On Wikipedia.org, When You Search A Celebrity, There Is A Picture, How Do You Change It?

Question

For Kajol, I don't like the picture.

Answer 1

If you are Kajol, just upload a few nice pictures of yourself with a open source license to Wikimedia Commons. Your fans will take care of the rest. I have changed the image to a more attractive one from Wikimedia Commons, but the copyright license on that one is shaky. Upload a few more under an open source license and Wikipedia editors will have a selection to chose from. The reason we don't have good images of celebrities is because it can be difficult to get good pictures if the celebrity is not out in public much or avoids letting herself be photographed. If you have trouble finding an image, make an appointment with a Wikipedia editor who lives near you and let them take some pictures. Or perhaps your husband could take a few pictures and upload them.

To change the image after you upload it you just change the name of the image and the new one will load, even if it is on Wikimedia Commons. Before you start editing the Wikipedia article on yourself take a good look at "Wikipedia:Conflict of interest". It is easy to make yourself look foolish if you start editing your own article. Generally, if you have a suggestion about the article on you, it is best to leave a note on the discussion page rather than editing it yourself. With respect to images, look at the section "Photographs and media files"; it has some good tips for you.

Answer 2

Kajol has nice and descriptive pictures which clearly show who she is. I'm sorry if you don't like them, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a place to flatter celebrities needlessly. Also, the picture must be released into the public domain before Wikipedia can use it. Few celebrity photographers do this, and thus it's real hard to find ANYTHING for many famous people. Snap your own, perhaps?

If you want to learn the WikiMedia editing system:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:H...