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A tag has been placed on Ray Rogers (labor activist) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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A tag has been placed on Ray Rogers (labor activist) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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February 2011

Your addition to Ray Rogers (labor activist) has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. nancy 16:07, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

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Hello, Gwirth. You have new messages at Nancy's talk page.
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Re Ray Rogers

First, good work on starting the Ray Rogers page ... I've added the University category (Category:University of Massachusetts alumni) ... however, it would be best if we were specific. Do you know, or can find out, which campus (of the five-campuses) he earned his degree? Thx -- Luigibob (talk) 19:01, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Gwirth ... good to know you. Yes, while I'm not an Admin, I took off the tag after I found a few citations & the external link to Democracy Now! Moreover, I made links to the award winning American Dream (which I've edited quite a bit). To be sure there is a steep learning curve to mastering the ins and outs of editing on Wiki .... in fact I was alerted to your editing because you linked to the wrong Ray Rogers on American Dream (it's on my watch list, needless to say) ...Regardless, the cat is notable, and the other editors/Admins were able to see that (or so I believe). There's many reasons why your article was dealt as it was. I made the same kind of mistakes when I edited my first article (I was not writing from a neutral POV). It appears you are interested in labor and social issues (as I am) so I would edit pages (see Labor Portal) to get a handle on editing before starting a NEW page. Or, you'll run into the same kinds of problems and get frustrated. If you need any help do get in touch, and if you need an Admin I've got a good relationship with a few. Remember try to cite everything you can. For the sake of the Wiki project I hope your recent edits (focused on one person) are not a one time deal. For me it's a nice hobby. ♦ Luigibob ♦ ^{"Talk to Luigi!"} 05:24, 9 February 2011 (UTC)