diff --git a/earwigbot/exceptions.py b/earwigbot/exceptions.py
index 56bdfaa..ad34ae0 100644
--- a/earwigbot/exceptions.py
+++ b/earwigbot/exceptions.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ This module contains all exceptions used by EarwigBot::
                +-- UnknownSearchEngineError
                +-- UnsupportedSearchEngineError
                +-- SearchQueryError
+               +-- ParserExclusionError
 """
 
 class EarwigBotError(Exception):
@@ -231,9 +232,7 @@ class UnknownSearchEngineError(CopyvioCheckError):
     :py:attr:`config.wiki["search"]["engine"]`.
 
     Raised by :py:meth:`Page.copyvio_check
-    <earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.CopyvioMixIn.copyvio_check>` and
-    :py:meth:`Page.copyvio_compare
-    <earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.CopyvioMixIn.copyvio_compare>`.
+    <earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.CopyvioMixIn.copyvio_check>`.
     """
 
 class UnsupportedSearchEngineError(CopyvioCheckError):
@@ -243,16 +242,20 @@ class UnsupportedSearchEngineError(CopyvioCheckError):
     couldn't be imported.
 
     Raised by :py:meth:`Page.copyvio_check
-    <earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.CopyvioMixIn.copyvio_check>` and
-    :py:meth:`Page.copyvio_compare
-    <earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.CopyvioMixIn.copyvio_compare>`.
+    <earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.CopyvioMixIn.copyvio_check>`.
     """
 
 class SearchQueryError(CopyvioCheckError):
     """Some error ocurred while doing a search query.
 
     Raised by :py:meth:`Page.copyvio_check
-    <earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.CopyvioMixIn.copyvio_check>` and
-    :py:meth:`Page.copyvio_compare
-    <earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.CopyvioMixIn.copyvio_compare>`.
+    <earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.CopyvioMixIn.copyvio_check>`.
+    """
+
+class ParserExclusionError(CopyvioCheckError):
+    """A content parser detected that the given source should be excluded.
+
+    Raised internally by :py:meth:`Page.copyvio_check
+    <earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.CopyvioMixIn.copyvio_check>`; should not be
+    exposed in client code.
     """
diff --git a/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/parsers.py b/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/parsers.py
index cafc746..dbd103e 100644
--- a/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/parsers.py
+++ b/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/parsers.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from StringIO import StringIO
 import mwparserfromhell
 
 from earwigbot import importer
+from earwigbot.exceptions import ParserExclusionError
 
 bs4 = importer.new("bs4")
 nltk = importer.new("nltk")
diff --git a/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/workers.py b/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/workers.py
index 5230a44..4ba25bf 100644
--- a/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/workers.py
+++ b/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/workers.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from time import time
 from urllib2 import build_opener, URLError
 
 from earwigbot import importer
+from earwigbot.exceptions import ParserExclusionError
 from earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.markov import MarkovChain, MarkovChainIntersection
 from earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.parsers import get_parser
 from earwigbot.wiki.copyvios.result import CopyvioCheckResult, CopyvioSource
@@ -218,9 +219,15 @@ class _CopyvioWorker(object):
             except StopIteration:
                 self._logger.debug("Exiting: got stop signal")
                 return
-            text = self._open_url(source)
-            chain = MarkovChain(text) if text else None
-            source.workspace.compare(source, chain)
+
+            try:
+                text = self._open_url(source)
+            except ParserExclusionError:
+                source.skipped = source.excluded = True
+                source.finish_work()
+            else:
+                chain = MarkovChain(text) if text else None
+                source.workspace.compare(source, chain)
 
     def start(self):
         """Start the copyvio worker in a new thread."""