Talk:Jason Bateman

Doesn't it seem like there ought to be a more current photo of Bateman in the article? At this point we have a screen cap from "The Simpsons" and a photo of him when he was a teenager -- he's a grown-ass man, as they say, shouldn't the image reflect that? I don't know much about fair use, or I'd do it myself. Where Anne hath a will, Anne Hathaway. 22:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, if you could walk up to him and he agrees you can take his picture, that should go into the article straight away. As it is we should go with the one we have now. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 03:56, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Is there not an Arrested Development one that is available? CorleoneSerpicoMontana 21:20, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I found two free pictures of him, so take your pick: Image:JasonBateman-LF-01.jpg, Image:JasonBateman-LF-02.jpg. (I like the smiley one better.) I've added them both to his gallery on Commons. -- KittyRainbow (talk) 19:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

@KittyRainbow I wonder why they didn't use either of these 2. Both are better than even the current pic! 100.18.47.107 (talk) 21:46, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Not flattering at all 129.107.192.4 (talk) 02:33, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

It would be helpful if you could suggest an alternative then. Would you prefer the picture that was previously in use? If so, since the change was made by an IP, I'd be willing to restore the previous photo. DonIago (talk) 04:29, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

The current picture is HORRIBLE. The older picture is much better. 2405:201:6:6085:F4F3:FFD2:A937:93CA (talk) 03:54, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Yeah he looks chopped as shit on it it took me 5 second deadass to recgonize him i thought i was looking at a different jason bateman. He looks good on the one from 2018 Leikstjórinn (talk) 20:04, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

I have reverted the page to use File:Jason_Bateman_2011.jpg, which someone else suggested. Please leave comments either supporting or opposing this (compared to the previous one, File:Jason Batement at the Air Premiere (cropped).jpg), as there is a specific user that, for reasons unknown, keeps reverting all edits to the infobox picture that aren't the ratchet 2023 version.

Apologies if I am doing the RfC process wrong, I mostly avoid Wikipedia discussions due to folks stonewalling and abusing process to revert changes they don't like. ~2026-59637-0 (talk) 22:03, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

You should have done this in the first place. If you continue to change the picture without consensus, then you will be reported. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 23:39, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

This attitude is exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about, btw. ~2026-59637-0 (talk) 04:30, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

And you have become very disruptive, changing the picture multiple times. If you continue to do that, I will request that this page be semi-protected. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 23:40, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi, please don't assume that all the people reverting it are the same person, because they're not. I have only changed the picture once, and the fact that a bunch of distinct people have changed it should maybe clue you in that it's a terrible picture and your opinion is probably a minority one. There's nothing "going on here", there's nothing coordinated, it's just very obviously a bad picture. ~2026-59637-0 (talk) 04:29, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

I vote that we keep the 2023 image because it looks the most like him now. The 2023 is not bad quality AT ALL. The 2011 photo is from over 15 YEARS AGO, and he looks vastly different now. Your only edits on Wikipedia are to change the picture, and all the accounts that have been changing the picture for months are also IPs, whose only contributions are also just to change the picture. I suspect something is going on here. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 23:43, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

It's not bad quality but at what cost? It is one of the most notoriously unflatering photos on Wikipedia Wcamp9 (talk) 02:03, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey, chiming in here as another person who changed the photo recently, I vote that we use the 2011 picture or 2018 picture. His neutral expressions in those photos make him much more recognizable than in the current photo. I can see tons of other examples of pages using older, higher quality photos of people in the infobox - Nicolas Cage's main picture is from 2011, Gary Oldman's is from 2014, Javier Bardem's is from 2018.

Also, just to add a note here, as someone who edits Wikipedia on occasion but has never felt the need to make an account, I feel like it's pretty bad if one active editor is able to steamroll a bunch of different editors who are trying to improve the page. Five people on this talk page have expressed concerns about the current page image, and at least as many have actually changed the image in the infobox in the last year. Threatening to report people for being disruptive (see 12 January edit summaries) when they're just trying to help goes against the very ethos of Wikipedia as a site where anybody can edit. Apparently "anybody can edit" this page, but then one person gets to decide whether your edit stays up or if you get reported to the wikipedia admins instead. ~2026-24846-0 (talk) 07:17, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

And all who voted to change the photo are IP addresses, and their only edits are to this talkpage. Only ONE ACTUAL ACCOUNT with edits outside of this talk page has voted for another image. It is super concerning how all these random IPs are coming out of nowhere. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 21:09, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

"It is super concerning how all these random IPs are coming out of nowhere." - have you considered the possibility that it's actually just a terrible picture on a popular page? ~2026-59637-0 (talk) 05:54, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

As an RfC, this is malformed because it's clearly non-neutral and incorporates concerns about user conduct. As a personal opinion, neither picture is, to my mind, ideal. DonIago (talk) 06:18, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

As an RfC statement, that is absolutely useless. Please read WP:RFCST before trying again. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:05, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

These IP addresses are becoming very disruptive, changing the photo constantly while the discussion is still ongoing. I have requested that this page become semi-protected while the community still figures out what photo is suitable. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 21:06, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

he was in Silver Spoons. It's not mentioned in this bio ~2026-17948-17 (talk) 23:23, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Look again. DonIago (talk) 00:34, 23 March 2026 (UTC)