Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/wikipedia/src/org/wikipedia/WikipediaApp.java
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/wikipedia/src/org/wikipedia/WikipediaApp.java	(revision 29328)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/wikipedia/src/org/wikipedia/WikipediaApp.java	(revision 29329)
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -25,4 +26,5 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.Tag;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.Utils;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.Utils.Function;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
@@ -84,4 +86,15 @@
     }
 
+    static List<WikipediaEntry> getEntriesFromClipboard(final String wikipediaLang) {
+        final List<String> clipboardLines = Arrays.asList(Utils.getClipboardContent().split("[\\n\\r]+"));
+        return new ArrayList<WikipediaEntry>(Utils.transform(clipboardLines, new Function<String, WikipediaEntry>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public WikipediaEntry apply(String x) {
+                return new WikipediaEntry(x, wikipediaLang, x);
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
     static void updateWIWOSMStatus(String wikipediaLang, Collection<WikipediaEntry> entries) {
         Collection<String> articleNames = new ArrayList<String>();
Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/wikipedia/src/org/wikipedia/WikipediaToggleDialog.java
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/wikipedia/src/org/wikipedia/WikipediaToggleDialog.java	(revision 29328)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/wikipedia/src/org/wikipedia/WikipediaToggleDialog.java	(revision 29329)
@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@
                 new SideButton(new WikipediaLoadCoordinatesAction()),
                 new SideButton(new WikipediaLoadCategoryAction()),
+                new SideButton(new PasteWikipediaArticlesAction()),
                 new SideButton(new AddWikipediaTagAction()),
                 new SideButton(new OpenWikipediaArticleAction()),
@@ -165,4 +166,19 @@
     }
 
+    class PasteWikipediaArticlesAction extends AbstractAction {
+
+        public PasteWikipediaArticlesAction() {
+            super(tr("Clipboard"), ImageProvider.get("paste"));
+            putValue(SHORT_DESCRIPTION, tr("Pastes Wikipedia articles from the system clipboard"));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+            setWikipediaEntries(WikipediaApp.getEntriesFromClipboard(wikipediaLang.get()));
+            titleContext = tr("clipboard");
+            updateTitle();
+        }
+    }
+
     class OpenWikipediaArticleAction extends AbstractAction {