User talk:Brokennews

Kimiko Hahn
Hey Brokennews. I saw your recent edit to Kimiko Hahn, which removed the image from the infobox. That image is representative of the subject matter and fully licensed for use on Wikimedia projects, so I was wondering why you removed it. Please reply here (see Talk page) or at my user talk page. Thanks. haz (talk) 20:40, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Haz--heard she would prefer publisher's author photo. It is a weird pix. 21:03, 25 Septmber 2008 (UTC)

PS--author phot from W.w. Norton used to be on this site. It's a photo by Colleen McKay. 21:13, 25 Septmber 2008


 * Hey again. I can't find any record of the "original" photo that you refer to. Could you please point out its Wikipedia image name, or a link to the image if it hasn't been uploaded? If it needs uploading then I will happily take care of the licensing/fair use issues where necessary.
 * By the way, on talk pages, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ) at the end of your comment.  If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button [[Image:Signature_icon.png]] located above the edit window.  This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. haz (talk) 11:46, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Haz--the photo by Colleen McKay is on this website: www.nortonpoets.com/hahnk.htm 9:26, 26 September 2008 Brokennews (talk) 13:26, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Kimiko Hahn
Hi Brokennews. We aren't a publicity site, but an encyclopedia, so putting a message directing people to a place where they can find a photo of Kimiko that she likes is verboten. It's not done anywhere else, and can't be done here.

About a year ago Kimiko wrote me and said that she disliked the image. I told her no problem, took the image down and said that there were a couple of ways to rectify this issue: 1) I can help her upload a photograph that she owns the copyright to that she likes (which I assume is not the Norton one); or 2) jog over to CUNY and take a different one. She never replied. It can't be too hard to have a family member, friend or student quickly snap a shot she likes if her public image is as important to her as it appears to be.

We're trying to build an encyclopedia. We want Kimiko's article to be a credit to her, as well as to ourselves, but Kimiko's wishes are secondary to the ultimate goal of this project, which can be found here. That includes illustrating the articles with images. I've offered to work with her, but she ostensibly is uninterested. -- >David  Shankbone  19:44, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi David, Just deleted photo on behalf of Hahn. She likes your photos in general but not this one. I will try to get her to add to the store of photos by uploading one. I'm not sure she is uninterested as not computer savvy. I will nudge. Thanks. Brokennews 24.190.86.248 (talk) 19:54, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I offered to help her; or to meet her since we both live in New York, so I'm unsure what computer skills were required. I would have made it very easy for her.  She just has to own the copyright in order to release it Creative Commons or find 10 or 15 minutes to meet up and take some shots. -- >David  Shankbone  19:57, 25 September 2009 (UTC)