[Wikimedia-l] Staff Images

[Hydriz Scholz]

Hi, a few things...

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Eddy Paine <blogginged at outlook.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> While its maybe not something for the whole community. Since only Staff
> can edit Wikimedia Foundation website I believe this will be the correct
> place to post this.
>

There are volunteers that can also edit the Wikimedia Foundation website.
Such accounts can be requested at [[m:WMFACCOUNT]]. Also, the (more)
correct place to post this is to create a section at [[m:FWF]] so that
people with accounts on the Wikimedia Foundation wiki can look into it and
process your request


> I feel that the staff images on the Foundation site should show the staff
> in a good way where nobody can have a problem with it. The images being
> made by professionals for that.
> I believe the image Brandon Harris is using since this night is not
> suitable for a staff picture. The ink he is showing can discourage people
> and the picture is all but neutral. Secondly he isn't even really on the
> picture his is faded out.
> I would strongly advice to keep the images there proffesional.
>

I would agree with this, the new picture fades his face out, which would
defeat the purpose of properly identifying the person in particular. I am
going to let someone else change it though :)


> Ed
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Hydriz

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