Talk:Suicide of Rebecca Sedwick

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Should this page be called Rebecca Ann Sedwick rather than Suicide of Rebecca Ann Sedwick??? GrimRob (talk) 22:20, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Photo: reliability?
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)
 * The same photo is used here in a New York Times article, so I think it's pretty reasonable to assume it's a depiction of Sedwick. Proper licensing is a separate question. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:13, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * 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)

Surname
@Python Drink: the guideline is WP:SURNAME and so thank you for the updates. Elizium23 (talk) 21:21, 14 December 2022 (UTC)


 * oh thank you so much for pointing me to a guideline! &mdash; Python Drink (talk) 21:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)