User talk:Francis Stephen

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Collingwood Lighting: Over 100 years of design-led innovation


A tag has been placed on Draft:Collingwood Lighting: Over 100 years of design-led innovation requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.collingwoodlighting.com/en/company-history. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material 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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August 2020
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