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The LNP editorial board (May 7, 2019). "Public employees shouldn't be tasked with writing glowing entries for elected officials' Wikipedia pages [opinion]". LNP (newspaper). Retrieved May 8, 2019. Staff members for Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale and Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa — all Democrats — and Republican Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman have, among their other duties, the task of editing their bosses' entries on Wikipedia, the online collaborative encyclopedia. Salaries of these staff members are paid for by taxpayers, LNP staff writers Junior Gonzalez and Carter Walker reported Monday.
Carter Walker, Junior Gonzalez (May 7, 2019). "Wikipedia flags Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro over glowing, staff-written bio". LNP (newspaper). Retrieved May 8, 2019. On Tuesday the Wikipedia community first flagged a glowing bio of the Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, saying it may "rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject" and could have been written in return for payment, both of which violate its terms of use. In Shapiro's case, edits were made by a communications staffer.
Not done:File:Joshshapiro2023.jpg is a professionally taken portrait uploaded as "Own Work" by Chasekanaly at the same time this request was made. It appears to be the same as the official portrait shown on the official website of the Pennsylvania governor's office. The editor has uploaded two other files to Commons, File:Ron DeSantis laughing.jpg and File:MiltonShapp1966.jpg, tagging both as "Own Work". The former is used in a Daily Beast article ([1]) which declares the photographer as Kimimasa Mayama and the copyright holder as Reuters. The latter appears in an article in the online magazine of the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation ([2]) which tags it "Pennsylvania State Archives/MG-309."
Based on this, I think it is highly unlikely the uploader actually holds the copyright for this work, and far more likely these images are mislabeled. I am in the process of reporting these at Commons but in the meantime suggest not adding this as copyright is clearly suspect. Dylnuge(Talk • Edits)04:10, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Ser! I saw maybe 3 or 4 instances since the election. It's because he's being groomed for presidential candidacy but that's fine. I just thought it was weird that it doesn't say he's Jewish anywhere. 69.132.154.126 (talk) 10:04, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Ser! I was talking about before it was protected.
He's an ethnic Jew. Shapiro is a common Jewish surname. Leaving the content of a prominent political figures article up to the will of a few elite users is why this site has the reputation of political leaning and bias these days. 69.132.154.126 (talk) 13:47, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, and the fact he is Jewish is mentioned in the article. There was a pretty long pattern of vandalism both before and after the election. If you have anything you want added to the page, you can use the edit request function. ser!(chat to me - see my edits)20:56, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done: File:Joshshapiro2023.jpg is a professionally taken portrait uploaded as "Own Work" by Chasekanaly at the same time this request was made. It appears to be the same as the official portrait shown on the official website of the Pennsylvania governor's office. The editor has uploaded two other files to Commons, File:Ron DeSantis laughing.jpg and File:MiltonShapp1966.jpg, tagging both as "Own Work". The former is used in a Daily Beast article ([1]) which declares the photographer as Kimimasa Mayama and the copyright holder as Reuters. The latter appears in an article in the online magazine of the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation ([2]) which tags it "Pennsylvania State Archives/MG-309."
