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Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The image here does not look good at all. He's making a very strange expression. Is it possible that we can find another image? The-J-Verse (talk) 17:37, 21 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

I was going to ask about the image too, but less because of that (not everyone's main image on Wikipedia shows them smiling), but just wanted to add on that the image itself is really low-quality and looks blurry. LoTrWiki (talk) 18:23, 21 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion

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The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion:

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You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 23:53, 10 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Has consensus changed surrounding the use of this photo?

Latest comment: 7 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Pinging @1timeuse75 for adding template requesting images. Should this photo be used? Previously it was decided not to use this photo, as it was believed that no photo was the better option. TansoShoshen (talk) 06:30, 10 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

@TansoShoshen the template Improve images is asking if someone has a photograph of subject to then submit their work. I hope that by adding the Improve images template this will give a better chance of someone who has a better picture of Johnson to be submit their work to the article.

Cheers! 1timeuse75 (talk) 10:10, 10 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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