[WikiEN-l] NYT: Wikipedia May Be a Font of Facts, but It’s a Desert for Photos

[Durova]

Yes, that's how we got the featured picture of Michele Merkin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michele_Merkin_1.jpg

Would you like to follow up on that idea?

-Durova

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Magnus Manske
<magnusmanske at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Has there ever been a concerted effort to contact some celebrity
> agents and suggest picture submissions?
>
> Like:
> Your client XYZ has an article on Wikipedia [accessed N times in the
> last month, if that data is available], but no/bad photo. We'd be
> happy to display a picture of your choice if you can release one under
> a free license, e.g., cc-by-sa.
>
> I'm sure many agents would at least try to pry a decent picture from
> the hands of a photographer for this.
>
> Magnus
>
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