On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Sam Blacketer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/6/09, K. Peachey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Yes, but why *that* picture of Jimmy? >> >> I would say that BBC gets all their photos though Getty Images, and >> thats just the image that they had on file when BBC first wanted one >> so that became their file photo for jimbo and has never updated it. >> > > BBC News online has always preferred to use wierd/odd pictures to ordinary > looking ones. If it's someone for whom there are a lot of images, they will > always use the one taken mid-grimace, or when they were wearing a silly hat, > or when someone in a gorilla suit was behind them.
Getty have quite a lot of Jimmy pics. I like this one: Image number: 81165277 Can't work out how to link to it, but the caption says (only quoting first bit): "SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT- MAY 20: Jimmy Wales, founder and chair emritus of Wikia, USA, looks on during the closing session of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East..." [Have they confused Wikipedia and Wikia?] And he's in profile, holding a pen. Of course, it's easier to reuse the picture you have on file already. Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
