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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Acquanetta.jpg

The following message is copied from my talk page, as notice should have been posted here instead. Postdlf 15:53, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Acquanetta.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

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[edit] October 2007

The edit I made to the article on Acquanetta was removed with the statement "extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof." In fact, the story of her life as published is the extraordinary claim. I am available at <telephone number removed> to discuss the facts, and I have the photographs. Anyone can go verify records in Newberry, SC. You can speak directly to Justice Ernest Finney, retired chief justice of the SC Supreme Court, who lives in Sumter, SC. You can speak to retired Judge Horace A. Davenport who lives in Norristown, PA. You can speak to Kitty Davenport who lives in San Francisco, CA. You can go back and do an internet research in more depth and find many of the facts. I have physical proofs in my possession at home in Baltimore, MD. You will not find any evidence of the claims she was ever given up for adoption, but you will find pictures of her with her sisters. Moreover, several nieces bear striking resemblance to her. Try Dr. Diane Barnes of San Francisco, former professor at Stanford Medical school, for instance. You want more proof? There's plenty. Call me if you doubt it.

Omnist 14:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)Ric Moore, son of Carolyn Davenport Moore

It is a basic pillar of Wikipedia that everything added here is first, and foremost verifiable by independent and reliable sources. Everything you suggested is an example of original research, which is not a reliable source. Even if I was to call and interview you or examine the pictures I would be performing original research myself. If there are physical birth records or other official information that can conclusively show that she was born in Pennsylvania or South Carolina and not adopted from Chenyenne, then by all means, those will be gladly accepted, and the article can be updated accordingly. But until then, all we have to go on are the articles and obituaries (such as this that claim she was born in Cheyenne and adopted). When you are ready, please present your sources here. Thank you - CosmicPenguin (Talk) 01:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)