Talk:Kim Janey

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This woman is going to be the freaking Mayor of Boston!! We need more stuff. For example, pictures, an exact birthday and more biographical information! Step it up! — Preceding unsigned comment added by JG4236 (talk • contribs) 18:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I have added more details. Agreed that photo is needed.--PMCH2 (talk) 04:37, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I have just added a photo on Commons. Fakescientist8000 (talk) 12:58, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

We still need to find a photo and I'm also wondering if she will continue to be a member of the City Council while she is Acting Mayor.Juliantrevor (talk) 17:56, 29 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Unless we can find one on Commons that's in the public, it's unlikely we may get one. Fakescientist8000 (talk) 14:37, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

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Why is there no picture that comes up for the historic mayor of Boston the largest city in New England? MohammadK12 (talk) 08:43, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * There is now, but it had nothing to do with her being historic. If no public domain image can be found for a living subject, there will not be an image of them on Wikipedia. I, fortunately, found an image of her that was taken by the office of a US congressman, and, therefore, is public domain. SecretName101 (talk) 02:34, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Also I will note that, she is not formally "mayor". Boston's charter declares that there is a difference in its government between mayors and acting mayors. They are not the same role. It is unusual, since in many cities acting mayors are mayors nonetheless. But in Boston these are different roles. Janey has deliberately disregarded this (it's much nicer to be called mayor than acting mayor, and it was seen as helping her chances at mayoral election if she were seen as "mayor" rather than "acting mayor"), and made an intentional effort to call herself "mayor" instead of "acting mayor". And most of the media (and even many other politicians) have gone along with it for various reasons. She is historic nonetheless, no person of color or woman has ever served as an executive (acting or permanent) of Boston before her. I honestly rue the likelihood that her successor will, in deference to Janey, call themselves the city's "56th" mayor, throwing off the popular numbering convention completely (which excluded all those who served as never-elected acting mayors prior to Janey, and therefore should exclude Janey from the count too). Not because I feel Janey deserves to be excluded, but because I feel that the number convention should ideally be consistent and make sense. SecretName101 (talk) 00:32, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I will note, in the years since we've gotten a great amount of public domain imagery available on Commons as a result of my work to find and upload public domain images of figures such as Janey. I've sifted through and uploaded images from the official offices/accounts of statewide and federal officeholders from Mass. I've been able to assemble a treasure trove of photos of Janey that are in the public domain. SecretName101 (talk) 18:19, 3 August 2023 (UTC)