I *believe* Wikipedians are already trying to do this. I'll ping them and see if that effort is still ongoing.
Best, --Ed
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Worth a try, though licensing would be an issue. Unless she has the time to declare it CC-BY.....
Joe
On Wednesday, 3 June 2015, Andrew Sherman asherman@wikimedia.org wrote:
So we are waiting to publish the Caitlyn Jenner story; it still needs a lead image.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Caitlyn_Jenner
Would it be possible to tweet at her new twitter handle @Caitlyn_Jenner asking for an updated image for Wikipedia?
Copy could be something like " Hello Caitlyn, Wikipedia doesn't have a current image of you. Can you take a selfie for us?"
Just a thought Heather, Sam, and I had.
What do you guys think?
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