"On Wednesday (February 18), Mike Hadreas, the artist better known as Perfume Genius, posted a desperate plea on X: "Can someone please change my Wikipedia pictures? How do you do it? It's haunted me for years." What was then his artist photo dated back nearly a decade to 2017. (Hadreas' frequent collaborator Blake Mills also caught a stray). Musicians have long suffered in silence at the capricious whims of Wikipedia editors. Artist photos on the site are almost always out of date, unflattering, or both."
"Just be sure the image is freely licensed, which means you either took the picture yourself or you have the express permission of whoever took it. Via Social Media: Post a suitable picture on Instagram, X, Facebook, or another social media platform with a licensing statement in the caption. The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-SA 4.0) ensures that you're still credited in all future uses."
Mike Hadreas (Perfume Genius) publicly asked for help to replace a nearly decade-old Wikipedia artist photo from 2017. The outdated image affected both Hadreas and collaborator Blake Mills. Many musicians experience similarly outdated or unflattering photos on Wikipedia. Swedish pop star Zara Larsson has engaged in an ongoing edit conflict over her page's photo. Some high-profile artist pages fall under extended confirmed protection, which restricts public editing and requires high-level users or administrators to make changes. Replacing a photo requires a freely licensed image, achievable by posting with a clear license on social media or obtaining photographer permission.
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