Bogwarrior
Welcome to Wikipedia! edit
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A tag has been placed on Ray Foley, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (below the existing db tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.
For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 18:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Concerning your contribution, Ray Foley, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.todayfm.com/Article.asp?id=106209. As a copyright violation, Ray Foley appears to qualify for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Ray Foley has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. For text material, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source, provided that it is credible.
If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:
- If you have permission from the author leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Ray Foley and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
- If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Ray Foley with a link to where we can find that note.
- If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Ray Foley.
However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Deranged bulbasaur 19:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Ray Foley page edit
Hi, Bogwarrior!
I put that banner on the Ray Foley page because the text came directly from another website. Wikipedia has a strict policy about copyrighted material. If Ray is a notable figure (and I have no opinion one way or the other), what you will probably want to do is create a page in your userspace. There you can create and edit to your heart's content until you feel it's worthy of publishing in the main article space. Take a look at how to write your first article for more tips and information.
As a side note, when you put a note on another person's page, it's customary to use the "+" link or add the comment to the end of the page.
Thanks! Happy Editing! And I look forward to when the Ray Foley page is up and running! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 22:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)