AlexF54

Copyright problems with The Hartford Racing

Hello. Concerning your contribution, The Hartford Racing, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://rcrracing.com/messageboards/trans/displayShortMsgRpt.asp?type=1&id=4059, http://hartfordauto.thehartford.com/Hartford-RCR-Racing/About-Hartford-Racing/. As a copyright violation, The Hartford Racing appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. The Hartford Racing has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

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 Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:

• If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:The Hartford Racing and send an email with the message to permissions-enwikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
• If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at Talk:The Hartford Racing with a link to where we can find that note.
• If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:The Hartford Racing.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. JNW (talk) 21:24, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

The Hartford Racing

You have two choices: you may contact the copyright holder and ask him to donate the copyrighted material to Wikipedia or you can re-write the article from scratch, based on what independent reliable sources have written about The Hartford Racing. (For what it's worth, I recommend the latter.)

To donate copyrighted materials, please read WP:DCM and follow the instructions on that page. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 22:11, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of The Hartford Racing

The article The Hartford Racing has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Promotional article created by an SPA that is now out of date but no less spammy.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 21:10, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of The Hartford Racing for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Hartford Racing is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Hartford Racing until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)