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Speedy deletion nomination of Maura McGiveney

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A tag has been placed on Maura McGiveney requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://articles.latimes.com/1990-11-17/news/mn-4310_1_maura-mcgiveney. 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. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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November 2013

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I did, but looking again, it's probably OK. I made these edits, mainly generally formatting, linking etc Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:57, 19 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

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