Talk:Q5006102

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Autodescription — CGP Grey (Q5006102)

description: Irish-American YouTuber and podcaster
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Wikidata:living people applies[edit]

Please respect CGP Grey`s privacy. He has clearly stated on multiple occasions that he wishes to stay anonymous. Part of that is that his real/full name is generally not public knowledge and no pictures are publicly available of this YouTube personality. 84.46.53.206 21:12 UTC, 9 February 2019‎

In line with this, `pseudonym` has been added. Arlo Barnes (talk) 17:00, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Image should not be included[edit]

I removed the image a few days ago, but Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) re-added it. Grey stated on an enwiki talk page (en:Talk:CGP Grey/Archive 1#An image of his face, spoiler alert) that he prefers his image not be on Wikipedia, and that should be respected per BLP. And because Wikipedia often draws images from Wikidata his face should not be here either. ―Jochem van Hees (talk) 00:57, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Support per Wikidata:BLP. Dexxor (talk) 09:23, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose I see no reason to delete the image here. The image is still included under valid license on Wikimedia Commons, so we can use it here as well. --Gymnicus (talk) 18:01, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Gymnicus: Sure we can, the question is if we should. And I just gave a reason. ―Jochem van Hees (talk) 20:27, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Weak support removal of image per Wikidata:BLP and Resolution on living people. The subject has made a specific request for the image to not appear in Wikipedia and image (P18) statements are automatically copied to several Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects. This would be covered by item 2 of the resolution, "Taking human dignity and respect for personal privacy into account when adding or removing information, especially in articles of ephemeral or marginal interest." The subject's appearance is not particularly related to their notability, as their voice is the primary means of public identification. The image would therefore seem to be a factoid of ephemeral or marginal interest. From Hill To Shore (talk) 23:45, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
An apt expression here is, "closing the door after the horse has bolted." Meaning, regardless of what we do here, his image is already widely available. If you search for "CGP Grey" on Google, an image from outside of Wikimedia is at the top of the results. I have changed my !vote to weak support as even though the principle of respecting privacy of a living person is correct, our decision here only hides his image from those who search within Wikimedia. Anyone searching using an external search engine should find his image instantly. From Hill To Shore (talk) 10:51, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Weak oppose I am not sure what the standard practice is, but hasn't he only asked for his image to be removed from Wikipedia, or actually only from English Wikipedia? Hundreds of our data reusers (such as databases different from Wikipedia) probably still want to use this image and I imagine the person might not have a problem with those. Vojtěch Dostál (talk) 10:09, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment it's a bit odd: the image is on Commons, but hasn't been deleted yet. Depending on the country, the person may or may not be considered a "public person". Depending on the country, it may or may not be ok to take the picture and publish it without the subject's consent. --- Jura 11:17, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The image on Commons has been nominated for deletion and the discussion is in progress at c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:CGPGrey.png. If the image is deleted at Commons then the discussion here is moot; we couldn't add an image even if we wanted to. If the image is retained on Commons, we still need to decide here whether we would use it. From Hill To Shore (talk) 13:16, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I have seen that. The problem there is similar. --- Jura 13:27, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose He asked that his image not appear in his Wikipedia profile, he made no mention of Wikidata. This should be handled by the WMF, not us. Obviously he hasn't heard of the Streisand Effect. --RAN (talk) 00:46, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Given that there seems to be consensus for keeping the image, and that Grey didn't explicitly state he wants it off Wikidata, I have re-added the image. ―Jochem van Hees (talk) 15:56, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It would be fitting if the image was the stick-figure representation that he is famous for. I'm trying to think of other cases where an artist's self-portrait is more representative than a photo portrait, or a where a performer's on-stage appearance would be chosen over an off-stage headshot. ⁓ Pelagic ( messages ) 16:14, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That would indeed be fitting but I don't think it's a free image; it's currently on the English Wikipedia with a fair use disclaimer. ―Jochem van Hees (talk) 01:56, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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