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Does Wikipedia Hate Drag Queens?
I’m not sure how Wikipedia chooses images for its drag queen articles, but flattering photos are obviously not a priority.
The evidence is clear: Wikipedia is a threat to the well-being and looks of the drag community!
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2 responses to “Does Wikipedia Hate Drag Queens?”
Wikipedia has plenty of drag queen articles with great pictures:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuPaul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Coco_Peru
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Epperson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Shangay_Lily
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbette_%28performer%29The problem is that Wikipedia prefers amateur photos over no photos, so you end up with lots of subpar images. The best way to fix this problem is for drag queens to donate images of themselves to Wikipedia.
I’m sorry if anyone feel poorly represented by these awful unglamorous shots. If you have a better personal photo of a drag queen or want to release your own quality photo, then goto http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard and follow instructions. Remember that Wikipedia needs photos that are free for commercial reuse and derivatives.
If you have had particular problems you can email me to discuss them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Faelig or you can confidentially contact our volunteer helpers by email (I’m one of them) at info-en(at)wikimedia.org.
Fae
Wikimedia UK trustee
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