Yes, and as you're aware that has been a problem in the past when we've convinced MPs to donate high quality replacement images, only to have other editors want to restore poor quality and/or embarrassing pictures as well or instead.
2008/11/20 Gnangarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > One thing is we need to assure the subject if they provide a high quality > free licensed portrait image, we'll actually use it in the article in > preference to an image sourced off the street > > 2008/11/20 Sarah Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *Cough* This is something that I've been working on quietly and there is a >> real possibility that things will improve at a higher level than political >> parties. I can't really say very much on here because the important bits >> were shared in confidence but I am hopeful about next year and images are >> already starting to filter out slowly via this person (I received another >> one for a federal MP just today actually). >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Brianna Laugher < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have noticed for a while the difficulty that Wikipedia editors have >>> had in obtaining freely licensed photographs of Australian politicians >>> for their biographical articles. >>> >>> I think a good project for us might be to do some gentle (private) >>> lobbying to political parties and/or their branches to encourage them >>> to release a set of high quality portraits under a free license. >>> >>> The best case would be if we could get a party or parties to release a >>> bunch of photographs rather than individuals (a last approach), mostly >>> because it is much more efficient. >>> >>> I think it is a good project because it will be positive for both them >>> and us, it's very easy for us to point out the benefits for them, it >>> will further raise awareness of free licenses to politicians and the >>> work necessary to achieve it is mostly on-wiki and easily divisible, >>> making it easy for people to contribute even in small amounts. >>> Probably starting with current politicians and working backwards is >>> the easiest way to go. >>> >>> It could go something like this: >>> * Collate stats about articles via different ways of categorisation >>> (eg state, fed/state/local [in cities?], party) >>> * Prepare letters and arguments to help persuade parties and individuals >>> * Find and collect contacts in all the parties and at all levels of >>> government >>> * WMAU sends letters, phones people etc. >>> >>> So you can imagine this is one case where having a body behind a >>> letter might hopefully be more persuasive than an individual. >>> >>> We have lots of starting points already -- >>> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_politicians >>> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australian_politics >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> cheers, >>> Brianna >>> >>> >>> -- >>> They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: >>> http://modernthings.org/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> > > > -- > GN. > http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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