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vacilando.org

Vagabond Poet

• Site: www.VagabondPoet.com
• No mention of Wikipedia except in HTML page title.
• Links back to Wikipedia article.
• No mention of GFDL.
• Sample article: Albania - http://www.vagabondpoet.com/infopedia/al/Albania.html
• Says "Copyright 2003 Brenda Buckley All Rights Reserved."
• Links to ruv.net, see infopedia.ruv.net above.
• Contact listed on page, Brenda Buckley:
  • bb(at)ruv.net
  • vagabondpoet@hotmail.com

Vegetarian Worldwide

• Site: [1]
• Article: Vegetarianism
  • blatant copy of content [2] == /* Recomended reading */ [3]
  • blatant copy of content [4] == /* Country specific information */
• No mention of Wikipedia
• No link to Wikipedia
• No mention of GFDL
• Says "Copyright © - Vegetarian-Worldwide.com, All rights reserved. Vegetarian-Worldwide is part of Worldwide-Infomedia Services"

--Mig77^(t) 10:52, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

vermontreview.com

• Site: vermontreview.com
• Mentions Wikipedia and GFDL in the following way: reproduced with implicit permission from Wikipedia via the GNU Free Documentation License. at the bottom of each page
• Does not link to articles, history, or GFDL
• Example: [5] from Beatles, Guitar and Tab
• No contact info anywhere on the site
• Seems to generate phrases starting with "B" and pull pages to explain each term
• 404 page at [6] links to this copyright notice, in blatant violation of the GFDL

vestigatio.com

• Site: [7]
• Huge Link farm based on full wikipedia mirror. Each article has google ads.
• Articles do not link back to Wikipedia
• Says "©2006 Vestigatio" at the bottom of each page. Trious 09:39, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VoyageNow.com

• Site: VoyageNow.com
• Does not acknowledge wikipedia authorship, links to wikipedia
• States that the article is licensed under the GNU FDL.
• Does not link to the relevant wikipedia page (or wikipedia at all)
• GNU/FDL link does not go to English the text of the GNU/FDL, but to a copy of the Japanese Wikipedia page on the GNU GPL
• Example: [8] from List of Canadian Ministers of Finance.
• Contact: mailto:securevoyagenow@voyagenow.com
• I'm also going after this one, again articles of mine have been copied, leading to particular annoyance. Standard letter sent. David Newton 17:59, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • Second standard letter sent. David Newton 00:34, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)

voyager.in

• Site: [9]
• Hughe Link farm based on full wikipedia mirror. Each article has google ads added on and further a set of links unrelated to article appended at the end
• Articles do not link back to Wikipedia
• Several other domains appear to take content from voyager.in. Among them: users.open-encyclopedia.com; fastload.org; freearchive.info; findword.org; free-web-template.org; freetemplate.ws; termsdefinet.net...

Wackipedia.com

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

WakkaWiki.com

• site: http://www.wakkawiki.com/

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

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

Warsaw Hotel Info

• Site: http://www.warsaw-hotel.info
• Example: [10] for Albania
• Near end of each article has:
  • "Mirror of Wikipedia, a worldwide community of volunteers building an open-content" with link to Wikipedia article about Wikipedia
  • "All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License" with link to GFDL at GNU
  • "Copyright 2002-2004 (c) Net Travel & Warsaw Hotels Reservation All Rights Reserved Recreation "
• As of 13:55, 28 November 2005 (UTC) --Henrygb

Web-Dictionary.org

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

Web Hosting Glossary

• Site: web-hosting-reviewer.com/glossary

(uses a couple dozen technical/Internet related entries)

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

websign.sk

Seems to have mirrored from eurofreehost.com before they were compliant. Includes (unlinked) notice that content is GDFL. No mention of wikipedia. Example: [11]

Webster's Online Dictionary- the Rosetta Edition

• Site: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org
• contact point: Editor <webstersedits2@hotmail.com>
• Indicates source is Wikipedia
• link to local GFDL page, as specified in GFDL, in separate window.
• "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" present
• Links to Wikipedia article
• uses various articles within larger collection
• the site's general "terms of use" notes the following in several places "Exception: the only terms that apply to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, articles are the ones specified in the GNU FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE." Thus exempting Wikipedia content from the site's restrictions.
• each article links to the following, with copies of GFDL,etc.,: ""Note: The text referenced in the "source," is exempt from any compilation copyright held by this site or the editor, so users can use the text freely under the copyleft GFDL license established by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, which is described in detail below. Any other material having copyright on this page resides with their respective owners."
• http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/F-/F-15+EAGLE.html

• A republisher of various internet dictionaries and encyclopedias. It does not mention Wikipedia on the front page but it does include "This article is a copy... GFDL" text at the bottom of articles. Probably fine. JesseW 05:59, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

Whatis.Tv

• Site: http://www.whatis.tv/

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

• Confirmed. This will be added to the GFDL Compliance list. It's clearly a case of low compliance, since

• it doesn't state that the info is released under the GFDL and
• there are no links back to Wikipedia --Bash 07:17, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

what-means.com/encyclopedia/

why-war.com

widescale.com

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

Wacklepedia.com

• Site: Wacklepedia.com

The text at the bottom of each article I examined is: "This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License." (See, for example, James Branch Cabell, a copy of our article ([12]) as it stood at the end of 2003.)

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

The site owner previously created the "Bobby Fischer Chess Page" (now moved to [13]). He was editing Wikipedia articles to add external links to his site -- some appropriate, some not -- but then took to removing other Fischer links and substituting his own. I corresponded with him. He explained that he had misinterpreted the reversions of his initial edits, and promised not to cause any more trouble. Until now he has kept that promise. I'll direct his attention to the compliance requirements he's not meeting. He's edited the external links in a few of our articles to use a "Wacklepedia" URL instead of the "Bobby Fischer Chess Page" one, but I'll leave those links alone for a reasonable time to see whether he brings his site into compliance. JamesMLane 17:42, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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

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

Wikiality

Wiki.defau.lt

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

Wikinfo (wiki)

• Site: http://www.wikinfo.org
• Also at Internet-Encyclopedia (note: this site "was inspired by wikipedia" and uses its software). See Wikinfo.

Wikimirror

WikiTextbook

wiki.unas.cz

• Site: [14]

wikiverse.org

• Site: wikiverse.org
• Mentions GNU FDL license and links to a local copy of it. Also references the Copyrights section, which is a verbatim copy of Wikipedia:Copyrights (does not mention that wikiverse.org != wikipedia).
• Articles do not link to Wikipedia, nor acknowledge the article authors.
• The first page clarifies the site's relationship to Wikipedia: "Wikiverse, an up-to-date high speed static mirror of Wikipedia, a worldwide community of volunteers building an open-content encyclopedia."
• A person who claims to be responsible for the site has allegedly tried to disrupt the VfD process on a page about Wikiverse, and has responded to some, but not all, concerns about the copyright situation. See [15] and Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Wikiverse.
• Example: Apple Computer

Wikiwhat

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

wikix.ipupdater.com

wordIQ

• Site: wordIQ.com

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

wordsonline.org

World Geography Information

• Site: www.world-geography-information.com
• Example: [16] from Country
• Mentions GNU FDL license and links to a local copy of it
• Acknowledges Wikipedia authorship.
• No link to original article

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

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

WorldHistory

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

world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com

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

World-of-celebrities.com

• Site: www.world-of-celebrities.com
• Example: http://www.world-of-celebrities.com/jennifer_lopez
• Acknowledges that articles include information from Wikipedia
• Links to source Wikipedia articles
• Does not mention the GFDL, terms of use states no license granted: [17]

World Wide Web Find

• Site: www.worldwidewebfind.com/encyclopedia/
• Sample article: Albania - http://www.worldwidewebfind.com/encyclopedia/en/wikipedia/a/al/albania_1.html
• Links to local copy of GNU FDL.
• Says, "This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License."
  • Also says "Copyright 2004. World Wide Web Find. All rights reserved." immediately under that (probably part of their default skin, but possibly confusing)
• Links to Wikipedia article & main page.

worldsexexplorer.com

• Site: worldsexexplorer.com
• Example: http://www.worldsexexplorer.com/prostitution.html

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

Wulong for life

xarts.net

• Site: dictionary.xarts.net

(E-mail sent by Dori asking not to do this -- no response yet)

Xasa

• Site: www.xasa.com/wiki/en/wikipedia
• Example: http://www.xasa.com/wiki/en/wikipedia/m/ma/main_page.html
• Sample article - http://www.xasa.com/wiki/en/wikipedia/c/co/copyright.html
• Links to the GFDL disclaimer
• No link to Wikipedia, no link to the article

Xtrj.org

Yotor Facts

yourencyclopedia.net

• Site: yourencyclopedia.net

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

User:Zanimum moved this to medium from low. I'm not exactly sure why, but I assume because it mentions the GFDL and links to Wikipedia. JesseW 22:47, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

yourart.com

• Site: yourart.com

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

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

yamour.com

uncorrect claims are presented here by the user 5ko against yamour.com

1- 5ko is apparently is an experienced vandal on wikipedia http://www.google.com/search?q=+%225ko%22+site%3Awikipedia.org&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all he has account in every language and have more than 100 link to his personal site from wikipedia.

2- 5ko is misleading by presenting false informations about yamour.com comunity: such as no reference to the GFDL ;wereas it is mentioned on the top of the concerned page , (5ko is not making any difference between wikipediascreenshots and the whole document) i do not know how 5ko consider this viral advetisment and does not consider the 5 links just under it also viral advertisement (specially from a person that have hundreds of users and probably sveral hundreds of links to a personal site) the grafical add was constructive to wikipedia artical, defenitly more constructive than 5ko personal page links.

he claims :

• Low compliance if any. http://www.yamour.com/evolution/wikipedia.html Claiming its own right without any reference to GFDL: "This document was realized for educational purposes. You do not have the right to use or copy any of the images ; but You are free to link to this document. In case you want to link to this document for Educational purposes ,please read the term of service at the end of this page." Now feeding back as viral advertisement through its own "term of service" [sic]: "Term of service : In case you want to link to this document for educational reasons : you should also link to the main page www.yamour.com". Reported by Kaihsu 21:32, 27 August 2006 (UTC). No action taken yet.[reply]
  • Just reverted this link on Wikipedia article and on bg.wiki, see bg:User talk:83.214.15.96. 5ko 05:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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

the concerned page does mention GFDL and on the top of the document

zdnet.co.za