Leahtwosaints

▲In some cases I've uploaded more than one photo of the same person, (usually for articles where I am a lead editor of sorts), and search for photos for other editors who request my help. I only seek photographs for articles showing a need for them. I am opposed to blindly uploading photos, just because they have a free image or [[Creative Commons]] licenses unless a photographer allows us to upload their portfolio here. It isn't fair to other editors in Commons here to be stuck evaluating them, and trying to sort them out. Also, it isn't fair to press photographers for more than we need. With a [[CC-BY-SA]] license, they only recieve credit for their names and a photostream at best. This is their work and income; it isn't fair to them to be greedy, when they are kind and forthcoming with their work.

▲Half of my time usually involves finding photos for the articles which have none. I email the photographers, explain Creative Commons, and ask that they change their copyright licenses to a CC-BY-SA choice and upload them to the waiting articles, (which usually need work in anticipation of the photographs). I usually pick and am building 6-12 biographical articles about musicians, 98% of the time in the en.Wikipedia. Some of those articles I contributed to in 2006 have IP Adresses instead of a Username. I registered with a username in 2007, and have contributed to several GA and FA ranked articles. It's difficult to write, edit, and decorate those biographies about living persons, because they continue to change, evolve, and require constant work to keep updated. Both the Cat Stevens/Yusuf article and others I've helped along to a distinctive level often lose their status because of the ongoing requirement to update and improve upon them. As of September, 2009 I'd uploaded over 600 images and placed all but six of them on the Wikipedia articles that apply to them. By March, 2011, more than 1,300 photos fall into that category.