Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Reviewing instructions/Copyright cleanup instructions

Please follow the instructions below if you have declined a draft as cv (copyright violation) but it does not meet the criteria for a G12 speedy deletion.

     (i) remove all of the copyrighted material from the draft, noting in your edit summary where it is from ("Remove copyright violation of http://www...."). Where the copying is from more than one source, it's often easiest to remove each infringement in a separate edit;

     (ii) post to the draft's talk page {{subst:cclean|url=URL(s) copied from}}; just place a space between the URLs if there's more than one (note: this template automatically signs for you so place no tildes);

     (iii) mark the revisions in the page history (typically the first edit and second to last edit) for redaction by an administrator by placing and saving at the top of the draft page this template: {{copyvio-revdel|url=URL(s) copied from|start = earliest revision ID (that is, the number at end of the revision's URL after "oldid=") | end= end revision ID}}. The cv-revdel script can assist in this;

     (iv) change the decline parameter in your AfC copyvio decline template from cv to cv-cleaned – or remove that decline entirely, since you've just cleaned it, and re-assess the draft on its other merits; and

     (v) warn the user, such as with {{subst:uw-copyright-new|DraftName}}.