[WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/1/27 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
> 2009/1/27 Philip Sandifer <snowspinner at gmail.com>:
>
>> As I said, I'm sure there is context - I would assume it was from the
>> Taipei Wikimania, etc. And that it is cropped so that it looks more
>> feminine than it probably actually did.
>> Still, the BBC picked a photo where he appears to be wearing a dress.
>> And this was not for lack of other options.
>
>
> BBC journalists are actually very nice people, and (because they're
> not working for advertisers) do try very hard to do a good job.
> However, they've had so many ridiculous cutbacks that stuff is done
> very fast and semicompetently. This is why the writing on
> news.bbc.co.uk verges on the semiliterate these days. Thankfully
> they're willing to take corrections.
>
> But I would suggest assuming good faith, i.e. it really was the first
> picture they found in the pile.

I think it's a good photo - having our founder wearing non-Western
clothing shows how international we are.