CorenSearchBot is extremely important to Wikipedia and our interactions with inexperienced editors, due to the volume of pages it catches and the somewhat arcane concepts of copyright it must communicate to participants in the project.

The following are our theories to test with new template variations:

  • No image in all new drafts. Previous tests have suggested that icons make little or no statistically significant difference in terms of edits or improvements in editing quality, but we continue to test this theory.
  • Shorter, more pithy statements that focus on the actions we want editor to take, rather than an explanation of copyright in general. Very long messages suffer from TL;DR syndrome.
  • A thank you. We can assume good faith with article authors for level 1 warnings.
  • Items we want to include in all the new drafts: BASEPAGENAME (to speak to the user), page name (of copyvio), URL for comparison's sake, (probably) WP:COPYPASTE.
  • Is delivered to user talk of author if most of or the entire page text is copy-pasted from another source.

Draft 1 (newbie)

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[[:{{{page}}}]]

Hello WikiProject User warnings/Testing,

It seems to me that an article you worked on, [[:{{{page}}}]], may be copied from {{{url}}}. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.

It's important that you edit the article and rewrite it in your own words, unless you're absolutely certain nothing in it is copied. If you're not sure how to fix the problem or have any questions, there are people at the help desk who are happy to assist you.

Thank you for helping build a free encyclopedia!

Draft 1 (experienced)

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[[:{{{page}}}]]

Hello, WikiProject User warnings/Testing, and thank you for your contributions!

An article you worked on [[:{{{page}}}]], appears to be directly copied from {{{url}}}. Please take a minute to make sure that the text is freely licensed and properly attributed as a reference, otherwise the article may be deleted.

It's entirely possible that this bot made a mistake, so please feel free to remove this notice and the tag it placed on [[:{{{page}}}]] if necessary.
  • Is delivered to user talk if excerpts from the article are copy-pasted from another source.

Draft 1 (newbie)

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[[:{{{page}}}]]

Hello WikiProject User warnings/Testing,

It seems to me that an article you worked on, [[:{{{page}}}]], may have something copied from {{{url}}}. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.

It's important that you edit the article and rewrite it in your own words, unless you're absolutely certain nothing in it is copied. If you're not sure how to fix the problem or have any questions, there are people at the help desk who are happy to assist you.

Thank you for helping build a free encyclopedia!

Draft 1 (experienced)

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[[:{{{page}}}]]

Hello, WikiProject User warnings/Testing, and thank you for your contributions!

Some text in an article you worked on [[:{{{page}}}]], appears to be directly copied from {{{url}}}. Please take a minute to double-check that you're following proper citing, quoting and close paraphrasing guidelines. The Help desk is always a good place to ask if you're not sure.

It's entirely possible that this bot made a mistake, so please feel free to remove this notice and the tag it placed on [[:{{{page}}}]] at any time.
  • This is for copy-pastes of other Wikipedia articles.

Draft 1 (newbie)

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[[:{{{page}}}]]

Hello, WikiProject User warnings/Testing, and thank you for your contributions!

I wanted to let you know it seems an article you worked on, [[:{{{page}}}]], is copied from another Wikipedia page, {{{url}}}. It's fine to do this as long as you provide the following information in the edit summary:

  1. a link to the article you copied from
  2. the date you copied it

You can do this now by editing the page, making any minor edit to the article, and adding the above information into the edit summary.

If you're still not sure how to fix the problem, please leave a message at the help desk. It's possible that I made a mistake, so feel free to remove the tag I placed on the article.

Thanks again for helping build the free encyclopedia!

Draft 1 (experienced)

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[[:{{{page}}}]]

Hello, WikiProject User warnings/Testing, and thank you for your contributions!

Some text in an article that you worked on [[:{{{page}}}]], appears to be directly copied from another Wikipedia article, {{{url}}}. Please take a minute to double-check that you've properly attributed the source text in your edit summary.

It's entirely possible that this bot made a mistake, so please feel free to remove this notice and the tag it placed on [[:{{{page}}}]] at any time.
  • This welcome template includes special instructions on copyright.
Welcome!

Hello, WikiProject User warnings/Testing, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for helping us build a great free encyclopedia. We have five basic principles, but other than that, we advise that you be bold and edit. If you ever have any questions or need help, feel free to leave a message at the help desk, and other Wikipedia editors will be happy to assist you.

Thanks again and congratulations on becoming a Wikipedian!

P.S. New discussion threads for you will appear at the bottom of this page.