WikiPortraits: Improving Photos on Wikipedia

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duxup · 11h ago

I don't want to take this too far off course but I don't care about photos of famous people ...

I wish Wikipedia had more photos for locations. So many times I'll look up a location and get some crusty photo of a government building, sometimes a disused one. That's the best they can do?

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WikiPortraits: Improving Photos on Wikipedia

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