User:CaroleHenson/Find a Grave summary points

From a discussion at Template talk:Find a Grave regarding updating the content on the Template:Find a Grave page.

Key points are:


 * 1) Use of Find a Grave as a reference or external link is limited and context dependent

Reference:
 * 1) Find a Grave is not a reliable source for biographical information.
 * 2) It can only be used as a source for memorial data when all conditions are met:
 * 3) There are no fully reliable sources which may be used
 * 4) At least one of the two:
 * 5) There is a photograph of a gravestone (See also  Verifiability of a reliable source) - or -
 * 6) The record was created by the Veterans Administration (VA), Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) or American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
 * 7) The pages for the person do not have unlicensed copyright information (e.g., professional portrait photography or copies of obituaries from a newspaper)
 * 8) If it cannot be used as a reference, then the Find a Grave reference should be replaced with a  tag or a more reliable source

External links:
 * 1) Find a Grave can be used as an external link if it meets the following conditions:
 * 2) At least one of the three:
 * 3) A gravestone photograph is on the website - or -
 * 4) The person is a designated "famous person", thereby subject to Find a Grave editorial control - or -
 * 5) The record was created by the Veterans Administration (VA), Commonwealth Graves Commission (CGC) or American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
 * 6) The pages for the person do not have unlicensed copyright inform1ation (e.g., professional portrait photography or copies of obituaries from a newspaper)
 * 7) The scenario is not one of the restrictions on linking
 * 8) Find a Grave is not used as a reference
 * 9) There is information on the site that is not covered by the Wikipedia article
 * 10) There is not a circular reference to Wikipedia (WP:FORK and WP:CIRCULAR)
 * 11) Remove existing External links where the criteria is not met

Important links

 * Template:Find a Grave
 * Reliable sources noticeboard: Find a Grave
 * External links/Perennial websites
 * Find a Grave famous people