Talk:Joe Pepitone

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Childhood

I feel that this is a very good article, as it is clear and concise, with many references. It seems to me, however, that this article could use some more information in respect to the subject's childhood, as well as the gaps between the years 1973 and 1982. - Citizen Dick 18:46, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

How about adding a picture of Joe? I don't know how to do so and I don't want to mess the page up by trying. Could this baseball card picture be used? Link -> http://i1.iofferphoto.com/img/1164009600/_i/15367872/1.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.228.175 (talk) 03:11, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has rules about when a copyrighted photo like the one you suggest can be used in a biographical article. Take a look at our copyright violation user information page for the rules. We can only use copyrighted images in very rare cases (listed here) - but basically, if there's any possibility of getting a free image that provides the same information, we wouldn't use a copyrighted image. Since someone could go take a picture of Mr. Pepitone right now and release it as free content, it would be against Wikipedia policy to use a non-free image.

Thanks for asking first, though - many people just jump in and are surprised or even hurt when their addition is removed, often because they confuse "content available on the Internet" with "free content". It's not quite that simple. Cheers! --NellieBly (talk) 03:23, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NellieBly thank you for the speedy response and the private message. I thought that perhaps the picture of his baseball card would come under 'fair use'. I will check out the links you provided and look into other photo options that would meet with Wikipedia rules. - Matt on Cape Cod