Amateur photographers hope to fix Wikipedia's 'terrible' pictures

Amateur photographers hope to fix Wikipedia's 'terrible' pictures 2 hours ago Share Save Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Share Save Wikipedia/Georges Biard/Frank Sun The actress Laetitia Dosch is one of those to benefit from an improved picture. Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world but, by the admission of some of its own volunteer editors, it suffers from a persistent problem - terrible pictures, particularly of celebrities. It is so full of notable people with very old or unflattering photographs that there are even Instagram accounts dedicated to the very worst ones. The problem arises because professional photographers who attend, for example, film premieres tend to work for big agencies: their work is copyrighted and you usually need to pay to reproduce it. Wikipedia - which is largely sustained by volunteers - does not have a budget for that. Some enthusiasts launched WikiPortraits, a project to recruit a group of volunteer photographers around the worl ... Read full article.