On 10/02/07, Rich Holton richholton@gmail.com wrote:
Brad Patrick wrote:
Be creative. Celebrities are people too, and they love Wikipedia. Have you tried asking them for a free image?
Right. It's very possible that, with the continuing growth of Wikipedia, any up-and-coming celebrity would be eager to have a free image shown.
Maybe we should start using some sort of place-holder image for living people without free images. It could show a typical generic shadow bust, with "No free image available" written in bold letters.
That's a fantastic idea that I can't believe we haven't done already. Hopefully it might also reduce the dodgy copyrighted images that get uploaded for image-free biographies, too.
Go forth! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:No_free_image_man_%28en%29.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:No_free_image_woman_%28en%29.svg
cheers, Brianna user:pfctdayelise