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This is an archived version of this page, as edited by 24.10.177.22 (talk) at 02:55, 8 May 2005 (→‎Action needed). It may differ significantly from the current version.

This page is intended to coordinate the efforts to deal with non-compliant sites.

Action needed

I'm copying this from the 'Mirrors and forks - low compliance' Wikipedia page, since I believe rapid action is needed - Mark Dingemanse 22:32, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

  • 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. They all returned the most recent version.
  • The best example is of course looking up the main page: Main Page!
  • 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)
I have send a request to Wikitech-l to block those ***holes Walter 17:34, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Those *§69!%# are blocked. Hail Brion! Walter 08:04, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

It seems there are miriads of encyclopedias that fit your description. Look at Lithuanian encyclopedia, then go to language links - it seems that clones of many languages are made and placed under different domains. lt:User:dirgela

  • getgourmetrecipes are stealing our bandwidth by displaying a non-local copy of our text and images on their site. Angela 03:28, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • Update: I spoke to Jamesday about this on IRC and he claims bandwidth theft is a relatively minor cost, so sites are no longer being blocked for this. Angela 21:28, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • www.gerla.cc is stealing Wikipedia bandwidth, downloading articles in realtime from the Italian wikipedia. See for example [1] (section "Collegamenti esterni" added 20:26 UTC, Feb 9, 2005 with this diff). Several other pages tested. It also says at the bottom that all content is public domain (!). Please block this site. Alfio 20:59, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    Looks to me more like they call it GNU FDL. Google translation: "All the contained information in this page are usable liberations riproducibi and in any context. It is not necessary to ask no permission in order to capture them and to use them in whichever way, to exception of the reproducing images marks or regstrati symbols, like marked close to they." Below that it has a yellow box saying: "Contenuto disponibile sotto GNU Free Documentation License." with the copyleft logo. (r3m0t not logged in)

encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com. "Copyright © 2004 LaborLawTalk.com All rights reserved." No mention of the GFDL or Wikipedia on their pages or their legal notices page. w:en:user:119 06:53, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

See also http://70.84.126.148/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page If you edit here then laborlawtalk is modified also. Pablo.cl 18:38, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Just noticed http://www.biography.ms/ is not attributing Wikipedia content. - BanyanTree 17:47, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Likewise; they're copying articles without attribution. Also, this page needs to be easier to find; it took me quite a while on google to get here. -Lunkwill

In progress

A warning was sent to the non-compliant site with the warning that access (referrer, ip) will be blocked if there's no change.


To block

No reaction, please block these. Include the ip (in case of proxies) or the referrer (in case of deep linking/framing).

homoeopathieklinik.de and psychiatrie-klinik.de

  • not GFDL compliant, Webmaster knows this. [2]
  • PLS Notice:There are several mirror-Websites of the one mentioned above, they are listed on the German WP above.--Nerd 15:24, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

www.freeglossary.com

[3] (for example)

  • Uses old copies of Wikipedia
  • no back link to Wikipedia indirect back link to wikipedia ("about this page") but link points to a 404.
  • append their own ads to bottom of page
  • assert the right to modify terms and conditions of use
  • No GFDL acknowledgement
  • However the About Us link contains the following: freeglossary.com is powered by PHP, mySQL and Wikipedia each linked to *local articles, and the Wikipedia article links to http://www.wikipedia.org
  • Violation letter sent October 21 2004 Sjc 09:01, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • No change, still in violation. Sjc 19:55, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)


See also: en:Wikipedia:Sites that use Wikipedia for content, de:Wikipedia:Projekte, die Wikipedia als Quelle benutzen

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