--- Timwi <timwi(a)gmx.net> wrote:
The idea itself is pretty good, but the page already
demonstrates that
it doesn't really work because almost everybody is going to try to be
special and either distort their image beyond recognition (e.g.
LordSuryaofShropshire) or use something that barely even depicts their
self (e.g. Anth�re). To a non-Wikipedian, this kind of thing reinforces
the belief that Wikipedia is run/controlled by a bunch of weirdos.
Timwi
Huh? There are one or two which are a little dark, and yes
LordSuryaofShropshire has played around with his photo a bit, but the vast
majority are straight shots. I think that the facebook illustrates that
there's nothing magical about us as individuals, but that a bunch of disparate
and widely separated (geographically and culturally) people can come together
to do something amazing.
I've become a little obsessive about headgear recently (because of wikipedia),
so I would have to say that the fact that Anthere has chosen a shot of herself
wearing a cheche which (I believe) tells you something of her cultural heritage
probably tells you more about her than if it had been a plain photo - just like
Andrewa's photo shows he plays the drums and Tannin's shows he's a
photographer.
I really can't see that this page makes wikipedia seem more weird than all the
userpages do that these images were harvested from.
Fabi.
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