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===Wackipedia.com===
*[http://www.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. [[User:Benet Allen|Benet Allen]] 13:23, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
*As of June 2006, all of these problems remain. --[[User:Carlb|carlb]] 15:36, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
*States all material is copyright to Wackipedia, and doesn't even rewrite links on the homepage to point to it's own site. It mirrors ''everything'', images, featured articles, but not discussions or users. It even has the audacity to say 'Wackipedia in other languages' at the bottom an link to wikipedia.org domains! It makes almost no effort to remove many references to Wikipedia on various pages (e.g. This is the English language Wackipedia. Wikipedias are also being written in many other languages). It also carries the 'free encyclopedia that anyone can edit' banner, but it maintains that all the pages are copyrighted to Wackipedia and there are no edit buttons. They even have identical formatting of the main page, but with no column at the left side for links etc. —[[User:Vanderdecken|Vanderdecken]]&there4;<b> [[User talk:Vanderdecken|∫]][[Special:Emailuser/Vanderdecken|ξ]][[Special:Contributions/Vanderdecken|φ]]</b> 10:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
: I wish these guys would get legal. I'd like to like them.
: Their home page is apparently so full of script errors that it won't display. - [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] | [[User talk:Jmabel|Talk]] 19:43, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
*Apparently now it's gone.
**504 15:25, 19 December 2007 (UTC)



===WakkaWiki.com ===
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1-bike.com

1-bike.com
URL http://www.1-bike.com
Description
Sample http://www.1-bike.com/articles/Miniature_motorcycle_racing
Rating Medium
Compliance Mentions Wikipedia and the GFDL; links to original article and local copy of the GFDL.
Contact info edwinarif@gmail.com
Actions redirects to page holder 22:32, 20 September 2007 (UTC) so probably gone

Site is gone. The Evil Spartan (talk) 16:02, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1-player.net

1-player.net
URL http://www.1-player.net
Description
Sample http://www.1-player.net/articles/Sony_HiFD
Rating Medium
Compliance Mentions GFDL and Wikipedia but does not link to original article or include history. Superm401 - Talk 09:39, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Contact info edwinarif@centrin.net.id (whois), abuse@serverpronto.com (host)
Actions Web site is 404 as of 20:55, 27 January 2007 (UTC) and also 22:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC) so probably gone

Still down. Archiving. The Evil Spartan (talk) 16:00, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

10baset.info

10baset.info
URL http://en.10baset.info/
Description
Sample http://en.10baset.info/Bear_River_Massacre
Rating None
Compliance Neither does this site reference Wikipedia in spite of being a complete mirror, it also claims independent copyright on all content on Wikipedia in its own name. A rather bizzare word substitution is employed to avoid a "Google Search" of content.
Contact info registerfly@pmlinvestments.com; Phone # 1-408-767-6851
Actions Site is down as of 20:56, 27 January 2007 (UTC) and 22:33, 20 September 2007 (UTC) so probably gone

10beststocks.com

10beststocks
URL http://10beststocks.com/index.php
Description
Sample http://10beststocks.com/index.php?title=Sony_HiFD
Rating
Compliance Gives error message; site seemingly replaced with domain parking as of 07:25, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Contact info techxpinc@yahoo.com (whois), abuse@1and1.com (host/ISP)
Actions

21ma.com

21ma
URL http://www.21ma.com/mod3.php?title=Main_Page
Description
Sample http://www.21ma.com/mod3.php?title=froogle
Rating Low
Compliance Unacceptable as a real-time mirror. It mentions and links to Wikipedia, but there is no link to the original article and history is not included. There is no mention of the GFDL. No mention of my name.
Contact info jim@mvlife.com (whois), abuse@comcast.net (host)
Actions

2BuyGood.com/InfoPedia

They've set up a "technical issues" message and a redirect to their store. JesseW 05:25, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Now redirects to dmoz mirror 22:35, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

4reference.net

4Reference
URL http://www.4reference.net/
Description
Sample http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/Bucharest.html
Rating Medium
Compliance Wikipedia content has now been removed. It mentions and links to both Wikipedia and the GFDL, but there is no link to the original article and the history section is not included.
Contact info jaret@msn.com, abuse@ev1.net (host)
Actions
  • Asked for a direct link. Superm401 - Talk 07:16, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Owner replied, notifying me that Wikipedia content was removed. I sent a message reminding him that he had been near compliance. Superm401 - Talk 21:19, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

aaez.biz

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

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

No longer leeching. 75.104.217.102 00:27, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

404 -- 22:42, 20 September 2007 (UTC)


aardogs.com

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

Site seems to be mostly down, wall-lamps page redirects to ads -- Dragonbeast 16:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC) No longer using content, or so it appears, though above message still present. The Evil Spartan (talk) 16:21, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Aheadofnews.com

Aheadofnews
URL http://aheadofnews.com/enc-en/ (Wikipedia) and http://aheadofnews.com/dict-en/ (Wiktionary)
Description
Sample http://aheadofnews.com/wikipedia
Rating Medium
Compliance Now redirects to freakingnews.com, which seems to have no Wikipedia content. Acknowledges Wikipedia as a source and mentions GFDL on every page. No link to original article or inclusion of history section.
Contact info
Actions

ArticleHead.com

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

AskMyTutor

AskMyTutor
URL http://www.askmytutor.co.uk/
Description
Sample http://www.askmytutor.co.uk/o/op/optimization__mathematics_.html from our Feb 5, 2004 revision
Rating Low/None
Compliance No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. Probably static dump from February, 2004.
Contact info John Swindells (from whois with no accompanying address), http://www.beamhost.co.uk/dev/contact-cs.php (host form)
Actions
  • I sent a standard e-mail to Peter Pathos (abuse@theplanet.com), which appears to be the hosting site. -Rholton 00:39, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • I sent an email to the registrar to have their non-trading status revoked; this allows the whois record to hide contact information, but only if they are not using the site for business. However, the site displays Google ads.
They replied (from admin/Nominet%NOMINET@nominet.org.uk), claiming this does not count as trading and that there was no "paid advertising". I replied objecting to this assessment, as it is obviously wrong. Superm401 - Talk 23:51, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I also contacted the current host to notify them of the copyright violation. Superm401 - Talk 18:19, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • They have passed the message on to the account owner, but will not provide his contact info. Superm401 - Talk 23:01, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Base Science 24

  • Site: http://www.base.science24.org/
  • Example:[1] from Albania
  • Article ends with "Albania provided by Science 24 Base; Our source is Wikipedia. Albania - licensed under GNU Free Documentation License 1.2"
  • No link to Wikipedia or original article
  • No link to GFDL
  • As of 00:21, 14 December 2005 (UTC) --Henrygb
    • Seems to have changed to en.science24.org:
    • Albania example now [2]
    • Page ends with "This page is a mirror of Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia All the content is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. Trec Nurkowanie implanty kredyt got�wkowy casinos online" with links to Wikipedia and to GFDL at gnu.org
    • Internal and external links are invisible (apart from Google ads)
    • As of 01:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC) --Henrygb
      • Seems to have disappeared --Rumping 14:03, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


behindthefridge.com

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

Biography.ms

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

bird-center.net

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

blogopt.com

blogopt.com
URL http://dic.blogopt.com/
Description
Sample http://dic.blogopt.com/Winston_County%2C_Alabama
Rating None
Compliance
  • No mention of anything.
Contact info alfredo_fetuccini@blogopt.com (admin), legal@nlayer.net (ISP)
Actions
  • filed DMCA with ISP, and sent violation letter to the owner. -- Tawker 02:20, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

book-spot.co.uk

Book-spot
URL http://www.book-spot.co.uk
Description
Sample http://www.book-spot.co.uk/index.php/Book_of_Exodus
Rating
Compliance Now inaccessible. A strange site that is apparently running Mediawiki, as pages are editable, although there is no edit button on the site. It has no contact info, but does list wikipedia and the GFDL, with links, at the bottom. Odd. JesseW 10:18, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Contact info
Actions

Brujula.net

Brujula.net
URL http://www.brujula.net/english/wiki/Main_Page.html
Description
Sample http://www.brujula.net/english/wiki/Bank_of_China_%28Hong_Kong%29.html
Rating High
Compliance No mention of GFDL anywhere, but links to the original article. Has "Brujula.Net © 1995 - 2005 Todos los Derechos Reservados [All rights reserved]"
Contact info jaime@wifi.com.ar (whois), http://www.globalgate.com.ar/contenido/eng/20contacto.htm (host/ISP contact form)
Actions
Site owner responded to email, made partial but insufficient changes. Urged to make further changes.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Webmaster decided to take down all Wikipedia content and to add a correct licence for Wikinews content in all language.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:34, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]


catalogofcasinos.com

Catalogofcasinos.com
URL http://www.catalogofcasinos.com/
Description
Sample http://www.catalogofcasinos.com/Hurricane_Katrina.html
Rating None
Compliance Site is now inaccessible, as DNS has been blocked. No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. Complete mirror of all namespaces, despite name. Uses remote loading, serves Wikimedia versions of images (bandwith stealing), and does not link to image pages (violating attribution requirements of many image licenses).
Contact info slijim@gmail.com (whois), vitali@esthost.com (DNS), alex@pilosoft.com (host)
Actions
  • Sent standard GFDL email. --bainer (talk) 03:27, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Contacted host. Superm401 - Talk 02:24, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Received reply, noting that company emailed was only providing DNS. This has been disabled, rendering the site inaccessible. The email provided the site's IP, allowing me to contact the actual host, which I did (asking for the site to be removed from their servers). Superm401 - Talk 23:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Chess and beyond

Chess and beyond
URL http://www.chessandbeyond.com
Description
Sample http://www.chessandbeyond.com/the_club/stratigies_openings.htm
Rating Low
Compliance No longer accessible. No mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL. Claims to own copyright.
Contact info mhollist@cox.net, Support@hiteknet.com (host)
Actions Standard letter sent by Arvindn 15 Nov 2003.

creotec.com

Creotec.com
URL http://www.creotec.com/index.php?title=ebusiness&page=ebusiness_solution
Description
Sample http://www.creotec.com/index.php?page=ebusiness_solution&title=homeopathy
Rating Low
Compliance Appears to contain allnamespaces and appear live (see [3]). No mention of GFDL but does claim to be Syndicating from Wikipedia with a link back to wikipedia but not to any of the articles in question.
Contact info
Actions

csf.colorado.edu

  • seems to be dead Davelane 23:16, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Moved from main page
  • confirmed site dead. -Rholton 16:54, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • still dead. Superm401 | Talk 01:20, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • still dead. astiqueparervoir 02:46, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • still dead. 1ne 17:11, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CustomerServiceCareers.com

CustomerServiceCareers
URL http://www.CustomerServiceCareers.com
Description
Sample http://customerservicecareers.com/wiki6/y/Yugur.asp
Rating Low
Compliance No longer seems to include Wikiepdia articles; redirects to main page. Uses Wikipedia content. Gives credit to Wikipedia, including a confusing link back to the site (but not to the article). The word "Wikipedia" actually links to www.free-definition.com/Wikipedia.html. They also have an incorrect copyright statement. They seem to be at least trying, but it needs some major improvment.
Contact info http://www.customerservicecareers.com/feedback.asp (contact form), admin@customerservicecareers.com (whois)
Actions I sent them a friendly e-mail. -Rholton 05:28, 2005 Feb 18 (UTC)

definition-info.com

Definition-info.com
URL http://www.definition-info.com
Description
Sample http://www.definition-info.com/Parthenon.html
Rating Low
Compliance Mention of GFDL, but only on front page. No copyright statement, history section, or link to any Wikipedia page. Appears to be a copy of entire English Wikipedia.
Contact info abuse@serverkompetenz.de (host)
Actions Sent standard violation letter to millioner@t-online.de , but it bounced. Superm401 - Talk 01:52, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DigiMelon.COM

DigiMelon.COM
URL http://www.digimelon.com/Main_Page/index.html
Description
Sample http://www.digimelon.com/Cosmos_1/index.html
Rating Low
Compliance No mention of the GFDL whatsoever. Pages say "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia."
Contact info sirek@biznespoczta.pl (admin; invalid email), abuse@ev1.net (ISP)
Actions Standard violation letter sent. Email address is invalid. -- WB 03:59, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dutch wiki freeler

  • Site: http://static.machine.freeler.nl/cgi-bin/wiki.pl
  • Mentions the dutch wiki and freeler are partners
  • No link from freelerhomepage, so not yet in production
  • They (as yet) have not yet contacted the dutch wiki
  • They have a simple perl script directly querying the wiki servers, it is NO MIRROR. They are using wiki bandwidth, cpu and memory.
  • With the complete database of course also comes the GNU/FDL.
  • site unreachable on morning fr Jan 9, possibly in reaction to discussions on dutch wikitech.
Appears to be gone now. [ alerante 02:16, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC) ]


Egenas Encyclopedia

  • Site: Egenas Encyclopedia
  • Example page: Hypnosis
  • States, "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License".
  • Links to Wikipedia's GNU license

Elexi.de

  • Example mathematics
  • States that the article is from Wikipedia.
  • Links to GFDL.
  • The problem is that even the articles from English Wikipedia are explained as taken from de.wikipedia, and link back goes to de.wikipedia's URL, and its accompanying history page.
  • Confirm status (I guess). We probably need the help of someone who can read/write the language. -Rholton 23:10, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • This site is deep-linking images. [4]

Vacuum c 03:29, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

ElResearch

  • Site: ElResearch
  • Sample article: Quadratic - http://www.elresearch.com/wiki/Quadratic
  • Links to local copy of GNU FDL.
  • Says, "This content from Wikipedia is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License."
  • Links to Wikipedia
  • Complete copy without any mentions of GFDL. No links to the original article. Small thing at the top says "Wikipedia Entry," besides that, nothing.
  • As of 08:36, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Invalid e-mail contact. Time to move on to the ISP. -- WB 08:38, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

encyclopaedic.net

Archived because site doesn't seem to be using English content anymore. I notified the other languages. Superm401 - Talk 06:50, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

emeagwali.com

  • Site: emeagwali.com
  • Example page: [6]
  • No mention of Wikipedia
  • No mention of the GFDL
  • Site mentions its own copyright, no others

engine.blogsome.com

AutoWorld
URL http://engine.blogsome.com/
Description
Sample http://engine.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/ from Austin A-Series engine
Rating None
Compliance Doesn't credit Wikipedia anywhere. Doesn't mention the GFDL. Doesn't link back to Wikipedia.
Contact info legal@blogsome.com / Hosted by blogsome.com
Actions Sent a polite message suggesting they either take down the content or comply with GDFL.

SteveBaker 05:04, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- now removed by Blogsome admins

Enlightenweb

  • Site: Enlightenweb
  • Example: Astronomy
  • Javascript links to original Wikipedia article
  • Javascript links to Wikipedia copy of GFDL
  • Javascript links to Wikipedia.
  • Unhelpfully turns up in "-wikipedia" searches
    • but also provides a link from each page to a dynamic HTML page (www.websitings.com/enlighten-html.cfm) which provides HTML source code with HTML links designed for copying by third parties

EssayCrawler.com

Says essays are no longer being hosted on that site [7]

  • Site: EssayCrawler.com
  • Advertises as "free essays for students" (sounds like plagiarism)
  • No link to Wikipedia main page
  • No link to original article
  • No mention of GFDL
  • Claims "© 2000-2004 essaycrawler.com" at the bottom of each page
  • Example: Parthenon from Parthenon.

eurofreehost.com

  • Site: eurofreehost.com
  • plus they do some dirtyness to boost their google rating. Kim Bruning 14:27, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Mentions GFDL (with no link). Does not mention Wikipedia. - Evil saltine 09:37, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Below moved from main page... Davelane 21:39, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

The site http://www.eurofreehost.com/ appears to be a mirror of Wikipedia; each page claims to be under the GFDL but I found no link to Wikipedia on either a random article (http://www.eurofreehost.com/co/Compulsator.html) or the main page. Also, no Wiki source seems to be available, specifically violating the intent of the GFDL as I see it. Finally, the pages have no link to the text of the GFDL. I've sent a more-or-less standard complaint letter (although I didn't claim to be delighted to see another out-of-date broken mirror of Wikipedia) but it was taken before I made any major contributions, so if someone with more seniority would like to take over, that'd be great. Andrew 04:00, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC) (Update: mail to webmaster@www.eurofreehost.com bounced; I'll leave this for now, awaiting comment from others. Andrew 04:08, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC))

That site now has the standard disclaimer (as @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Example_notice)

Confirmed. High compliance. -Rholton 03:20, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

ExplainPlease.com

ExplainPlease
URL http://www.explainplease.com
Description
Sample http://www.explainplease.com/call-center.htm from Call center
Rating Medium
Compliance External links section have been removed in articles. Titles of some pages have been changed (Oracle:Oracle database, Linux:GNU). Directory part of site using Wikipedia articles. Has notice with mention of Wikipedia and GFDL. Links to local GFDL and Wikipedia main page; no direct article link.
Contact info hoteldealeo@yahoo.com, contactprivacy.com
Actions *Standard letter sent by mav 10:34, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Received this reply: Thank you for the heads up, I will get on it when I get back home next week. --mav 18:29, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC)
      • Two weeks elapsed since last contact. Just checked, and they haven't changed a thing. →Raul654 05:06, Jan 18, 2004 (UTC)
      • Still no change. Perhaps mav (to keep the contact-person consistent) should send the standard follow-up letter? --Delirium 02:51, Feb 8, 2004 (UTC)
  • Received this reply:
"Everything should be in order for compliance. Please upgrade my site from low compliance, or let me know what else I need to do."
"I added the contributed by and link to wikipedia on every page that uses articles from wiki. I added the GNU license and a link to the GNU license on every page that uses articles from wiki."

I upgraded the status and sent a reply that the only outstanding item is the direct article linkbacks. --mav 22:05, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)

exsudo.com - Konwledge Base

Exsudo.com
URL http://exsudo.com
Description
Sample http://suny.exsudo.com/
Rating High
Compliance Was almost complete mirror of English Wikipedia. Linked to original article. Linked to local copy of the GNU/FDL. Did not link to wikipedia main page.
Contact info
Actions

exsudo.de - Wissen und mehr

  • Site: exsudo.de - Wissen und mehr
  • indicates Wikipedia as source
  • links to original article
  • links to local copy of the GNU/FDL
  • links to german wikipedia main page
  • links to article edit page
  • links to article history
  • license text in German now

exsudo.dk - Konwledge Base

  • Site: exsudo.dk - Konwledge Base
  • almost complete mirror of Danish Wikipedia
  • links to original article
  • links to local copy of the GNU/FDL
  • does not link to wikipedia main page
  • license text in English, not Danish... not sure if this is in agreement on GNU/FDL?

exsudo.se - Konwledge Base

  • Site: exsudo.se - Konwledge Base
  • almost complete mirror of Swedish Wikipedia
  • links to original article
  • links to local copy of the GNU/FDL
  • does not link to wikipedia main page
  • license text in English, not Swedish... not sure if this is in agreement on GNU/FDL?

ezorange.com

More research requested

fablis

Fablis
URL http://encyclopedia.fablis.com
Description
Sample http://encyclopedia.fablis.com/index.php/Photography
Rating
Compliance Was an exact copy of the English Wikipedia, including Main Page. No longer accessible. Should be monitored occasionally.
Contact info customerservice@starlodging.com (Fablis.com)
Actions

Factdex - the fact index

FactSite.co.uk

  • Site: FactSite.co.uk
  • Content: static copies of en: (Sept 2004) and cy: (March 2005) Wikipedia
  • Linkback: each article links back to current version on wikipedia.org

famous.tc

  • Site: www.famous.tc
  • Uses Wikipedia articles. Seems to have the lot (though their index only shows a small selection biographical articles).
  • No mention of GFDL
  • No mention of Wikipedia, though they don't seem to specifically filter it out of articles (see [8] from Main Page). Wikipedia namespace articles are redirected back here.
  • Examples: [9] from Louisa May Alcott, [10] from United States Department of State (complete with broken interwiki links at the bottom).

flyfloss.com

flyfloss.com
URL http://www.flyfloss.com
Description
Sample http://www.flyfloss.com/pages10/95/wall-lamps.html
Rating Low
Compliance
Contact info
Actions Shut down mostly, the main page redirects. Watch for a while though. -- WB 07:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Mandelbrot fractal" at fractalmovies.com

Fractalmovies.com
URL http://www.fractalmovies.com/
Description
Sample http://www.fractalmovies.com/index.php4?mode=experte&frage=35&rubrik=2
Rating Low/None
Compliance It appears this is the only article copied, but this has not been verified. There is no mention of Wikipedia or the GFDL.
Contact info trifox@gmx.net (whois)
Actions Sent violation notice. Superm401 - Talk 01:03, 22 January 2006 (UTC). Recieved notice that content removed. Superm401 - Talk 23:18, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Free definition

golf-corner.net

Golf-Corner.NET
URL http://www.golf-corner.net/articles/
Description
Sample http://www.golf-corner.net/articles/Cape_Horn
Rating
Compliance
Contact info
Actions

information.static.net

information.static.net
URL information.static.net
Description
Sample information.static.net/insulated-panel.html
Rating Low
Compliance
  • Not so sure what this site is doing. But many pages mention random usernames from Wikipedia.
  • No mention of Wikipedia, GFDL, etc.
Contact info
Actions DNS admins contacted. No longer connects to that IP address. IP still remains

however. -- WB 00:24, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

information.ysdn.net

information.static.net
URL information.ysdn.net
Description
Sample information.static.net/insulated-panel.html
Rating Low
Compliance
  • Not so sure what this site is doing. But many pages mention random usernames from Wikipedia.
  • No mention of Wikipedia, GFDL, etc.
  • Invalid e-mail. Time for next step.
Contact info the same owner as above.
Actions DNS admins contacted. No longer connects to that IP address. IP still remains however. -- WB 00:24, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Intelipedia

Intelipedia
URL http://www.intelipedia.com
Description
Sample
Rating Medium
Compliance
  • States licenced under GFDL + Link
  • Links Back to Wikipedia Article
  • Links to the Wikimedia Fundraising Page
  • Is a total mirror including userpages (Fixed on January 13 2004)
  • Is linking to the wikipedia images
Contact info
Actions Domain expired -- WB 03:33, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lex-24.de

Lex-24
URL http://www.lex-24.de
Description
Sample http://www.lex-24.de/es/Top/Ser_vivo
Rating Medium
Compliance No longer accessible. Previously, GFDL was mentioned, and a very hard-to-read full text of the license linked from each page. Wikipedia was mentioned as the source, though all links went to main page. No links were to the live article.
Contact info birgit@kubaszewski.de (whois)
Actions

Live Edit Demo

Live Edit Demo
URL http://bpt.yi.org/
Description
Sample http://bpt.yi.org/live-edit.html
Rating Low/None
Compliance Inaccessible. No link to current velsion of article. No link to Wikipedia or GFDL. No attribution.
Contact info
Actions First standard letter sent 23/8/05 9cds 09:05, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Lockergnomes

  • Site: Lockergnomes Free Encyclopedia
  • Examples: Archaeology, Wikipedia
  • Seems to be a mirror of Smartpedia. Note that the article on Wikipedia replaces all occurrances of the word "Wikipedia" with "Smartpedia".
  • Mirrors all namespaces, including Wikipedia: and User:
  • Links to Wikipedia (under each article, the "SOURCE" link leads to Wikipedia's version of the article, except for the main page which links to the nonexistent mainpage.inc
  • Links to GFDL

Gwalla | Talk 03:00, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)


lotsofinformation.com

Lots of Information
URL http://wikipedia.lotsofinformation.com
Description
Sample
Rating Low
Compliance
Contact info
Actions Was a clone of Wikipedia running MediaWiki with no links back to Wikipedia. Main page was copied daily. Definitely should be monitored, as it may be used for password phishing.

Poncier

  • Site: Poncier.com
  • Example [11] for Albania
  • No graphics
  • Redlinks ignored
  • Problems with diacritics
  • Each article ends with This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License with link to local version of GFDL
  • No link to Wikipedia or original article
  • Each article ends with "Copyright © 2004 www.poncier.com"
  • As of 14:53, 4 November 2005 (UTC) - Henrygb

Previewseek

Previewseek
URL http://beta.previewseek.com
Description
Sample http://beta.previewseek.com/?query=albania
Rating Low
Compliance The engine displays parts of Wikipedia articles above related searches. While there is no link to the associated article, there are links to other searches. Thus, it is possible to surf the previews without even knowing there is a larger article or where the text comes from. The engine claims copyright. However, there is a vague notice that "Portions of these search results are used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL."; there is no way to tell what "portions" are being referred to. The notice has an offsite link to the GFDL and there is neither an article history nor a link to the original article.
Contact info http://beta.previewseek.com/?query=albania&vid=l7122419274I1137922796&twin=n&con=y&where=&sttname=_contact_us (contact form), chris.hong@previewseek.com, abuse@secure.net (host)
Actions
  • I emailed them today to point out it could be an idea. NickW 10:02, 2 November 2005 (UTC).[reply]
  • Quick response. They've been in contact with Wikipedia but have heard nothing back. I've pointed them towards the violation letters page so they can see what to do. NickW 10:39, 2 November 2005 (UTC).[reply]
  • I sent them a standard violatinon letter using their feedback form. Superm401 - Talk 09:55, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Received reply saying they are confused by varying advice and that "we are trying to have them all resolved by the time our beta testing period is finished. If I could ask for a little patience on your side, I'm sure you'll be quite pleased with the final result!" I sent a reply saying I'll be somewhat patient but waiting until it's out of beta might be too much to ask (Google Catalogs has been in beta more than four years) Superm401 - Talk 05:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Received email saying it would be fixed in a week or less. Superm401 - Talk 12:22, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

pseudodoxia.flawlesslogic.com

  • Site: pseudodoxia.flawlesslogic.com
  • Makes attempts to meet GFDL. Does not include all revisions of a page.
  • Currently under attack from some Wikipedia users, as they see it as offensive Nazi site.
  • Some have been blanking pseudodoxia's copies of their user pages as the word wikipedia has been replaced with pseudodoxia in many places (everywhere?), which may mislead people into believing that those users are associated with pseudodoxia.
  • I see nothing. --WCQuidditch 15:18, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • We should ask them to add meta noindex so we can remove the Google cached copies among the search engines... -- WB 08:20, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • As of June 27, 2006, site seems dead. DS 13:30, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • library.flawlesslogic.com is still up, but that doesn't seem to contain Wikipedia material. Superm401 - Talk 04:39, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

sicherheitsmeister.com

sicherheitsmeister.com
URL http://www.sicherheitsmeister.com/mv/index.php/Main_Page
Description
Sample http://www.sicherheitsmeister.com/mv/index.php/Pediatrics
Rating Low
Compliance Appears to have removed all Wikipedia articles. Now redirects all traffic to Amazon affiliate page. Probably complete copy from end of May 2004 (contained 5 out of the 5 random articles I tried). Every page mentions "based in parts on the wikipedia project, the free encyclopedia, which will stay free always." Every article page contains mention of the GNU FDL (but the link is broken). No authors mentioned, page history is last edit only. No images
Contact info marc@beauchamp.de
Actions

Useful Reference

Useful Reference
URL http://www.usefulreference.com
Description
Sample http://www.usefulreference.com/a/al/albania_1.html
Rating Low
Compliance Now inaccessible. Mentions GNU/FDL, and links to GNU/FDL at gnu.org. Mentions Wikipedia, and links to main page. Does not link to article page. Gives GNU/FDL only for Wikipedia, not for their version of the article
Contact info dan7@blueyonder.co.uk (whois)
Actions

usedaudiparts.com

usedaudiparts.com
URL http://usedaudiparts.com/
Description
Sample http://usedaudiparts.com/search.php?title=Scotland
Rating None
Compliance
  • Domain parker.
  • No mention of Wikipedia.
  • No mention of GFDL.
  • No links back.
  • Says "© 2005 UsedAudiParts.com. All Rights Reserved."
Contact info
Actions Domain expired around January 25, 2005. -- WB 08:53, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Violaheaven.com

Viola Heaven
URL http://www.violaheaven.com
Description
Sample http://www.violaheaven.com/violin.html
Rating Low/None
Compliance No credit given at all, web site has put copyright tag on the articles.
Contact info tmf@stringworks.com (administrative contact)
Actions First notice sent, warning administrator (no name given on WHOIS) that he/she must add GFDL notice.
  • Appears to be empty site 15:21, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

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]
I wish these guys would get legal. I'd like to like them.
Their home page is apparently so full of script errors that it won't display. - Jmabel | Talk 19:43, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Apparently now it's gone.
    • 504 15:25, 19 December 2007 (UTC)


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]

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]
  • Now it's page cannot be displayed. I think the website is gone for good now. Andrewrhchen 21:44, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

worldsearch.com

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  • Terms of Use page says, among other things:
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No License Granted
Except for allowing you to use E.WS for your personal use as set forth in the paragraph above, when you use E.WS, you are not receiving a license or any other rights from us, including intellectual property or other proprietary rights of Newave or other companies with which we are affiliated.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO THE SERVICES OR ANY OTHER NEWAVE PROPERTY EXCEPT AS WE INDICATE IN THESE TERMS.

--Calton 00:59, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

xarts.net

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

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