Exjex

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Copyright problems

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Eugene Gentlemen, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material without the permission of the author. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.eugenerugby.com/aboutus.html. As a copyright violation, Eugene Gentlemen appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Eugene Gentlemen 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:Eugene Gentlemen 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:Eugene Gentlemen 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:Eugene Gentlemen.

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. --Finngall ^talk 14:01, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

restored last version Eugene Gentlemen to your user space

Katr67 (talk · contribs) thought Eugene Gentlemen had a lot of potential, so she asked me to retrieve it from the deleted articles. I've put it in your user space at user:Exjex/Eugene Gentlemen so you can address the concerns tagged on the page. If you don't want it, just add {{prod|don't want it}} to the top of it and someone will delete it. —EncMstr 20:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

You can also use {{db-author}} to delete the page. Otherwise, if it is ready to be put back into main aricle space let me know and we'll make sure it gets moved properly. Happy editing! Katr67 (talk) 20:24, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

A couple of other things should be noted: While the copyright violation was the primary reason for my tagging the article for deletion, there is also the question of whether the club is notable enough to merit inclusion in an encyclopedia. The guidelines for notability can be found here. Also (in reply to your note on the article talk page), remember that Wikipedia is first and foremost an encyclopedia, not an advertising medium, and the text of the article here should reflect this. Linking to the club's page elsewhere is perfectly fine, but the article itself should not be promotional in nature. Finally, there are collections of fellow rugby enthusiasts here which can be found at WikiProject Rugby League and WikiProject Rugby Union. These folks have far more experience in rugby-specific articles than Katr67 and I do, and they should be able to provide further help in making the article the best it can be. --Finngall ^talk 22:56, 12 March 2008 (UTC)