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 | This page in a nutshell: If the subject of an article doesn't like the page image, change it to a different suitable one if possible. Don't keep it citing "old one's fine". |
Here at Wikipedia, we have pretty strict guidelines regarding articles about living people. Among them is the general idea that people generally shouldn't be involved in editing their own articles. This helps us to achieve a neutral point of view, which is one of our five pillars—in other words, it's very important.
But here's the thing. Wikipedia is often the first place people go to look up information about a person. Thousands of people, sometimes more, may be looking at someone's article on any given day. And if that picture happens to be something the subject doesn't like, regardless of why they may not like it, that's bound to feel pretty bad.
In the event that a subject doesn't like their article image, and request it be replaced, that request should be justification enough to replace it with an image of equal or better quality.