ReaganBrown

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ReaganBrown, you are invited to the Co-op!

Hi there! ReaganBrown, you are invited to The Co-op, a gathering place for editors where you can find mentors to help you build and improve Wikipedia. If you're looking for an editor who can help you out, please join us! I JethroBT (I'm a Co-op mentor) This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 17:40, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I have been assigned to you as your WP:CO-OP mentor. According to your profile, you're interested in technical editing, so you if you have any questions, you can just ask them right here by clicking the edit button. I will be watching your talk page, so I'll see it when you ask. Thanks and welcome! –Fredddie™ 21:16, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Delino DeShields with the Texas Rangers in the 2015 season.jpg

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Replaceable fair use File:Delino DeShields with the Texas Rangers in 2015.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Delino DeShields with the Texas Rangers in 2015.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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Actually, on a second look, I saw that it was sourced to Getty Images, a commercial photo provider. Fair use claims of such images aren't ever considered valid on Wikipedia, except where the image itself is the subject of sourced commentary, rather than the person that the image depicts. Accordingly, I deleted it myself under speedy deletion criterion F7. —Cryptic 00:58, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Delino DeShields, Jr.

Thank you for your edit regarding the birthplace of Delino DeShields, Jr.. As you are aware, some reliable sources including the one we would expect to be highly reliable - the Texas Rangers Baseball Club official web site - give a birthplace as Gaston, Georgia, a place that doesn't seem to exist (any more?). As you pointed out, at least one reliable source says he was born in College Park. Another says he was born in Norcross. If you have a definitive source, such as a birth announcement or other primary source, consider posting it at Talk:Delino DeShields, Jr.#Birthplace? for discussion.

Given the uncertainty, I reverted your edit so it shows the best single source available so far, that of the baseball club's official web site. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 03:53, 13 September 2015 (UTC)