diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 728fce72526..be67ad0e06c 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ following names for their contribution to the product.
 * Jeremy Baron
 * Jidanni
 * Jimmy Xu
+* Jools Wills
 * Karun Dambietz
 * Kim Hyun-Joon
 * liangent
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 77a45e157bf..7b8085efddf 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
   stops normal output
 * Send new password e-mail in users preference language
 * LanguageConverter now support nested using of manual convert syntax like "-{-{}-}-"
+* (bug 16281) Show copyright system message on special pages
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
 
diff --git a/includes/SkinTemplate.php b/includes/SkinTemplate.php
index cbe689ff000..c082502ccf0 100644
--- a/includes/SkinTemplate.php
+++ b/includes/SkinTemplate.php
@@ -423,12 +423,6 @@ class SkinTemplate extends Skin {
 
 			$tpl->setRef( 'credits', $this->credits );
 
-		} elseif ( isset( $oldid ) && !isset( $diff ) ) {
-			$tpl->set( 'copyright', $this->getCopyright() );
-			$tpl->set( 'viewcount', false );
-			$tpl->set( 'lastmod', false );
-			$tpl->set( 'credits', false );
-			$tpl->set( 'numberofwatchingusers', false );
 		} else {
 			$tpl->set( 'copyright', false );
 			$tpl->set( 'viewcount', false );