User:Kuru/mirrors
Monitored mirrors/forks
[edit]RED = Significant issue (frequent hits).
| Entity | Notes | URL Link Scan | Compliant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Kids | Simple mirror with no attribution; broken templates and links everywhere. Some templates and key pages still point back to Wikipedia. Seems to just be an ad-farm. Example article. | academickids.com | NO |
| Alchetron | Indian site that bills itself as a "free social encyclopedia". Often copies from Wikipedia and credits with a link back to the original article at the bottom of each page. Does not copy article images, but scrapes from other sites; mostly copyright violations. Example article. | alchetron.com | OK |
| Bionity | "Encyclopedia" subdomain is a simple mirror of biology articles that strips images. Link back to Wikipedia article and list of authors, free license indicated, but there's a broad content copyright claimed at the bottom of the page which appears to contradict.Example article. | bionity.com | NO |
| ChemEurope | Clearly identified mirror of random science articles from Wikipedia (on the "encyclopedia" subdomain). Images are stripped from articles. License and attribution at bottom of article, but contradictory license at bottom of page. Example article. | chemeurope.com | NO |
| DBpedia | Structured extract of Wikipedia. Clearly attributed at the bottom of each page. Example article. | dbpedia.org triplydb.com |
YES |
| Enacademic | Online collection of free dictionaries with a very outdated Wikipedia mirror included. Articles mention Wikipedia and with a link to Cyrillic text noting that the material was copied from here. Also a note at the bottom stating "Wikimedia Foundation. 2010" and their own copyright at the bottom of the page. Not at all compliant with our license. Example article. | enwiki dewiki frwiki ruwiki eswiki |
NO |
| Everything Explained Today | Simple mirror. Clearly indicates material is used from Wikipedia and identifies articles. No modification of articles. Example article. | everything.explained.today enjoyed.today |
YES |
| Google Arts & Culture | Opening paragraph on many entries in the "entity" folder is a clip from Wikipedia, where the attribution is hidden after a "more" link. Not clear on where the required license is shown; may be buried somewhere. Example article.
Note: many of these are legit in the external links section, as long as there's more than just the Wikipedia extract. |
artsandculture.google.com | NO |
| Kiddle | Simple "kid filtered" mirror; attribution/license at the bottom of the page.Example article. | kids.kiddle.co | YES |
| LiquiSearch | Mess of a mirror. Articles can be linked by subsection, which seems to confuse editors into thinking it is original material. Source is given at the bottom of each page, but not to the specific article and sometimes to the wrong article. Notes CC, but then has another claim of copyright. Example article. | liquisearch.com primidi.com (same type) |
NO |
| Loquis | Simple travel scraper that copies Wikipedia descriptions of places, no images. Attribution after text, but license seems to be contradicted at bottom of page. Example article. | loquis.com | NO |
| Pantheon | Interesting site that scrapes Wikipedia/Wikidata content and creates visuals. Correct license, and kinda, sorta gives attribution. Example article. | pantheon.world | YES |
| PlaceAndSee | Travel catalog. First paragraph of each destination is a copy of the Wikipedia lead in their catalog. There is also a mirror of a limited set of full articles. In each case Wikipedia is clearly credited and linked. Example article. | placeandsee | YES |
| Ruwiki | Simple political fork of Russian Wikipedia. Images link back to commons licenses, note at bottom of page that indicates fork and license. Article history notes original source and location of author history. Example article. | ruwiki.ru | YES |
| Sensagent | Simple mirror. Wikipedia attributed, but no links to contributors or the right license indicated. Some hits are to PD dictionaries and some are to a translator pass-through. | sensagent | LOW |
| Wiki 2 | Simple mirror; clearly noted all over the articles and is intended to be a re-skin of the Wikipedia interface. Compatible license and good attribution. Example article. | wiki2.org | YES |
| Wikimili | Simple proxied mirror with google ads. Links back to specific Wikipedia source article and CC license; image credits. Example article. | wikimili | YES |
| WikiWand | Wikipedia reader; simple mirror. Content clearly labeled as from Wikipedia, direct attribution to article, contributors, careful image credits, and the right re-use license. Example article. | wikiwand | YES |
| WikiZero | Simple multi-language wikipedia re-skin. Attributes wikipedia, but claims full copyright on the text and fails to attribute images.Example article. | wikizero | NO |
| Worddisk | Simple mirror that generally attributes Wikipedia in the help section. License and attribution now updated and at the bottom of each article.Example article. | worddisk | YES |
Published mirrors
[edit]| Entity | Notes | URL Link Scan | Attribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Books LLC | Simple reprints of articles. Summaries include "Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online." See also here. | Books LLC LLC Books |
? |
| E-artnow | Self-publishing platform; "Focus on" series is a simple dump of Wikipedia articles and extensively abused. | Focus on 100 | ? |
| Ed-Tech Press | Prints books that seem to be collections of copied materials; many are straight-up copies of Wikipedia articles. | Ed-Tech Press edtechpress.co.uk e-resources |
NO |
| Emereo Publishing | Simple dump publisher. See also here; also Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Def#Emereo_Publishing (added '5STARCooks' and 'artofservice' which are directly related entities) | Emereo 5STARCooks artofservice |
NO |
| Hephaestus Books | Simple dump publisher. Summaries include "Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online." See also here. | Hephaestus Books | ? |
| OmniScriptum/VDM | Some imprints solely reprint Wikipedia articles. Summaries include "Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online." See also here; also OmniScriptum#Wikipedia_content, Amazon.com_controversies#Sale_of_Wikipedia's_material_as_books, and User:PrimeHunter/Alphascript Publishing sells free articles as expensive books. | AlphaScript Betascript Fastbook Doyen Verlag |
? |
| PediaPress | Print-on-demand copies of Wikipedia articles. Extensive appendixes that document copied articles, contributors, and licenses. Extensive problem - almost 150 usages on first pass of cleanup. | PediaPress | YES |
Common non-reliable sources
[edit]| Entity | Notes | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball Reference Bullpen | While Baseball-Reference.com is a RS, the Bullpen section is a pure open wiki with no formal editorial oversight. Very clear disclaimer for that section as well. RSN: Summary discussion. Note: most of the remaining links are CC attributions and should not be removed (text was copied under license from the bullpen wiki to here and requires attribution). | baseball-reference.com/bullpen baseball-reference.com/bullpen rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki / user-generated material (bullpen wiki) |
| Bitcoin Wiki | Open cryptocurrency wiki | bitcoin.it rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Citizendium | Open wiki, mostly defunct. RSN: [1][2][3] | citizendium.org rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Conservapedia | Simple open wiki | conservapedia.com rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Generasia | Simple open wiki | generasia rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Hamichlol | Wikipedia fork | hamichlol rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : wikipedia fork |
| Indpaedia | Simple open wiki | indpaedia.com rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Jewiki | Simple open wiki | jewiki.org.il rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| New World Encyclopedia | Revised wiki articles to "Unification Church standards". RSN:[4]. | newworldencyclopedia rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : junk scraper/mirror/gossip site |
| Orthodox Wiki | Simple open wiki, clear disclaimers of user-generated content, many articles source wikipedia or copy with attribution. Note: some Wikipedia articles source from here and we should have proper attribution and license. Example | orthodoxwiki.org rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Pensapedia | Simple open wiki | pensapedia rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Prabook | Self-publishing platform for biographies. "The structure of the project allows anyone with an Internet connection to alter Prabook content." RSN: [5], [6], [7], [8]. Okay as external link? | prabook rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : scraper/open editing platform with explicit disclaimers of accuracy |
| Rationalwiki | Simple open wiki | rationalwiki rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Tripmondo | Simple scraper site, lifted/paraphrased wikipedia material. Explicitly disclaims reliability in FAQ: "Well, to be honest, I can not say "exactly" how precise and reliable the data is you see." | tripmondo rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : scraper site with explicit disclaimers of accuracy |
| Trip Suggest | Links to Wikipedia articles with brief scraped paragraphs presented, rest of material appears to be scraped or auto-generated. Example | trip-suggest.com |
| Wikialpha | Open wiki | wikialpha rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Wikitravel | Simple open wiki | wikitravel.org rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Wikivoyage | Simple open wiki | wikivoyage.org rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : open wiki |
| Wordsense | Simple Wiktionary fork | wordsense rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : wikitionary fork |
| Youth Ki Awaaz | Self-publishing platform with clear disclaimers of reliability and accuracy. | youthkiawaaz rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : self-published/user generated |
Low volume mirrors/forks
[edit]| Entity | Notes | URL Link Scan | Attribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Astronomy | Previously included an "encyclopedia" subdomain was a simple mirror; many links appear to be broken now. "Topics" subdomain is a simple mirror and attributes Wikipedia with an article link at the bottom of each article, along with a GFDL copyright notice for a decade ago.Example article. | absoluteastronomy.com | YES |
| Deletionpedia | Keeps copies of deleted Wikipedia articles. Not WP:RS, obviously. Not clear how linking to a deleted article suffices to show the contributor history. | deletionpedia.org | NO |
| Encyclo | Search engine which produces a short summary of the material in the search returns. Many people will link directly to the search as a reference/link which is more often than not the original Wikipedia article. Other references can be linked directly to the source.Example with only Wikipedia. | encyclo.co.uk enzyklo.de encyclo.nl |
N/A |
| Ensiklopedia.ru | Russian mirror. | ensiklopedia.ru | |
| Enwik.org | Simple mirror, attribution and license at bottom of each page, along with breakouts of image licenses and credit. example. | enwik.org | YES |
| Everipedia | Most of the content is mirrored from Wikipedia, with credit in the list of links at the bottom of each article. Open wiki, so not a WP:RS for any article. Attribution can lapse sometimes; currently not showing on page load. Image attribution is completely missing. Example article. | everipedia.org iq.wiki |
NO |
| Everybodywiki | Simple mirror and open wiki. Clearly indicates material is used from Wikipedia and identifies articles. Copyright notices and attribution are often broken.Example article. Blacklisted 1/16/2022, will watch for a bit. | everybodywiki | NO |
| Evi | Answer engine that often returns snippets from Wikipedia articles and is often used as a source. | evi.com trueknowledge.com |
|
| Factbook | Simple mirror; clearly attributes back to the specific Wikipedia article. | factbook | YES |
| FAM People | Simple Russian mirror with no-frills attribution. Noticed several pages during initial cleanup where the attribution was missing, but clearly copied. | fampeople people.su |
MED |
| FanPal | Simple mirror; credits Wikipedia at the bottom of the full page. | fanpal | YES |
| Free Dictionary | Aggregation of many sources. The sub-domain "encyclopedia" is a simple Wikipedia mirror. Credit is given at the bottom of each page with a link back to the current article. | thefreedictionary | YES |
| Goo Wikipedia | Japanese search engine. wpedia sub-domain seems to be a simple mirror that includes all namespaces. Credit given at top and bottom of each article. | wpedia.goo.ne.jp | YES |
| GoWikipedia | Simple mirror. Brief attribution, but no history or copyright information. | gowikipedia | LOW |
| Hand Wiki | Mirror/forks that copied a large number of articles and allows open editing of them; the partial nature of the copy leads to a lot of red links and broken material. License on the handful I looked at was invalid (wrong license was indicated - it shows public domain for some reason). Attribution and license are completely missing on some copies. Example article. | handwiki.org | NO |
| Hear Planet | Simple mirror; clearly attributes back to the specific Wikipedia article. | hearplanet | YES |
| Historydraft | History timline page that copies from Wikipedia. Early version of the FAQ acknowledged this: "Mainly we rely on Wikipedia as the main source of information, media and content." I don't see any current attempts to comply with the licensing requirements. Example article. | historydraft | NO |
| Infogalactic | Lightly edited POV fork, founded by Vox Day. Wikipedia clearly credited at bottom of each page, along with a million broken references in the mirrored text. Not a WP:RS for anything. | infogalactic.com | HIGH |
| InterPlanetary File System | Hosts an attributed mirror labeled as "Distributed Wikipedia" in the wiki sub-domain. Well executed mirror and links to the exact diff that was copied, but bad image attributions. Example article. | ipfs.io ipfs alt |
NO |
| Jewage | English wiki subdomain is just a simple mirror or selected biographies; contradictory copyright on page. Russian wiki subdomain is a user-created wiki with content disclaimers. Example article. | Jewage.org | NO |
| Justapedia | Simple content fork of selected articles with post-import modifications. Unusual style of attribution that seems to cover off on the primary requirements (attribution is in the bot that copies the articles, and a general "may include" disclaimer at the bottom of each page that links back to the original article). Image attribution is solid.Example article. | Justapedia.org | YES |
| Kazakhstan Internet Encyclopedia | Kazakhstan-themed fork/mirror. Does not credit Wikipedia, but obviously copied (broken links, templates in articles). | encyclopedia.kz | NO |
| KidzSearch | Scrubbed mirrors of Simple Wikipedia. | kidzsearch | HIGH |
| Knowpia | Simple wikipedia re-skin. Zero attribution. Example article | knowpia | NO |
| Linkfang | Simple automated mirror in multiple languages. Most images are stripped; license seems to be valid, although the redundant copyright notice at the bottom of the page may be problematic. Example article. | linkfang czwiki.org elwiki.org frwiki.org huwiki.org kowiki.org nlwiki.org nowiki.org pwiki.org |
YES |
| MedLibrary | Simple mirror. Entire "medwiki" and "w" subdomains are cited mirrors, with very clear attribution at bottom of each article. | medlibrary | YES |
| Mgwiki | Simple mirror with attribution and license on page; also redirects from "wikiqube.net". Example | mgwiki.top wikiqube.net |
YES |
| Nosmut | Simple mirror/ad farm. Clearly credits Wikipedia in the footer of each article. | nosmut | YES |
| Nwikipt | Simple mirror with attribution and license on page; also redirects from "wikinew.wiki". Example | nwikipt.cyou wikinew.wiki |
YES |
| On1 | Messy scraper with attribution, license is not clear, especially for images. Example | on1.click | NO |
| Pedia View | Simple mirror, clear attribution to Wikipedia at the bottom of each article with a link back to the page. | pediaview | YES |
| Pipi Wiki | Simple attributed mirror, bad image links. Example | pipiwiki.com | NO |
| PopFlock | Complete mirror. Attribution, CC license and link to Wikipedia article given on each page. Images link directly to license page on wiki. Example article. | popflock.com | YES |
| Quazoo | Search aggregation. Result snippets from Wikipedia are noted. | quazoo | YES |
| Qwerty wikis | Odd collection of poorly constructed mirrors, all with same contact. License and attribution in multiple places. Example one, Example two, Example three | frwiki.wiki wikiital.com abcdef.wiki |
YES |
| Readtiger | Very simple mirror, credits Wikipedia at the top of each page served. No link to authors. | readtiger | YES |
| Richest Celebrities | Small set of copied BLP articles. Clearly credits Wikipedia and Freebase (another mirror). | richestcelebrities | YES |
| Speedy Deletion Wiki | Farms articles from Wikipedia that are about to be deleted; carefully attributes. Not a WP:RS. | speedydeletion.wikia | YES |
| Spokeo | A "people search engine" which copies selected biographies of public figures, clearly crediting Wikipedia at bottom of each entry. The credit has existed clearly since 2013, making this reference on hundreds of biographies here baffling. | spokeo.com | YES |
| TFODE | Search engine which pulls entire articles, clearly attributed back to Wikipedia. | tfode | YES |
| TheInfoList | Poorly executed and badly formatted mirror with a partial article copy zero article or image attribution, or compatible license. Example article. | theinfolist.com | NO |
| The Reader Wiki | Simple mirror with no formatting changes; attribution/license at the bottom of the page and images linked to correct copyright pages. Example article. | thereaderwiki.com | YES |
| Top Entity | Another "search engine" that pulls in uncredited chunks of material for various sources, including random paragraphs from Wikipedia. | topentity | NO |
| Webot News | Simple mirror, credited at the top of the page. | webot.org | YES |
| WhmSoft Moblog | Some kind of aggregate that creates a mess of a page, including a credited pull from Wikipedia. | whmsoft | YES |
| Wiki30 | Simple mirror that identifies as an "enhanced republish of the English Wikipedia." Clearly noted on articles with an attribution link back to the article, contributors and license. | wiki30 | YES |
| Wiki Al Quds | Simple mirror on the Al-Quds University site. Source noted license. example. | wiki.alquds.edu | YES |
| Wikidi | Mirrors infobox data; sources Freebase, which credits Wikipedia. | wikidi | UNCLEAR |
| Wikilingue | Simple mirror. Credits Wikipedia at the bottom of the page. | encydia.com | YES |
| Wikipedia TLDR | Summarizes Wikipedia articles; links back to originals. | wikipediatldr | YES |
| WikiPops | Simple mirror. Partial attribution at the bottom of each article, no license info. | wikipops | NO |
| WikiTrans | Translates Wikipedia articles. Full attribution at the bottom of each translated page. | wikitrans | YES |
| Wikivisually | Simple near-real-time mirror, attributes Wikipedia at the top of each article, no license or contributor credits. Example article. - stopped being a mirror? 11/15/2021 | wikivisually | NO |
| Wordaz | Really odd search engine which just seems to parse the results from a Wikipedia search. Results clearly links back to Wikipedia. | wordaz | YES |
| WordSimilarity | Odd search site that returns "analogous words or synonyms" for a given search term. Each result is a clip from Wikipedia (with a link back to the article). No correct license or direct mention that the site is a mirror. Example results. Note: dead as of 2022-11-14 | wordsimilarity.com | NO |
| ZXC Wiki | Simple direct mirror with clear attribution in multiple places, direct links to authors and correct license. Images link back to full attribution in German. Example results. | zxc.wiki | YES |
Working
[edit]- inaturalist - "description" section is copied from Wikipedia and credited as such.
- wikinfo.org - Wikipedia fork, now an open wiki that encourages non-reliable information. Clearly not a WP:RS in any way.
- my-definitions - Simple mirror, attributed at the bottom of the article.
- wknol - simple mirror, credited.
- gpedia - full mirror see [9]
- globaltenders - example: [10]
- mashpedia
- wikisage
- geomapedia
- pluspedia
- prepedia
- sygic.com, often copies description from Wikipedia. Credit, but no license.
- wn.com, hosts a full mirror - very difficult to pick out mirror links from other junk on that site. Maybe filtering on the "view" folder? [11].
- hmong.in.th Example article.
- thtsearch.com - completely unattributed copies of articles.
- whoispopulartoday.com - junk wikipedia scraper
- zims-en.kiwix.campusafrica.gos.orange.com Example article., full mirror. complete attribution.
- unionpedia.org all material extracted from various language Wikipedias; complete attribution.
- nyongesasande.com Many, if not most, articles are copied partially or fully from Wikipedia; zero attribution. Given the level a plagiarism, I can't see how it's a suitable source for anything else. example.
- stringfixer.com Straight up uncredited copy of Wikipedia; several languages. example.
- bharatpedia.org Clearly sourced mirror.
- upwiki.one - Badly formatted mirror. Attribution and license at bottom of page, but contains contradictory license. Example
- herodictionary.com - Some kind of SEO host mirror with bad attribution and bad license. Example
- duhocchina.com - Simple mirror, bad attribution. Example
- duhoctrungquoc.vn - Simple mirror with attribution and correct license at bottom of page; copies image attribution. Example
- timenote.info - User-generated material; many pages are copied from Wikipedia with minimal attribution. Example
- animalia.bio - Sources or scrapes Wikipedia, minimal attribution. Example
- translationdirectory.com - Copies various articles, clear attribution at the very beginning of the article. Mostly copies language and slang articles. Example
- factsnippet.com - Clearly scrapes content from Wikipedia articles (or other sources) with zero attribution; minor shifts in pronouns. Copies are from around January 2023 and not refreshed. Example
- coursehero.com - User-generated material; many pages are copied from Wikipedia with minimal or no attribution. Just an essay farm / student cheat site. Example
- 123helpme.com - User-generated material; many pages are copied from Wikipedia with minimal or no attribution. Anonymous amateur essay farm / student cheat site. Example
- telegra.ph - User-generated material; open self-publishing platform. Frequently used to launder spam links. Example
- famousfix.com - Seems to have evolved in to a combination of mirrored Wikipedia articles, user-generated lists and materials, and other scraped content with unknown copyright status. There's a disclaimer on their terms of use: "Some of the written content available on the Lucy Media Services has generally been made available by Wikipedia or its licensors under the the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License ("CC BY-SA") and/or the GNU Free Documentation License ("GFDL"). Lucy Media uses all such text pursuant to the terms of the CC BY-SA and you are free to use such content in compliance with such license. Certain specific text may be made available by Wikipedia under other free licenses, and Lucy Media makes such text available under the applicable license." This is wholly inadequate - it does not identify the material it is applicable to, and it fails to comply with the license by identifying the authors (or linking to the exact article). Copyright problems appear to have been noticed back in 2015, so this is a long-term problem. There was a previous entry in this list that I removed in 2017 as it appeared to be mostly removed at that time. Example
- hisour.com - Junk scraper site, often directly copies from here with minimal or zero attribution. Most of the rest is likely copyright violations from other sites. No license, no contacts or anything on site. Example