum c 01:59, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)

Last.fm

Last.fm
URL http://www.last.fm
Sample http://www.last.fm/music/7+Year+Bitch
Rating Low
Details Straight copy from recent version of 7 Year Bitch embedded in the one page I looked at. There is a GFDL notice, but the source is only visible on the edit tab.
Contact info office@last.fm
Actions
  • Sent standard letter to office@last.fm Superm401 - Talk 05:38, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Received reply correcting me and noting that there was a GFDL notice, and Wikipedia was attributed on the edit page. Replied that the GFDL must be local, and noting that the notice must visible to readers, not just editors. Superm401 - Talk 15:16, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
      • Agreed having sources visible only to editors was weird. Said he would host a local GFDL. Replied thanking him, discussing Wikipedia's use of external GFDL content, and agreeing that the GFDL was harsh (but noting that this is still easier than real compliance). Superm401 - Talk 19:46, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

latitudezero.org

Legal Information Source

Lexikonia.org

A local copy of italian wikipedia.

  • Site: [60]
  • Example [61]
  • No link to the current version of article
  • Yes link to en.wikipedia.org, no link to it.wikipedia.org
  • Attribution with an image not much readable and in English, instead the visitors are probably Italians.

libelpedia.org

libelpedia.org
URL http://libelpedia.org/ http://libelpedia.org/
Sample http://libelpedia.org/ http://libelpedia.org/
Rating "Low/None"
Details This site currently presents itself as a new, unedited Wikimedia Foundation wiki
Contact info The domain registrant name and address (Thomas Archer, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA) are bogus. The address is a USGS office in Menlo Park. The phone number is clearly bogus: Registrant Phone:+1.8005551212. The registrant email is valid and is believed to be actually in use by Jeffrey_Vernon_Merkey, blocked user User:Gadugi, blocked user User:Waya_sahoni, sockpuppet User:67.186.225.152, and sockpuppet User:67.137.28.188 -- Registrant Email:tjarcher@comcast.net. This email address has been used by User:Waya_sahoni. The web site itself is refered to at Merkey/Gadugi/Waya sahoni's new wiki, wikigadugi.org. Also see: [stalkerpedia.org]
Actions I feel that dealing with this potentially libelous web site is probably best left to Wikimedia foundation legal counsel. -- talks_to_birds 09:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

LincolnMortgage.info

Only a selection of pages, from all namespace of en.wp. Very random. Very odd interface.

Linix Encyclopedia

literaturemania.com

  • Site: literaturemania.com
  • Example: [62]
  • No attribution
  • No GFDL notice
  • No copyright information of any sort, just "ads" about "Discount Pet Supplies" and an offsite link
  • Refers to Wikipedia text section as "The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia"
  • Appears to be some sort of Project Gutenberg and (non-compliant) Wikipedia mirror

liverpoolcityportal.co.uk

Now seems to comply, having used the suggested text I sent them through the form letter. Am going to ask them to see if the copyright notice can be clarified, though. Johnleemk | Talk 12:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
All is in order now. Johnleemk | Talk 17:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
LiveSeattle.com
URL http://www.liveseattle.com
Sample http://www.liveseattle.com/Default.aspx?tabid=5097
Rating Low/None
Details The sample page is a blatant grab of Wedgwood, Seattle, Washington (maybe not the current version, and they stripped the footnotes, but I immediately recognized User:GoDot's plodding prose.) - Jmabel
Contact info They link to a page at http://www.livecityguides.com/Home/ContactForm/tabid/454/Default.aspx. They are pushing it "Advertise with us", but I can't see why a different sort of message couldn't be left. - Jmabel
Actions Nothing so far

My guess given that they direct comments to a site with a more generic name is that they've done the same not just for other places in Seattle but for other cities. - Jmabel | Talk 00:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

localcolorart.com

Localcolorartandothers
URL http://www.localcolorart.com
Sample http://www.localcolorart.com/encyclopedia/Recreation/
Rating High
Details
  • Link to local GFDL.
  • Mentions and links back to the original article. (extra non-compliance info removed) WB 01:42, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Contact info
Actions Contacted everyone. No replies from the admin. ISP contacted. -- WB 01:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC) (Admin says they did not receive email).

Additionally the following domain names are equivalent sites:

  • http://209.197.127.220
  • http://209.197.89.145
  • http://209.68.55.237
  • http://209.68.55.246
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  • http://216.92.11.22
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  • http://216.92.85.60
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  • http://artquilt.com
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  • http://completeidiots.com
  • http://completeidiotsguide.com
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  • http://demoz.org
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  • http://fredericksburggallery.com
  • http://freshbrewed.com
  • http://globalists.com
  • http://greatartwork.com
  • http://greatartworks.com
  • http://guidinglight.com
  • http://handoverfist.com
  • http://higherpower.net
  • http://higherpower.org
  • http://higherpowered.org
  • http://hillcountryart.com
  • http://hillcountryartgallery.com
  • http://hillcountryartist.com
  • http://hillcountryartists.com
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  • http://hollywoodblockbuster.com
  • http://hotandcold.com
  • http://huboftheuniverse.com
  • http://innerman.com
  • http://interiorbeauty.com
  • http://internetnavigator.com
  • http://jobsinart.com
  • http://karr.net
  • http://kilnfired.com
  • http://kingsized.com
  • http://kurtiskarr.com
  • http://landcompany.com
  • http://landscapenavigator.com
  • http://launchbase.com
  • http://launchbase.net
  • http://launchbase.org
  • http://lifeanddeath.com
  • http://livingdangerously.com
  • http://localartgallery.com
  • http://localcolor.info
  • http://localcolorart.com
  • http://localcolorartists.com
  • http://localcolorarts.com
  • http://localcolors.com
  • http://localfineart.com
  • http://locolcolor.com
  • http://lokalkolorit.com
  • http://lokalkolorit.de
  • http://lonestararts.com
  • http://matronofthearts.com
  • http://merica.com
  • http://metalworkart.com
  • http://mouseclique.com
  • http://mylocalcolor.com
  • http://nativeartworks.com
  • http://naturalresearch.com
  • http://naturalresearch.org
  • http://neverclosed.com
  • http://omnipresent.net
  • http://omnipresent.org
  • http://oneonly.com
  • http://onlinereligion.com
  • http://orderlyfashion.com
  • http://ourlocalcolor.com
  • http://overthetopart.com
  • http://overthetopartgallery.com
  • http://overthetopgallery.com
  • http://parksandwildlife.com
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  • http://somethingpersonal.com
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  • http://studstill.com
  • http://stylishinteriors.com
  • http://technicalstuff.com
  • http://texanaccents.com
  • http://texanartists.com
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  • http://thelateshift.com
  • http://thelocalcolorartgallery.com
  • http://thelocalcolorgallery.com
  • http://themajors.com
  • http://thepriceoffreedom.com
  • http://thetreasuretrove.com
  • http://toat.com
  • http://trafficstop.com
  • http://usgrant.com
  • http://variedtastes.com
  • http://worldlygoods.com
  • http://worthaclick.com
  • http://wwwebster.com
  • http://xxxl.com
  • http://yourbestdeal.com
  • http://youvegotcredit.com/

logicjungle.com

  • Site: logicjungle.com
  • Mirror of the english wikipedia
  • Link to GNU FDL.
  • Link to www.wikipedia.org (from the icon)
  • Crediting links to original articles
We can class this is as 'well behaved' mirror. Phil from logicjungle proactively read the listing here and emailed me. I suggested some improvements to the wording of the article links, to give proper credit to wikipedia, which were quickly implemented.
If any further contact is necessary, it might as well go through me, or a I can provide a copy of the email conversation we had -- Nojer2 10:09, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The Logo (A Book)

  • Site: The Logo (A Book)
  • Uses the article about the book: "No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies"
  • Mentions Wikipedia, and provides a link to the front page
  • No GFDL Link
  • Looks like fair use.

(Numbers) ABC - DEF - GHI - JKL - MNO - PQR - STU - VWXYZ - All - Archive

M

Magnet University

Magnet University
URL http://www.rare-earth-magnets.com/magnet_university/magnet_university.htm
Sample http://www.rare-earth-magnets.com/magnet_university/magnetism.htm
Rating
Details All content on this site from Wikipedia now contains a link to the GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) and Wikipedia. The site appears to be in compliance. 16:16, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Contact info info@nationalimports.com,
Actions Standard letter sent by dave 19:28 17 Jul 2003 (UTC). Reply received from info@nationalimports.com, who says are willing to fix it. dave sent reply to National Imports today outlining what he should do to fix it, and telling him all the articles that were lifted from Wikipedia (he had emailed asking which articles were from wikipedia). Sent them a letter and noted that I am the primary author of the bismuth article they copied. --mav 12:51, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC). Received reply: Were sorry for the oversight. We'll correct the link as soon as possible. --mav 18:33, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Port Jackson, Attractions of Sydney, Australia published by MagicalJourneys.com

Port Jackson, Attractions of Sydney, Australia
URL http://www.magicaljourneys.com/Australia/index.html
Sample http://www.magicaljourneys.com/Australia/australia-interest-nsw-sydney-portjackson.html lifted from Port Jackson article
Rating "Medium" compliance with GFDL (matches Wikipedia:GFDL Compliance)
Details Although page notes info taken from wikipedia, it makes no mention of GFDL
Contact info jane@magicaljourneys.com
Actions No actions taken yet to attempt to make the website comply.

Malaspina Great Books

Malaspina Great Books
URL http://www.malaspina.com/
Sample http://www.malaspina.org/home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=123
Rating
Details Unknown. Claims copyright. No Wikipedia material found in latest check. Includes text "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and uses material adapted in whole or in part from the Wikipedia article on <ARTICLE>." Documents may be using Wikipedia as a source without including copyrighted material wholesale. This should be verified.
Contact info mcneil@mala.bc.ca, black@mala.bc.ca, Host's contact page
Actions

Maori Encyclopedia.st

  • Site: "Maori Encyclopedia.st"
  • Copies the whole mi: article namespace, apparently, though not very frequently (currently listing only 137 of the 280 articles), and converts our ordinary internal links to its internal links (but seems not to work out how to deal with piped links, using just the text - eg, the homepage links to http://maori.encyclopedia.st/Tikanga where WP has a piped link saying "tikanga" but linking to the "mi" style guide). Doesn't seem to change the text of the link in any circumstances.
  • Leaves most external links alone, even where they are to the English version, eg in the stub message "You can help Wikipedia by expanding it." readers get directed to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Find_or_fix_a_stub. However, the bottom-of-page links to other language WPs are converted to related sites such as http://enzyklopadie.cc.
  • Not as careful as it should be with some links, giving us the kindly optimistic statement "There are at least 300000 articles already written (partly or wholly in te reo Māori) that need improvement." - similar "300000" on the other-language sites.
  • Readers will be puzzled at the homepage invitation to participate. There's not even a contact address apart from the "Advertise Here!" link, which goes to http://www.fastclick.com/.
  • Mentions Wikipedia and the GFDL quite prominently at the bottom (much better than when I looked a few months ago when the "Wikipedia" reference was in small black letters on a very dark blue frame background, impossible to notice unless one knew to search for it); BUT NO links to the original article, History page, and Edit page.
  • Largely appropriate "Ads by Goooooogle", similar to Wikicities, and sometimes a panel of articles, sometimes appropriate, or other ads.
  • As of 01:57, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Maratechnology.com

  • Site: http://www.maratechnology.com/
  • Copies various Wikipedia articles about celebrities, such as Mariah Carey [64] and Ashlee Simpson [65], but the Simpson page appears out of date.
  • The sides of the pages are decorated with Google ads.
  • No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. The bottom of every page reads "© COPYRIGHT 2004 2005 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED www.maratechnology.com". No discernable compliance.
Have sent Wikipedia:Standard_GFDL_violation_letter#Single_copy_of_GFDL_notice_version to one of two email addresses listed on the site's "Contact" page. Extraordinary Machine 17:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

MarsPC Computing System

MarsPC: Knowledge Base
URL http://marspc.co.il/articles/
Sample http://marspc.co.il/articles/article/84/ajax-programming
Rating Low/None
Details Verbatim text copy of many articles, complete with "[edit]" text! Claims legal copyright
Contact info contact page: http://marspc.co.il/contact; email: support@marspc.co.uk; UK Office: +44 (0) 207 193 1990
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Marijuana.com

  • Site: Marijuana.com/wiki/
  • Copied Wikipedia from May 23 2005. Appears to have kept all namespaces.
  • No Wikipedia or GFDL notice, in fact, claims all material is copyrighted ("Please ask before you take").
  • Is a bit wierd about nonexistent articles: [66]
  • Site-wide ads at the top and bottom.
  • As of 12:11, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
  • Now just redirects to Wikipedia itself. --WCQuidditch 18:18, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

masterliness.com

Masterliness
URL http://www.masterliness.com
Sample http://www.masterliness.com/a/Sony.HiFD.htm
Rating
Details Note: Do not click the Non-user link. It seems to cause the site to redirect all future requests from your IP to Google. I'm not sure what the motivation for this is. Copies the whole article namespace. When viewed without script enabled, no mention of Wikipedia and the GFDL. With Javascript, there are links to the original article, GFDL text, History page, and Edit page. This is an unacceptable implementation because the articles are distributed to those without Javascript, but the GFDL is not.
Contact info http://www.masterliness.com/contact.php (contact page), postmaster@registerfly.com (registrar; hidden whois info), abuse@theplanet.com (host)
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MathDaily.com

MathDaily
URL http://www.mathdaily.com/
Sample http://www.mathdaily.com/lessons/Pope
Rating Medium
Details Identical to Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks/Pqr#PhysicsDaily.
Contact info fhq7j5466hwn3jw@protectfly.com (from privacy-locked WHOIS entry), http://www.registerfly.com/info/contact.php (Registrar contact page), postmaster@registerfly.com (registrar email address), ibizdns.com (nameserver)
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Maxpedia.org

  • Site: http://www.maxpedia.org
  • Copies the whole article namespace, including images.
  • Mentions Wikipedia and the GFDL; a wap service (edition for a cell phone)
  • As of 15:38, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

MB CEO 2.0

MB CEO 2.0 Your informational resource
URL http://www.mbceo.com/
Sample http://www.mbceo.com/sports/more_information.php?c=Montenegro_national_football_team
Rating Low
Details No indication that this site is a huge mirror of Wikipedia at all (that I could find at least).
Contact info
Actions

The Mcfly Network

* Individual article pages link back to wikipedia and mention the GFDL

It appears that this is not a fork but a copy. Can someone check this and post here? JesseW 00:48, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

  • It was meant to be a fork but not much was ever changed. Ashibaka 18:50, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
    • Most of the pages are based on the same wikisource. Deleted pages are generally kept, my parse code is not identical to Wikipedia's (thus resulting in different html output), and a few pages have been altered. Whether this makes it a fork or a mirror according to the GFDL is a legal question which I don't feel I can answer at this time. However, I've tried to be as closely compliant as possible with the GFDL requirements for a fork. In order to do this, I have released the entire site as a single GFDL document, parts of which are aggregated under non-GFDL licenses. anthony 警告 17:39, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

If anyone has any suggestions as to how I can be in better compliance with the GFDL, feel free to leave a message on my user talk page. anthony 警告 17:32, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I've only found mention of Wikipedia on the front page. Lotsofissues 12:14, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

(i added the above strikethrough) the site only mentions wikipedia on the main page, it no longer mentions much of anything on the article pages. user:anthony DiPierro has stated on wikipedia talk pages in the past that he links the edit pages back to wikipedia; that policy has obviously changed as i was easily able to find content on mcfly which was added since its forking. it is not clear to me what policy is for this change, but i do think it should be attended to. i also would like to know whether there is a procedure for bringing in some of the changes made on mcfly; i found at least one bit (didnt look around too much) that i would like to have added to an article. i regret that the weakness of my license-fu is keeping me from answering this question myself. Burgher 14:22, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Measuroo


Media UK - "The Knowledge"

Website

MediaWiki powered sub-section of a specialist media website - appears to be mostly original content with some content copied from Wikipedia (i.e. a derivative work), which is acknowledged. All content is apparently licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence. No mention of the GFDL.

Relevant pages:

Marknew 16:24, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Medbib.com - "the modern encyclopedia"

Medbib
URL http://www.medbib.com
Sample http://www.medbib.com/Froogle
Rating None
Details Complete, dynamic, remote loading mirror. Does not mention Wikipedia or the GFDL.
Contact info reinhard.f.busch@web.de (whois), http://schlundtech.de/kontakt/ (host)
Actions Reported by zetawoof to wikitech-l.

www.medicaliterature.com

  • Site: http://www.medicaliterature.com
  • A copy of all Wikipedia pages from October 2004
  • No link to Wikipedia
  • Uses the name Wikipedia
  • Links to a local copy of the GFDL
  • Only the most recent edit is shown in the page history

meds4dumbbells.com

  • Site: http://meds4dumbbells.com
  • Copies many drug articles verbatim copy&paste style including index , e.g. Codeine, Tramadol, etc.
  • No mention of Wikipedia whatsoever
  • No mention of copyright, except in source code where it claims it for itself
  • No contact info on site. Complaint should be sent to Yahoo by someone who has edited one or more of these articles, which appears to be hosting it judging from the source code (look at bottom)
  • 1st complaint letter about meds4dumbbells.com rejected by Yahoo as I, the sender, have no personal claim to copyright

Memory Alpha

Has some adapted articles about Star Trek and those such as "Welcome, Newcomers". Not a verbatim copy, but is in fact most harmless. We will probably one day be copying articles back from this site, knowing they are in capable hands.
  • links to current version of article, with date & time of copy of article
  • links to GFDL.
Update: Memory Alpha is now under the Creative Commons License; not sure whether there is still Wikipedia content in it. Andre Engels 01:13, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia content is still used for user guide and documentation-type pages (example: [68]). We don't use the GFDL anymore (changing early when all pages were by but a few authors who all could agree on the change); based on my reading of the GFDL, I believed that the similar spirit of the GFDL and the Creative Commons License was sufficient. Links to the original Wikipedia pages have been preserved in all cases, anyway. Feedback would be appreciated if there is some potential conflict concerning the licenses. (I am one of the webmasters of Memory Alpha.) -- Dan Carlson 02:40, Feb 8, 2004 (UTC)
Update: Memory Alpha no longer uses duplicates of Wikipedia pages for our policies; we've rewritten or removed copied pages. Listing here should no longer be necessary. -- Dan Carlson 03:51, Apr 11, 2004 (UTC)

metaweb

Seems to be an official wiki of (and I think maybe run by) author Neal Stephenson

midimacman.com

milliondollaridea.com

  • Site: milliondollaridea.com
  • Example: [71]
  • No attribution
  • No GFDL notice
  • Only copyright information is their site's copyright; their Legal Notice link makes no mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL
  • Appears to be geared toward search engine link spam (also has ads, which is fine)
  • down as of 8/4/06 --Utopianfiat 19:42, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

mistyped.info

MochaCity.com

MochaRadio.com - The Hottest Hip Hop ...
URL http://mochacity.com/
Sample http://radio.mochacity.com/artist/207/alicia-keys
Rating Low/None
Details Page has no mention of Wikipedia, and in fact asserts own copyright. Other pages link to Wikipedia, but do not mention where the text is from: [72]
Contact info James Lincoln
jhustle75@yahoo.com;
818-522-5440 (registered through godaddy).
Other contact information here: [73].
Actions

Patstuarttalk·edits 03:18, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

MOCpages

mocpages.com
URL http://www.molinu.com
Sample http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/15815
Rating Low
Details This page is completely lifted from Mitsubishi_Zero. Claims authorship.
Contact info
Actions

Molinu

Molinu
URL http://www.molinu.com
Sample http://en.molinu.com/Bill%20Clinton/3356/0
Rating High
Details Multilingual mirror that is supposedly more accessible to mobile devices. Links to original article and offsite GFDL.
Contact info support@molinu.com
Actions
  • This site claims a copyright at the bottom of every page, e.g. [74]. Not sure what to do about this. --W.marsh 20:30, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Mon-photo.com

  • http://www.mon-photo.com/ "Fotos del mundo - Photos from around the world"
  • English and Spanish versions: most pages are copied directly from English and Spanish Wikipedias
  • Some pages have links to main page of English and Spanish Wikipedias; others don't
  • No link to source article; no mention of GFDL -- ran (talk) 07:35, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

MoodBook.com

moono.com

moono.com
URL http://www.moono.com
Sample http://www.moono.com/html/morena-baccarin/morena-baccarin-biography.cfm (see Morena Baccarin)
Rating Low/None
Details Copy of wikipedia articles without mention of GFDL or wikipedia. Claims copyright.
Contact info
Actions

--StYxXx 16:32, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


Morelawinfo.com

  • http://www.morelawinfo.com/index.php
  • Copies many Wikiedia articles on law and other subjects, such as corporations (Airborne Express copied at [76]).
  • Copying isn't very up-to-date. The article on the Supreme Court of the United States (at [77]) includes a typo ("which concisely summaries the case") that was corrected by this edit to our article almost a year ago.
  • At this writing, the Morelawinfo home page features a copy of our Murphy's law article, but perhaps they rotate.
  • Absolutely no compliance. No link, no mention of Wikipedia, no mention of GFDL. Each article has a "credits" link at the bottom but it's a dead link. JamesMLane 00:44, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Motorcycle Accessories

  • Site: http://www.x-moto.net/articles/.
  • Sample article: Maria Skłodowska-Curie
  • No link to Wikipedia article, though Wikipedia is mentioned (This article is from Wikipedia.).
  • Link to local copy of GFDL (All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.).
  • Claims copyright of content (Copyright © 2004 - 2005 www.x-moto.net).
  • It seems to copy from all namespaces, not just articles (this, for example, is my user page).
  • Does not show images, not even on the image's article (for example, our logo should be here).
  • It seems to do a live copy from our articles.
  • Standard letter sent by me to contact address: contact@x-moto.net.

-Fibonacci 13:10, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

MrSci.com

  • Site: http://www.mrsci.com
  • Sample article: Vermiform appendix
  • No link to Wikipedia article.
  • Wikipedia is not mentioned.
  • No reference to GFDL.
  • Claims copyright of content (© MrSci.com. All Rights Reserved).
  • Does not show images for articles.
  • Does not appear to be a live mirror.
  • No e-mail address is given on their website, but their domain is through GoDaddy and was registered by Domains By Proxy.
  • Standard letter sent by me to contact address given in whois query (MRSCI.COM@domainsbyproxy.com).
  • Domains By Proxy also takes complaints about their clients by postal mail [78].

--David Iberri (talk) 22:47, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Comment:most of the stuff on this site appears to be lifted from en.wikipedia.org without mentioning wikipedia and claiming their own copyright. Alex.tan 00:40, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

mrscienceguy.com

  • site: mrscienceguy.com
  • Samples: As near as I can tell the bio's of the people (chemists, etc) are copies of the corresponding wikipedia articles from between the June 20, 2004 and July 10th 2004. Compare the following:
  • Claims copyright of content (Copyright © 2005 mrscienceguy.com All Rights Reserved)
  • Wayback machine reports no articles on this prior to 2005, so unlikely that wikipedia could have copied from them.

I have no idea what should be done here. I'd appreciate extra eyeballs to make sure I'm not making a n00b mistake. Wikibofh 23:09, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


mtjlcs.com

mtjlcs.com
URL www.mtjlcs.com
Sample http://al37.mtjlcs.com/scientiaestpotentia.html
Rating Low/None.
Details Site is designed to spam google with a jumble of keywords extracted from various sources, including Wikipedia - the sample page took content from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Marlowe
Contact info Everyones Internet, tel: +1-713-579-2850, e-mail: abuse@ev1servers.net
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Muppetpastor 3.0

Muppetpastor
URL http://www.muppetpastor.org/
Sample http://www.muppetpastor.org/?p=40 (uses Venetian Snares, New Radicals and Ann Danielewski)
Rating Low
Details Says blog is under GFDL and that material comes from Wikipedia. Does not say what material, however, and there are no direct links or history sections. Also, there is no link to the GFDL.
Contact info jeff@dreamhost.com (DMCA agent for host)
Actions Left message on blog asking for him to email me (whois email address invalid). Superm401 - Talk 09:36, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

muraroa

muraroa
URL http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/
Sample http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/
Rating "Low/None"
Details all info on compression algorithms seems to be copied from WP articles
Contact info
Actions none

Music is Everywhere

Music is Everywhere
URL http://musikkita.wordpress.com/
Sample http://musikkita.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/
Rating "Low/None"
Details Seems to copy portions of articles without attribution. Compare the section of the 2007/03/02 page with our article on Sweet Sacrifice, and portions of http://musikkita.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/western-single-67-2007/ to Wait_For_You_(Elliott_Yamin_song)
Contact info
Actions None.

Musictnt.com

Danceage
URL http://music.musictnt.com/
Sample http://music.musictnt.com/biography/Alicia_Keys.html
Rating "Low"
Details Makes clear mention of Wikipedia, but no mention of GFDL, and is using WP bandwidth for images. Also states "Copyright © 2004 Danceage.com . All rights reserved. "
Contact info Contact us page.

Rahmati, Dariush webmaster@danceage.com 16666779234 (United Arab Emirates) (source: [82])

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mvlife.com

  • Site: http://www.mvlife.com/a11/index2.php?title=Main_Page

myadvertisers.com

  • Site: http://www.myadvertisers.com/wiki/Main_Page
  • All namespaces.
  • No mention of Wikipedia.
  • No mention of GFDL.
  • Main page dates is March 21, 2005.
  • Admin contacted. Waiting for reply.
  • 23:18, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Mybenches.com

  • Site: http://www.mybenches.com/articles/.
  • Sample article: Brachistochrone problem.
  • No link to Wikipedia article, though Wikipedia is mentioned (This article is from Wikipedia.).
  • Link to GFDL (All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.).
  • Claims copyright of content (Copyright © 2004 www.mybenches.com).
  • It seems to copy from all namespaces, not just articles (this, for example, is my user page).
  • Does not show images, not even on the image's article (for example, our logo should be here).
  • It seems to copy from our articles on a daily basis - not a live copy, but not outdated for more than a day, either.
  • Does not seem to provide contact information (I didn't find it, at least).

-Fibonacci 03:21, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Still has much of the problems above, but at least they added a link back to the Wikipedia article... Wcquidditch | Talk 11:52, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

MyWiseOwl.com

  • Site: www.mywiseowl.com
  • Mirror of the full English wikipedia. Including images.
  • Example article http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/Baden%2C_Switzerland)
  • Clear link to our copy of the text of the GFDL
  • Link (called 'live article') to our copy of the article, at the bottom.
  • Seems to be high degree of compliance.
  • verified 20:15, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC) by 20:17, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)~
Advertising is a mix of money making google text adds, and also 'public service' ads. Interestingly they're also spending money on google ad words e.g. 'Integration Testing'.

- Nojer2 11:33, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

www.mywikipedia.us

| action = no actions taken

N

Namibia Internet Gateway

  • Site: Namibia Internet Gateway
  • A bit of lookup shows that this is hosted at 64.151.72.220 which belongs to the ISP ServePath.com in San Francisco - let your takedowns roll 28 Sep 2004
  • mirror of Wikipedia, but not with correct backlinking.---Dittaeva 08:47, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • Mentions GFDL but 'unbelivibly' links to a oscommerce site "Welcome to your Online Pharmacist" instead of the licence!!!
  • I checked this today 18/9/04 and it now links to a Nuke site -- my guess is its some kind of spam link device --82.43.209.114 18:47, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Needs action! --Davelane 21:52, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

--Davelane 21:52, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

  • also see: http://www.namweb.com.na/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Main+Page namibweb
  • No link to Wikipedia article
  • no link to GFDL
  • No contact information
  • Example - University of Delaware
  • Standard letter sent by: ?
  • http://www.namweb.com.na/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Main%20Page
  • Appears to be a complete dump of Wikipedia taken at the end of March 2004. The site appears to have been operational since early April 2004. The site includes user pages and the pages fully editable with the exception of the standard protected pages. No mention of GNU Free Documentation License, instead it states "The site is Sponcored (sic) by Namibia Internet Gateway OaSyS, AfricaLinks, NamWeb, NIG". Judging by recent changes the site appears to be attracting a few vandals.
    • Wikipedia users seem to be disappearing. The pages are still there. [ alerante | “” 00:19, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC) ]
      • I can't find any Wikipedia content there anymore. Amaurea 10:16, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Nationmaster

(basically all wikipedia articles)

  • Not a verbatim copy, because the copyright statement from the printed version has been modified, both the text, size of text, and location.

Database was downloaded about February 15 2005; comments are based on article http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Warsaw-Uprising but appear to apply to all other articles

The copyright notice at the bottom of each page states

"Copyright NationMaster.com 2003-2005. All Rights Reserved. Usage implies agreement with terms."

  • incorrectly attributes copyright
  • restrictions beyond those permitted by the GFDL ("all rights reserved")
  • restricts usage of material which is not permitted by the GFDL.
  • breaches "D. Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document." of GFDL terms for distribution of modified documents

The copyright notice links twice to a set of terms. These terms include the following

NationMaster.com holds copyright on all aspects of this site (including but not limited to content and layout), with the exception of the text from articles taken from Wikipedia and where copyrights are held by our sources.

Which means that it should partly be ignored, however the term

By using this site, you agree to the following terms and conditions

interacts with the term

You may not replicate, modify, reproduce, publish, distribute, display or transmit any portion of this web site, except as permitted in this document.

to form a breach of the GFDL.

The terms (but not the article) do link both to Wikipedia and the content disclaimer, but not to the Wikipedia copyright terms.

  • there is no copy of or link to the GFDL
  • there is no attribution to the original author of the document
  • there is no link to the original document.

Images may have a better condition, e.g. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Image:Uprising-kotwica.jpg shows the correct GFDL link, however, even this fails since the user page link does not work as expected.


This site seems to have nearly cleaned up its act. The disclaimer at the bottom of articles now reads:

The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.

"Wikipedia" is linked to the equivalent Wikipedia article. "GFDL" is linked to GNU's What Is Copyleft? page, which is probably not compliant (they should have a copy of the GFDL on their site, or at least a direct link to the text) but pretty close. Gwalla | Talk 05:21, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

As of 27 July 2005, the Copyright notice still links to "Terms and Conditions" which says:

Terms and Conditions

By using this site, you agree to the following terms and conditions:

NationMaster.com holds copyright on all aspects of this site (including but not limited to content and layout), with the exception of the text from articles taken from Wikipedia and where copyrights are held by our sources.

You may not use any robot, spider or any automated or manual device to monitor or copy any aspect of this site (including content) without the NationMaster.com prior permission, unless your purpose is to index the content for a traditional search engine (eg. Google, Teoma, etc). You may not replicate, modify, reproduce, publish, distribute, display or transmit any portion of this web site, except as permitted in this document.

You are permitted to quote no more than 20 individual figures (eg. US GDP per capita, Andorran life expectancy, etc) or lines of text from this site, provided you provide a link back to a valid page at NationMaster.com. You may not copy graphs, maps, scatterplots, etc.

If you would like permission to quote the data in another way, or to make an enquiry about licensing, please contact us.

You are free to link to any page on the site, without needing to seek permission.

which rather implies restriction on the GDFL rights, but each page from wikipedia seems to have proper acknowledgement. DES 21:21, 27 July 2005 (UTC)


NBC.com

NBC's official website, specifically, their Heroes Wiki
URL http://boards.nbc.com/nbc/wiki/index.php
Sample http://boards.nbc.com/nbc/wiki/index.php/Claire_Bennet
Rating None
Details NBC runs an offical Wiki for their show, Heroes. Pages here seem to use Wikipedia articles, inculding much about the characters, with no acknowledgment of any kind.
Contact info webmaster@nbc.com
Actions Standard letter sent, awaiting reply.--Fyre2387 (talkcontribs) 22:55, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Nebulasearch.com

  • Site: Nebulasearch.com
  • Mentions and links to the GFDL
  • Acknowledges Wikipedia authorship
  • Links to source wikipedia article

Neighborhoodscout.com

Verbatim excerpts from Wikipedia articles (examples: [83], [84], [85]...). Don't see any credit given to Wikipedia or GFDL terms. They have the pages marked at the bottom with "Copyright© 2001-2005 Location Inc Group".

Netipedia

netipedia.com Copy of Wikipedia articles. They use the Wikipedia name. They removed all community related articles, talk pages, and GFDL terms.

No history, author information, or link to wikipedia.org or any related site seem present. DES 21:23, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

User pages are included. Alphax τεχ 03:49, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

New World Encyclopedia

New World Encyclopedia
URL http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/
Sample http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/preview/Francisco_Su%C3%A1rez from Francisco Suárez
Rating Medium
Details Has notice "All credit for producing the original text goes to the WikiMedia Foundation and its selfless team of volunteer contributors. It was copied here in compliance with the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). Any changes made to the original text since then create a derivative work which is also GFDL licensed. (Please note the current version here and at Wikipedia diverge over time. Check the edit history here and there for details.) " Broken link to local GFDL article, and working link to offsite GFDL in standard MediaWiki footer. All articles are vetted by paid editors, most with PhD's in their subject. Project started partially by User:Ed Poor.
Contact info User:Ed Poor
Actions Contacted Ed Poor about GFDL issue. Superm401 - Talk 07:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

newsfilter.co.uk

Research requested. JesseW 22:20, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Seems to give full content of wikipedia articles. Indicates source is wikipedia and content is under the GDFL with a proper link, and each article links to the corresponding article on wikipedia. Seems to be just a dump of wikipedia as of a fixed (but unspecified) date with advertisements added at top and bottom. DES 21:43, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

New York City Model

  • Site newyorkcitymodel.com
  • Some (but not all) of their "Famous Supermodels" articles seem to be derived from Wikipedia content; this has come to lighgt as a result of Elona Bojaxhi and Bridget Hall being tagged as copyvios from there. However there are earlier versions of these articles whch differ from the newyorkcitymodel.com pages in small details.
  • Does not link back to Wikipedia or acknowledge authorship as far as I can tell.
  • Their legal notice is quite interesting - copyright reserved, and asserts Moroccan jurisdiction (the domain is indeed registered to a Moroccan company).
  • Standard letter not yet sent. --rbrwr± 20:02, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Nexuscience.com

UPDATE: Account suspended? Appears to be offline. - RoyBoy [] 03:48, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

  • Site: Nexuscience.com
  • Links to original article, by each article title
  • Links to more recent Wikipedia articles which had been found at the time of compilation are on each page, by way of link?
  • Links to local copy of GNU/FDL on every page, including main page
  • Pages which contain original Wikipedia articles state 'From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'. A link to the main page of Wikipedia is included in addition to a link to the original article.
  • Bottom of main page states 'All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, copyright Wikipedia contributors'
  • The compilation as a whole on CD is stated to be licensed under the GNU/FDL in the installation license and in the readme.txt file


Nigerian Nation

  • Site: nigeriannation.com
  • Uses Wikipedia articles
  • Uses Wikipedia style sheet, but the logo is changed
  • Does not mention GFDL
  • Does not link back to Wikipedia or acknowledge authorship
  • Standard letter not yet sent.


No-Gambling.com

  • Site: No-Gambling.com
  • Does not acknowledge wikipedia authorship
  • Does not state that the article is licensed under the GNU FDL.
  • Does not link to the relevant wikipedia page (or wikipedia at all)
  • Example: [86] from Shuffling playing cards
  • Standard letter sent. --snoyes 17:17, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Now mentions Wikipedia prominently, links to Wikipedia main page, and GNU/FDL license at gnu.org. Andre Engels 01:19, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)

www.nobslinks.com

  • Site: http://www.nobslinks.com
  • For some reason, the site has only a few unlinked copies of Wikipedia articles on Nobel Prize winners. I can only find this site through google, does not seem to be linked to by any other site.
  • Does not acknowledge wikipedia authorship
  • Does not state that the article is licensed under the GNU FDL.
  • Does not link to the relevant wikipedia page (or wikipedia at all)
  • Example: http://www.nobslinks.com/chemistry-npw/links/curie-marie.htm
  • No email address on site, will try webmaster@nobslinks.com, etc. KWH 21:23, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Nodeworks Encyclopedia

  • Site: Nodeworks Encyclopedia
  • Links to Wikipedia (but not individual article) on each page
  • Links to local copy of GNU/FDL on every page
  • Example article
  • Bottom of main page states 'This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. '

Non-violence.org

  • Site: Non-violence.org
  • Uses Wikipedia articles
  • Mention of GFDL
  • Link to Wikipedia

North Texas e-News

  • Site: [87]
    • On this day page with every link on interior of page to a wikipedia article
  • Noncompliant - © Copyright 2002-2005 by North Texas e-News, llc

Notfah.com

  • Site: www.notfah.com
  • Seems to run a mediawiki installation with a text copy of Wikipedia. No images.
  • No copyright notice, mention of the GFDL
  • No mention of Wikipedia (except on the main page, which is our one without the templates)
    • Sent a standard letter to the owner (in Cairo, Egypt!). -- WB 08:05, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
      • According to the admin, he will change that in the next update. So wait. -- WB 23:20, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Mirror was taken down by the owner. 10:40, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Novamobile.net

  • Site: www.novamobile.net
  • The article on Base Station Subsystem here [88] is a cut and pasted copy of this version of the Wikipedia page. The version on their site has the date 2006-06-18, it even has a copy of the expand tag.
  • No mention of Wikipedia or GFDL. Article says "Author : Raveex" on one of the first lines which is clearly not the case and as such a violation of gfdl.
  • Most articles (at least the ones I checked) listed here are cut and pasted from Wikipedia and claim the same author.
  • No action taken. - 130.233.243.229 11:02, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Email. --F. Cosoleto 12:25, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
      • Now "Author: Raveex" is replaced with "Author: Wikipedia". --F. Cosoleto 23:05, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

O

OmniKnow

Omnipelagos

<Omnipelagos>
URL Omnipelagos.com
Sample http://www.omnipelagos.com/entry?n=wikipedia
Rating Medium
Details Credits Wikipedia and links to GFDL article (not text) on pages featuring full articles. Home page (which contains clippings from articles) does not mention the GFDL or Wikipedia and includes the footnote "© 2005 Omnipelagos.com".
Contact info Steven Hugg, feedback@omnipelagos.com, +1.7036244251
Actions

Onpedia

  • Site: http://www.onpedia.com
  • Example [89] for Albania
  • Ends with "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "albania"." with link to GFDL at GNU and wrong (but working) link to original article. --Henrygb 23:11, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • The links to Wikipedia are apparently parsed, and often broken. All links are in lower case, and spaces are replaced by dashes. See their List-of-communities-in-Ontario for an example. Mindmatrix 19:33, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

onelook.com

  • Site: onelook.com
  • The first part (ca. 230 characters, sometimes less) of basically each article
  • almost certainly fair use
  • link to current full version of the article
  • link to GFDL on acknowledgments page
  • contact form

Onelang - Encyclopedia & Reference

  • Site: Onelang - Encyclopedia & Reference
  • links to GFDL and credits Wikipedia
    • Seems to be GFDL/GPL confusion in the link
  • exact copy of Wikipedia as seen here
    • Some formatting issues and some articles missing (e.g. Albania)
    • No link to original article
    • Articles end with "This article uses material from Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License" with link to local copy of Wikipedia article about GNU General Public License rather than GFDL (or GPL) itself --Henrygb 12:07, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

www.objectssearch.com encyclopedia

Appears to be a complete clone of the en: Wikipedia.

  • mentions Wikipedia at foot of page, with link back to www.wikipedia.org
  • mentions GFDL, links to GNU online copy
  • no link back to Wikipedia source article: this needs fixing

Objectssearch Encyclopedia - 'the free encyclopedia'

  • Site: Objectssearch Encyclopedia - 'the free encyclopedia'
  • Only links back to en.wikipedia.org, does not link back to original article.
  • Mentions GFDL, linking to GNU.org.
  • This site is stealing Wikipedia bandwidth. When looking up an article, the script get.jsp queries the en.wikipedia.org server realtime , strips the result down to the text alone and places it its own page. Evidence: I tested various pages that I knew had changed very recently (not more than two hours ago), e.g. Tuareg languages. They all returned the most recent version.
  • The best example is of course looking up the main page: [90]!
  • Needs action. Probably standard letter is not enough. Someone who is more fluent and eloquent than I am in English, please help. - Mark Dingemanse (talk) 21:32, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Objectspace.com

objectsspace.com
URL http://www.objectsspace.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Main_Page
Sample http://www.objectsspace.com/encyclopedia/index.php/User:Thorpe
Rating Low
Details
  • All namespaces.
  • Almost direct copy of Wikipedia with ads.
  • Mentions Wikipedia only because that's how it's set up.
  • Non-edittable.
  • No link to the original article.
Contact info
Actions Replied by host/ISP. DMCA notice required. -- WB 01:04, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Ogarnij.info

Ogarnij.info
URL http://organij.info
Sample http://human.en.ogarnij.info/en/They+Might+Be+Giants
Rating Medium
Details "The Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) articles included on this page are licensed under the GFDL. Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright." Links to copy of GFDL rather than copy of GFDL. Example has at least 10 different articles in their entirety on it.
Contact info pch@qwe.pl, info@pazwa.pl, +48.124244010 no other valid phone number given (unless 123456789 is a valid phone number) domain registered in Poland
Actions None so far. I'm not entirely sure what would need to be done.

Omnipelagos

Online-encyclopedia.info

Online-encyclopedia.info
URL http://online-encyclopedia.info
Sample http://online-encyclopedia.info/encyclopedia/a/as/astronomy.html
Rating {{{rating}}}
Details
  • All namespaces.
  • Almost direct copy of Wikipedia with ads.
  • Mentions Wikipedia only because that's how it's set up.
  • Non-edittable.
  • No link to the original article.
Contact info
Actions I added this back as info was removed --Davelane 17:01, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Main page links to Wikipedia and to GFDL (local)
  • Has Contact Info: Contact: online at online-encycopedia.info
  • No mentioning of Wikipedia --Davelane 17:01, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Has a misleading "Copyright © 2004, Online-Encyclopedia.info" above the mentioning of GFDL
  • Each page now says "Content from wikipedia.org is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License"
  • Example - Psychology

Owner seems to be updating this page so to summerise requirements...

  • Each page needs to link to the original article
  • Each page needs to link to the GFDL and wikipedia

Thanks for taking notice of this -- I will leave this here for now, but i will move it in a couple of weeks out of low... --Davelane 11:38, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thank you. I will make the changes. I purchased this site from another individual and was unaware of the requirements. I do not wish to violate any guidelines set by the great effort by wikipedia.

Changes seem to have reverted back so leaving in low for now --Davelane 19:24, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

  • So, to summarize, as of Oct 20, 2004:

** Still only the sentence "Content from wikipedia.org is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License". ** No link to Wikipedia, let alone a direct link to the original Wikipedia article ** No link to the GFDL; fulltext of the license not available. - Mark Dingemanse (talk) 20:24, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

What are you talking about? NO changes have reverted back. Everything you mention above is and has been present for several weeks?

I had a quick look and I can't see a link back to the original article etc, the only link to wikipedia I saw was on the front page which is a lot better then some sites here -- have a look at the main mirrors and forks page, Regards --Davelane 16:23, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

OK, everything should be right on every page. Please advise.

Yup, Each page now contains:

Content from wikipedia.org is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Can safely be moved to medium

No link to original wikipedia article as of yet

Thanks for your assistance --Davelane 00:18, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Moved to medium. JesseW 10:00, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

While the site does say "Content from wikipedia.org is..." nowhere does it say what content that is; i.e. that all of the text(AFAIK) in the encyclopedia articles is "content from wikipedia.org". This should be clarified. Also, links back to specific articles are still needed. JesseW 10:00, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

100% noncompliance whatever gains were made have been rescinded - no GFDL or wikipedia mention even Lotsofissues 12:22, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

As of 27 July 2005 there is a statemetn on their main page that Content from wikipedia.org is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License which links to wikipedia.org, but their links lead to pages that seem to be assempeld from multiple wikipedia pages on related topics. There is no acknowledgement on these pages that the content comes from wikipedia, no mention of the GFDL, and no link to wikipedia much less to the individual articles. Also thre is no history or acknoledgement of contributors. The copy of wikipedia used seems to be significantly out of date. DES 21:59, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Still no links to, or mention of, wikipedia on any page except the front page. Time to get a little more insistent? --Spudtater 23:35, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Admin contacted again. Waiting for reply. No replies. Time for ISP contacting.
  • As of 01:51, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

OnlineSeats.com

A ticket agency! I found [92], from our Duran Duran article, but spot-checks on other artist bios do not seem to be from WP. Perhaps they copied from another DD fansite who uses our material. On further research: it looks like they allow site users to upload bios and links. What should be done?

  • "Copyright 2004 © - Onlineseats" - no mention of Wikipedia or GFDL anywhere. Policy and Terms here -- Copyright Policy We will terminate the privileges of any user who uses this Site to unlawfully transmit copyrighted material without a license express consent, valid defense or fair use exemption to do so, but doesn't indicate whether they will remove or credit infringing materials. [[User:CatherineMunro|Catherine\talk]] 21:50, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

onlyidol.com and juiceenewsdaily.com

onlyidol.com and juiceenewsdaily.com
URL http://onlyidol.com/index.php/category/american-idol

http://www.juiceenewsdaily.com/

Sample http://onlyidol.com/index.php/2006/01/14/all-about-american-idol/
http://www.juiceenewsdaily.com/index.php/2006/01/04/all-about-american-idol
Rating {{{rating}}}
Details
  • This guy has taken articles on Wikipedia on the television program American Idol, as well as bios of the contestants from Wikipedia, and created a website which is chock full of advertising links. He uses his own byline, and copyrights the material to himself.
  • Copyright © 2005 Only Idol. All rights reserved.
  • Only Idol is published by Landon Howell and is owned by Bamassippi Media Group.
  • There is no mention of Wikipedia on the site. He has reorganized the American Idol entry into smaller segments: a main article, and shorter separate pages on individual seasons. He also includes biographies of contestants taken from Wikipedia. There is, as far as I can tell, not a single original word about American Idol on the site. It is all taken from Wikipedia. I e-mailed site owner Landon Howell months ago with a link to the GFDL, and he said he'd look into making his site compliant. Obviously he has not, but, rather, has expanded his site with further rip-offs from Wikipedia. He even seems to try to keep up-to-date with changes in the entries over time. The site is absolutely jam-packed with advertising links, so the guy is making a pretty penny off the work of others. I just made a comment directly on his site, but it may be screened out by him. I also linked this site in the Wikipedia talk pages of the main American Idol entry, and several of the bios of contestants which were used by onlyidol.com. I have also written to him via e-mail, using one of the suggested templates linked here. -Jmh123 15:36, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Same guy, different site: juiceenewsdaily
  • The same set of articles appear to be on this site as well. Again with ample advertising on the site.
  • Published by Landon Howell and is owned by Bamassippi Media Group.
  • *Copyright © 2005 Juicee News Daily. All rights reserved.
Contact info
Actions
  • Received an e-mail response from this guy this morning, and he claims he will have this corrected within 48 hours. -Jmh123 17:52, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
  • I have e-mailed Howell that I'm now aware of the juiceenewsdaily site as well. I'll give him some time to make the appropriate changes. -Jmh123 01:30, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
  • So far, Howell has removed his by-line from some of the articles. No other changes have yet been made. I have contacted him again, again including details about how to reach compliance, and this time mentioning further steps in the process which may be taken if he does not. -Jmh123 01:57, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
  • A lengthy exchange of e-mails with Howell last night. He is very reluctant to comply, and tried various dodges, seeking what he calls "middle ground". [My favorite dodge: "But actually (I'm not picking at you but if we're getting technical), according to MLA and APA guidelines, any citation longer than 4 lines requires no quotation marks." Obviously I never mentioned quotation marks--just requested that for any article taken wholesale from Wikipedia he not use a byline or claim copyright, but, rather, include a citation and link to the original Wikipedia article, and also include a link to the GFDL.] He does not want to comply fully. He wants to put the byline back on the articles because his software will not permit him to add a byline only to "news" on his site that did not come from Wikipedia. I'll give him more time, as I think I was pretty clear about the issues and expectations.
  • Just now received the following from Howell: "I'll tell you what. The next fundraiser Wiki has (which should be in a couple of months). I'll promise to increase my gift by 25%. I'm not going to disclose what I usually give, you understand.... [my sites are] simply a way for me to take Wiki and make it more mainstream. I've been praised in the past for doing this, especially with Wikinews. You just seem to to care about the credit being more-than-obvious in the article... which is GREAT, don't get me wrong. I've just never had a problem with obeying the laws before. I'll take all the steps needed... and I'll probably pull alot of the articles in the near future."
  • We'll see what happens. If I don't see changes by next weekend, I'll request that his IP be blocked. -Jmh123 23:41, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
    • Sorry it's been so long since I reported. Articles have not been pulled, but Howell has removed his by-line from all, and added named links to Wikipedia to some. I'm assuming good faith and will probably leave this be. -Jmh123 03:36, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

open-encyclopedia.com

open-encyclopedia.com
URL http://open-encyclopedia.com/
Sample
Rating {{{rating}}}
Details
  • It offers links on pages directly to edit forms on Wikipedia, which could be a problem as the page may be a different version from what is on open-encyclopedia.

States: "Copyright © 2003-2004 Zeeshan Muhammad. All rights reserved."``` - This should be challaged, I assume it's an oversight. JesseW 11:45, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The top page may be compliant, but the rest of the pages are questionable at best. Under each article title, the owner has replaced "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" with "From open-encyclopedia.com - the free encyclopedia."
Contact info
Actions Contacted host/ISP. -- WB 04:16, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

open-dictionary.com

open-dictionary.com
URL http://open-dictionary.com/
Sample
Rating {{{rating}}}
Details
  • It offers links on pages directly to edit forms on Wikipedia, which could be a problem as the page may be a different version from what is on open-encyclopedia.

States: "Copyright © 2003-2004 Zeeshan Muhammad. All rights reserved."``` - This should be challaged, I assume it's an oversight. JesseW 11:45, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The top page may be compliant, but the rest of the pages are questionable at best. Under each article title, the owner has replaced "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" with "From open-encyclopedia.com - the free encyclopedia."
  • This is partly based on Wiktionary's content. Wholly based on.
Comment from developer (myself): I feel my Web site should be moved from this Web page and listed on 'high degree of compliance' section. I personally did not move it to prevent a bias view.
I have stated in-depth information on a Wiktionary discussion page regarding how Open Dictionary uses multiple sections to correctly label GNU FDL rights. Please view: Wiktionary: License discussion Zeeshan M 04:32, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I strongly disagree. It should be listed on medium compliance because it claims copyright over the text ("Copyright © 2003-2004 Zeeshan Muhammad. All rights reserved.") without (visibly) linking to the original Wikipedia article or containing a link to a copy of the GFDL. Its link entitled "GNU FDL Verbatim" actually redirects to Wikipedia article - meaning there isn't a link to GFDL and that Wikipedia loses out in Google PageRank similar to freedictionary.com's obscuring techniques. There is however a link to edit the article, which is commended. Enochlau 10:25, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Contact info
Actions No replies from the admin. I have yet to contact abuse@theplanet.com, the ISP. -- WB 04:31, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Opentopia.com

  • Site: encycl.opentopia.com
  • Credits Wikipedia and links to original in each article.
  • Includes From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia at the bottom.
  • Links to Wikipedia GFDL page and Copyright page on every page.
  • Links to Wikimedia fundraising page from each article.

Orthodox Wiki

I'm the administrator of OrthodoxWiki. I just ran across this page, and would like to say that I've left a message for the contributor, asking him to explicitly cite Wikipedia as a source when he imports an article in the future. We'll have to make our guidelines more explicit about this. I added a link back to Wikipedia in the article in question.
We've recently moved our wiki to a dual license (GFDL and CC by-sa), with an explicit statement that Wikipedia content does not become CC - just our original content is dually licensed. Please let me know if this is an unacceptable arrangement!' I would ask Henrygb and others to contact us in the future if they suspect any non-compliance. We're earnestly trying to work through these issues and appreciate kind guidance. I wish someone had contacted me instead of or in addition to posting this message here.
It will take a little time, but we will also do an audit to ensure that our other imported articles are in compliance. Is there a clear statement of exactly what is required for compliance anywhere? Thanks, Jschroe / FrJohn
P.S. One other note is that the person who imported this article likely took both from a third source is the author or, at least, has authorization from the original source of the article. He is the webaster of http://www.zeitun-eg.org/, which contains a lot of information about the saint. (Updated)
There are similar problems with Cyril Lucaris: copied without attribution to Wikipedia source at http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/Cyril_Lucaris
Attribution was provided in the history -- admittedly this is insufficient, but it wasn't fully absent. I'm grateful that in this case User:Henrygb did login and fix the issue. Jschroe

Osmanlı Tarihi Kültürü Medeniyeti Edebiyatı Sanatı

  • Site: http://www.osmanlimedeniyeti.com
  • Example: [93] from Albania, followed by English-Turkish dictionary
  • States: "Source: en.wikipedia.org" with link to wikipedia
  • No mention of GFDL
  • No link to original article
  • As of 00:36, 14 December 2005 (UTC) --Henrygb

Otherground

Otherground network
URL american-presidents.info, ancient-civilization.info,baseball-history.ws, basketball-history.ws, beerexpert.info, bird-watching.ws, body-builder.info, boxing-history.ws, card-tricks.info, cat-toys.ws, champagne-fountain.info, civil-war.ws, criminal-history.info, digidater.com, dinosaur-info.com, evolution-theory.info, first-time-buyer.info, football-history.ws, free-coupons.ws, free-recipe.net, golf-history.ws, gulf-war.info, healthy-eating.ws, hiv-facts.com, hockey-history.ws, home-theater-systems.info, homeimprover.info, human-body.info, informationvacation.com, iraq-war.ws, korean-war.info, low-carb-diet.ws, magic-tricks.ws, martial-artist.info, mexican-american-war.info, mixed-martial-arts.info, mortgage-advice.ws, mountain-biking.info, nascar-racing.info, organic-food.ws, personal-ads.ws, poker-table.info, product-reviews.ws, revolutionary-war.info, rock-climbing.ws, rx-info.com, scratching-post.net, second-mortgage.ws, september-11.ws, soccer-history.ws, solar-system.info, spanish-american-war.info, stem-cell-research.net, study-guide.ws, tax-preparation.info, teacher-resource.info, tennis-history.ws, the-band.info, vietnam-war.info, war-of-1812.info, wildsurvival.com, wine-club.info, world-history.ws, world-religions.info, world-war-1.info, world-war-2.info
Sample http://www.ancient-civilization.info/ancient-maori/
Rating None
Details There is no mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL and the sites claim copyright. The company responsible for all, otherground.com, appears to be making a tidy living by creating topical websites which systematically present Wikipedia articles as their own without complying with the GFDL. All include generous amounts of ads. Their website has a (complete?) list of the sites in their network (http://www.otherground.com/network/). I have reproduced it above. Though some of the pages on these sites do not appear to be copied from Wikipedia, they are probably using it as a source even for these. At any rate, I've found copyright violations on each site I checked (though admittedly that isn't all).
Contact info http://www.otherground.com/contact/ (contact form), jc@otherground.com (whois), abuse@globalcompass.com (host)
Actions
  • Violation letter sent to jc@otherground.com. Superm401 - Talk 04:50, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Sent abuse notice to hosting provider via contact form. Superm401 - Talk 08:33, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Mirrors and Forks :

(Numbers) ABC - DEF - GHI - JKL - MNO - PQR - STU - VWXYZ - All - Archive

P

Paleorama.com

Paleorama
URL http://www.paleorama.com/
Sample http://www.paleorama.com/Eponyms-N/Nero.php
Rating Low/None
Details No link to original wiki or mention of GFDL. No obvious place for contact information Pictures and link apparently removed.
Contact info
Actions

Palestine article

  • Site: Palestine article
  • No link to Wikipedia article
  • no link to GFDL
  • No contact information on the main page of their website. Can anyone find it?
  • Standard letter sent by: ?
  • I checked the link and got a 404 error. I checked http://www.huntsvillehelp.com/ as well and all there is was text saying "HuntsvilleHelp.com". Seems to me this site is dead. --Bash 04:47, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Pantheon.org

  • Site: www.pantheon.org
  • Articles "by Micha F. Lindemans" are mirrors of out of<A title="Online Dating" style="COLOR: #65b45c; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://216.130.188.208/cgi-bin/ezlclk.fcgi?id=6718" target=_blank> date </A>versions of all mythology related articles. Actually, the articles predate the original entries in Wikipedia and have been copied by users without proper notice.
With stub notices and images etc. removed
  • Especially noticeable with articles that were confused - e.g. Banebdjed and Ba (now corrected in Wikipedia) - Ba (capital B) on Pantheon is described as if a totally different entity to Banebdjed, even though Ba is said to be in Mendes. No Egyptologist would ever make this mistake - Banebdjed means "Ba of the lord ('neb') of djed", and "djed" is the old name for Mendes, but Wikipedia used to have the "Ba of Mendes" and "Banebdjed" as different gods, which is exactly how Pantheon.org has it.
  • It even has the early version of Chem, something totally obviously wrong to anyone with any competence in the field (e.g. Chem = Ham and wears a womans dress. No. Chem is a misreading of "Min", and never wore a womans dress, although female deities were sometimes depicted as Min (including phallus), though always identifiable as to who they were). This error is very unlikely to be made without copying Wikipedia.
  • N.b. w.r.t. Egyptian mythology, the articles have been updated substantially in Wikipedia since April, so may no longer correspond.
  • Claims exclusive copyright, not GDFL, all rights reserved

peacelink.de

Peacelink
URL http://www.peacelink.de/keyword/Main_Page.php
Sample http://www.peacelink.de/keyword/Derbyshire.php
Rating Low
Details This appears to be a complete dump of Wikipedia based on the last modified date on the front page. There is a disclaimer at the top that "This is NOT the Wikipedia - The content is from the Wikipedia". However, only the last entry of the history is copied and there is no link to the original article, which means it is violating the GFDL. Also, the link to the GFDL is broken because only main namespace is copied. There are other violations. For example, the title of documents is not changed in contradiction of 4.A. of the GFDL.
Contact info cernik@freewar.de
Actions Sent standard violation letter. Superm401 - Talk 02:07, 22 January 2006 (UTC). Received reply stating "Thank you for your advise. We will do so as soon as possible." Superm401 - Talk 05:52, 22 January 2006 (UTC)


PediaPress

PediaPress
URL http://pediapress.com/
Sample http://pediapress.com/build/#article:Bristol%20Stool%20Scale
Rating High
Details Links GFDL and ooriginal Wikipedia article on every page
Contact info
Actions


People's Daily

  • I posted a message. --mav 10:45, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedians Montrealais and Menchi basically wrote that article from scratch, so it is original, to Wikipedia. I'd know, I'm Menchi and I think I know Montrealais well enough.
Well, if we ever had spare lawyers and wanted publicity, "Wikipedia sues Chinese government for copyright infringement" would be hilarious. =] --Delirium 12:29, Feb 6, 2004 (UTC)


perfectsushi.com

Research requested. JesseW 22:36, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Persian Football

(from the article Ali Daei, see Talk:Ali Daei)

  • No link to Wikipedia article
  • No link to GFDL
  • Claiming a different author
  • Claiming copyright at the page footer

Pharma-help.com

  • Mentions and links to the GFDL
  • Acknowledges wikipedia authorship
  • Links to source wikipedia article

phatnav.com

  • Site: phatnav.com
  • Confusing display of license and authorship information
  • No link to wikipedia homepage or the specific article page
  • Standard letter sent by mav 11:59, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Response:

I did have a link at one time. My engineer has been making some changes
to the template, so I guess we dropped the link at some point. I'll make
sure it's put back.

--mav 23:21, 7 Jan 2004 (UTC)

  • Unchanged still. Also, it'd be nice if they'd avoid titling their pages "Articlename - Wikipedia", which seems like borderline trademark infringement (though the line between attribution and infringement is fine, I'll acknowledge). --Delirium 12:37, Feb 6, 2004 (UTC)
    • Keeps coming up at the top of my google searches these days... we need to nail these guys. +sj+ 16:20, 2004 Mar 28 (UTC)
  • I just sent a standard Violation Letter Follow-Up. Andrewlevine 04:01, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

UNCONFIRMED Contact info via online sources: 508-481-3336 listed for three names:

  • Frances A Barry, 1126 Concord Rd, Marlborough, MA 01752
  • Skip Guss, East Coast Golf Academy, 333 Southwest Cutoff Northboro MA 01532 Golfrite@aol.com
  • Shawn P. McCarthy, Diagonal Media Group, Inc. 37 Woodridge Road Marlborough, MA 01752
    • service@diagonalmediagroup.com
    • shawn.mccarthy@diagonalmediagroup.com
    • internaut@diagonalmediagroup.com

Notes:

  • McCarthy appears to be author of 'The Art of .COMbat', and a Lycos developer
  • Phatnav is shaping up to be the top leech site of Wikipedia content.

Jokestress 05:06, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Phatnav's pages still claim copyright. Straight mirror of WP content. Makes near fraudulent claims (they copy some of our pages that say "content provided by visitors to this site", further implying content is theirs). I can still see no GFDL or WP links, pages imply they are owned by PhatNav.

This is just about the worst possible violation (straight copy / adding ads / claiming copyright / not crediting authors) and given that they have not responded to previous letters, I propose we escalate according to standard protocol (please drop me a line if you want to work with me on this one). Mat-C 20:41, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Violation still going stong. <quote>PhatNav's Encyclopedia - A "Wikipedia"</quote> sounds like trademark dilution to me. --Spikey 21:28, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Appears to be compliant now. "A Wikipedia" no longer displayed, and although it's in VERY tiny print, at the very bottom of each page they say "The Wikipedia is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation Inc. It is offered as open source and is free to reuse according to the GNU Free documentation License. The original version of this page can be found at http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/<ARTICLENAME>." Their copyright notice states "All content Copyright 2003 - PhatNav and Diagonal Media Group Inc. (Except as noted on pages containing separately licensed content.) All rights reserved." Catherine | talk 18:33, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)


Phatnav
URL http://www.phatnav.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Sample http://www.phatnav.com/wiki/index.php?title=Physics
Rating
Details Bottom of each page from Wikipedia states "The Wikipedia is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation Inc. It is offered as open source and is free to reuse according to the GNU Free documentation License." At the bottom of the page, there is a link to the original article in fine print. It does not explicitly say that the displayed article is under the GFDL, which is wrong. They link to our GFDL article, not the text and not on their own site. There is also no mention of the GFDL or Wikipedia on the printable version.
Contact info service@diagonalmediagroup.com
Actions
  • Seems to 404 Not Found --Henrygb 21:33, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

phillywire.com

  • Site: phillywire.com
  • No mention/link to GFDL in some articles
  • No mention of wikipedia
  • Instead _they_ claim copyright of the article(s)
  • Examples: [94], [95], [96]
  • They didn't list an email address to contact them, so I sent the standard GFDL vio letter to webmaster@phillywire.com and admin@phillywire.com --snoyes 04:46, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Reply received: It is being worked on. --snoyes 17:43, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Seems to be in 'almost' compliance now: Mentions Wikipedia, mentions GNU/FDL, links to article, links to GNU/FDL. Only minus points: says the article "uses material from" the Wikipedia article, where it seems to be copying almost-verbatim, and GNU/FDL is linked at gnu.org (can we propose to GNU to allow that for the next version?) Andre Engels 01:41, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
      • I think they are perfectly fine. No reason to be nit-picky, IMO. --mav 11:36, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Phobia Finder

PhysicsDaily

PhysicsDaily
URL http://www.physicsdaily.com
Sample http://www.physicsdaily.com/physics/Lagrangian_mechanics
Rating Medium
Details Looks like a complete mirror. Notice that article is from Wikipedia and local link to GFDL (as part of larger document) on every page. They do not include a history section or link to original Wikipedia article. However, there are instructions in the copyright page for reaching the original Wikipedia article.
Contact info twfhc4zcxxgw9q@protectfly.com (protected whois), http://www.registerfly.com/info/contact.php (registrar contact form)
Actions Emailed the registrar. Said they'll respond in a few hours; if they really do, I'll post details then. Superm401 - Talk 00:46, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Piano Paradise

Piano Paradise
URL http://www.pianoparadise.com/composers1.html
Sample http://www.pianoparadise.com/vivaldi.html (appears to be this version (January 2004) of our article)
Rating Low/None
Details Complete lack of compliance. No mention of Wikipedia, no mention of GFDL, no links; a few dozen of our composer bios are used.
Contact info composer_biography@pianoparadise.com
Actions Sent standard email to above address, March 18, 2006, but the email bounced. I've done nothing further. JamesMLane t c 15:13, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Pinkjustis.info

Plastic-dream-girl.com/fetishportal

Playfuls.com

Playfuls
URL http://www.playfuls.com/
Sample http://www.playfuls.com/news_05964_Nintendo_Signs_Exclusive_Contract_with_AP_for_Wii_News_Channel_.html from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wii_Channels&oldid=103227525
Rating High (?)
Details They have responded to the followup email I sent. The article in question now has a link to the Wikipedia article, has been reworded to remove most or all of the verbatim copying, and has been placed under the GFDL. If there is any Wikipedia copying in other articles, I am unaware of it.
Contact info mail@playfuls.com
Actions Two emails sent; they responded to the second.

Plastics Wiki

  • Site: Plastics
  • The wiki about plastics & polymers
  • Links to Wikipedia and local copy of GFDL at the bottom of each article used

Pop Stars Plus

  • Site: PopStarsPlus.com
  • Includes link to Wikipedia and separate link to original article prominently at top of each article. Also includes "Date copied article: Month Day, Year"
  • WP articles do not appear on all pages - the site includes original articles as well.
  • Links to Wikipedia and local copy of GFDL at the bottom of each article used

PortalJuice

  • Site: Nextopia: PortalJuice
  • Uses full site, for "vertically focused Web search technology"; calls this Encyclopedia (BETA) project
  • Removes "from Wikipedia"
  • Links to Wikipedia and local copy of GFDL on each page

PortalJuice.com

  • Links to GFDL
  • Acknowledges wikipedia

--Fritzlein 06:31, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Moved from main page --Davelane 12:28, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)


PostgreSQL General Bits

  • Site: PostgreSQL General Bits
  • Link to main page of Wikipedia
  • Very small section of article about Edgar F. Codd (1 paragraph)
  • No link to GFDL or the article



protoillyrian

Protoillyrian
URL http://www.geocities.com/protoillyrian/
Sample http://www.geocities.com/protoillyrian/serb.html
Rating None
Details Uses at least Serbs without mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. Extent of infringement undetermined.
Contact info copyright@yahoo-inc.com
Actions

pro-researcher.co.uk

  • Site: pro-researcher.co.uk
  • Mentions and links to the GFDL
  • States "Showing data from: Wikipedia - the free online encyclopaedia." on the front page
  • Links to source wikipedia articles
  • Posted by website owner to assess for compliance
  • acknowledges Wikipedia at the top and bottom of each article Manning
  • No problems with compliance


Psych Central

Public Domain art

  • Site: Public Domain art
  • Uses a part of the article about Public Domain (1 paragraph)
  • Mentions Wikipedia with no link
  • Contains a section of the Fair Use Doctrine of the U.S. Copyright Act, stating something about "fair use", but no GFDL Link.
  • More than one paragraph, AFAICT. Martin 10:22, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Public Domain Content Encyclopedia

  • Site Public Domain Content Encyclopedia
  • Uses articles without attribution to WP, link to the WP article or link to the GFDL
  • Mentions WP and GFDL only on bottom of front page
  • See also this note: [97]
  • Administrator associated with scraper sites/link farms

Q

Quicklyfind.com

more research requested

Quickseek.com

Uses subdomains to incompetently mirror Wikipedia articles without rendering the markup. Quickseek copyright notice, no Wikipedia or GFDL mention. Appears to be intended as search engine spam.

Examples:

update: They appear to be a live leech, delayed a few minutes. Replaces all mention of ‘Wikipedia’ with ‘QuickSeek Encyclopedia’. They copy the Wikipedia: namespace, but not the User:. Low compliance. Chris Chan {t|c} 12:20, 29 April 2006 (UTC) update²: They appear to be running Mediawiki, and be editable. However, there is no easily accessible edit link, and they are not a live leech. They appear to be using a copy of all articles from 15 Feb 2006. Still low-compliance. Chris Chan {t|c} 12:28, 29 April 2006 (UTC) update: They have a "Wikipedia" phrase in black on their main page, but no link, and not the Wikipedia logo. They also claim to be associated with the Columbia University Press. User:Zoe|(talk) 21:47, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

No mention of Wikipedia on main page or subdomains, not even hidden away in the HTML. Cheekily asserts that copyright is theirs. Kenguest 13:28, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

This site was also reported to info (ät) wikimedia.de, I just sent a standard violation letter. --InterwikiLinksRule 13:51, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
I received an answer from the owner of the site claiming that the issues will be adressed. --InterwikiLinksRule 15:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
  • I came across this "mirror" when checking to see if an article was a copyvio. To date, the issue has not been addressed and the sites Terms & Conditions state:

You agree that you are only authorized to visit, view, and retain a copy of pages of this Site for your own personal use, and that you shall not duplicate, download, publish, modify, or otherwise distribute the material on this Site for any commercial use, or for any purpose other than as described in these Terms.

You agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works from, or publicly display any content (except for your own personal, non-commercial use) from our Web site without the prior expressed written permission of QuickSeek.

  • Are these conditions also in breach of the GFDL? TheJC TalkContributions 06:49, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
    • I think they are. How long do they have to "address the issues" before someone else should send another warning? Ardric47 19:34, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Still live 15:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC). Found a clear violation at http://evan.quickseek.com/ as it includes the stub marker "This name-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it." while working on an AFD for Evan (mythology). Their page contains "(C) 2005 QuickSeek.com All rights reserved. Evan" at the bottom. This page http://etruscanmythology.quickseek.com/ is another clear violation as it shows the interlanguage links we use but doesn't include the word Wikipedia anywhere. GRBerry 15:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Here's some more fun: Look up Bob Dylan on both QuickSeek and Wikipedia. Same content. Now, look up Wikipedia on both. The self-referential link here is kosher, of course. However, look at the one on Quickseek: It's completely blank. Looks like there has been some half-hearted effort to scrub their site of references to Wikipedia. 66.187.233.202 19:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

This one has come up on IRC today, but contact info is hard to get. I think more warning e-mails have been sent after thorough hunting around, but this is lower than low compliance, infact the "all rights reserved" bit puts it at just about nill, and the removal of all wikipedia references makes it lower yet. MichaelBillington 10:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, Copyrights "are theirs" but editrights aren't. Think about it: this may be of questionable legality but it's completely editable, and not exactly a *real* encyclopedia. It ain't moderated (that's for sure), so why not get some benefit out of their wrongdoing? Based on the good-faith assumption that it's within legal limits, I'd condone mass vandalism of the site, although I probably won't be doing it myself. --Utopianfiat 18:43, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Update: I've sent a GFDL violation notice citing Senpai as the "proof" or whatever. I'm going to wait two weeks (the 18th is an important day, so I hope I'll remember) before I notify Rackspace just in case this guy is just misled. If he doesn't respond in 2 weeks, I think it's safe to assume that even if his intents are not malicious, everyone's lives would be better without search engine spam. --Utopianfiat 19:09, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Check Utopianfiat's userpage for the email thread. --Utopianfiat 20:13, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

www.quotesplace.com

I'm not sure how they use Wikipedia, but they seem to use it. More resarch is needed. JesseW 06:22, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

  • It's a direct rip of Wikiquote. Here, compare Wikiquote's article on Pride and Prejudice and their Pride and Prejudice quotes. They do acknowledge the GFDL but don't really acknowledge the authors, as they credit Wikiquote as "SOURCE" and links to here, which is a non-existent page (not sure if this was done out of laziness or poor coding). The only think they really need is a link to the page that it was derived from. I think this should be under medium compliance. --Bash 04:57, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Moved to medium compliance. --Bash 05:01, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Qwika.com

  • Site: Qwika
  • No reference to Wikipedia or GNU-FDL, off the homepage. Even uses Monobook background to further confuse.

R

ranau.net

More research requested

Seems to be made by the same person as bird-center. JesseW 20:39, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Ratusan.com

  • Site: http://www.ratusan.com - selling jewelry
  • Example: [98] - most of Albania article
  • Page states "This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License." with link to local copy of GFDL
  • No link to Wikipedia or original article
  • Page ends with "Copyright © 2004 - 2005 www.ratusan.com"
  • As of 00:04, 14 December 2005 (UTC) --Henrygb

read-and-go.hopto.org

Read and go
URL http://read-and-go.hopto.org/sitemap.html
Sample http://read-and-go.hopto.org/Investment-banks/Investment-bank.html<br> http://read-and-go.hopto.org/Romanian-painters/Corneliu-Baba.html
Rating Low/None
Details Without Javascript, there is no mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. With Javascript, there is a bare link the original article. All text is copied wholesale with all the markup (and in-text mention of Wikipedia; see http://read-and-go.hopto.org/Wikipedia/Criticism-of-Wikipedia.html) stripped. There is no history section for these changes. Pages are surrounded by ads. Possibly search engine spam. Site map (http://read-and-go.hopto.org/sitemap.html) contains an index to articles, but omits all the 'W's.

Amusingly, loses many non-code-page-1252 characters. See Corneliu Baba example: "Iaşi" becomes "Iai"

Contact info jattsona [at] gmail.com
Actions Standard letter sent by Calair 01:38, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

realestate.ca

Real RnB

Curtis Mayfield
URL http://www.realrnb.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-12186.html
Sample http://www.realrnb.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-12186.html
Rating Low/None
Details Clearly this one article (Curtis Mayfield) was copied without credit. I haven't looked to see if the site copies anything else. - Jmabel
Contact info
Actions

Recipeland.com

RecipeLand/RecipeFacts
URL http://www.recipeland.com/facts/
Sample http://www.recipeland.com/facts/USA
Rating High
Details Includes the following small print message at the bottom of every Wiki-derived page: "Wikitext content courtesy Wikipedia and the GNU Free Documentation License, click here to retrieve the original article from Wikipedia". Probably the only issue is the presence of a "Copyright ©1996-2005 metro.isp Inc & Sean Wenzel All rights reserved." notice just above the Wikipedia credit which makes it unclear that Wikipedia content is still copyright the Wikimedia foundation.
Contact info http://www.recipeland.com/feedback/
Actions none taken

Redshort.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

Reference.com

  • Site: http://www.reference.com/
  • Example: Article on "ipso facto"
    • some formating issues, e.g. in article on "Albania" which has most of the text forced into an info box
    • no Wikipedia graphics
  • Acknowledges Wikipedia and links to Wikipedia:Copyrights
    • also ends each page with its own "Copyright © 2005, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved."
  • Mentions and links to the GFDL
  • Links to source Wikipedia article
    • and to Wikipedia history page
  • Links to edit Wikipedia article
  • Links to Wikimedia Foundation donations page

Rickygervais.com

  • Site: http://www.rickygervais.com
  • The page http://www.rickygervais.com/karlpilkington.php uses content from Karl Pilkington
  • Source is mentioned: "from the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia..."
  • Claims copyright of text: "copyright © Ricky Gervais 2004 - 2005"
  • No mention of GFDL
  • No link to original article
    • Standard violation letter sent 5th January 2006. --Kwekubo 01:28, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
    • Update: article now links to original article and to GFDL, and no longer claims copyright. Seems fully compliant now. --Kwekubo 21:33, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Rolex fakes

  • Site: Rouell article (example)
  • No link, GFDL, etc
  • sorry i will be taking that site down soon anyways
Seems to be down as of now. Should be moved to not-current-users-of-our-content section. Thanks. JesseW 20:39, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Romanian Portal

Romanian Portal
URL http://www.romanian-portal.com
Sample http://www.romanian-portal.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4018&PN=1
Rating "Low/None"
Details I have no idea how much of the site is plagiarized from us, but the sample page I've given is clearly a series of plagiarisms from Wikipedia, perhaps all directly from the Romanian Wikipedia, perhaps some translated from others.
Contact info By snail mail: Romanian-Portal.com; P.O. Box 957633; Hoffman Estates, IL 60195
By E-mail: info@Romanian-Portal.com
By phone/fax: 1-847-755-5584
Actions None taken.

Rootsweb

23:16, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

RSA article

(Numbers) ABC - DEF - GHI - JKL - MNO - PQR - STU - VWXYZ - All - Archive

S

SageReport.com

SageReport.com
URL http://sagereport.com/
Sample http://sagereport.com/Cali-to-Car/cat.php
Rating High
Details Previously non-compliant. Now a notice in footer reads "The information on this page was used from wikipedia.org in accordance with the GNU Free Documentation Licence" with links to Wikipedia and the GFDL.
Contact info WHOIS information
Private registration through Domains by Proxy, Inc.
Email: SAGEREPORT.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Phone: (480) 624-2599
Fax: (480) 624-2599
Actions Sent first GFDL notice via email on June 11, 2006. Sent follow-up GFDL notice via email on June 19, 2006. Sent final GFDL notice on July 3, 2006. Response received July 4, 2006, and website updated accordingly.

savage-comedy.com

savage-comedy.com
URL http://www.savage-comedy.com/
Sample http://www.savage-comedy.com/_Antarctica
Rating Medium
Details Uses a boilerplate footer "All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details). It uses material from the http://en.wikipedia.org", but no link back to article.
Contact info {{{contact}}}
Actions {{{action}}}

San Luis Obispo Bill of Rights Defense Committee

SCA wiki

  • Site: SCA wiki
  • Link & mention of GFDL
  • No link to/credit given to wikipedia article; only a generic notice: "some of the initial information in Cunnan was taken from the Wikipedia but has been, or will be rewritten to make it relevant to people interested in medieval re-enactment"
  • Example: [99]
    • As this is another wiki it is hard to control what other users put in. There is a general directive on the Village Pump to credit all wikipedia articles appropriately, and there has been a recent effort by several users to track down and tag such pages when they have become apparent. Even considering that the citation here was not appropriately credited, I am not entirely sure why this was listed as a low compliance site when there were both links to wikipedia and GFDL. Conrad Leviston 13:13, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Sci Peeps

Links to wikipedia.org, that is it, no license notice, link to original, nothing. Seems to be down currently.

Claims own copyright. Superm401 | Talk 16:44, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Science 24

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Abc#Base_Science_24

School Explorer

ScienceDaily

ScienceDaily
URL http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/
Sample http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/archaeology
Rating High
Details Says "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Archaeology"" with offsite link to the GFDL and link to the original article. However, it also says "Copyright © 1995-2006 ScienceDaily LLC — All rights reserved". Normally, I would ignore this as a meaningless error; however, the terms of use say "Permission is NOT granted for reproduction of any of the content under [...] Encyclopedia" and "Such third-party content [referring to the encyclopedia] is subject to their own separate copyright restrictions and may not be reproduced or transmitted in whole or in part without the express written permission of the respective copyright holder(s)." which is clearly contrary to the GFDL.
Contact info editor@sciencedaily.com, xk78h8fb5k5@networksolutionsprivateregistration.com (private WHOIS), support@ultradns.com
Actions
  • Sent email asking for misleading copyright statements to be removed. Superm401 - Talk 01:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Received reply stating "I'll take a look at both our own copyright links and our terms of use page, and make any needed adjustments." Superm401 - Talk 06:20, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
  • See their website now for a great GFDL compliance! Auroranorth 13:27, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

SciFiPedia

SciFiPedia
URL http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Main_Page
Sample http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/The_Prisoner
Rating Low/None
Details This is a wiki, but the Terms of Use are very restrictive and incompatible with GFDL. They don't actively copy our content, but well-meaning users are copying stuff there without understanding that it has to remain GFDL.
Contact info John R. Douglas - editor.scifipedia@scifi.com
Actions

Scripophily.net

  • Still not compliant. Lotsofissues 06:17, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
Any progress on this one? 84.235.135.246 10:02, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

scpover.net

www.scpover.net
URL http://acculegal.com http://aftap.com http://amysflowershop.com http://antoniabellanca.com http://askacouple.com http://barneslanding.org http://bellabuds.com http://bellancas.com http://bigspringbreak.com http://bluestarbase.com http://botwatch.org http://bradleyisenbek.com http://brolgas.com http://bushtheend.com http://collectibleboat.com http://collectibleboats.com http://collectiblehome.com http://delfiores.com http://dividedamerica.com http://dnacharts.com http://domainsdb.org http://dontpayyourtaxes.com http://enablepay.com http://equark.com http://equark.org http://evosynergy.com http://factagent.com http://feebuddy.com http://feefriend.com http://flowergods.com http://freedomsailing.com http://fuquamusic.com http://galerienyc.com http://gottagetflowers.com http://gottaorderflowers.com http://gottogetflowers.com http://gwailoproject.com http://gweiloproject.com http://igopay.com http://interchangeplus.org http://iraqthevote.com http://isenbek.com http://isnewyork.com http://justspringbreak.com http://livingflowers.com http://loadbeverlyhills.com http://loadboston.com http://loadcorp.com http://loadedeasthampton.com http://loadlondon.com http://loadmiami.com http://loadny.com http://loadnyc.com http://loadsanfrancisco.com http://lovangosystems.com http://marlinmall.com http://michaelisenbek.com http://mrdefine.com http://mrspell.com http://nationalsalestaxcalculator.com http://nextswitch.com http://patrickspurr.com http://phera.com http://polltroll.com http://redabacus.com http://searchwatch.org http://southcountryequity.com http://splammer.com http://statelawonline.com http://sultrysearch.com http://tessmahoney.com http://thecorporatepage.com http://theheartreport.com http://thelegalpage.com http://thelegalreport.com http://vdata.us http://velocitydatasys.com http://velocitydatasystems.com http://vintagebotanicals.com http://vmerch.com http://whereintheworldisbush.com http://whereintheworldiskerry.com http://witwik.com
Sample http://www.livingflowers.com/de:Diakritisches_Zeichen
Rating High
Details Had defects, now corrected
Contact info
  • Domain AdminC: Isenbek, Bradley; brad@barneslanding.com; 6317713187
  • Network abuse contact for 207.210.104.5: abuse@gnax.net
Actions
  • Sending mail to domain AdminC -- Martin von Gagern 01:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Received reply, they added links to original article and local GFDL copy -- 14:56, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Found them with this Google query: tinyurl.com/yrmqtv -- Martin von Gagern 01:21, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
  • www.scpover.net is the server name configured in Apache, but doesn't resolve
  • All virtual hosts on the same machine (list probably inclomplete)
  • Many (perhaps all) domains seem to have www.* as a CNAME as well
  • Many different languages
  • Not all articles; link to original version for others
  • Not a live mirror
  • Described as “parked domains” by the operator

SearchEnterpriseLinux.com

  • Site: SearchEnterpriseLinux.com
  • Contains a small section of the article about vendor lock-in
  • Mentions Wikipedia, but has no link
  • No GFDL Link

SearchSpaniel.com

More research requested.

SheppardSoftware.com

Sheppard Software (not url)
URL http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/
Sample http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Europeweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Europe36.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Europeweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Europe25.htm
and many more - just change the number in the URL
Rating Low/None
Details Does not mention Wikipedia in any way, although almost all content (inluding images) is directly copied from (old) revisions of WP articles. Does not run on Wiki software - HTML, with no inter-article links. Uses WP images without credit. Mentions GFDL (All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License) but gives no links.
Contact info Brad Sheppard

Sheppard Software, Suite 623 Pavilion, Jenkintown, PA 19046, US
(215) 885-1893 fax: (215) 885-4288. [101]

Actions I am just about to send the first standard compliance notice. —Vanderdeckenξφ 10:35, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Shoepedia

  • Site: http://www.jordantheking.com/shoepedia/index.php
  • Example article: adidas adidas
  • This is another wiki. Most or all of the shoe brand articles incorporate large sections of the relevant Wikipedia article.
  • no mention of Wikipedia
  • no mention of GFDL
  • no history or link back to original article
  • The maintainer of the host domain (jordantheking.com) shows up as the sole contributor in the edit history for most/all of the articles. His Wikipedia user name is Jordantheking. I contacted him about this issue on his Wikipedia talk page as we are in the middle of a dialogue about something else at the time of my discovery of the violation.
  • Submitted by WAvegetarian (talk) (email) (contribs) 21:38, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Shortopedia

  • Site: http://www.shortopedia.com
  • Example article: Java programming language
  • Index of wikipedia articles by topics and with short description
  • Link to wikipedia on each page
  • GFDL mentioned and link to it on each page
  • link back to the original wikipedia article
  • Submitted by --217.23.199.99 18:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)


singaporemoms.com

  • Site:www.singaporemoms.com
    • Example:[102] from Homeopathy
    • seems to be a fairly complete compy inlcludeing pics
    • mentions wikipedia and GFDL in it's copyright policy after a click through.
    • no link back to specific articles. No mention of authors but has link on "how to see transparent copy" with link to www.wikipedia.org and to local copy of GFDL plus link to local description of how to find original article. --Henrygb 01:59, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
    • no action taken as yet.Geni 23:35, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Sinoz

  • Site: Sinoz
    • Example: [103] from Zone plate.
    • Looks like it mirrors entire Wikipedia
    • Contains link to GFDL and mention of Wikipedia, but no link to source Wikipedia article. Have sent a letter about this. --Laura Scudder | Talk 23:23, 16 May 2005 (UTC)


Sir Tom Jones Online


S/KeySource

S/KeySource
URL http://www.skeysource.com/
Sample http://www.skeysource.com/
Rating Low/None
Details Most of the website appears to be taken from similarly-titled Wikipedia pages. It appears to be a copy from an older edit because not everything is a perfect copy, but it all appears as though it could have been taken from Wikipedia at some point.
Contact info I don't know how to locate this info
Actions No actions taken as of 05:24, 23 January 2007 (UTC) Yvh11a (TalkContribs)

Skwik

  • Site: www.skwik.com/wiki/
    • Example: [105] taken from System of a Down
    • The site is content-wise basically a pretty poor rip-off of the band-entries from en.wikipedia.org. Most band descriptions originate from here, sometimes 1:1, sometimes just the beginning sentence. Images are not copied or linked from wikipedia.
    • There is no link either to the GFDL or the original Wikipedia article present, no mentioning of Wikipedia at all, including the disclaimers.
    • I have send an email to info@skwik.com and informed the site's webmaster of this violation of Wikipedia's license. --Johnnyw July 9, 2005 16:03 (UTC)
    • I received a positive answer: "Thank you very much for your comments and recommendations. We really appreciate them. We'll edit the site to comply with GFDL requirements and we'll do our best to give credits to Wikipedia. We also do our best to contribute content to Wikipedia." I'll try to keep an eye on this issue.--Johnnyw 13:39, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

skinnymouse.com

Slimer.org

SmartPedia

(Upgraded from low compliance)

  • Apparently only Wikipedia content
  • No mention of any copyright other than:
Some contents copyright 2004 QuotesPlace.com. All rights reserved world wide.
at the bottom of the pages.
  • No mention of Wikipedia
  • No mention of GNU/FDL
  • No link to original article

First standard letter sent by Kwekubo 20:40, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

As of May 31, Smartpedia now says in small type at bottom:

"This document is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), which means that you can copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license.
GFDL | SOURCE"

GFDL links to the gnu.org text, and SOURCE links to the Wikipedia article, but there is no actual text credit given to Wikipedia.

On the main page: "Smartpedia is run by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation." Someone going to write them? This is not only a cheek, it could also get us into legal trouble. -- stw (Talk) 20:48, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)

  • Their version of my user page modifies the template I use at the top of my page ({{userpage}}) that links to the original contained here so that it replaces "Wikipedia" to "Smartpedia" and breaks the link itself. - Lucky13pjn 20:00, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)
    • In fact, they replace "wikipedia" by "smartpedia" almost everywhere. Their version of wiki is at http://www.smartpedia.com/wiki-sb.html, and they claim that "the English-language Smartpedia is, by far, the world's largest wiki; the German-language Smartpedia is the second-largest, while the other Smartpedias fill many of the remaining slots". -- Aleph4 17:44, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Update as of September 30, 2005: They still link to the source article and the GFDL as described above, but they also still havent changed the whole "Wikipedia" → "Smartpedia" thing. - Lucky13pjn 15:18, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Snazon.com

Snowpedia

source-of-knowledge.com

LarsSanders 09:19, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

LarsSanders 09:25, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Snyke

  • Site: http://encyclopedie-en.snyke.com/ with 7 languages (change en)
  • Example: [107] of Albania
  • Ends article with "License : GFDL - Source: Wikipedia - Article" and links to GNU copy of GFDL, Wikipedia and original article. --Henrygb 18:30, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

somecoolsite.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

songnhong.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

specwire.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

spellcorrect.info

spellcorrect.info
URL http://www.spellcorrect.info
Sample http://www.spellcorrect.info/slaves.htm from Slavery
Rating Medium
Details Attempts to link to original article and local GFDL. However, some pages display the wrong article. For instance, http://www.spellcorrect.info/aaron%20carter.htm displays the Aaron article, but is titled "aaron carter" and links to Aaron Carter.
Contact info mistype@gmail.com
Actions
  • Sent standard violation notice. Superm401 - Talk 06:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Received reply that it was accidentally broken, and has now been fixed. I replied back asking for a local GFDL. Superm401 - Talk 08:55, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
      • Received reply noting that a local link had been added. Sent reply about new problem. Superm401 - Talk 23:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Stablepedia

Stablepedia
URL http://www.stablepedia.org
Sample http://www.stablepedia.org/wiki/France
Rating High
Details The site points out to the GFDL on every page requested from wikipedia [108]
Contact info staiii@gmail.com
Actions none

stalkerpedia.org

stalkerpedia.org
URL http://stalkerpedia.org/ http://stalkerpedia.org/
Sample http://stalkerpedia.org/ http://stalkerpedia.org/
Rating "Low/None"
Details This site currently presents itself as a new, unedited Wikimedia Foundation wiki
Contact info The domain registrant name and address (Thomas Archer, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA) are bogus. The address is a USGS office in Menlo Park. The phone number is clearly bogus: Registrant Phone:+1.8005551212. The registrant email is valid and is believed to be actually in use by Jeffrey_Vernon_Merkey, blocked user User:Gadugi, blocked user User:Waya_sahoni, sockpuppet User:67.186.225.152, and sockpuppet User:67.137.28.188 -- Registrant Email:tjarcher@comcast.net. This email address has been used by User:Waya_sahoni. The web site itself is refered to at Merkey/Gadugi/Waya sahoni's new wiki, wikigadugi.org. Also see: [libelpedia.org]
Actions I feel that dealing with this potentially libelous web site is probably best left to Wikimedia foundation legal counsel. -- talks_to_birds 09:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Star Trek: USS Scorpion

  • Site: Star Trek: USS Scorpion
  • The page known allies combines material from various Wikipedia pages, possibly with other text included as well.
  • No mention of Wikipedia
  • No mention of the GNU/FDL

Start learning now

  • Site: http://www.startlearningnow.com/
  • Although they mention Wikipedia and the GNU/FDL on [this page] They don't make it obvious from article pages that the content is under the FDL.
  • Example, Bloomington, Indiana has no mention of Wikipedia, although its obvious that is where the content came from.
    • Bloomington example (and others) now mentions Wikipedia, with links to Wikipedia XML and original page plus to GFDL at gnu.org. Page ends with "©2003-2005 All rights reserved, Start Learning Now."--Henrygb 02:14, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


StudyCrime.com

squaldrina.com

squaldrina.com
URL http://www.squaldrina.com/
Sample http://www.squaldrina.com/links/medicine/burnet.htm All their other biographies are lifted from Wikipedia
Rating None
Details Compliance violation
Contact info No contact info available
Actions None so far

Starwood Hotels

Destination Seattle: Starwood Hotels: Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
URL http://ct.specialoffers.starwoodhotels.com
Sample http://ct.specialoffers.starwoodhotels.com/genDestLocalContent.aspx?ID=36146&LangType=1033&destName=seattle&View=BusDesc&LID=1&LEID=195
Rating "Low/None"
Details Not sure how much of our content they've used, but this page is a blatant copy
Contact info
Actions

Subnetworking.com

  • Site: subnetworking.com
  • Contains many articles that appear to be verbatim copies of articles, minus images and some tables.
  • No mention of Wikipedia.
  • No mention of GFDL
  • The site says under every page: MyAdvertisers.Com - Copyright © 2005 - All Rights Reserved


Susan's Place Transgender Wiki

T

t-st.de

  • Site: wikipedia.t-st.de
  • Copy of the German Wikipedia
  • Use the Wiki-text as their source, as can be seen when their wiki-to-HTML translation does not work (e.g. in tables)
  • Links to local copy of the GNU/FDL article, which links to GNU/FDL at gnu.org
  • Keeps "aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie"
  • Links to article & German main page

TaxGloss

  • Site: http://www.taxgloss.com/
  • Example:[109] from Albania
  • Article ends with "Provided by Wikipedia.org", with link to Wikipedia, and "All Rights Reserved TAXGLOSS.COM"
  • No mention of GFDL
  • No link to original article
  • As of 23:22, 10 December 2005 (UTC) --Henrygb

Teach-ICT.com

Teach-ICT.com
URL http://www.teach-ict.com/wiki
Sample http://www.teach-ict.com/wiki/index.php?title=Computer
Rating High
Details Main Page states that all text entries on the wiki section are licensed under the GFDL, and provides an on-site link to the full licence text. Articles copied from Wikipedia contain a notice providing credit and a link back.
Contact info admin@teach-ict.com, User talk:GeeJo (contributor)
Actions None

Teachersparadise.com

Teamsugar.com

Teamsugar
URL http://teamsugar.com/
Sample http://teamsugar.com/173310
Rating Medium
Details Links to original WP article and own copy of GFDL - however, still using upload.wikimedia.org for images
Contact info Contact page: [110]. brian@sugarpublishing.com, me@briansugar.com, 415-4094001
Actions

TelecomPie.com

TelecomPie.com
URL http://www.telecompie.com
Sample http://www.telecompie.com/HBO-Network-Shows/Fraggle_Rock.php
Rating low/none
Details claims own copyright, mentions neither Wikipedia nor GFDL
Contact info Registered in proxy.
abuse@godaddy.com (ISP)
Actions none

Terraformers Society of Canada

Terraformers Society of Canada
URL http://society.terraformers.ca/
Sample http://society.terraformers.ca/content/view/13/43/ (from Terraforming of Venus), http://society.terraformers.ca/content/view/92/182/1/13/ (from Gobi Desert)
Rating Low/None
Details Contains slightly modified versions of many Wikipedia articles without giving credit to Wikipedia or original contributors, without licensing under the GDFL, and claiming copyright over the material themselves.
Contact info [111]: Scott Philp, President, Matthew Reynolds, Vice-President, Alan Ziolkowski, Treasurer, Angelica Summers, Secretary
Actions none

TheBestLinks.com

Description of the site: uses modified MediaWiki software to serve up an unmodified current-version English Wikipedia article database. The visual appearance is slightly different and a bar near the top lists some of the first few links in the article. They have added some special pages for popular pages, new pages, and a "quick index", and have added them to the sidebar. They have also added the ability to add links and discussion to the bottom of articles (blog-style).
This mirror I would say is noncompliant. The GFDL is linked, but there is no indication whatsoever that it's Wikipedia material, much less a link to Wikipedia or the article. The authors therefore receive no credit. The creating company's contact is info@innovateit.com, but I have not contacted them. Deco 19:27, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
They mirror everything! Down to the User space! Hell, they have a mirror of this discussion. [112] [113] -- AllyUnion (talk) 07:43, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
They are certainly spammer fighting for some pageranks more. They put advertisement in the front of the text. But they do state (in tiny letter) that it is a Gnu document and then back link to wikimedia (not wikipedia)--Alexandre Van de Sande 13:43, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
And the last update was september 2004 :( — Ilyanep (Talk) 18:30, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Scratch that, but it definately hasn't been updated recently (my userpage on their site still features my long deleted picture) — Ilyanep (Talk) 18:31, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

TheCatalyst.org

TheCatalyst
URL http://www.thecatalyst.org/
Sample http://www.thecatalyst.org/resource/2006/04/21/John-Dewey/
Rating low/none
Details Mirrors a selection of articles on Chemistry and Educational topics. Site claims copyright, mentions neither Wikipedia nor GFDL except that they reproduce our main page as one of their articles
Contact info m_geyer@thecatalyst.org
Actions none

TheComDaily.com

thecomdaily.com
URL http://www.thecomdaily.com/
Sample http://www.thecomdaily.com/itm.html (compare Information technology management), http://www.thecomdaily.com/Ann---Az/Astrology.php (compare Astrology)
Rating low/none
Details Site claims copyright, mentions neither Wikipedia nor GFDL
Contact info
Actions none

TheFreeDictionary.com

TheFreeDictionary
URL http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/
Sample http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Albania
Rating Medium
Details There is a clear notice with a link to the original article and the GFDL, although the GFDL link goes to an off-site copy.
Contact info http://app.thefreedictionary.com/feedback.aspx (contact form)
Actions
  • Standard letter sent. --Kwekubo 00:07, 11 December 2005 (UTC).
  • Sent another violation letter. Superm401 - Talk 07:28, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Received reply noting that site was updated. I replied asking that he provide an on-site GFDL link, but otherwise the site is fine. Superm401 - Talk 08:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
Reiterated this via the feedback form. Superm401 - Talk 06:21, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

thefreeencyclopedia.com

  • Site: www.thefreeencyclopedia.com
  • Example: http://www.thefreeencyclopedia.com/definition/word.aspx?w=Bro%27Town from Bro'Town
  • Link to original article in Wikipedia
  • attributes the article to Wikipedia
  • Mentions GFDL, provides link, but also says "Copyright © 2005 TheFreeEncyclopedia.com"
  • The link, attribution and GFDL license are not clearly visible
    • i.e. in a very light grey small font, and uses graphics (the GDFL text is rendered as an image, making it invisible to text-only browsers and search engines.) and nofollow links

the-free-web-encyclopedia

the-free-web-encyclopedia
URL http://www.the-free-web-encyclopedia.com/default.asp
Sample http://www.the-free-web-encyclopedia.com/default.asp?t=England
Rating Low
Details
  • No mention of GFDL.
  • Mentions that the page was retrieved from Wikipedia as a link, but not a source.
Contact info http://app.thefreedictionary.com/feedback.aspx (contact form)
Actions Standard letter sent. -- WB 07:24, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Theopedia

Theopedia
URL http://www.theopedia.com/
Sample http://www.theopedia.com/Thirty-nine_Articles
Rating Medium
Details Redistributing under GFDL. Does not seem to link to transparent copy or authorship. The example is a fork of Thirty-Nine Articles
Contact info http://www.theopedia.com/Special%3AListusers&group=sysop&username=
Actions none yet

thepedia.com

The Pedia

  • Site: thepedia.com
  • Mirrors all content into it's own site, with the addition of computer-generated "summaries" at the tops of articles.
  • Seems relatively new - search box isn't even a search box, just a place-holder image.
  • NOT compliant: No mention of GFDL, no mention of Wikipedia (except on the text of the mirrored main page) and says "Copyright (c) 2005 ThePedia.com, All rights Reserved
    • Owner contacted and site is now compliant. — Asbestos | Talk 15:37, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Contact details from WhoIs: Registrant/Administrator: Roger Lichfield, admin@dmbc.com
  • Listed here July 13, 2005, — Asbestos | Talk 10:30, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

The Planets

The Planets
URL http://www.the-planets.com/
Sample http://www.the-planets.com/star-biography/Penelope-Cruz-Biography.htm
Rating None
Details No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. Claims copyright.
Contact info chuckayoub@yahoo.com
Actions

the-real-story.com

The Real Story
URL http://www.the-real-story.com/
Sample 50cent
Rating None
Details No mention of Wikipedia or GFDL. Each page says "All content is Copyright © of The Real Story 2005". Listed here November 20, 2005 --Arteitle 08:52, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Contact info THE-REAL-STORY.COM@domainsbyproxy.com, (480) 624-2599
Actions Standard letter Patstuarttalk·edits 05:38, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Therfcc

  • Site: Therfcc.org
  • Example: [114]
  • Large amounts of Wikipedia content
  • Acknowledges GNU/FDL
  • Mentions Wikipedia, but no link to main page or individual articles.

Thinkdogs.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

thinkingaustralia.com

  • Seems to have copied all Wikipedia content including user pages.
  • Mentions Wikipedia but not the GFDL nor the original article.
  • Thumbnails are from Wikimedia (they have no local copy)!
  • First letter sent by Wj32

tickerdvd.com

More research requested

TicketCity.com

TicketCity.com (not url)
URL http://www.ticketcity.com/
Sample http://www.ticketcity.com/Sports-Tickets/Basketball-Tickets/NBA-Tickets/NBA-Western-Conference-Tickets/NBA-Northwest-Division-Tickets/Denver-Nuggets-Tickets.html

http://www.ticketcity.com/Sports-Tickets/Hockey-Tickets/NHL-Tickets/NHL-Western-Conference-Tickets/NHL-Northwest-Division-Tickets/Colorado-Avalanche-Tickets.html</nowiki>

Rating "Low/None" compliance with GFDL (matches Wikipedia:GFDL Compliance).
Details "Copyright © 2007 TicketCity.com", no mention of GDFL or Wikipedia, seems every sport pages has copied the corresponding Wikipedia article.
Contact info Tech@TicketCity.com - Web Site Technical Assistance
IP: 66.193.119.156
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
TicketCity.com domains@ticketcity.com
2025 Guadalupe Street, Suite 142
Austin, TX 78705
US
512-472-5797 fax: 512-469-7682
Actions E-Mail first letter MECUtalk 23:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Colorado Buffaloes compliant (they rewrote their own text), need to allow time for other pages for them to rewrite. Waiting 1 month to allow them to rewrite other pages as a courtesy. --MECUtalk 14:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Tiosam.com

ToCatch.info

Putting them in LOW. We need to send them a complaint letter. Bandwidth stealing is not acceptable. JesseW 21:26, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Toma-Uno.com

Toma UNO
URL http://www.toma-uno.com
Sample www.toma-uno.com/interpretes/cruz/cruz.htm
Rating "Low/None"
Details No mention of Wikipedia; in fact, uses their own copyright notice. Note: This site is in Spanish, and is copying the Spanish version of Wikipedia.
Contact info
Actions

TopArticle.com

  • Site: TopArticle.com
  • Link to GNU FDL.
  • Link to Wikipedia homepage via "Help build the worlds largest free encyclopedia"
  • No link to original article.
  • Says the content is from Wikipedia.

totalbike.com/wiki

Does not appear to still exist. -- Arwel (talk) 23:31, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

travel-destinations-01.com

Travel Destinations

  • Site: travel-destinations-01.com
  • Example: [116] from Beijing
  • Link to GNU FDL.
  • No link to Wikipedia homepage, but mention as a source.
  • No link to original article.
  • Says the content is from Wikipedia.

travel.mysic.org

More research requested

tscholars.com

  • Site: http://www.tscholars.com/encyclopedia/
  • Mentions Wikipedia and GFDL.
  • Links to the original article.
  • As of 13:45, 15 January 2006 (UTC)


TutorGig

TutorGig
URL http://www.tutorgig.com/
Sample http://www.tutorgig.com/es/Kunst+og+kultur and http://www.tutorgig.com/ed/William_Og_de_Burgh
Rating Medium
Details The actual texts of articles are not indexed by google, but search pages, which contain vast numbers of article titles, are, and do not contain any mention of Wikipedia, clogging up searches for non-Wikipedia-mirror infomation on topics in Wikipedia titles. All links are through a redirect script. They seem to show up with javascript off.
  • Link to current version of article, labelled "Edit this article".
  • Link to the GFDL on www.gnu.org
  • Indicates source is Wikipedia and links to Wikipedia home page.
  • Removed "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"
Contact info info@tutorgig.com, DGM Technologies Inc. 917-742-7626; ISP: THEPLANET.COM; abuse@theplanet.com (800) 377-6103
Actions Nothing yet.

twgold.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

TvWiki

TvWiki
URL http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Main_Page
Sample http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Crime_Traveller and http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Wikipedia
Rating Medium
Details Site has GFDL notice at the bottom of the pages - the image links to the GFDL license at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html - but the link in the text points to http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License and http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights (both pages do not exist). The only mention to wikipedia is on the main page. The "General Disclaimer" link at the bottom of every page links to a non-existant page. Articles do have history, however doesn't attribute the edits to the contributors on Wikipedia.

Note, this appears to be an actual fork and not just a mirror. People can apparently edit the tvwiki site (I didn't try). (added 67.117.130.181 09:31, 31 December 2006 (UTC))

Contact info From the About TvWiki link at the bottom of pages:
  • Press Relations - Entertainment
  • Mobile: 703 966 8504

No information is available from a whois.

Actions

TheJC TalkContributions 13:15, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

TypeEncyclopedia.com

  • I emailed them. --mav 11:46, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Opps! They are in full compliance after all (link to individula articles is under "This article"). --mav 14:07, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)

TYPEsyria.com

(bizarrely, they have a copy of our Jordan disambiguation page! Amongst other content.)

  • no link to article
  • no link to GFDL. Standard letter sent by: MB 08:01 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)
    • no response received as of Jul 18. Will contact via domain name administrative contact arasa@emirates.net.ae. Does anyone know what country .ae is? Does anyone know of a translator program, or know the language of this country? MB
      • Sounds like United Arab Emirates. Guessing from their location, I'm guessing they speak Arabic (perhaps a different dialect, but I doubt it), like all the other countries around there. There should be a lot of English too. dave
      • .ae is the United Arab Emirates, and the main languages include Arabic, English, Persian, Hindi, and Urdu.
  • Looks like typesyria is down, but typenetwork.com still has several coppies of Wikipedia, including almost the entire site typeencyclopedia.com. It uses a very old, outdated version of Wikipedia. LDan 04:09, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)
  • Still 404. Patstuarttalk·edits 05:28, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

typeunitedkingdom.com

Type United Kingdom

Wikipedia printable version
  • Links to current Wikipedia article, but not at the stable URL (not a clickable link either)
  • No GFDL link
  • I think we should send the developers the standard letter - I already submitted a feature request and mentioned this issue on their mailing list; no response whatsoever. It is very important that the printable version is OK per our copyright since that is a nice clean HTML copy of an article. --mav 10:46, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
  • Works now. :) Martin 14:27, 3 Sep 2003 (UTC)
    • What does this mean? +sj+ 16:20, 2004 Mar 28 (UTC)
  • Site is 404. Patstuarttalk·edits 05:27, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

U

Uberpedia

Uberpedia
URL http://www.uberpedia.org/
Sample http://www.uberpedia.org/wiki/Personal_union
Rating None
Details English Wikipedia mirror without mention of Wikipedia and GNU FDL.
Contact info
Actions

Unification Encyclopedia Project

Ufaqs

Ufaqs
URL http://www.ufaqs.com
Sample http://www.ufaqs.com/wiki/en/bi/Bill%20Clinton.htm
Rating High
Details Links to original version of article and offsite copy of GFDL
Contact info support(AT)ufaqs.com
Actions

Unipedia.info

  • Site: Unipedia
  • Sample article: Albania - http://www.unipedia.info/Albania.html
  • Mentions GNU/FDL, and links to GNU/FDL at gnu.org
  • Mentions Wikipedia, but no obvious link
  • Does not link to article page
  • Also a German version
  • Some strange Wikipedia administration pages when some references but not all changed to Unipedia.
  • Also user pages... Really annoying.
  • As of 09:31, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Universipedia

Universipedia
URL http://www.pillnow.net/university/Library/Main_Page
Sample http://www.pillnow.net/university/Library/Cyberpunk
Rating Medium
Details
  • Mentions Wikipedia and GFDL.
  • No link to Wikipedia.
  • No link to the original article.
  • No link to GFDL.
  • Has "All right reserved ® Universipedia Project."
Contact info
Actions None -- WB 07:40, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

All the (former) Universipedia articles redirect to http://www.swiftpharmacy.net/ Is the page disappeared?--220.219.16.100 07:40, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

US Bazaar

  • Site: http://www.us-bazaar.com/
  • Example: [117] from Albania
  • Top right has Creative Commons "Some rights reserved" linking to GFDL at gnu.org
  • Bottom has disclaimer including "US Bazaar.com Encyclopedia content is provided by Wikipedia. US Bazaar.com is not responsible for the content and shall not be liable for any errors in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. All content is under a GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) and may be copied and distributed under that same license in any medium, either commercially or noncommercially, provided that the License, the copyright notices, and the license notice saying the License applies to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that you add no other conditions whatsoever to those of the License."
  • No obvious links to Wikipedia or original article
  • As of 02:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC) --Henrygb

Userpedia.com

USGOVi.com

USGOVi.com
URL http://www.usgovi.com/
Sample http://www.usgovi.com/judicial/ (lifted from United States Supreme Court)
Rating None
Details Pages are verbatim copies of Wikipedia articles. No mention that the content is under the GFDL, no mention of or links to Wikipedia. No list of contributors.
Contact info Private domain registration through Domains by Proxy, Inc.
  • Phone: 1-480-624-2599
  • Email: USGOVI.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
  • WHOIS information
  • DNS: NS1.HEALEGAL.COM, NS2.HEALEGAL.COM
Actions Good eye - clearly lifting material. Standard message sent. Patstuarttalk·edits 05:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

USGovernetics.com

USGovernetics.com
URL http://www.usgovernetics.com/
Sample http://www.usgovernetics.com/Hoc-to-Hot/holocaust.php
Rating Low/None
Details Only acknowledgment on this page was 'Retrieved from "http://88.208.194.172/wiki/index.php/The_Holocaust"'
Contact info
Actions

Mirrors and Forks :

(Numbers) ABC - DEF - GHI - JKL - MNO - PQR - STU - VWXYZ - All - Archive

V

vacilando.org

Wikipedia Reflection (Vacilano.Org)
URL http://www.vacilando.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
Sample http://www.vacilando.org/index.php?title=Current_events
Rating ?
Details is a live mirror of wikipedia
Contact info Tomas J. Fulopp, tomi (atsign) vacilando.org
Actions *Exchanged email with Mr Fulopp and referred him to Mirrors_and_forks#Remote_loading on 21 Jan 2006. He has read it and is aware that remote loading is unacceptable.
  • Continues to run a live mirror as of 4 April 2006, claiming a moral right to do so.
  • Haha! His bot's IP has been blocked, or so it seems! Chris Chan {t|c} 13:12, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Vagabond Poet

vdmg.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

Vegetarian Worldwide

  • Site: [118]
  • Article: Vegetarianism
    • blatant copy of content [119] == /* Recomended reading */ [120]
    • blatant copy of content [121] == /* Country specific information */
  • No mention of Wikipedia
  • No link to Wikipedia
  • No mention of GFDL
  • Says "Copyright © - Vegetarian-Worldwide.com, All rights reserved. Vegetarian-Worldwide is part of Worldwide-Infomedia Services"

--Mig77(t) 10:52, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

vermontreview.com

  • Site: vermontreview.com
  • Mentions Wikipedia and GFDL in the following way: reproduced with implicit permission from Wikipedia via the GNU Free Documentation License. at the bottom of each page
  • Does not link to articles, history, or GFDL
  • Example: [122] from Beatles, Guitar and Tab
  • No contact info anywhere on the site
  • Seems to generate phrases starting with "B" and pull pages to explain each term
  • 404 page at [123] links to this copyright notice, in blatant violation of the GFDL

vestigatio.com

  • Site: encyclopedia.vestigatio.com
  • Huge Link farm based on full wikipedia mirror. Each article has google ads.
  • Articles do not link back to Wikipedia
  • Says "©2006 Vestigatio" at the bottom of each page. Trious 09:39, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Violaheaven.com

Viola Heaven
URL http://www.violaheaven.com
Sample http://www.violaheaven.com/violin.html
Rating Low/None
Details No credit given at all, web site has put copyright tag on the articles.
Contact info tmf@stringworks.com (administrative contact)
Actions First notice sent, warning administrator (no name given on WHOIS) that he/she must add GFDL notice.

Vipstars.us

vipstars.us
URL http://www.vipstars.us/
Sample http://www.vipstars.us/2007/01/23/penelope-cruz-biography/#more-659
Rating None
Details No mention of WP or GFDL.
Contact info Parwin Shukur, info@studio.az, +994.552600006 (Azerbaijan)
Actions


VoyageNow.com

  • Site: VoyageNow.com
  • Does not acknowledge wikipedia authorship, links to wikipedia
  • States that the article is licensed under the GNU FDL.
  • Does not link to the relevant wikipedia page (or wikipedia at all)
  • GNU/FDL link does not go to English the text of the GNU/FDL, but to a copy of the Japanese Wikipedia page on the GNU GPL
  • Example: [124] from List of Canadian Ministers of Finance.
  • Contact: mailto:securevoyagenow@voyagenow.com
  • I'm also going after this one, again articles of mine have been copied, leading to particular annoyance. Standard letter sent. David Newton 17:59, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
    • Second standard letter sent. David Newton 00:34, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)

voyager.in

  • Site: www.voyager.in
  • Site Features wikipedia articles with db hosted on their own server

vsnw.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

W

Wackipedia.com

  • site
  • Looks like a live copy of Wikipedia EN.
  • Contains this copyright notice in footer: "© 2005, All Rights Reserved -- Wackipedia.com".
  • Offers 'Ebonics', 'Redneck' and 'Valley Girl' stylised rewrites of every article.
  • No edit links. Benet Allen 13:23, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
  • As of June 2006, all of these problems remain. --carlb 15:36, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
  • States all material is copyright to Wackipedia, and doesn't even rewrite links on the homepage to point to it's own site. It mirrors everything, images, featured articles, but not discussions or users. It even has the audacity to say 'Wackipedia in other languages' at the bottom an link to wikipedia.org domains! It makes almost no effort to remove many references to Wikipedia on various pages (e.g. This is the English language Wackipedia. Wikipedias are also being written in many other languages). It also carries the 'free encyclopedia that anyone can edit' banner, but it maintains that all the pages are copyrighted to Wackipedia and there are no edit buttons. They even have identical formatting of the main page, but with no column at the left side for links etc. —Vanderdeckenξφ 10:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
I wish these guys would get legal. I'd like to like them.
Their home page is apparently so full of script errors that it won't display. - Jmabel | Talk 19:43, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Apparently now it's gone.

WakkaWiki.com

Looks like an live copy of WikipediaEN. No licence info or history information. Edit links do not work. Walter 23:13, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Confirmed. At most a few minutes behind, no license info, home page says "Welcome to Wikipedia", no link back. Rl 19:53, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
  • No longer uses Wikipedia content, seems to be a cybersquatter site now. Wcquidditch | Talk 01:42, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Warsaw Hotel Info

  • Site: http://www.warsaw-hotel.info
  • Example: [125] for Albania
  • Near end of each article has:
    • "Mirror of Wikipedia, a worldwide community of volunteers building an open-content" with link to Wikipedia article about Wikipedia
    • "All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License" with link to GFDL at GNU
    • "Copyright 2002-2004 (c) Net Travel & Warsaw Hotels Reservation All Rights Reserved Recreation "
  • As of 13:55, 28 November 2005 (UTC) --Henrygb

Web-Dictionary.org

  • Site: Web-Dictionary.org
  • Sample article: Albania - http://www.web-dictionary.org/encyclopedia/al/Albania.html
  • Links to local copy of GNU FDL. Says "All text is available is licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License."
  • Keeps "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia."
  • Contains link to original Wikipedia article and main page.
  • Says, "All content is copyright of the respective authors and copyright holders."

Web Hosting Glossary

(uses a couple dozen technical/Internet related entries)

  • link to current version of article
  • link to the GFDL on www.gnu.org

websign.sk

Seems to have mirrored from eurofreehost.com before they were compliant. Includes (unlinked) notice that content is GDFL. No mention of wikipedia. Example: [126]

Webster's Online Dictionary- the Rosetta Edition

  • Site: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org
  • contact point: Editor <webstersedits2@hotmail.com>
  • Indicates source is Wikipedia
  • link to local GFDL page, as specified in GFDL, in separate window.
  • "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" present
  • Links to Wikipedia article
  • uses various articles within larger collection
  • the site's general "terms of use" notes the following in several places "Exception: the only terms that apply to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, articles are the ones specified in the GNU FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE." Thus exempting Wikipedia content from the site's restrictions.
  • each article links to the following, with copies of GFDL,etc.,: ""Note: The text referenced in the "source," is exempt from any compilation copyright held by this site or the editor, so users can use the text freely under the copyleft GFDL license established by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, which is described in detail below. Any other material having copyright on this page resides with their respective owners."
  • http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/F-/F-15+EAGLE.html
  • A republisher of various internet dictionaries and encyclopedias. It does not mention Wikipedia on the front page but it does include "This article is a copy... GFDL" text at the bottom of articles. Probably fine. JesseW 05:59, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

NB: This is not the same as websters-online-dictionary.org

  • Links to Wikipedia & GFDL
  • Links back to original article

I think we can move to high --Davelane 09:56, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

GFDL and wikipedia links at bottom of pages depend on Javascript being turned on. They are not in the article source code and so will turn up on Google searches with -wikipedia. --Henrygb 01:55, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Whatis.Tv

The main page consists of a table of contents of sorts, which eventually leads to a copy of all wikipedia articles. No author or source attribution is given at all anywhere on the site that I could find. 80.58.43.44 10:17, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Confirmed. This will be added to the GFDL Compliance list. It's clearly a case of low compliance, since
  • it doesn't state that the info is released under the GFDL and
  • there are no links back to Wikipedia --Bash 07:17, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

what-means.com/encyclopedia/

What-means.com
URL http://www.what-means.com/encyclopedia/
Sample http://www.what-means.com/encyclopedia/United_States_Constitution
Rating Low
Details States "All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License" but links to off-site version. Also, does not include history section or link to Wikipedia article. Also no history given for changes made by them (like removing instances of Wikipedia and replacing with What-means.com). Also has user pages and images.
  • Looks like these scammers have now dropped all real content and consist entirely of Google ads and boilerplate. They are undoubtedly making some money for a while on click-through, because while they had content they got pretty high in the search engine rankings. - Jmabel
Contact info info@brickshooter.com (whois)
Actions Sent violation letter. Superm401 - Talk 03:01, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

why-war.com

Why-war
URL http://www.why-war.com/encyclopedia/
Sample http://www.why-war.com/encyclopedia/places/Alaska/
Rating Low
Details The website attempts to link to the GFDL, but the link is off-site and (now) broken (a good reason to link on-site). Also, there is no included history section or link to the original article, but only the main page.
Contact info website@why-war.com
Actions Sent violation letter. Superm401 - Talk 03:23, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

widescale.com

  • Site: widescale.com
  • No mention/link to GFDL
  • No mention of wikipedia
  • May be fair use, due to it's use of excerpts.

Wacklepedia.com

The text at the bottom of each article I examined is: "This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License." (See, for example, James Branch Cabell, a copy of our article ([127]) as it stood at the end of 2003.)

  • Thus, it mentions the GNU FDL license and links to a local copy of it.
  • Each article that I examined does not credit authors, does not link to the Wikipedia article, does not link to the Wikipedia main page, and does not even give the Wikipedia URL in text.
  • An odd feature is that each article has this line near the bottom: "See a correction needed or have another comment? Post it in the Encyclopedia Forum". That forum invites visitors to report article corrections, add more detail, or post new articles, with the promise "We can also list you as a contributor if you wish." The forum was set up last week and has no activity thus far
  • Aside from GFDL compliance, does the Foundation want to make an issue of possible confusing similarity between "Wacklepedia" and the Foundation's trademark "Wikipedia"? There would be a case for requiring this site to use a different name.

The site owner previously created the "Bobby Fischer Chess Page" (now moved to [128]). He was editing Wikipedia articles to add external links to his site -- some appropriate, some not -- but then took to removing other Fischer links and substituting his own. I corresponded with him. He explained that he had misinterpreted the reversions of his initial edits, and promised not to cause any more trouble. Until now he has kept that promise. I'll direct his attention to the compliance requirements he's not meeting. He's edited the external links in a few of our articles to use a "Wacklepedia" URL instead of the "Bobby Fischer Chess Page" one, but I'll leave those links alone for a reasonable time to see whether he brings his site into compliance. JamesMLane 17:42, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

The site owner responded very promptly. He said he could easily make each page link to Wikipedia, presumably meaning the Main Page: "That should be easy as it's common code. But linking to every article is going to be quite a bit of re-work. Is there something easier?" I don't know of anything. Can someone more knowledgeable about compliance and coding advise me on what to tell him? JamesMLane 19:36, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Each page now has a javascript end which says "All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. This article is from Wikipedia" with links to local GFDL text and to original wikipedia article. Annoyingly, will still turn up on "-wikipedia" searches. --Henrygb 00:38, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)



Wiki.defau.lt

  • Site: Wiki.defau.lt
  • Sample article: Biology - http://wiki.defau.lt/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Biology
    • Seems to be an outright dump, perhaps it's someone's test wiki
    • I'm getting 'Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server.' message now Silverfish 20:22, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)
    • Still gives "forbidden" message. Seems no longer to be an issue. -Rholton 22:23, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Still dead. Superm401 | Talk 01:22, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Still dead as of 00:37, 14 April 2006 (UTC), it now is a 404 not found instead of 403 forbidden. Chris Chan.talk.contribs 00:37, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Now it's page cannot be displayed. I think the website is gone for good now. Andrewrhchen 21:44, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Wiki.phantis.com

Main Page - Phantis
URL http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Main_Page
Sample http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Euboea
Rating "Low/None" compliance with GFDL
Details A Wikipedia fork using articles related to Greece. A cursory sample of articles indicates that most were copied from Wikipedia from mid-2005 through 2006 and intended to be edited locally thereafter. No GFDL notices or mention of Wikipedia on the pages I saw.
Contact info E-mail (feedback form): http://www.phantis.com/forms/contact_form.html – Phone number of admin: 610-631-5361 (?) and ISP.(?) – Mailing address: Decision Group, Inc., c/o Phantis, P.O. Box 176, Eagleville, PA 19408, USA
Actions I have not done anything else but make this report. –Blanchette 16:53, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikidpedia

WikiGadugi

WikiGadugi
URL http://en.wikigadugi.org/wiki/Main_Page
Sample http://en.wikigadugi.org/wiki/Beauty
Rating High
Details Mentions Wikipedia at [129] on every page of the site. The GFDL is mentioned on the site and links to the text of the GFDL License. Each article has a link back to the originating article on the English Wikipedia and full author and edit history. The site also has a link on each page of the wiki linking to the Wikimedia Foundations Donations page asking for contributions to the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia.
Contact info jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com,
Actions None

Wikinfo (wiki)

Wikileasing.com

Wikileasing.com
URL http://www.wikileasing.com
Sample http://www.wikileasing.com/3/Imperator.html, http://www.wikileasing.com/0/Jupiter.html
Rating Low
Details Without Javascript, link to offsite GFDL, but no link to original article. With Javascript, link to original article is generated. False copyright statement "© 2006 Wikileasing.com".
Contact info andrej.remis@gmail.com (whois)
Actions
  • I send to whois email contact a standard email. --F. Cosoleto 16:46, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
  • They say to me: "In a few days we will handle this isseu". --F. Cosoleto 23:16, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikimirror

Wikimirror
URL http://www.wikimirror.com
Sample http://www.wikimirror.com/Quadratic
Rating Medium
Details Mentions Wikipedia and the GFDL but there is no included history or link to the original article. There is no link to the GFDL.
Contact info information@wikimirror.com, abuse@domainsbyproxy.com
Actions

Wikimiki

Wikimiki
URL http://www.wikimiki.org
Sample http://copyright.en.wikimiki.org
Rating None
Details No compliance.
Contact info wikimiki.org@contactprivacy.com, admin@adpilot.info
Actions Sent standard non-compliance GDFL letter. UPDATE: sent reminder + warning

WikiTextbook

WikiTextbook
URL http://wikitextbook.co.uk
Sample http://wikitextbook.co.uk/index.php?title=Cell_structure%2C_tissues_and_organs_%28A_level_Bio%29 from Cell (biology)
Rating Low
Details Link to Wikipedia main page, but no link to original article or GFDL. This is a fork of Wikipedia meant to serve as a series of textbooks to UK schools; the Wikipedia articles have been taken to seed this effort. The owner is aware of Wikibooks and thus far chooses to fork anyway; he believes the interests of UK students can best be served through a separate site.
Contact info wiki@wikitextbook.co.uk
Actions Owner initiated contact with me, and I have replied noting the problems and providing suggested solutions. Superm401 - Talk 05:59, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikitruth

Wikitruth
URL http://wikitruth.info
Sample http://wikitruth.info/index.php?title=Uncensored:Justin_Berry
Rating Medium
Details This is a site for criticizing/parodying Wikipedia. They have a namespace "Uncensored" where they put articles that have been deleted from Wikipedia. They make it clear that the article is from Wikipedia, and now have a proper GFDL notice. They do not host the GFDL on their site. It is also apparently a modified version and they don't link back to Wikipedia or provide page history.
Contact info WIKITRUTH.INFO@domainsbyproxy.com
Actions

wiki.unas.cz

wikiverse.org

  • Site: wikiverse.org
  • Mentions GNU FDL license and links to a local copy of it. Also references the Copyrights section, which is a verbatim copy of Wikipedia:Copyrights (does not mention that wikiverse.org != wikipedia).
  • Articles do not link to Wikipedia, nor acknowledge the article authors.
  • The first page clarifies the site's relationship to Wikipedia: "Wikiverse, an up-to-date high speed static mirror of Wikipedia, a worldwide community of volunteers building an open-content encyclopedia."
  • A person who claims to be responsible for the site has allegedly tried to disrupt the VfD process on a page about Wikiverse, and has responded to some, but not all, concerns about the copyright situation. See [130] and Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Wikiverse.
  • Example: Apple Computer

Wikiwhat

  • Site: wikiwhat.com
  • Mentions Wikipedia (no link)
  • Mentions GFDL (no link)

wikix.ipupdater.com

Wikix
URL http://wikix.ipupdater.com/
Sample http://albert-einstein.wikix.ipupdater.com/
Rating Medium
Details Includes "Released under GNU FDL. Uses material from Wikipedia." Wikipedia is linked directly to the article copied; however GNU FDL is an offsite, broken link.
Contact info webmaster@wikix.ipupdater.com, http://www.ipupdater.com/contactus.php?/dns&PHPSESSID=591bc9fda50dc5ca356f063330e6e0dc (domain contact), User_talk:213.216.196.114? (anon who first updated this entry to say links added)
Actions
  • Standard letter sent by me to contact address: webmaster@wikix.ipupdater.com. The message bounced. The address is probably invalid. --Fibonacci 03:28, 27 May 2005 (UTC).
  • Reported site to http://www.ipupdater.com/, using the contact form of that page. --Fibonacci 03:17, 30 May 2005 (UTC).
  • Reported it to the webmaster again. Ipupdater apparently hasn't done anything. Superm401 - Talk 00:05, 6 November 2005 (UTC).
  • Never received an answer to my letter. Fibonacci 05:03, 2 December 2005 (UTC).
  • Sent letter asking for on-site GFDL. Superm401 - Talk 23:05, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Received reply that "We will correct this issue, but it can take a couple of days, please have patience." He also noted correctly that the copyrights page still recommends an off-site GFDL, which I'm trying to change. Superm401 - Talk 01:00, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

workfriendly

wordIQ

  • Sample article: http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Function_(mathematics)
  • States the GNU FDL license the articles are under.
  • Links to the GNU FDL (on FSF site, not local)
  • Acknowledges wikipedia authorship
  • Links to source wikipedia article
  • Links to the wikipedia history as author listing As of 05:23, 21 February 2006 (UTC), every article's history link is to the history of Wikipedia's Main Page.

wordsonline.org

wordsonline.org
URL http://wordsonline.org/Main_Page
Sample http://wordsonline.org/AbbeY
Rating None
Details
  • No mention of Wikipedia.
  • No mention of GFDL.
  • No linking to the original article.
Contact info
Actions Contacted ISP -- WB 01:18, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

World Geography Information

Has copies of about 25,000 Wikipedia articles; the intention is that they will be edited according to their different policy. Obviously, not a verbatim copy.

  • link to current (or sometimes older) version of article
  • link to GFDL

WorldHistory

  • Site: WorldHistory.com
  • Example: Aleksei Yeliseyev
  • States the GFDL license the articles are under.
  • States that the original article is at wikipedia, gives link to the article on wikipedia
  • Does not have "title page".

world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com

  • Site: http://www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com/default.asp
  • No mention of GFDL.
  • No mention of Wikipedia besides linking the original article.
  • March 23, 2005 is the last main page update.
  • As of 14:00, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

World-of-celebrities.com

World Wide Web Find

worldsexexplorer.com

Was not in compliance for a long time, but now links to Wikipedia and the GNU FDL.--Eloquence* 11:02, Apr 5, 2004 (UTC)

wstuff.com

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

Wulong for life

Wulong for life
URL http://www.wulongforlife.com
Sample http://www.wulongforlife.com/premiumwulong_002.htm
Rating "Low/None".
Details Completely plagerizes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oolong_tea
Contact info Support@OkumaTea.com
Actions WMF Notified via OTRS Ticket#: 2006050410003399. added


wikimotorcycles.org

WikiMotorcycles
URL http://www.wikimotorcycles.org
Sample http://www.wikimotorcycles.org/index.php/Cagiva
Rating None
Details has directly copied Wikipedia articles related to motorcycles with no reference to the source or GFDL. Vigilante attempts (not me) to remove content have resulted in the stolen content restored.
Contact info none
Actions none, no contact info available

X

Xasa

xdope.com

xdope.com
URL http://xdope.com
Sample http://xdope.com/Prodi.html
Rating None
Details
Contact info {{{contact}}}
Actions
  • Emailed request for Wikipedia mention and GFDL notice. --F. Cosoleto 15:36, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Xtrj.org

Xtrj.org
URL http://www.xtrj.org/
Sample http://xtrj.org/ssm4/turing_machine.htm
Rating Low
Details This is a true Verbatim Copy, but Wikipedia itself did not include a GFDL notice at the time of copying (see Internet Archive). Nevertheless, it is still required.
Contact info chen_huailin@yahoo.com, huailin@xtrj.org (whois), abuse@register.com (host), copyright-complaints@register.com (host)
Actions
  • Emailed request for GFDL notice to huailin@xtrj.org. Superm401 - Talk 06:41, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Replied saying "You are right. I will do so per you suggested." Superm401 - Talk 02:57, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Y

Yotor Facts

Yotor
URL http://www.yotor.com/, http://www.yotor.net, and http://www.yotor.org/
Sample http://www.yotor.com/wiki/en/ly/Lyricist.htm
Rating Medium
Details Provides a machine translation of our articles to Spanish, Italian, German, French, ... full list of languages at the bottom of http://www.yotor.com/wiki/. Sample translations of Lyricist: Italian at http://www.yotor.com/wiki/it/ly/Lyricist.htm and Spanish at http://www.yotor.com/wiki/es/au/Autor.htm . Includes the following text at the bottom of each page: "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article (article name and link)." There is no local copy of the GFDL. However, there should be a history entry with "title, year, authors, and publisher" for each translation (per 4#I of the GFDL). Also, depending on how they're translating it, they may not really have the right to distribute the translated version under the GFDL.
Contact info abuse@totalchoicehosting.com, abuse@domainsbyproxy.com, YOTOR.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Actions

yourencyclopedia.net

  • I don't know if this web site has already been recorded somewhere in Wikipedia, but I came across an exact copy of a Wikipedia article (although it was an old version, from somewhere down the edit history) as a #1 Google hit. The nasty thing about this site is that our links do work. However, red links are not shown, and if you click on one you are all of a sudden right on a Wikipedia edit page. This is an invitation to vandalize Wikipedia, but I was unable to find an e-mail address. <KF> 00:14, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • This is a mirror of Wikipedia. It mentions the GFDL and Wikipedia once on its main page, but none of the articles have a list of authors or links to the Wikipedia pages. Guanaco 23:52, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
    • Huh? I just looked at a few articles and they all had this at the bottom of the page, with links: "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from Wikipedia - see source." Hob 00:00, 2004 Sep 3 (UTC)
User:Zanimum moved this to medium from low. I'm not exactly sure why, but I assume because it mentions the GFDL and links to Wikipedia. JesseW 22:47, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)


yourart.com

Example: http://www.yourart.com/research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=visual%20arts%20and%20design

-- clearly dynamically fetched, as it reflected edits made only a few seconds ago -- The Anome 13:15, Nov 3, 2004 (UTC)

yamourdotcom

  • Low compliance if any. [134] Claiming its own right without any reference to GFDL: "This document was realized for educational purposes. You do not have the right to use or copy any of the images ; but You are free to link to this document. In case you want to link to this document for Educational purposes ,please read the term of service at the end of this page." Now feeding back as viral advertisement through its own "term of service" [sic]: "Term of service : In case you want to link to this document for educational reasons : you should also link to the main page [135]". Reported by Kaihsu 21:32, 27 August 2006 (UTC). No action taken yet.

Still violating and tried to remove this current discussion. Presumed malicious. – Kaihsu 15:12, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Still trying to vandalize this page and wrongly attributing my comments to 5ko. I suggest the person(s) behind yamourdotcom actually read the GNU Free Documentation License carefully before doing anything else on Wikipedia. – Kaihsu 09:48, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, at the time that I write the SEO link-spam is back again in the article (removeing it now). As I am not a frequent editor on the English Wikipedia I believe you should report this behaviour to an administrator. Greetings, --5ko 17:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


it's not a dictatorship you can not ban someone if he does not agree with you ,

the link you are talking about does mention the GFDL , and the user 5ko that pretends it's a SEO link apparently is an expert in SEO check this link and you'll see that he is a user in every possible version of wikipedia and have hundreds of links toward his personal site , if this isn't SEO than what is see the link : 5ko many faces i assure you if you ban one more time the user because he simply does not agree with you , both of you will be reported to administration Newww 18:15, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I suggest you start by learning more about Wikipedia. (1) User accounts in different languages are needed to post interwiki links. (2) The page that you try to link is not relevant for wikipedia readers, comparing to http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org or http://web.archive.org, probably where you took the screenshots. (3) Two days ago the note about GFDL was not there, you added it lately, however you still infringe the GFDL by not publishing the list of all co-authors, not even a link to the page itself and to its history. (4) If these screenshots are so important, we can legally add them here, on Wikipedia, which would be easier for everyone. (5) As it is "your" page, you have some difficulty estimating the relevence of your "work" for the encyclopedia readers : please, leave to the Wikipedia editors do that relevence estimation. --5ko 06:24, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
P.S. I just recieved an amusing letter, seo confession, threats that my user page will be vandalized again, and a job offer from this person, and will post it at User:5ko/Yamour (in French language). I work primarily at Bulgarian Wikipedia where I have done more than 17500 edits mostly on articles and help pages, and 6000 pictures (not counting the +64K edits with my bot). Wikipedia editor since February 2003, I am not surprised that Google knows about me... --5ko 06:24, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
I admire your integrity, 5ko. – Kaihsu 10:01, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Case now reported to Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#linkspammer_from_yamour.com. – Kaihsu 14:40, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Yourlit.com

Yourlit.com
URL http://www.yourlit.com
Sample http://www.yourlit.com/Fantasy-Novels/The_Curse_of_Chalion.php, http://www.yourlit.com/X-Men-Villains/Fabian_Cortez.php
Rating None
Details At the bottom of each page: "©Yourlit.com All rights reserved"
Contact info
Actions standard email

Evil spyware site (starting with yu)

  • This is an evil spyware site, according to McAfee SiteAdvisor
  • Site advisor's profile is at [136] . Every web site it links to is dodgy, according to site advisor.
  • I found it by googling for "Australia at the Winter Paralympics"
  • I don't know what their GFDL compliance is like, and I'm not brave enough to find out. Only go there if you know what you are doing.

Z

zdnet.co.za

zdnet.co.za
URL http://www.zdnet.co.za/index.html
Sample http://www.zdnet.co.za/m/a/t/Matthew_Brettingham_02b0.html
Rating Medium
Details
  • No links to Wikipedia.
  • No links to the original article.
  • Mentions Wikipedia.
  • Links to local GFDL.
  • Uses Wikipedia as if it was their own site. (logo, About Wikipedia, etc.)
  • Uses static HTML, which should not be used for mirroring.
Contact info
Actions None. -- WB 06:00, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Contacted site owner with copyright notice Tawker 06:40, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

zipox

Zipox.com Blog
URL http://zipox.com
Sample http://zipox.com/Pearl_Harbor
Rating Low/None
Details I see no indication that they acknowledge content comes from Wikipedia. There doesn't appear to be any copyright notice or information on the site itself. Going to any non-existing page, e.g. http://zipox.com/zipox redirects to a porn solicitation page. The site also has a list of ten sites in a "Blog Roll" all of which appear to be similar non-compliant mirrors. These are redshort.com wstuff.com vsnw.com thinkdogs.com specwire.com songnhong.com vdmg.com twgold.com and somecoolsite.com . User:Milkman12345 has been adding links to this site from Wikipedia articles.
Contact info None
Actions Note: as of 25 March 2007, the site appears to be inoperative. Patstuarttalk·edits 05:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)