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The article states Farquharson received the "Coronation Medal in 1953 for his work for the Defence Review Board." I wonder if the organization with which he actually worked was the Defence Research Board, now Defence Research and Development Canada ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Canada). I know of no Defence Review Board active in Canada at the time. Ab.chaplin ( talk) 12:12, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
The infobox should have his portrait image in it, as is the common practice on Wikipedia biography articles. Per WP:IMAGE LEAD
(outdent) So you think it's inappropriate for the infobox because of his age when the image was taken? You do realize he's like 47 years old in that picture. I agree the Bill Clinton picture of where he is 4 years old would be inappropriate for an infobox, but an image where someone is 47 is perfectly appropriate.
Not only that, but on Wikipedia that image is about as good as you can expect for an infobox image. It's an actual professional portrait photo that he is posing for, vs. most infobox images which are taken by amateurs on the fly and have to be cropped awkwardly to cut out someone else that's in the shot. I think your expectations are way too high here. If that image isn't good enough for the infobox, then 90% of the infobox images currently in biography articles aren't good enough either.
And the man died over 45 years ago. It's not like we can go out and take another photo of him. So what you're saying is we should just wait another 80 years or so until a slightly better photo of him passes into the public domain for us to use in the infobox before we put an image there. Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds? Rreagan007 ( talk) 20:58, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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The article states Farquharson received the "Coronation Medal in 1953 for his work for the Defence Review Board." I wonder if the organization with which he actually worked was the Defence Research Board, now Defence Research and Development Canada ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Canada). I know of no Defence Review Board active in Canada at the time. Ab.chaplin ( talk) 12:12, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
The infobox should have his portrait image in it, as is the common practice on Wikipedia biography articles. Per WP:IMAGE LEAD
(outdent) So you think it's inappropriate for the infobox because of his age when the image was taken? You do realize he's like 47 years old in that picture. I agree the Bill Clinton picture of where he is 4 years old would be inappropriate for an infobox, but an image where someone is 47 is perfectly appropriate.
Not only that, but on Wikipedia that image is about as good as you can expect for an infobox image. It's an actual professional portrait photo that he is posing for, vs. most infobox images which are taken by amateurs on the fly and have to be cropped awkwardly to cut out someone else that's in the shot. I think your expectations are way too high here. If that image isn't good enough for the infobox, then 90% of the infobox images currently in biography articles aren't good enough either.
And the man died over 45 years ago. It's not like we can go out and take another photo of him. So what you're saying is we should just wait another 80 years or so until a slightly better photo of him passes into the public domain for us to use in the infobox before we put an image there. Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds? Rreagan007 ( talk) 20:58, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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