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I'll add that one of the challenges with this kind of work (particularly on obscure players) is that the internet spreads misinformation or wrong information and it's hard to suss out what is correct and authoritative even on otherwise excellent sources.
Our process on the Biographical Research Committee is to submit information to Bill Carle and he will give final say and publish in the newsletter. Then that info is added to the respective player page on baseball-reference.
Consider any biographical information on baseball-reference to be authoritative and up-to-date.
If you see any biographical details from other sources that do not match baseball-reference (ie. findagrave, BR Bullpen, Baseball Almanac, Wikipedia etc), it means they are either out-of-date, incorrect, or have not been vetted and proven to be correct.
For photos, the process at the Pictorial Committee is to send to Mark Fimoff and Bill Hickman, with source info. Then the photos end up posted on this board. I maintain my own version of tnfoto's spreadsheet and update with the finds that show up here. Cinemaodyssey has been doing the best work in this field (finding missing player photos) the last few years as I've shifted to biographical research primarily.
I know it's been discussed how best to get photos added to baseball-reference and remove wrong photos, but we've never settled on anything concrete.
I would say that if a photo of a missing player is posted on this board, it has been vetted and is correct - though Cinemaodyssey and a few other folks have been doing a thorough review and have found the odd mistake (or unvetted photo - I'm looking at you John Fox).
So for bio info - trust baseball-reference.com and for photos trust this board.
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