Category talk:Getty Images

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Redirects

Many of the listed pages in this category are redirects to the page Getty Images:

Of 27 pages in this category, 9 (1/3) redirect the page Getty Images. While those redirects are useful, categorizing those redirects to create a category full of links that point to the same page is pointless and deceiving. A list of previous acquisitions could be created on Getty Images' page, I don' t think there is a need to hijack Wikipedia's category system to do this. I read the guidelines WP:RCAT which does not condemn categorizing redirects, but does not evoke either such a case where a company showcases its portfolio through categorized redirects. Considering Wikipedia's policy towards companies promoting themselves on Wikipedia, I doubt that such a "trick" is OK.

Also:

The John Moore photograph of Honduran child link redirects to the photographer's page, no direct link with Getty.
The Michael Ochs Archives link redirect to the photographer's page, no direct link with Getty (just sold its archives to Getty...).

Those two photographers' pages are getting a link from the Getty Images category through the magic of themed redirects, even though they do not have a direct relation with Getty Images and should not appear here. Let' s not encourage the existence categorized redirect of all the photographs/stocks hosted by Getty Images and that redirect to their photographers, that would be a huge mess, and that is not the point of redirects.

Also :

The StockXpert link redirects to the freeImages page which is already in the list.
The Hulton Archive and Hulton Press Library point to the same section of the Picture Post page.

So some cleanup is required there too. Berghausener (talk) 17:23, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]