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Franco Fortunato

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Speedy deletion nomination of Franco Fortunato

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A tag has been placed on Franco Fortunato 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://www.jeromechouseartgallery.com/franco-fortunato. 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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Fortunato looks to be a fantastic artist, and could well merit an article here, but we cannot accept copyright text in articles (except as very brief quotes). This is because Wikipedia is licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 for reuse by anyone anywhere and only subject to acknowledging Wikipedia as the source. Text from a website that doesn't carry this licence is copyright and not compatible with the licence. Please see WP:COPYVIO for more details. I would advise reading WP:ARTIST about notability for artists, and WP:RS about the reliable independent sources needed to prove the notability, and then writing an article in fresh words (keeping well away from the gallery's text) in a style suitable for here. Look at pages for other artists to get an idea. What I've said about text also applies to images, although there might be a case under 'fair use' for a small size image. Get the text sorted first. Good luck. I wish I could afford his pictures. Peridon (talk) 16:02, 23 October 2014 (UTC)Reply