Template:Unattributed translation/doc: Difference between revisions

Adds a banner to the top of a page or section suspected of having an unattributed translation from [[List of Wikipedias|another Wikipediawiki]] or [[WPProject:SISTERExternal links|Wikimedia project]], and the need for possible [[WPProject:RIAEditorial guidance|retroactive repair]].

This template is designed to be used to flag an article or section of an article that appears to contain content translated from [[List of Wikipedias|another Wikipediawiki]], or other [[WPProject:SISTERExternal links|Wikimedia project]] page, but which lacks the required attribution statement in the [[WPProject:ESEditorial guidance|edit summary]], as required by the [[wmf:Terms of use|Terms of use]].

This situation usually occurs when an editor has [[WPProject:TFOLWPExternal links|translated]] content from a foreign Wikipedia and saved the edit without including an attribution statement in the edit summary, either because they were unaware of this requirement, or because they forgot to include it. The lack of attribution can be remedied after the fact, as explained at [[WPProject:CWW#RepairingEditorial insufficientguidance|Editorial attributionguidance]].

If you know or can find out who added the translation to English Wikipedia, you can notify them on their talk page and ask them to [[WPProject:RIAEditorial guidance|provide attribution retroactively]]. The template {{tl|uw-translation}} may be used for this.

If an article has content that appears to contain content translated from [[List of Wikipedias|another Wikipediawiki]] or other [[WPProject:SISTERExternal links|Wikimedia project]] page and lacks the required attribution statement, and you know where it came from, then it is not necessary to use this template—you can apply the translation attribution yourself. Please follow the instructions about [[WPProject:CWW#RepairingEditorial insufficient attributionguidance|how to add missing attribution]] for an article. Do not add attribution yourself unless you are certain where the translation came from.

If an article has content translated from books, journals, websites, or anything other than [[WPProject:SISTERExternal links|other Wikimedia projects]], then do not use this template. There may be a serious breach of [[WPProject:COPYRIGHTCopyrights|copyright]] needing immediate attention. In that case, please tag the page following advice at the [[WikipediaProject:Text copyright violations 101Copyrights|how-to guide about copyright violations]]. More details at [[WikipediaProject:Copyrights|Copyright violations]].

{{para|2}} – source where content was translated from; e.g., "[[Wikisource]]", "German Wikipedia", etc. (alias: {{para|source}}; optional; default: "[[List of Wikipedias|another Wikipediawiki]]")

You may [[WPProject:WTRMTResponsible tagging|remove this template]] from a page if it was placed incorrectly (please explain at Talk in that case), or when it no longer applies because you have added a properly formatted translation attribution statement to the revision history of the page using a [[WPProject:DUMMY#RIA-TRANSLATEEditorial guidance|dummy edit]]. The following is an example of an edit summary you can use and modify:

See [[WPProject:CWW#RepairingEditorial insufficientguidance|Editorial attributionguidance]] for further details.

After you have found a translated article to check, go to the History tab, and search for an attribution string that looks like the one given at [[WPProject:External links|TFOLWP]] or [[WPProject:Editorial guidance|RIA]]. As a start, you can just search-on-page for the string '''translat'''.

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