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The photo (allegedly) of the article subject,
File:Rebecca Sedwick 01.jpg, was transferred from
Find a Grave and used here under
WP:NFCC. Find a Grave is listed in
WP:RS/P as unreliable as a reference, and consists of
user-generated content. If this content is unreliable with no editorial oversight, then who on Wikipedia has verified that the photo is indeed a depiction of Sedwick? Should we really be in the habit of lifting content from an unreliable source?
Elizium23 (
talk)
04:56, 13 September 2019 (UTC)reply
I agree, you raise an important point about licensing. A user-generated site is susceptible to license-washing, where a file's original copyright and license status may be obscured by the party who copies and re-uploads it. Would it not be wiser for uploaders here to use reputable sources such as the NYT link you cite, and thereby reduce the risk of infringement? Then again, the way journalism is these days, NYT may have cribbed the photo from Facebook or FindAGrave in the first place...
Elizium23 (
talk)
22:08, 14 September 2019 (UTC)reply