They’d run afoul of the whole “editing your own article” restrictions.
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sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 month ago
Darwin almighty if a celeb wants their photo changed on Wikipedia all they have to do is submit a decent photo they’ve taken themselves.
The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 1 month ago
sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 month ago
They don’t need to edit the article, just submit a decent photo to wikimedia. The editing can be done by others as soon as the portrait has been uploaded.
WimpyWoodchuck@feddit.org 1 month ago
As did Brian David Gilbert:
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 1 month ago
and none of those are the ones currently used on his article lol
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 1 month ago
honestly you aren’t wrong. I’d guess it’s just a case of the Wikipedia photo being a bottom priority for them, but then you would think “update Wikipedia photo” would be somewhere on every publicist’s to-do list. Maybe this project will encourage more publicists to explore how to do this.
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
The bad photos are just because of the wiki license requirements, it’s why there are a lot of military photos on Wikipedia because they’re all public domain by default.