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This page documents an official policy on Nickipedia. It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that everyone should follow.  IN REVISION as of June 2025 |
One of the key goals of Nickipedia is to provide an accurate, original reference source for fans of Nickelodeon. Therefore, we take the possibility of copyright infringement very seriously. Extensive material coming from external sources -- that is, material that you have not written yourself -- may only be submitted by the original author. In all such cases, it is important to cite your sources in a "References" section, and to explicitly state that you have granted permission for this material to be used on the article's talk page.
Please note that quoting an official source within an article (and providing attribution to the source) is allowed on Nickipedia. This is entirely different from copying someone else's writing without attribution.
User Responsibility[]
It is not the job of every member of the wiki community to police every article for possible copyright infringements. However, from time to time you may come across an article that you believe may be infringing someone's copyright, or worse, is plagiarized directly from an external source.
Procedure[]
If a copyright violation is found, please post a notice here of the page and the reason or reasons you believe that the page infringes on someone's copyright. Also, please replace the infringing text within the article with either {{Copyvio}} or {{Copyvio-source}}. This will allow those looking at the article to attempt to fix the copyright violations.
Once the violations are fixed, a note should be left on this page saying so. The note should remain on this page for a week, then be deleted.
Articles that have not been fixed within a week of the notice being posted will be deleted.
Copyright Infringements[]
Infringing articles are listed in Category:Possible copyright violations