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SageReport.com

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SageReport.com
URL http://sagereport.com/
Description
Sample http://sagereport.com/Cali-to-Car/cat.php
Rating Medium
Compliance 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. No link to original article. No history section.
Contact info WHOIS information
Private registration through Domains by Proxy, Inc.
Email: SAGEREPORT.COM AT 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.

Sailracer.co.uk

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ROOSTER SAILING
URL http://www.sailracer.co.uk
Description
Sample http://www.sailracer.co.uk/sailing/topical.asp?txt=rooster%20sailing
Rating None
Compliance Wikipedias Rooster article is dumped on the page (complete with wikilinks, templates and cats even though the site is a Wiki !!!) with no attribution or links.
Contact info Simon Lovesey

01489 559111
info AT sailracer.co.uk

Actions

San Luis Obispo Bill of Rights Defense Committee

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  • Site: http://www.slo-bordc.org/link/wikipedia/view
  • Only uses opening paragraph from USA PATRIOT Act.
  • Mentions Wikipedia, and provides link to article.
  • No GFDL mention.
  • Almost certainly fair use.

Sci Peeps

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Sci Peeps
URL Scipeeps.com
Description
Sample http://www.scipeeps.com/Sci-Biochemistry_Topics_E_-_F/fermentation.html
Rating Low.
Compliance Footnote "Provided by wikipedia.org." No mention of GPL, no link to original.

Claims own copyright. Superm401

Contact info Broken contact link. A whois yields SCIPEEPS.COM AT domainsbyproxy.com
Actions None.
The cited article is gone. There may be others. decltype (talk) 14:28, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Science 24

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See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Abc#Base_Science_24

ScienceDaily

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ScienceDaily
URL http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/
Description
Sample http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/archaeology
Rating Medium
Compliance 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. No history section listing authors and dates.
Contact info editor AT sciencedaily.com, xk78h8fb5k5 AT networksolutionsprivateregistration.com (private WHOIS), support AT ultradns.com
Actions

Scientia

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Scientia
URL https://scientiaen.com/
Description
Sample https://scientiaen.com/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war
Rating Low
Compliance Copyright © 2024 scientiaen.com
Contact info None found
Actions

Scientia Ricerca

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Scientia Ricerca
URL https://scientiaricerca.com/cons-archive.php
Description journal listed at https://predatoryjournals.com/publishers/#S, a group of open access journals, another infringement by Alain L. Fymat, International Institute of Medicine and Science, journal editor
Sample https://scientiaricerca.com/srcons/SRCONS-04-00097.php
Rating Low/None
Compliance No mention of or attribution to Wikipedia, although extensive copy, and claims copyright
Contact info See User:SandyGeorgia/AlainFymat for full information
Actions Sending letters

SciFiPedia

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SciFiPedia
URL http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Main_Page
Description
Sample http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/The_Prisoner
Rating Low/None
Compliance 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 AT scifi.com
Actions

de.scio.pw

URL de.scio.pw
Description unclear propose. only features one single advertisement above every page
Sample de.scio.pw/Berlin
Rating "None"
Compliance no license at all.
Contact info no contact details on the site.
Actions no actions taken yet.

scpover.net

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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
Description
Sample http://www.livingflowers.com/de:Diakritisches_Zeichen
Rating High
Compliance Had defects, now corrected
Contact info
  • Domain AdminC: Isenbek, Bradley; brad AT barneslanding.com; 6317713187
  • Network abuse contact for 207.210.104.5: abuse AT gnax.net
Actions
  • Found them with this Google query: tinyurl.com/yrmqtv -- Martin von Gagern 01:21, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • 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

scoopweb.com

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Scoop Web
URL [1]
Description
Sample [2], [3]
Rating Low/None
Compliance Live mirror fetching detected via hidden span tags, no mention of the GFDL.
Contact info Moorjani, Tanuj tanuj.moorjani AT gmail.com
Actions None

Scribd

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Scribd
URL May be multiple e-books copied from Wikipedia.
Description
Sample http://www.scribd.com/doc/19999557/Education-in-Emerging-Indian-Society-F-105
http://www.scribd.com/doc/20074682/Medical-Tourism-F
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24333292/According-to-2003#stats; see Talk:DNA_dynamics and Talk:DNA computing
Rating
Compliance This is a self-publishing forum where evidently some contributors find it easy to compile books by copying Wikipedia articles.
Contact info copyright@scribd.com; per [4] DMCA take-down is required.
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Scripophily.net

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  • Site: http://www.scripophily.net
  • Example: http://www.scripophily.net/lefrhme19.html
  • No mention of Wikipedia - uses material from H.L. Mencken article.
Any progress on this one? 84.235.135.246 10:02, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Nope. Example: http://www.webcitation.org/5m6moDhYo (archive of http://www.scripophily.net/amhocode1.html). Some of this content is my creation; I could sue. --Elvey (talk) 08:15, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

search.com

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  • Site: www.search.com
  • Part of CNET Networks
  • Example: www.search.com/reference/Thomas_Johnson_(designer)
  • States: "Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org" with links to GFDL at gnu.org and to original article
  • Pages (which sometimes also draw from other sources) end with "Copyright ©2007 CNET Networks, Inc. All Rights Reserved"

SearchEnterpriseLinux.com

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  • Site: http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid39_gci913129,00.html
  • Contains a small section of the article about vendor lock-in
  • Mentions Wikipedia, but has no link
  • No GFDL Link

Search-People-Finder.info

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see Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Def#Discovery_Media

SearchSpaniel.com

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  • Site: http://www.searchspaniel.com/

Seattle Luxury

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Seattle Luxury Inc.
URL www.seattleluxury.com
Description
Sample www.seattleluxury.com/encyclopedia/entry/albania
Rating Medium.
Compliance Offsite GFDL. (gnu.org)
Contact info info AT seattleluxury.com
Actions None.


second.wiki

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Second Wiki
URL http://second.wiki
Description Some articles have been machine-translated into English from non-English Wikipedias (e.g. "Brollachan" from German)
Sample http://second.wiki/wiki/mc3basica_electrc3b3nica
Rating Medium
Compliance Footer mentions correct license and indirectly mentions Wikipedia. No link back to the original article.
Contact info None found.
Actions None.

Selling Timeshare

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sellingtimeshare.co.uk
URL sellingtimeshare.co.uk
Description
Sample www.sellingtimeshare.co.uk/wiki.asp?k=timeshare
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seminar4u.blogspot.com

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seminar4u.blogspot.com
URL Various articles here: seminar4u.blogspot.com
Description
Sample Multiple articles copied. A review of 5 random articles found that 3 contained text substantially similar to earlier text in wikipedia articles: [5] [6] [7]. There are probably a lot more out there.
Rating
Compliance None as yet. Bottom of the page says "Copyright © 2007 - Seminars, Seminar Topics, Notes on Engineering Computers, Electronics, Mechanical, Mba - is proudly powered by Blogger". No link back to wikipedia articles, no credit.
Contact info [8]
Actions Contacted. No response as of 03 May 2011. bobrayner (talk) 10:22, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

sensagent.com

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Sensagent
URL http://dictionary.sensagent.com/ http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/
Description Multi-language Dictionary
Sample http://dictionary.sensagent.com/transport/en-en/#wikipedia
Rating Low
Compliance Individual articles attribute to wikipedia
Contact info d dot dutoit at memodata com
Actions Sent compliance letter on 2008/01/25.

Seo Wiki

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Seo Wiki
URL http://www.seomastering.com/wiki/
Description
Sample http://www.seomastering.com/wiki/Autovivification
Rating Low/None
Compliance Copied article content: an IP address user added a Python section to our article and then copied the entire article to Seo Wiki in the same minute. No visible attribution except in a stub template that contains a broken link suggesting to "help Wikipedia by expanding it". No license given for content on their wiki.
Contact info about us page, contact form
Actions Added {{backwardscopy}} to our article's talk page. Will add to WP:GFDLC and WP:CCBYSAC. PointyOintment (talk) 09:21, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Serial Killer Calendar

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Serial Killer Calendar
URL www.serialkillercalendar.com
Description
Sample http://www.serialkillercalendar.com/Brief_Bio_of_PETER_DUPAS.html
Rating Low.
Compliance update: This site has long since properly credited the GNU/GFDL sections and sources. Why is this notice still here? If you took the effort to make this public, then at least have the respect to acknowledge your personal victory (that was done immediately and willingly), OK Longhair? 210.5.75.10 (talk) 15:18, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Contact info madhatterdesign AT gmail.com
Actions Sent GFDL compliance email. -- Longhair\talk 11:25, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

seriouslostfan.com

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see Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Def#Discovery_Media

servinghistory.com

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see Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Def#Discovery_Media

sexyclopedia.com

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Site: http://www.sexyclopedia.com/ Example: http://www.sexyclopedia.com/?title=Category:Eastern_Orthodox_Wikipedians

SheppardSoftware.com

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Sheppard Software
URL http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/
Description
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 Medium
Compliance Does not mention Wikipedia in any way, although almost all content (including image thumbnails) 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. Now credits Wikipedia, links to the original article and to their own copy of the GFDL. No history section listing authors and dates.
Contact info Brad Sheppard

Sheppard Software, Suite 623 Pavilion, Jenkintown, PA 19046, US
(215) 885-1893 fax: (215) 885-4288. [9]

Actions I am just about to send the first standard compliance notice. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 10:35, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No reply whatsoever, am about to send second notice/reminder. —Vanderdecken? ∫ξφ 15:15, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Have just received this reply:

Dear Mr. -----,

Thank you for advising me on how to comply with the GNU Free Documentation Licence. Pleased be assured that my staff will systematically follow your instructions, ensuring that each page that uses Wikipedia content includes the proper links and text. We are using your "bar" example as our model.

We will be correcting roughly 20 pages a day, and all of the necessary corrections should be completed in next several weeks. Today we've corrected 38 web pages including all of the unique facts for Europe - which also contain the links you mentioned: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Europeweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Europe36.htm and http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Europeweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Europe3.htm

We appreciate your patience, and the wonderful service that Wikipedia provides to our site and so many others. It's truly amazing how your project has evolved in just a few years - and we're sure that the best is yet to come.

Best,

Brad Sheppard, Jr. President - Sheppard Software www.sheppardsoftware.com

I calls that a resounding success. I will reply to Mr Sheppard with some short further advice on GFDL compliance. Case closed, I believe. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 10:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sidhe Communications

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Sidhe Communications
URL http://www.sidhecommunications.com/
Description
Sample http://www.sidhecommunications.com/excel-communications.html
Rating Unknown
Compliance Describe details of compliance or lack thereof. List violations here.
Contact info E-mail, phone number of admin and ISP.
Actions Actions taken (if any) to attempt to make the website comply.

Sidereel.com

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Sidhe Communications
URL http://www.sidereel.com
Description
Sample http://www.sidereel.com/britain_and_irelands_next_top_model/season-1/episode-5; see Talk:Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model, Cycle 7
Rating Unknown
Compliance None
Contact info
Actions

singaporemoms.com

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  • Site:http://www.singaporemoms.com/parenting_encyclopedia.html
    • Example:http://www.singaporemoms.com/parenting/Homeopathy 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.wiki.x.io and to local copy of GFDL plus link to local description of how to find original article. --Henrygb 01:59, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • no action taken as yet.Geni 23:35, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sinoz

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  • Site: http://www.sinoz.com/articles/


Sir Tom Jones Online

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  • Site: http://www.freewebs.com/jvprn/index.htm
  • Example: http://www.freewebs.com/jvprn/discography.htm
  • Wikipedia content: [10] Tom Jones (Singer)
  • no mention or link back to Wikipedia
  • no mention of GFDL
  • contact: tomrocks65 AT optonline.net
  • no action taken as yet. 22:20, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

siumforcongress.com

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  • Site: http://siumforcongress.com/
  • Wikipedia content: home page contains text snipped from Wikipedia articles about dynamic linking. Clicking through links eventually leads you to lists of DLLs; clicking on each DLL will take you to a page that invites you to download software.
  • no mention or link back to Wikipedia
  • no mention of GFDL

06:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)


S/KeySource

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S/KeySource
URL http://www.skeysource.com/
Description
Sample http://www.skeysource.com/
Rating Low/None
Compliance 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 (Talk • Contribs)

Skwik

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  • Site: www.skwik.com/wiki/
    • Example: [11] taken from System of a Down
    • The site is content-wise basically a pretty poor rip-off of the band-entries from en.wiki.x.io. 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 AT 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

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Slider

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Slider
URL http://www.slider.com/about.html
Description
Sample http://enc.slider.com/Enc/Ralph_Bunche_Park
Rating Low/None
Compliance No mention of or link to Wikipedia, no attribution to authors, asserts copyright; no onsite copy of GFDL (but each article links to Slider's unattributed copy of Wikipedia's GFDL article, which contains a link to GFDL on the gnu.org site).
Contact info webmaster@trellian.com
Actions I've done nothing.

Slimer.org

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SmartPedia

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(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)[reply]

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)[reply]
    • Update - site is 404.

SM201

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(I guess, their Main page says "The SM-201 / BDSM Academy / BackDrop Club WikiPedia")


<Golden Age of Porn> (not url)
URL http://www.backdrop.net/sm-201/index.php?title=Golden_Age_of_Porn
Description
Sample
Rating None
Compliance No GFDL compliance whatsoever. No link from their copied page to the Wikipedia article, they even call themselves "a WikiPedia"
Contact info Robin-wp AT backdrop.com, WikiStaff AT SM201.org
Actions None, as I am not an official representative of Wikipedia.
This needs a good hard seeing to by someone with legal knowledge - possible full copyright violations. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 23:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The article named above seems to be the exception on this site. Looking at some random articles did not find any further copies from Wikipedia. Therefore, rather than someone with legal knowledge, one of the authors of the original article needs to take this up.
Use of the name "Wikipedia" is a matter for the foundation, not editors, but appears to be simple confusion between the term "wiki" and the registered trademark "Wikipedia". SpinningSpark 13:55, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Corvus cornix 00:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Snazon.com

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Snipview

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Snipview
URL http://www.snipview.com/
Description
Sample http://www.snipview.com/q/Julio_Ripamondi_Base
Rating Low.
Compliance Their 'more from Wikipedia' button pops up the whole wikipedia articles, but no mention of copyright or the CC BY-SA license.

Images have 'Image via ' + link to Wikipedia underneath them, again no mention of licensing.

Contact info Only an email address: admin@webvision.us
Actions Standard letter sent; see User:Batternut/Licensing_Vio_-_Snipview for letter sent and subsequent activities

Snowpedia

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Seems to be in Medium compliance, as links to GNU on GNU site.Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 23:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

source-of-knowledge.com

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LarsSanders 09:19, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

LarsSanders 09:25, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Snyke

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somecoolsite.com

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See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

songnhong.com

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See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

Sonycmg.com

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Sony Music UK
URL http://www.sonycmg.com
Description
Sample http://www.sonycmg.com/artists/mariah_carey/
Rating None
Compliance The artist page is an exact copy of the lead section of the artist's Wikipedia page. Also, at the end of the article, the website provides a link to Wikipedia.
Contact info [14] Information
Actions None


specwire.com

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See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

solarnavigator.net

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Solar Navigator
URL http://www.solarnavigator.net
Description
Sample http://www.solarnavigator.net/films_movies_actors/charlize_theron.htm
Rating None
Compliance Most articles sport some kind of modification (probably because they are based in older revisions), fair use images inserted randomly, and in the case of actors, a copy/paste of works from iMDB. No mention to Wikipedia or GFDL. No article history. Disclaimer reads "This website is Copyright © 1999 & 2006 NJK"
Contact info Whois information
Actions None.

Sopranopedia

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  • site: www.thesopranos.com and wiki.thesopranos.com/Main_Page with pages related to The Sopranos
  • example: wiki.thesopranos.com/Sicily
  • no obvious mention on article page of Wikipedia, original article or GFDL
  • wiki Main Page says "This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Main Page. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with The Sopranos Encyclopedia, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Text of the GNU Free Documentation License" with largely suitable links (except that it does not mirror Wikipedia Main Page).
  • Most wikilinks are dead. Also, Wikipedia is mentioned in some cleanup tags. Example: wiki.thesopranos.com/Jon_Bon_Jovi

SouthernCaliforniaHomes

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SouthernCaliforniaHomes
URL http://www.southerncaliforniahomes.com/
Description
Sample http://www.southerncaliforniahomes.com/san-diego/escondido/local-info
Rating None
Compliance No mention of either Wikipedia or CC BY-SA.
Contact info http://www.southerncaliforniahomes.com/contact-us
Actions

space.cenet.org.cn

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Speedy deletion Wiki

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speedydeletion.wikia.com
URL speedydeletion.wikia.com
Description
Sample
Rating
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Contact info
Actions

SpeedyLook

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SpeedyLook
URL http://www.speedylook.com
Description
Sample http://www.speedylook.com/Water_melon.html (based on fr:Pastèque)
Rating None. No mention of Wikipedia or GFDL. No copyright information on site.
Compliance Site appears to consist of mechanical translations of articles from the French Wikipedia.
Contact info
Actions

spellcorrect.info

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spellcorrect.info
URL http://www.spellcorrect.info
Description
Sample http://www.spellcorrect.info/slaves.htm from Slavery
Rating Medium
Compliance 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 AT gmail.com
Actions

Spiritus-Temporis

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Spiritus-Temporis.com
URL http://www.spiritus-temporis.com
Description
Sample http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/s5w-reactor
Rating Low/None
Compliance States: "Some of the information on this page come from a Wikipedia article and are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Under Construction] - Spiritus-Temporis.com ©2005." with link to original article (www rather than en) and link to GFDL at en.wikipedia.com 22:10, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Contact info Whois info:

jbl_domain AT yahoo.fr

Actions

SpivO.com

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SpivO Encyclopedia
URL http://www.spivo.com/encyclopedia/
Description
Sample http://www.spivo.com/encyclopedia/?title=Orange_(fruit)
Rating Low/None
Compliance Calls pages "SpivO Encyclopedia", the only references to Wikipedia are those in the articles extracted and on pages where the url is invalid (e.g., if title includes spaces instead of "_", they say "...consult the Wikipedia article"), and uses "WikiReflection" technology (see http://www.vacilando.org/index.php?x=7065). It is copying the userspace, and images are linked to the Wikimedia servers. No mention of GFDL. There is, however, an edit button at the top of every page, but it will only open an edit window for pages on the English Wikipedia, and will open whatever page the user typed in, regardless of redirects. Interestingly, using the interwiki links (i.e., [[wikt:is:brjálaður]]) pages from other projects can be copied, but any links will link back to the English Wikipedia. 18:28, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
Contact info Admin:Chris Kazor - info [atsign] spivo [.] com; 813-626-5261 and 206-202-2053 listed

Technical contact: Customer Support - support [atsign] hostingtrek [.] com; 877-571-1805

Actions none

Spock.com

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spock.com
URL http://www.spock.com
Description
Sample http://www.spock.com/Felix-Gouin
Rating "Low/None"
Compliance Copied most of the article almost verbatim with only a link to the original material here on wikipedia.
Contact info Intelius

500 108th Avenue Northeast Suite 2500 Bellevue, Washington 98004 United States

ISP:
full whois info here
info@corp.spock.com

Actions None
  • Not a gross violation. Only a short excerpt of the article, with source given. To be fully compliant, the page should probably also mention CC-BY-SA. A link to the original article is enough to fulfill the requirement to attribute the authors. decltype (talk) 14:09, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Spokeo.com

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spokeo.com
URL http://www.spokeo.com
Description
Sample http://www.spokeo.com/Max+Schreck+1
Rating "Low/None"
Compliance Copied most of the article verbatim with only a link prefixed "related links" to the original wikipedia article.
Contact info https://www.spokeo.com/contact 556 S. Fair Oaks Ave Suite #101-179 Pasadena, CA 91105

United States

ISP:
full whois info here

Actions None

SportsHead

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sportshead
URL http://www.sportshead.com
Description
Sample http://www.sportshead.com/sportsdetails/index/Cap_Anson
Rating Low/None
Compliance No indication at all that the biographies are lifted verbatim from wikipedia, no GFDL license on page, no links back to wikipedia
Contact info none found at whois.net. Registered to CHALLENGEGAMES.COM through GoDaddy. No contact info on website.
Actions Emailed standard notice to advertising@challengegames.com, who seem to own the violating website. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 16:58, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sprinko

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  • Site: www.encyclopedia.sprinko.com
  • Example: www.encyclopedia.sprinko.com/index.php?title=Dollar_sign
  • States: This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Dollar sign" with links to GFDL at gnu.org and to original article
  • States: Copyright 2006 Sprinko.com Lassitter Ent, Inc. Company - All Rights Reserved
  • Note: Somewhat hilariously replaces every occurence of the string "Wikipedia" with "Sprinko Encyclopedia". Example: http://encyclopedia.sprinko.com/index.php?title=Wikipedia

Notification sent. Had to keep it brief to fit their 500 character feedback form. decltype (talk) 14:20, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stablepedia

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Stablepedia
URL http://www.stablepedia.org
Description
Sample http://www.stablepedia.org/wiki/France
Rating High
Compliance The site points out to the GFDL on every page requested from wikipedia [15]
Contact info staiii AT gmail.com
Actions none

StacyLondon.org

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stacylondon.org
URL http://www.stacylondon.org
Description
Sample http://www.stacylondon.org/stacy-london-biography.php
Rating "Low/None"
Compliance Copied most of the article almost verbatim to both the home page and the biography page with no attribution or links to the original material here on wikipedia.
Contact info email: upender1953 AT gmail.com
phone: +91.910404015045 (India)
ISP: hostgator.com
full whois info here
Contact Us page on website
Actions None

Star Trek: USS Scorpion

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  • 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
Sent out standard compliance request email. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 23:27, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Received one back - he's not aware of where the text is copied from - doesn't believe it is copied. I've supplied him with examples, but I might need to delve into the historical revisions. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 02:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed, I think. He's emailed back promising changes. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 03:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Start learning now

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  • 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)[reply]

Start surfing

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startsurfing.com
URL http://startsurfing.com/encyclopedia
Description
Sample http://startsurfing.com/encyclopedia/l/i/s/List_of_backronyms.html
Rating Medium
Compliance Some. They've reproduced the full Wikipedia body text with no menus, skins, images, however, it is at least licencesd under the GFDL and attributed to Wikipedia.
Contact info
Actions

List of backronyms is an article to which I'd contributed years ago; the original has long-since been deleted. If someone wants to preserve this stuff, great, but some attribution would be in order please? --carlb (talk) 17:52, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Statemaster.com

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statemaster.com
URL http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/
Description
Sample http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/CAC-Wirraway
Rating
Compliance Mentions Wikipedia & GFDL, links to original article: "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."
Contact info
Actions


encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com

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encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com
URL http://encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com/
Description
Sample http://encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com/pages/11271/Jane-Seymour-Fonda.html
Rating Low/None
Compliance No compliance. No attribution, no GFDL. They claim copyright by "Net Industries".
Contact info Registered through: GoDaddy.com http://registrar.godaddy.com; Expiration Date: 14-jul-2011; http://www.stateuniversity.com/about/copyright
Actions Sent informal message complaining about one article. Srleffler (talk) April 21, 2009

I see "stateuniversity.com" is globally blacklisted at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spam_blacklist . I am adding this entry here as they look to me like an extensive collection of copyright violating wikipedia-derived content. No attributions, no GFDL, and they claim, obscurely, that content is copyright "Net Industries" and obtained from a printed, unnamed, source. Examples are everywhere. http://encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com/pages/21768/Ted-Turner.html and wikipedia's article on Ted Turner are obviously connected.

Until this entry, neither stateuniversity.com nor "Net Industries", nor "Cambridge Encyclopedia" were listed in Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks.See also http://encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com/collection/1/Cambridge-Encyclopedia.html. "Cambridge Encyclopedia" has a lot of obvious copyvio'ed biographies. 84user (talk) 14:19, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

stateuniversity.com's copyright page claims they will responds to takedown notices:

"Intellectual Property

It is the policy of StateUniversity.com to respond expeditiously to claims of intellectual property infringement. StateUniversity.com will promptly process and investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable intellectual property laws. If there is any link or material in any page on this site that would infringe on any copyright, the link or material, provided it is being served from StateUniversity.com's server rather than that of a third party, will be removed immediately upon proof or appropriate demonstration of controlling interest or ownership. Any names that appear in this site may be trademarks/service marks/registered trademarks or copyrighted materials and are therefore the property of their respective owners."

84user (talk) 14:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

static.wiki

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static.wiki
URL http://static.wiki
Description technical demonstration of fitting Wikipedia data into an SQlite database.
Sample http://static.wiki/en/Nissan_Leaf
Rating Medium
Compliance Articles refer to CC BY-SA and link back to Wikipedia, but lack history and author information.
Contact info https://github.com/segfall/static-wiki/issues
Actions

StudyCrime.com

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Starwood Hotels

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

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Subnetworking.com

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  • 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

Sulekha.com Travel

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Sulekha.com Travel
URL http://travel.sulekha.com/
Description
Sample http://travel.sulekha.com/blog/2007/07/thiruvanaikaval-shiva-temple.htm?contributor=R+Phani+Kumar
Rating unknown.
Compliance The example listed is a complete copy of Thiruvanaikaval but has no reference at all to Wikipedia.
Contact info feedback AT sulekha.net , 512-231-9226.
Actions Actions taken (if any) to attempt to make the website comply.

Sunny population

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  • Site: www.sunnypopulation.net
  • Example: www.sunnypopulation.net/w/index.php?title=London
  • States "This is an extract from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia" with link to www.wiki.x.io
  • No obvious mention of or link to GFDL
  • No obvious link to original article

Supercrawler

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  • Site: www.supercrawler.com
  • Example: www.supercrawler.com/Facts/thomas_johnson__designer_.html
  • Link near top to original article (under "See live article")
  • States "This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License" with links to Wikipedia and to local article about GFDL which in turn has link to GFDL text at gnu.org

SuperSentai.com

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SuperSentai.com
URL www.supersentai.com
Description
Sample www.supersentai.com/database/2003_abaranger/index.htm
Rating None
Compliance This website and others in its network (www.rangercentral.com, www.kamen-rider.com, www.tokucentral.com) copy content from Wikipedia pages and use it to form their own database pages. The content on these five pages (4 5) are directly lifted from our article Kamen Rider OOO (character); it even uses spelling forms that are actually disfavored amongst the English speaking fans of the show.
Contact info michaelpbastian@gmail.com
Actions I (—Ryulong (琉竜)) have sent an e-mail demanding that he source the information to Wikipedia.

Suprari

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Suprari
URL http://www.suprari.com
Description
Sample http://www.suprari.com/wiki.php?page=Nancy_Ajram
Rating "None" compliance with GFDL (matches Wikipedia:GFDL Compliance).
Compliance Does not credit Wikipedia, no link to article history. No mention of GFDL. Every page has a © 2007 Suprari
Contact info Whois: Strahija, Nikola - nikola AT tip-internet.hr
Actions None yet

Susan's Place Transgender Wiki

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swisscorner.com

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  • Site: www.swisscorner.com/
  • Example: www.swisscorner.com/wiki.php?title=User_talk:Eugene-elgato

SwissPedia

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SwissPedia
URL http://www.swisscorner.com
Description
Sample http://www.swisscorner.com/wiki.php?title=Willy_Vandersteen
Rating Low
Compliance Only indication that this is a Wikipediacopy is at first glance the "edit" button, which connects to Wikipedia. No other mention of Wikipedia, no GFDL.
Contact info
Actions

Syncrat Publishing

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Syncrat Publishing
URL http://www.syncrat.com/
Description
Sample http://www.syncrat.com/4j0
Rating None
Compliance The text of entire articles are reproduced (stripped of images and wikilinks, but with section headers and See Also links). The "date published" appears to be the date the article was copied from Wikipedia; in 2005 for the articles I saw. No mention of Wikipedia at all let alone links to source articles on WP or GFDL license. Each page has "© Copyright 2012" at the bottom, linking to their legal/copyright page, which states "All contents of this site are copyrighted by the site owner and associated authors. You may not copy or transmit the contents of this website either electronically, in hard copies, or in any other form. You may not alter, modify, distribute, publish, transmit or create derivative works of any part of the content of this website for public, commercial or private purposes.", clearly in violation of GFDL. Their "Note to Authors" claims "The greatest care has been taken to contact all authors and obtain the correct rights to their works." The Wikipedia rips aren't visible from the site's index page, which links several articles primarily of a self-help nature.
Contact info No email addresses I could find, just a contact form: http://www.syncrat.com/about/contact
Actions None yet, I just discovered it.

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t-st.de

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  • 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

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.com

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Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
URL http://taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.com/
Description
Sample http://taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.com/
Rating "High", "Medium", or "Low/None" compliance with GFDL (matches Wikipedia:GFDL Compliance).
Compliance Describe details of compliance or lack thereof. List violations here.
Contact info E-mail, phone number of admin and ISP.
Actions Actions taken (if any) to attempt to make the website comply.

TaxGloss

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  • Site: http://www.taxgloss.com/
  • Example:[17] 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

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Teach-ICT.com
URL http://www.teach-ict.com/wiki
Description
Sample http://www.teach-ict.com/wiki/index.php?title=Computer
Rating High
Compliance 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 AT teach-ict.com, User talk:GeeJo (contributor)
Actions None

Teachersparadise.com

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Teamsugar.com

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Teamsugar
URL http://teamsugar.com/
Description
Sample http://teamsugar.com/173310
Rating Medium
Compliance Links to original WP article and remote copy of GFDL - however, still using up.wiki.x.io for images
Contact info Contact page: [18]. brian AT sugarpublishing.com, me AT briansugar.com, 415-4094001
Actions

Tagate.com

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Tagate.com Webportal
URL Tagate.com
Description
Sample http://www.tagate.com/wars/index.shtml
Rating None
Compliance Copies directly from Wikipedia pages (for example, Wars of the Three Kingdoms --> http://www.tagate.com/wars/page/three_kingdoms.shtml) while claiming All Rights Reserved.
Contact info tagate AT gmail.com
Actions Have sent an email explaining WP licensing, will provide copy if needed. Will post if reply is received. I AM NOT a contributor to this article, thus I have no claim of copyright, so further action must be taken by someone else.-RunningOnBrains(talk) 17:37, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

techno-science

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  • Site: www.techno-science.net in French
  • Example: www.techno-science.net/?onglet=glossaire&definition=4865 from fr:Factorielle, largely a translation of English Factorial
  • States: "Cette définition provient de l'encyclopédie libre Wikipédia publiée sous licence GNU FDL, elle est reprise sur techno-science.net à but informatif. Vous pouvez soumettre une modification ou un complément à cette définition sur la page correspondante de Wikipédia. La liste complète des auteurs de cet article est disponible sur cette page. Il est possible que certains problèmes de mise en forme demeurent suite à l'importation de cette page, dans de tels cas veuillez vous reporter à la version originale sur Wikipédia."
  • Links to original article and history
  • Link to GFDL at gnu.org
  • As at 00:06, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

TelecomPie.com

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

Territorioscuola

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Territorio Scuola
URL http://www.territorioscuola.com/
Description
Sample http://www.territorioscuola.com/wikipedia/en.wikipedia.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Giorgio_Matteo_Aicardi
Rating Low
Compliance Sources linked to, history linked to, mentions WP, does not mention GFDL, and problably should not be extracting non-article pages such as the AFC page noted above, as well as the user page used before.
Contact info
1-480-422-2022, abuse@securedservers.com
Actions none known

TheBestLinks.com

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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 AT 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. [19] [20] -- 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)[reply]
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)[reply]

TheCatalyst.org

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TheCatalyst
URL http://www.thecatalyst.org/
Description
Sample http://www.thecatalyst.org/resource/2006/04/21/John-Dewey/
Rating low/none
Compliance 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 AT thecatalyst.org
Actions none

TheComDaily.com

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

TheFree4all

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www.thefree4all.com
URL http://www.thefree4all.com/
Description
Sample http://www.thefree4all.com/topic/Factorial or http://www.thefree4all.com/topic/Wikipedia
Rating none
Compliance no mention of Wikipedia, GFDL or original article
Contact info
Actions none

TheFreeDictionary.com

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TheFreeDictionary
URL http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/
Description
Sample http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Albania
Rating Medium
Compliance 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
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)[reply]
Reiterated this via the feedback form. Superm401 - Talk 06:21, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just visited FreeDictionary via !<www.OneLook.com>, specifically article (disambig. pg?) ITS. Credited en.Wp, stated GNU license, but included "©2012 Farlex, Inc." Is this correct? It's my understanding of free-use and share-alike, that each "publisher," in turn, allows free use also, or what is the point of the licensing. Can they claim a copyright of info they obtained under either system? I hope you are still active here. I haven't been able to send this info to WM, so I'm going to cc your Talkpage.
Rags,69.171.178.79 (talk) 21:57, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

thefreeencyclopedia.com

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  • 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

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the-free-web-encyclopedia
URL http://www.the-free-web-encyclopedia.com/default.asp
Description
Sample http://www.the-free-web-encyclopedia.com/default.asp?t=England
Rating Low
Compliance
  • 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)[reply]

TheGrid

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TheGrid, gauk Media
URL https://thegrid.co.nz/
Description Mirror with different styling; each page has tag cloud linking to other articles. Image repository. Links to major categories from each article. Appears to be primarily concerned with New Zealand articles.
Sample https://thegrid.co.nz/list-of-new-zealand-by-elections/
Rating None
Compliance No attribution on content pages. Claims copyright of all work on content pages, but has a separate page (here) stating "Sections of The Grid are published is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License" with attribution to Wikipedia.
Contact info TheGrid@gaukmedia.com
Actions No action taken yet.

The Meaning of the Name

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The Meaning of the Name
URL http://themeaningofthename.com/
Description
Sample http://themeaningofthename.com/abrahao/
Rating None
Compliance Content indicated as being fully under copyright by the following passage on the Terms of Use page: "© 2014 The Meaning Of The Name. All rights reserved."
Note also a passage in the Terms of Use which mentions Wikipedia as a source with need not be attributed:

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

If not explicitly written, all images are sourced from Wikipedia, Wikimedia and Fotolia web sites. Please note that a specific End-user license agreement (EULA) is applied to each of them.

The data displayed on this website is obtained from open U.S., U.K., Canadian, French, Belgium and other governmental statistics, Wikipedia website or is considered as common knowledge, hence does not need to be cited.

Contact info Only webform is available: http://themeaningofthename.com/contact-us/
Actions Modified version of standard letter sent; see User:Ceyockey/LicensingVio_TheMeaningoftheName for letter sent and subsequent activities.

Theopedia

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Theopedia
URL http://www.theopedia.com/
Description
Sample http://www.theopedia.com/Articles_of_Religion_(Anglican), http://www.theopedia.com/index.php?title=Five_Solas&oldid=5759
Rating None
Compliance Redistributing under CC BY, a violation of the GFDL and CC BY-SA. Does not link to transparent copy or authorship. The first example is a fork of Thirty-Nine Articles, the second a direct copy then fork of Five solas
Contact info http://www.theopedia.com/Special%3AListusers&group=sysop&username=
Actions Distributed under GFDL? in past, but no notices exist as of 5 April 2011, making them now None. Left discussion post at the Theopedia Five Solas article. Wikipedia copies are against Theopedia policy.

thepedia.com

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The Pedia

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  • 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
  • Contact details from WhoIs: Registrant/Administrator: Roger Lichfield, admin AT dmbc.com
  • Listed here July 13, 2005, — Asbestos | Talk 10:30, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • No history section listing authors and dates.
  • Medium compliance.

The Planets

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

the-real-story.com

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The Real Story
URL http://www.the-real-story.com/
Description
Sample 50cent
Rating None
Compliance 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)[reply]
Contact info THE-REAL-STORY.COM AT domainsbyproxy.com, (480) 624-2599
Actions Standard letter Patstuarttalk·edits 05:38, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Therfcc

[edit]
  • Site: Therfcc.org
  • Example: [21]
  • Large amounts of Wikipedia content
  • Acknowledges GNU/FDL
  • Mentions Wikipedia, but no link to main page or individual articles.

theskyiscrape

[edit]
  • Site: http://www.theskyiscrape.com
  • Example: http://www.theskyiscrape.com/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&Itemid=148&article=File:Greek_cross.svg

thesopranos.com

[edit]

see Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Stu#Sopranopedia

Thinkdogs.com

[edit]

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

thinkingaustralia.com

[edit]

tickerdvd.com

[edit]

More research requested

TicketCity.com

[edit]
TicketCity.com (not url)
URL http://www.ticketcity.com/
Description
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).
Compliance "Copyright © 2007 TicketCity.com", no mention of GDFL or Wikipedia, seems every sport pages has copied the corresponding Wikipedia article.
Contact info Tech AT TicketCity.com - Web Site Technical Assistance
IP: 66.193.119.156
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
TicketCity.com domains AT ticketcity.com
5912 Balcones Dr Suite 201
Austin, TX 78731
US
512-472-5797 fax: 512-469-7682
Actions E-Mail first letter MECU≈talk 23:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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. --MECU˜talk 14:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ticketexplore.com

[edit]
ticketexplore.com
URL www.ticketexplore.com
Description
Sample http://www.ticketexplore.com/sports_ncaa_college_football/washington_huskies_tickets.asp
Rating None.
Compliance No compliance. Text is lifted from http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Washington_Huskies#Football.
Contact info info AT ticketexplore.com, 1-800-985-4849
Actions None taken at this time.

ticketnest.com

[edit]
ticketnest.com
URL www.ticketnest.com
Description
Sample http://www.ticketnest.com/sports-tickets/Washington-Huskies/index.php
Rating None.
Compliance No compliance. Text is lifted from http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Washington_Huskies.
Contact info sara AT ticketnest.com, 1-866-430-7297
Actions None taken at this time.

ticketvistas.com

[edit]
ticketvistas.com
URL http://www.ticketvistas.com/
Description
Sample http://www.ticketvistas.com/sports-tickets/super-bowl
Rating None.
Compliance No compliance. Text is lifted from http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Washington_Huskies.
Contact info info AT ticketvistas.com
Actions None taken at this time.

Tiosam.com

[edit]

TimesDaily (Alabama)

[edit]
  • Site: www.timesdaily.com
  • Example: www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Cliff_Richard
  • States at end: "Wikipedia information about Cliff_Richard This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. More from Wikipedia" with links to GFDL at gnu.org and to en:Wikipedia main page
  • No obvious link to original article under top mention of Wikipedia
  • Page ends "© Copyright 2007 TimesDaily. All Rights Reserved."

tobacco-cigars.com

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tobacco-cigars.com
URL http://www.tobacco-cigars.com/
Description
Sample http://www.tobacco-cigars.com/index9.shtml
Rating None
Compliance All pages appear to be verbatim copies from Wikipedia articles having to do with tobacco, in particular Tobacco and Smoking pipe (tobacco). Large chunks of text that I wrote myself were appropriated. The only links are to other appropriated articles or an online tobacconist. No statement is made anywhere as to from whence they got the material.
Contact info No contact details given on site. WHOIS gives this: 
 Andry B Kulikov (kulikov AT pravda.ru)
 +7 921 9442222
 PO Box 33
 St Petersburg
 193318
 Russia
Actions Violation letter sent May 17, 2008 Frotz (talk) 07:46, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ToCatch.info

[edit]

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

Tony Levin

[edit]
Tony Levin
URL http://tonylevin.org/biography/
Description
Sample http://tonylevin.org/biography/
Rating
Compliance No mention of Wikipedia; Claims own copyright. All context hyperlinks link back to WP. matt (talk) 19:26, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Contact info None available on website (except contact form), WHOIS details registrant as Birmingham City University
Actions

Article history shows content back at least as far as 2007, whereas the domain was registered in 2009 with the same content – so no question of who was first. The website has a "get involved" page, which asks readers if they have any relevant "content that [they] would like to contribute to the site" – this maybe the source of the duplicate content. This issue must, however, be dealt with correctly. At the time of writing, there are reports that the subject of this biography has died and we must treat this with respect. matt (talk) 19:26, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Toolstation Western Football League

[edit]
Brislington Football Club
URL http://www.toolstationleague.com/brislington/index.php
Description
Sample http://www.toolstationleague.com/brislington/index.php
Rating None, no mention of ikipedia or CCA license
Compliance None: Direct copy of article as it existed on 8 September 2011 <http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Brislington_F.C.&oldid=449191588>
Contact info ken.clarke@toolstationleague.com
Actions Standard email sent 11 September 2011 Jezhotwells (talk) 17:17, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

TopArticle.com

[edit]
  • 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.

Top40-Charts

[edit]
  • Site: top40-charts.com or www.top40-charts.info
  • Example 1: top40-charts.com/artists/biography.php?aid=1595
    • No obvious mention of Wikipedia
    • No obvious mention of GFDL
    • Page ends "© 2001-7 top40-charts.com"
  • Example 2: www.top40-charts.info/?title=Cliff_Richard
    • Page ends "This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Cliff Richard; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL." with links to original article and to local copy of WP:GFDL

Top7

[edit]
Top7.com
URL http://top7.com/
Description
Sample http://top7.com/item/582694/Lemon-meringue-pie
Rating Low/None
Compliance No obvious mention of Wikipedia
Contact info
Actions

topliterature

[edit]
  • Site: encyclopedia.topliterature.com
  • Example: encyclopedia.topliterature.com/?title=Dollar_sign
  • States: This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article ( Dollar_sign ); it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License
  • Links to Wikipedia and original article, and to GFDL at gnu.org

Topsimages.com

[edit]
Top7.com
URL https://www.topsimages.com/
Description Aggregator of images which it tries to resell.
Sample https://www.topsimages.com/thumbs/lwOkoi6G6c3tvWNxC-88JBeQXHOO-XbDOSMDv5h0QGMASRoBmIJWZcEw0OYmEGfCnnif4Uqsf5Nm88a7ZEVP3A.jpg
Rating Low
Compliance Commercial. Bogus footer "Copyright © www.topsimages.com (2019)". No mention of authors or license, deep link to thumbnail or original but not to file descriptions. No clear attribution or mention of copyright, just a link under each photo "More @ en.wiki.x.io".
Contact info No contact provided.
Actions

totalbike.com/wiki

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


Totally Explained

[edit]
Totally Explained
URL http://totallyexplained.com/
Description
Sample http://special_relativity.totallyexplained.com/
Rating High
Compliance The footer of each article states "This article contains text from the Wikipedia article 'article_name' (History) and is released under the GFDL", with a link to 1) The article 2) The article's history and 3) a local copy of 1.2 of the GFDL.
Contact info Nixon, Robin robin AT robinnixon.com, ISP is POWERMEDIUM.COM
Actions None taken.

TQHealth

[edit]
TQHealth
URL http://tqhealth.com/
Description
Sample http://tqhealth.com/index.php/health/blood-pressure/88-how-is-bp-measured
Rating "Low/None"
Compliance verbatim copies, no attribution, claims copyright, mentions neither CC nor GFDL
Contact info
Actions

Trango

[edit]
Trango - Extraordinary Climbing Gear
URL http://www.trango.info
Description
Sample http://www.trango.info/trango-towers
Rating Low/None
Compliance claims own copyright, mentions neither Wikipedia nor GFDL
Contact info http://www.trango.info/contact-us (contact form)
Actions

Tranquillizer

[edit]
Tranquillizer - Health, Fitness, and Relaxation
URL http://www.tranquillizer.co.uk
Description
Sample http://www.tranquillizer.co.uk/weight-training-concerns.html
Rating Medium
Compliance Footer includes link to original article & an offsite (gnu.org) copy of the GFDL.
Contact info Registrant: Jon Wade; ISP: www.fasthosts.co.uk; contact form on website.
Actions None.

travel-destinations-01.com

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Travel to City

[edit]
Travel to City
URL http://travel2city.com/
Description
Sample http://travel2city.com/dalmatia/
Rating None
Compliance Non-compliant. Material is copied from Wikipedia. No mention of Wikipedia on the page or attribution to WP editors. Assertion of copyright with no license to reuse material.
Contact info info@travel2city.com
Actions

Travel Goa

[edit]
Travel Goa
URL http://books.google.com/books?id=4CObR5YkAjUC&printsec=frontcover

Travel Goa is an e-book published by MobileReference for use on mobile devices. The URL links to Google books' incomplete copy. A complete copy has to be purchased from a commercial supplier.

Description
Sample p.748 contains a substantial amount of text identical to that in a section of an earlier version of Wikipedia's article Architecture of India. The supposed earlier date of publication (2007) of Travel Goa does not indicate that the Wikipedia text was copied from it. The text and images common to Travel Goa and the Wikipedia article comprise apparently independent contributions by several different Wikipedia editors at different dates starting from March 12, 2007.
Rating Medium, judging from the Google books copy. Precise degree of compliance is difficult to evaluate without buying a commercial copy
Compliance The licensing information provided on p.1188 acknowledges that material from Wikipedia has been used, and that this material is licensed under the GFDL, although it also wrongly implies that this material is also "public domain". However, it also asserts "all rights reserved" over the work as a whole, whereas the GFDL requires that the whole of any modification of a work licensed under it—which is what this is—must also be licensed under the same licence or a substantially similar version.

A copy of the GFDL licence doesn't appear to be included anywhere in the publication, as required by the terms of that licence, although a link to an on-line copy of the licence appears to be provided with the licensing information. The licensing information includes an apology for not listing all the authors of the Wikipedia material, and asserts that these can be seen "by following the hyperlink at the bottom of each article". As far as is possible to tell from the Google books copy, such links do appear regularly throughout the the publication, but it doesn't appear to be possible to use the Google books copy to check that these links work and do in fact point to the proper articles.

Contact info support@soundtells.com
Actions None as yet.

Trip Atlas

[edit]
Trip Atlas
URL http://tripatlas.com/
Description
Sample http://tripatlas.com/Latin_mnemonics
Rating Low/None
Compliance §4 ¶d, ¶f, ¶h, ¶i, and ¶j are not complied with. The sample page is a prior deleted version of Latin mnemonics.
Contact info Diamond Group; 477 Richmond St west; Toronto, Ontario; M5V 3E7
Actions Sent initial mail to registered email: proxy1084336 AT 1and1-private-registration.com (I fully expect no one to be at the address). The Evil Spartan (talk) 22:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article ends "This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source" with links to Wikipedia and to original article. 02:18, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Page ends "©2011 TripAtlas.com" 02:18, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

travel.mysic.org

[edit]

More research requested

tscholars.com

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

T. S. Monk

[edit]
Legacy
URL https://theloniousmonk.store/pages/legacy
Description I suspect that this has been copied and pasted in both directions. The T. S. Monk Wikipedia article was, itself, a copyvio of the subject's (old) website (link) until 2007, when the article began to take its current shape. There was an intervening copy-paste from that site ([23]), but it had since been mostly edited down to something more original. Now I suspect that the above URL's content has been copied from this Wikipedia article; it is dated 2019 but mirrors text that has been in this article for a while.

One paragraph added to this article in 2017 was promotional in tone ([24]), I thought it had been copied from the newer website, although it seems to predate it. Someone had already removed the most egregious portion and I just removed the rest; the paragraph in its entirety currently appears on the newer website.

(Archive.org doesn't have any captures from the old website since 2017, and, when I checked today, did not have any versions of the new website.)

Sample https://theloniousmonk.store/pages/legacy
Rating Low/None
Compliance No mention of Wikipedia nor its licenses.
Contact info https://theloniousmonk.store/pages/contact-us
Actions None

Turkcewiki

[edit]
Turkcewiki
URL http://en.turkcewiki.org/
Description Live (?) mirror, probably created to circumvent the block of Wikipedia in Turkey.
Sample http://en.turkcewiki.org/wiki/House
Rating Low
Compliance No mention of copyright, authors or license. No links to the original article or history. Clicking on the images loads their attribution by means of MediaViewer JavaScript being loaded as is. The footer contains an ambiguous statement "This website is a mirror of Wikipedia, and is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation"; in the Turkish version the same footer seems to imply that the content is in the public domain.
Contact info None
Actions


TutorGig

[edit]
TutorGig
URL http://www.tutorgig.com/
Description
Sample http://www.tutorgig.com/es/Kunst+og+kultur and http://www.tutorgig.com/ed/William_Og_de_Burgh
Rating Medium
Compliance 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 information 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"
  • No history section listing authors and dates
Contact info info AT tutorgig.com, DGM Technologies Inc. 917-742-7626; ISP: THEPLANET.COM; abuse AT theplanet.com (800) 377-6103
Actions Nothing yet.

twgold.com

[edit]

See Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Vwxyz#zipox

Twistervideos.com

[edit]
Twistervideos.com
URL www.twistervideos.com
Description
Sample http://www.twistervideos.com/f5-tornadoes/2-greensburg-ks/7-outbreak-overview
Rating None
Compliance Copies directly from Wikipedia pages (for example, May 2007 tornado outbreak --> http://www.twistervideos.com/f5-tornadoes/2-greensburg-ks/7-outbreak-overview) while claiming "Copyright © 2009 TwisterVideos.com All rights reserved".
Contact info http://www.twistervideos.com/contact-us
Actions Have sent an email explaining WP licensing, will provide copy if needed. Will post if reply is received. I AM NOT a major contributor to these articles, thus I have no claim of copyright, so further action must be taken by someone else.-RunningOnBrains(talk) 08:24, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

tvd.im

[edit]
Military Equipment Guide with Photos
URL http://tvd.im/
Description
Sample https://tvd.im/small-arms/5261-st-kinetics-cis-40-agl.html
Rating Low/none
Compliance None, Wikipedia pages are copied directly with zero credit or attribution.
Contact info [25]
Actions None taken.

TvWiki

[edit]
TvWiki
URL http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Main_Page
Description
Sample http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Crime_Traveller and http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Wikipedia
Rating Medium
Compliance 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))[reply]

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)[reply]

TypeEncyclopedia.com

[edit]
  • 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

[edit]

(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 AT 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)[reply]

typeunitedkingdom.com

[edit]

Type United Kingdom

[edit]
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)[reply]

U

[edit]

Uberpedia

[edit]
Uberpedia
URL http://www.uberpedia.org/
Description
Sample http://www.uberpedia.org/wiki/Personal_union
Rating Medium
Compliance Acknowledges Wikipedia with links to the original article, notes that the content is licensed under the GFDL (although links to GNU rather than local copy of GFDL).
Contact info
Actions

Uhostfull

[edit]
Uhostfull
URL http://hydydit.uhostfull.com/verizon-card-softare/index3.php
Description
Sample http://hydydit.uhostfull.com/verizon-card-softare/index3.php
Rating None
Compliance None. Under the "section" "credit card debt reduction arbitration" appears the phrase "preemptive arbitrations by alleged credit card debtors", which I wrote for the consumer arbitration article; most of the same paragraph includes other phrases I wrote for that article.
Contact info http://uhostfull.com, Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Actions None taken. I don't want to file a DMCA notice absent a more solid case of copyright infringement.


Unification Encyclopedia Project

[edit]

Ufaqs

[edit]
Ufaqs
URL http://www.ufaqs.com
Description
Sample http://www.ufaqs.com/wiki/en/bi/Bill%20Clinton.htm
Rating Medium
Compliance Links to original version of article and offsite copy of GFDL. No history section listing authors and dates.
Contact info support(AT)ufaqs.com
Actions

Ukrainian

[edit]
Ukrainian
URL http://www.ukrainian.org/balta/
Description
Sample http://www.ukrainian.org/balta/
Rating Low/None
Compliance Completely copies Wikipedia article 'Balta, Ukraine', which has been written over a period of time by different users.
Contact info
Actions

unidentifieduniverse.com

[edit]

https://unidentifieduniverse.com/2015/10/25/raining-diamonds/ copies an old version of Diamonds on Jupiter and Saturn without attribution. Attempted to leave a comment on the blog on 11 May 2016. --Beland (talk) 17:56, 11 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unipedia.info

[edit]
  • 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

[edit]
Universipedia
URL http://www.pillnow.net/university/Library/Main_Page
Description
Sample http://www.pillnow.net/university/Library/Cyberpunk
Rating Medium
Compliance
  • 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

US Bazaar

[edit]
  • Site: http://www.us-bazaar.com/
  • Example: [26] 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

Usefulref.com

[edit]
Usefulref.com
URL http://usefulref.com/
Description
Sample http://www.usefulref.com/directory/wp/a/Acorn_Computers.htm
Rating Medium
Compliance Compliant. A notice in footer reads "Reference Directory is based on information from Wikipedia and is provided for general information only. Text is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. No link to original article.
Contact info [27]
Actions None.

Uselessdaily.com

[edit]
Uselessdaily.com
URL http://www.uselessdaily.com/
Description
Sample http://www.uselessdaily.com/movies/x-men-97-trivia-60-facts-about-the-animated-series/
Rating
Compliance No license attributing information to Wikipedia. No link to original article.
Contact info [28]
Actions None yet. Could not easily locate an email to send notice. Attempted message via site's message system experienced an error.

Userpedia.com

[edit]

USGOVi.com

[edit]
USGOVi.com
URL http://www.usgovi.com/
Description
Sample http://www.usgovi.com/judicial/ (lifted from United States Supreme Court)
Rating None
Compliance 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 AT 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)[reply]

USGovernetics.com

[edit]
USGovernetics.com
URL http://www.usgovernetics.com/
Description
Sample http://www.usgovernetics.com/Hoc-to-Hot/holocaust.php
Rating Low/None
Compliance Only acknowledgment on this page was 'Retrieved from "http://88.208.194.172/wiki/index.php/The_Holocaust"'
Contact info
Actions
Retrieved from "http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/STU&oldid=1261105702"