How do you add somebodys picture to their Wikipedia Page?
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I just made a wikipedia and i'm so mind blown that some important people dont have pictures on their wikipedia pages, so i wanted to add a picture of them to it. Can somebody tell ...show more
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Answer:
It sounds like you are a perfect new recruit for the Wikipedia nightmare. You're all starry-eyed and "ready to serve" in the name of "knowledge". But, I recommend that you sit back a minute and ask yourself -- does the person with a biography on Wikipedia really WANT their picture up there, where it could be vandalized or replaced with a close-up picture of female genitalia? Also, do you have the rights to or access to photo images that are freely licensed? Most pictures are copyrighted in some way, and they are not authorized for use on Wikipedia. So, I would simply halt in your tracks. Even the use of your phrase, "I just made a wikipedia", tells us that you're not at the level where you need to be to enter into the ugly, disfigured community that is Wikipedia.
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You don't. For various reasons, you shouldn't add a picture of a living person to someone's Wikipedia page. You can get in trouble for defamation of character, violating license conditions for the photo, or simply posting an unflattering photograph. Also, Wikimedia Commons has pictures of pornography and naked people, and Robert Harris got hired as an example of corruption and graft in an effort to defend this pornography. I'd better get thumbs-up for this answer from the Wikipedia Review crowd since it's exactly the answer they'd give.
Death Panelist
Well, you're not the first to be surprised "that some important people don't have pictures on their Wikipedia pages." A New York Times reporter wondered the same thing. To answer your question, what you first have to do is upload the picture to Wikipedia if it's not on there already (or on Wikimedia Commons). To do that, you need to be a registered user and logged in. From there it's a simple matter of clicking the "Upload file" link (hidden away under the "Toolbox" link in the new Vector skin), and following the steps. Then, you go to the page and add text along the lines of [[Image:Hank Aaron 1978.jpg|thumb|left|Hank Aaron during his visit to the [[White House]], August 5, 1978.]] to the page and click Save page. But there's no guarantee there won't be any bad consequences from such an action, either the important person being angry with you for good reason, or the Wikipediots being angry with you for no good reason. The best thing you can do is write a letter to the important person's manager and let them worry about it.
Robert S
Most people so far have given far better answers to this question than I can, but here's the basics: You need to sign up for a free account. Then you find a fair picture with no copyright on it (that can be tricky). Then you upload it to Wikipedia as whole so that it becomes available for Wikipedia use (you'll have to perform some steps here where you state clearly that there's no copyright on the pictures, otherwise it'll likely be taken down quickly). Then you go to the person's Wikipedia page, hit edit, and add the newly uploaded picture in where you see fit, resizing if necessary.
Osama Bin Laden
Maybe u should try to contact the wikipedia office.
Ishan M
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