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[edit] Hispanics?

Those "Hispanics" would better be described as Amerindian/Mestizos - as Hispanic is more a linguistic and cultural category.

they were listed as white (hispanic) on the FBI website. -- Chris 73 | Talk 04:50, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I'm not so sure using mugshots is a good idea, particularly considering the picture quality is pretty low. - Furrykef 00:55, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Why is Hispanic there? that's a ethnic group who only share a language they have diffrent racial origins, they sould be listed as meztios/Amerindians, and why "white" "black" and "Asian" that Should be Cacusian and Negro/Congoid and Mongol.

[edit] Bad form

I think it is bad form that these faces are published here at Wikipedia. Have they even been convicted yet? What if some of them are acquitted, can't they then sue Wikipedia for slander? Were they asked if they wanted to have their faces in Wikipedia or not?

What about the "black female, wanted for interference with child custody"? Of course she wanted her child back, that is only human. And then she gets her face placed on Wikipedia among wanted murderers?

A much better alternative would be to collect some photos of Wikipedians that agree/want to have their faces in the articles.

I think it also creates a legal problem for editors from some countries. I think I am not allowed to edit and save the articles that contain this image (unless I remove it) since I live in the EU where we do have privacy laws.

--David Göthberg 13:25, 19 September 2007 (UTC)