Wookieepedia:Copyright problems

This page is intended for listing and discussing copyright problems on Star Wars Wiki, including pages and images which are suspected to be in violation.

Instructions
If you list a page or image here which you believe to be a copyright infringement, be sure to follow the instructions in the "Copyright infringement notice" section below. Page titles should stay listed for a minimum of 7 days before a decision is made. Add new reports under today's section at the bottom of this page.

Pages where the most recent edit is a copyright violation, but the previous article was not, should not be deleted. They should be reverted. The violating text will remain in the page history for archival reasons unless the copyright holder asks for it to be removed.

See also: Wikipedia:Copyrights, Wikipedia talk:Copyright violations on history pages, Wikipedia:Request for immediate removal of copyright violation, Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission, Wikipedia:Sites that use Wikipedia for content, Wikipedia:Fair use

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Remove the text of the article, and replace it with the following:

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Where you replace "place URL of allegedly copied material here" with the Web address (or book or article reference) that contains the original source text. For example:

After removing the suspected text violation add an entry on this page under today's section at the bottom of this page.

May 28

 * Lumiya lifted from the databank.--Eion 18:46, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks like the alternate page is doing fine. Can be replaced any day now. --GenkiNeko 14:05, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

May 29

 * TIE/rc Fighter from . The contributor has made some attempt to vary the text a little, but much of the article is still a direct lift. --SparqMan 18:35, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * A stubby temp page has been languishing for weeks. Move to main article page?  &mdash; Silly Dan  02:55, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Can't we now move the temporary page to the main article page. I think its good enough. What's taking it so long to be moved to a main article page? Has our community forgotten the TIE/rc Fighter? --222.152.171.134 18:45, 23 Oct 2005
 * Apparently we did. I'm moving it over.  &mdash; Silly Dan  12:29, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)

May 31

 * Outrider pasted from the eu section in the databank. Silly Dan 22:42, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Replaced with new article. Silly Dan 12:17, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 05

 * Leonia Tavira from . A complete copy and paste. There is no direct claim of right to the text on the source page, however. --SparqMan 00:08, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Kuralyov fixed it on Sept. 12. &mdash; Silly Dan  22:36, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)

June 15

 * Ylenic It'kla from, copy and paste right down to the format. Silly Dan 22:22, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Replaced on July 17th by Rock Kawaii. Looks OK. &mdash; Silly Dan  02:50, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)

June 17

 * Lando Calrissian - the changes made by 222.152.170.114 are lifted straight from . --SparqMan 13:09, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Lando Calrissian/Temp needs some expansion, but the copyvio's well gone. &mdash; Silly Dan  02:57, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Seeing no objections on talk page, moved to main page. &mdash; Silly Dan  16:07, 30 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Rodian- very nearly word for word with databank --Fade 19:51, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * How does Rodian/Temp look now? &mdash; Silly Dan  02:57, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Seeing no objections on talk page, moved to main page. &mdash; Silly Dan  16:07, 30 Jul 2005 (UTC)

June 19

 * Tsavong Lah from --SparqMan 19:07, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Replaced. &mdash; Silly Dan  00:32, 23 Aug 2005 (UTC)

June 24

 * Melas from --Imp 21:19, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Fixed. &mdash; Silly Dan  22:36, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)

June 26

 * Jedi Temple Hangar from
 * Replaced. &mdash; Silly Dan  16:07, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)

July 1

 * Ric Olié from the databank. The user copied and pasted the EU section, than the film section, nearly word for word.-LtNOWIS 21:44, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Replaced. &mdash; Silly Dan  16:10, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Logray, from the databank. -LtNOWIS 21:50, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Fixed. &mdash; Silly Dan  22:36, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)

July 7

 * Marauder Starjacker from MarcK 12:42, 7 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Temp page is old enough and good enough. Replaced.  &mdash; Silly Dan  16:55, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)

July 10

 * L8-L9 from the databank . They change some of the word ordering, but it's pretty word for word. -LtNOWIS 21:02, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * replaced with text from L8-L9/Temp--Davin Rayce 15:53, 17 Aug 2005 (UTC)

July 15

 * Han Solo. Significantly large portions seem to be taken word for word from the Databank. . – Aidje talk 20:04, 15 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Seeing no objections on talk page, moved to main page. &mdash; Silly Dan  16:07, 30 Jul 2005 (UTC)

July 21
Alfreda Goot. Taken verbatim from pages 30-31 of Abel Pena's article in Star Wars Insider #80. jSarek 02:20, 22 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Replaced. I assume it's not verbatim now? &mdash; Silly Dan  16:55, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * You assume correctly. jSarek 21:09, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)

July 22
Official Jedi history. Taken in parts from Power of the Jedi Sourcebook and Dark Side Sourcebook. --SparqMan 16:11, 22 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Article deleted. See History of the Jedi Order.  &mdash; Silly Dan  16:58, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)

July 26
Alema Rar and Numa Rar both appeared to be copied almost word for word from. StarNeptune 02:24, 26 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * The guy who runs NJOE gave the all-clear to use his bios, so they have been corrected and are now back to normal. StarNeptune 00:39, 21 Aug 2005 (UTC)

July 27

 * Gupin is copied word for word from -LtNOWIS 06:57, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Replaced. &mdash; Silly Dan  00:02, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

August 6
Noticed that SuperShadow was flagged as a copyvio from here. This appears to be true for this article as well, although not the entire article was copied - only portions of it. - Sikon 07:36, 6 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Even though this was copied under GDFL from Wikipedia, we have changed some info, including adding more delusions. -- Riffsyphon1024 02:14, 7 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, but the copyvio'd portions from angelfire.com (actually, everything from "SuperShadow's Q&A" to "SuperShadow's gurlfriend") remain. Perhaps they need to be rewritten. - Sikon 03:55, 7 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * How sure are we that the Wikipedia version is a copy of this Angelfire site&mdash;how do we know it's not the other way around? I'm just thinking that it's kind of strange the way they have '='s around all of their headings, just like any MediaWiki. – Aidje talk 04:05, 7 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Well... good point. Looked through the history of the Wikipedia article - it seemed to be gradually evolving to its current state, and that article seems to be copied from Wikipedia. Even if it is a copyvio, I doubt anyone even knows about that page. - Sikon 05:08, 7 Aug 2005 (UTC)

August 7

 * Modular Taskforce Cruiser is copied from, with the first and last sentences removed.-LtNOWIS 21:22, 7 Aug 2005 (UTC)

August 12

 * Kir Kanos, from the OS Databank. QuentinGeorge 06:33, 12 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Replaced at some point. &mdash; Silly Dan  17:02, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)

August 13

 * Mas Amedda has been fixed -- thanks to all who contributed to the temp page. &mdash; Silly Dan  00:32, 13 Aug 2005 (UTC)

August 25

 * Ulic Qel-Droma's article is a carbon copy of the databank article. User:SFH
 * Fixed. &mdash; Silly Dan  17:03, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)

August 26

 * It appears the same user who copied Ulic-Qel-Droma's article copied the CompForce article from .-LtNOWIS 01:05, 26 Aug 2005 (UTC)

September 2

 * Occupation of Aargau is copied directly from -LtNOWIS 23:29, 2 Sep 2005 (UTC)

September 9

 * Gossak Class Guild Transport is copied directly from .-LtNOWIS 04:40, 10 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * It turns out this was fanon and a copyright violation, so it was speedied.-LtNOWIS 19:03, 23 Sep 2005 (UTC)

September 12

 * Cydon Prax is taken, with only minor variation, from Wizards of the Coast's write-up of him here. jSarek 07:10, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)

September 16

 * Scitrok Warriors is directly copied from, which in turn is a mirror of CUSWE's article .-LtNOWIS 01:58, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC) (forgot to sign)
 * Theran Listeners is copied from CUSWE-LtNOWIS 01:58, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Ysanna is copied from CUSWE.-LtNOWIS 01:58, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Believers of Cularin is copied from CUSWE-LtNOWIS 02:03, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorcerers of Tund is copied from, which in turn uses the last half of the article at CUSWE-LtNOWIS 02:17, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Order of Shasa was copied directly from .-LtNOWIS 02:46, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Kilian Rangers was copied directly from -LtNOWIS 02:46, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * This has been fixed.-LtNOWIS 19:07, 23 Sep 2005 (UTC)


 * Potentium Heretics is an interesting case. The first four paragraphs (excluding the intro sentence) are from . The last one looks ok.-LtNOWIS 03:10, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * This is also fixed.-LtNOWIS 19:07, 23 Sep 2005 (UTC)

September 23

 * The new additions to Almas are from .-LtNOWIS 03:15, 23 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Fixed by anonymous user. &mdash; Silly Dan  22:36, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)

October 6
The Clone Wars section of Anakin Skywalker was taken from his Databank article. Deleted, needs rewrite. - Sikon [ Talk ] 04:54, 9 Oct 2005 (UTC)

October 16

 * Whole paragraphs of Darth Vader are lifted from his Databank entry. The text in question was placed by 222.152.170.114 on June 17 and has remained since. Deleted, requires rewrite. --SparqMan 19:40, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Deleted some more missed paragraphs from the Databank on October 17; god this is infuriating. MarcK 15:57, 17 Oct 2005 (UTC)

October 17

 * Anchor Blue was copied verbatim from the Databank . jSarek 04:27, 17 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * As there's only one sentence left, I assume the tag can be removed. &mdash; Silly Dan  22:36, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)

October 20

 * Jacen Solo contains complete sections from

October 23

 * A large chunk of text from Atris was apparently copied from a year-old post on theforce.net forums. - Sikon [ Talk ] 04:52, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)

October 27
Varykino is copied from the databank, with only the sentences reordered. I'll start the temp page right away. &mdash; Silly Dan 11:48, 27 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Fixed. &mdash; Silly Dan  14:23, 5 Nov 2005 (UTC)

October 31
Apparently all the text on the Baran Do sages article is copied from Hero's Guide, at least according to SFH on the talk page. Haven't started a temp page since i know nothing about the subject. Though I'm guessing it should be moved to Baran Do. --Azizlight 04:12, 31 Oct 2005 (UTC)

November 1

 * TIE Raptor is mostly a direct lift from CUSWE.

November 2

 * Darth Bandon article is copied directly from the Star Wars Databank - Redemption

November 8

 * Ric Olié was copied from his Databank entry. - Sikon [ Talk ] 13:28, 8 Nov 2005 (UTC)

November 11

 * Aruden Kej was copied directly from . But he is a real character -LtNOWIS 20:53, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Klis Joo was copied directly from, the same site as above.-LtNOWIS 21:04, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Matukai was copied directly from Hero's Guide, a WOTC sourcebook. --Winchester 21:54, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)

November 13

 * Altagak is lifted directly from CUSWE -LtNOWIS 05:19, 13 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Avoni, also copied from CUSWE -LtNOWIS 05:40, 13 Nov 2005 (UTC)

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