Nomadhart
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Richard Hart (Caribbean activist)
editThe article was deleted as a copyright violation, so I cannot restore it even to a user sub-page. I can email the text to you, if you like, but it is probably simpler just to give you a link to the source at http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/UWENews/article.asp?item=540.
Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text, or even somewhat-modified variations - see WP:Copy-paste - unless a formal copyright release has been made, as described in WP:Copyrights#Contributors' rights and obligations. It would probably be simpler for you to write an article in your own words, which could cite that, and the other links you provided, as a source. As you are new to Wikipedia, I suggest you start with a draft in your user-space, at User:Nomadhart/Richard Hart (Caribbean activist) - just click on that "redlink" and it will open up a window for you to type in. That may not be an ideal title for an article - what is needed is one that will "disambiguate" him from the others listed at Richard Hart.
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As the subject is your grandfather you have, technically, a WP:Conflict of interest, but provided you explain your relationship that should not be a problem. From the UWE page, he clearly meets the WP:Notability standard.
Regards, JohnCD (talk) 15:54, 5 September 2010 (UTC)