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Menjadikan AB pada artikel yang sedang diusulin jadi AB

Saya punya suatu masalah nih, saya pingin ngusulin artikel

talk
) 03:16, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Habis proses AB, diusulkan sebagai AP. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:40, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Maksudnya harus menunggu, gitu. Kalo secara bersamaan diusulin jadi AP boleh nggak. Atau bagaimana kalau halaman usulan AB-nya dialihkan jadi pengusulan AP. Atau saya negosiasikan saja sama pengusulnya saja agar pengusulannya diubah dari AB ke AP --

talk
) 04:40, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Di Wikipedia bahasa Inggris tidak boleh. Paling2 nominasi AB ditarik supaya nominasi AP bisa dijalankan. Saya tidak tahu kalau WP Bahasa Indonesia. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:51, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK promotion of prep to queue

Crisco, we're once again without any filled queues. The next two preps are ready to go; a promotion or two would be nice. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:02, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Voting pattern

Have you noticed that Jobas has voted 20 one-word supports in the last two days? Sca (talk) 15:00, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Is't a problem to vote for pictures? I don't think i'm broking a wikipedia rules by voting and supporting Featured picture.--Jobas (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
Did I say it was a problem? Sca (talk)
  • Jobas has voted before, a while ago. Considering how many images are nominated right now, 20 doesn't strike me as surprising. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:20, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to
featured picture status
Your image, File:Daruma doll, cut out, 03.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus
02:09, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Crisco, there's disagreement between nominators and the reviewer as to whether this has neutrality issues, and I'd appreciate it if you could take a look at the article, hook, and their various points and see if you can offer a deciding opinion on this. It's one of the oldest nominations, so it would be nice to get this settled. Many thanks. (PS: let me know if you'd like to be called "Chris" going forward. I'm happy to do so if that's your preference.) BlueMoonset (talk) 17:44, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

  • I more or less agree with WNT on this. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:21, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Then it would be quite helpful for you to post it there as a way of getting it started again. If you don't want to do the actual review, then please post starting with a "review again" icon. This would at least restart the review process. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:54, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

On one of your Featured Picture nominations

I noticed ealier today that File:RiP2013 GreenDay Mike Dirnt 0002.JPG, a picture you nominated for FPC, that which became a Featured Picture, is not part of any articlespace. There's grounds for delisting it on that account as I recall but I'm just letting you know about this since I know you know what can be done. GamerPro64 05:00, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

  • It was replaced by an image of less quality after it was vandalized by Bsmofficial. I've reinserted it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 05:03, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Please help

You need to watch the latest edits by Krimuk90. He is back in action and is trying to get me in an edit war. He has threten me to get me blocked by his friends administrator when I told him I will list his manipulated edits. He needs to understand that what he likes is no less than what he hates on wikipedia. Here, fact works and I think this user have been manipulating lot of stuffs here and there. He has given more weightage to mixed reviews in DDD but, I see not a single negative review in Piku or TWMR because these films are by her favorites and DDD has Chopra. He is changing his way and he is doing this for getting me involved in this. I dont care about this fact but, he should be given a lesson.—

Prashant
07:04, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Considering how you've treated me in the past (in fact, I do believe last time you posted here I asked you to stay off my talk page) I think you need to try and work with editors, rather than against them. "Teach people a lesson" is rarely a good reason to do anything. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:14, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
I have treated you how? I respect you lot. I try to work with editors. In fact I am friendly with all the editors. I also tried to clear things with Krimuk. But, he was not ready. What should I do?—
Prashant
07:54, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
Oh Sorry for yhat. But, that was 2013. Today, Im not immature that I used to be in those days. That was a temptation to get ny first FA. Now, I work on so many FLs and you can see. Not a single problem with my flcs. Please, move on.—
Prashant
08:40, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
You're still as immature as ever Prashant. You've demonstrated this very recently.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:11, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

TFA image

Hi, Crisco. Having followed TFA for the past decade, I've never observed a preference for a photograph of an "individual involved in production" over an illustration of the article's core subject or a major element thereof.
The former is common simply because we seldom have a viable alternative when the subject is a non-free work. This is a rare instance in which we do (and we even utilize an animated version in the article, alongside the various fair-use images) because the non-free work is based upon real-life scientific concepts.
The "individual involved in production" option is particularly suboptimal when the person isn't widely recognizable or when the photo is of relatively low quality. (Both apply in this instance.) —

David Levy
12:36, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

  • For video games, we haven't (for instance) run a hedgehog where Sonic the Hedgehog was the main character. That would be a bit too far reaching. This isn't that bad, but the manoever is but one of many possible actions that can be undertaken in the game. Meanwhile, there is only one project manager for the game. As such, we don't have to give undue emphasis to any one move. Since this particular nomination was made at TFAR, it would be nice if considerations about the image had been brought up then. It is a bad habit for any of us to start unilaterally changing images while the article is on the MP. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:28, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
You won't find someone more opposed to the type of substitution to which you've referred in your "hedgehog" example. I wish that such a scenario were purely hypothetical. Unfortunately, this actually happened. As you can see in the subpage's history and on its talk page, I was far from pleased.
I appreciate your acknowledgement that "this isn't that bad", but I don't know why you've even drawn a comparison. An animated illustration of the flight maneuver appears in the article. Due to bandwidth considerations, I used a static diagram from the same contributor. I didn't introduce something new.
I don't quite follow your "one of many possible actions that can be undertaken in the game" reasoning, as there's nothing unusual about covering an example (in both the article's prose and the accompanying images). It's no different than displaying a mouse as an example of a rodent, despite the fact that it's merely "one of many" types. That isn't undue emphasis.
When TFA is an article about a flight simulator, it's natural to expect an illustration with some relevance to an aircraft's flight. Ideally, the image should grab readers' attention and provide a visual cue as to the article's subject, thereby encouraging them to read the blurb and visit the article. A photograph of a widely unrecognizable man doesn't accomplish that. His physical appearance has absolutely nothing to do with the subject and provides no pertinent information whatsoever. Only after reading nearly half of the blurb does his identity (and connection to the software) become apparent. The photo is essentially a decoration (and not a particularly good one, given its flaws). —
David Levy
13:56, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
Alternative image?
  • The issue was of showing an element of gameplay without actually violating copyright. That was an extreme (though, from your link, apparently not unprecedented) example. I agree with that the blurb could clearer be as to his importance, and have rewritten it a bit.
The mouse question is interesting, because
User:Bencherlite
solved that by using a rotating set of five images (working off memory here), so that a greater range of examples and representation could be given. We haven't yet done that, but I can think of several articles for which I'd use a similar system.
The question of nobody knowing what he looks like applies to the manoever itself; very few would recognize the maneuver by sight alone, particularly at 100px. Considering the heat we've had with gravestones and other more abstract representations, I just don't think it works.
BTW, are we going to have the discussion here or at WT:MP? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:09, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
That was an extreme (though, from your link, apparently not unprecedented) example.
Sadly. In my view, that's one of our most embarrassing main page incidents.
I agree with that the blurb could clearer be as to his importance, and have rewritten it a bit.
I don't consider that an issue. The man's essential role in the software's development is undisputed, but that doesn't make either snapshot a suitable illustration.
The mouse question is interesting, because
User:Bencherlite
solved that by using a rotating set of five images (working off memory here), so that a greater range of examples and representation could be given.
In that instance, we were dealing with people's cultural heritage. Conversely, I doubt that many readers were outraged by our flagrant mouse favoritism or exclusion of other flight maneuvers.
The question of nobody knowing what he looks like applies to the manoever itself; very few would recognize the maneuver by sight alone, particularly at 100px.
Many would recognize it as some sort of aircraft pattern, read the blurb (and possibly the article) and gain a better understanding of the concept than they would have from the prose alone. How does a photograph of Seamus Blackley enhance readers' understanding of the flight simulator on which he worked?
Considering the heat we've had with gravestones and other more abstract representations, I just don't think it works.
I don't see how that's comparable.
BTW, are we going to have the discussion here or at WT:MP?
I'll reply to messages wherever you post them. —
David Levy
14:47, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
  • We've gotten a response from TRM at the MP talk page, which is why I ask. I rewrote the blur to address your concern that "Only after reading nearly half of the blurb does his identity (and connection to the software) become apparent"; hopefully I accomplished that goal.
The image shows almost nothing at 100px; there is a U turned on its side and a red blip that kinda-sorta looks like an airplane. As for how that relates to gravestones: you remember this discussion, don't you? There were numerous disparaging comments on images considered that were either too abstract, or of little use at 100px, including "The gravestone is terrible, because we'll have green with an unreadable white block in the center nearly every time"; with this maneuver image, it just looks like a U. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:00, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
Also, if image quality is a concern, there is an alternative that I posted above. Still not something to be proud of, but it's a bit better than what we have (at 100px). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:03, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
I rewrote the blur to address your concern that "Only after reading nearly half of the blurb does his identity (and connection to the software) become apparent"; hopefully I accomplished that goal.
Yes, you did address that concern (and I thank you).
The image shows almost nothing at 100px
It's clear on my end, but it certainly could be displayed at a larger size.
As for how that relates to gravestones: you remember this discussion, don't you?
Yes, but I don't recognize a substantial degree of similarity (apart from the size issue, I suppose).
To be clear, I'm not suggesting that the flight maneuver image is ideal. (An ideal image won't exist unless and until footage of the actual game is released under a free license or enters the public domain.) I'm opining that it's a better option.
Also, if image quality is a concern, there is an alternative that I posted above. Still not something to be proud of, but it's a bit better than what we have (at 100px).
Agreed. —
David Levy
15:18, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Odd, I'd have thought that 100px on your screen resolution would have been smaller. Glad you agree about the Blackley image. I'll upload locally. I do wish mainstream studios would release free images...  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:38, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
It might have more to do with individual perception than with size. The visual details absorbed and interpretation thereof vary greatly from one person to another, with context playing a significant role. (It's likely that certain image types tend to seem clearer to you than they do to me.) Of course, amplifying the input (by increasing the image's size, in this instance) reduces the disparity. —
David Levy
16:07, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Archive

Crisco, this review has been stalled over questions on the image licensing (and accuracy?). Can you please take a look and post your opinion on the nomination template? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:53, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Licence question

Hi Chris, Just a (hopefully) quick question on an image I'd like to upload. Am I OK to put this on Commons under a {{PD-Scan|1=PD-UKGov}} licence? Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 13:06, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Excellent - cheers! - SchroCat (talk) 13:11, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Can you do me a favour and find ten missing articles on this for Intertranswiki? If on Indonesian wiki add a ill|id| link. Doesn't have to have an article on another wiki though of course, just to address systematic bias.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:10, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

10 articles related to Seram Island which are missing on here, what else did you think? Villages, rivers, bays, tribes, perosnalities etc, whatever.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:54, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
I thought you'd have been pleased we're taking an interest in Indonesia! Oh well.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:19, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
  • I've been busy as a ****, so I didn't notice that you'd replied to my question. I think I've got a map of Maluku on my shelf. I'll check when my RL work is finished. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:21, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
I've done it and created Template:Seram Island!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:13, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Time for a PR?

Evening Chris,

P.G. Wodehouse and have now launched him on both the main page and now at PR. If you have time, or inclination, your thoughts would be much appreciated. Pip pip! – SchroCat (talk
) 21:04, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
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Faroese króna – deletion request

Hi Chris-

FYI- New information as part of the Faroe Islands deletion request here. Any comment would be welcome.--Godot13 (talk) 08:00, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Crisco, can you please check this for neutrality, particularly in the hook? I seem to remember that something like this was an issue before, and Cwmhiraeth is worried about neutrality issues, since this is currently in the process of being tried in court. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:19, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

TFA

9 June 2015
Carl Nielsen made
Main Page history
and you were part of
working for
his works
!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:06, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

An image created by you has been promoted to
featured picture status
Your image, File:Salak (Salacca zalacca), 2015-05-17.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus
06:16, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

This file was uploaded for a DYK appearance, but it looks nobody got to delete the local file after it. Could you do it now. Armbrust The Homunculus 07:39, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Excellent, if too technologically advanced for me. Strangely, I can't access the RSS feed. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:40, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Crisco, there's a request that someone check the warning notice related to this image on Commons to make sure that the image is actually okay to use here. Is this something you can do? Many thanks either way. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:59, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Ernest Joyce TFA 27 June

This is one of my very early Antarctic FAs. It is among several that require some serious work to ensure that they still meet FA standards, and I don't think I'll have time to give it due attention. So can I request that you replace this as TFA (it is one that I asked Bencherlite not to schedule until I had given it a thorough overhaul). Thanks. Brianboulton (talk) 23:15, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Alright. I'll get to it when I've got some time. Just preparing for a seminar. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:38, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
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FYI

FYI, Jcpag2012 has just nominated two other images, which were clearly under the required size (now speedy closed). Also instead of striking his duplicative !votes, he struck your comment on both pages. Armbrust The Homunculus 07:41, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Something needs to be done about this. Now he also added a third support to these two pages. Armbrust The Homunculus 09:20, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Godot and I have stricken his extraneous votes, and I've sent him another warning. He's got two more shots, then.... — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:46, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
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05:00, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Another pesterer here! I found and uploaded this image, but I wondered if you could double check and let me know if you think it can be hosted on the Commons? Given the age of the image, I assume that our policy means that the MCC's claim of copyright doesn't affect it, but I thought you'd be more likely to know. I was considering an FP nomination, given its high EV (woman playing in that era, wearing "normal" dresses, bowling underarm, and two stump wickets) but I'm not sure the quality holds up at 100%, any thoughts? (Irrelevant if the copyright is in question of course!) Harrias talk 12:59, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

  • MCC's claim doesn't affect the image's ability to be used, according to our policies, but it may open British users to prosecution (read National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Foundation copyright dispute for an instance). I get the impression that the border used to be considerably wider. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:48, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
    • Possibly; I trimmed it very slightly when rotating the image, but the Bridgeman copy itself might not feature the whole border. Harrias talk 13:54, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
      • No, I get the impression that they cropped a considerable bit of the border. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:01, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
        • Would that be an issue, given the border adds no real value to the image? Harrias talk 14:07, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
          • You'd have an oppose from Adam and me within a day, so yes, it would be an issue. Borders serve to balance the captions (which are part of the original artwork), and by removing only three sides of the border, the work looks unbalanced. By cropping out the caption, we are removing a key part of the work itself (see Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History for examples of what lithographs pass). The old rationale, that it makes images hard to use in articles, has been rendered moot by things such as {{CSS image crop}}, which allows us to crop images for article use without actually removing any information from the file proper. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:18, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
            • No worries, I know pretty much zero about FP, hence popping here to ask! I just saw a nice image, and thought it was worth asking. Harrias talk 14:27, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
              • Always worth a shot. You can't learn without trying... it's taken me four years to get used to the system, and I still misjudge what people will support. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
              • Thanks for your advice anyway: one day I'll find a cricket image worthy! As an aside, if you get a chance, any further thoughts at Wikipedia:Peer review/The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/archive1 would be appreciated, as once I've got the format set, I can start work on the other short story collections. Harrias talk 15:22, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
                • Shame we don't have as many good images of cricket as we do footy or baseball. Sigh. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:24, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
                  • Yeah – the problem is, most of the action is happening about 100 metres away! File:Adil Rashid sharp.jpg is probably the best I've managed, which is a bit depressing given it was almost five years ago!! Harrias talk 15:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
                  • Diliff explained it to me a while back. Aside from the great distance, bringing in the kind of lens you'd need for good shots would require a special permit. If WMUK would spring for it, though... I'm sure we'd find takers. If not Diliff, maybe (?) Colin. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:41, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
                    • I just bought a Sigma 150-600mm lens (it's in the mail, apparently), so who knows... Maybe it won't be such a great distance for that lens. ;-) But yes, getting the permission to use it might be another thing entirely. I'm planning to shoot a few days of Wimbledon with a Wikimedia UK grant this year. Unfortunately I didn't organise anything early enough or I might (might!) have been able to get a press photographer accreditation via WM-UK, which would mean two things:
                      1. I wouldn't have to line up for about 4 hours each day, starting at bloody 6-7am (the real dedicated ones camp there overnight for the best tickets) just to get a regular pleb ticket on the day. ;-)
                      2. I wouldn't have any problems with the restrictions of 'no lenses greater than 300mm'. I'm going to try to bring my Sigma 150-600mm anyway (maybe I'll cover the focal length etchings with black tape!! ;-) ). I don't know how rigorously it'll be enforced. I'll still have a 70-300mm lens as a backup if they're really going to be Nazis about it. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:26, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Is that a line or a picnic? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:58, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

  • If you had to sit on the grass for 3+ hours just waiting for the line to actually start moving, you'd make yourself a picnic too. ;-) They start letting people in at around 10am, but by then the line is so long that only those who were there from about 7am will get in. Everyone else will get turned away. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 01:58, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
    • Cripes. Am I glad I don't usually do sports shots. And concerts. Shudder. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:09, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
      • Other than Twenty20 matches, county cricket is nowhere near so bad thankfully! Somerset don't advertise a restriction on long lenses either, though I know most of the international matches apply it. Of course, the issue there is more financial that regulatory. And of course, it's traditional to have a picnic at cricket matches too! Harrias talk 08:49, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Felice Beato

Crisco, sebagai ahli translasi Inggris-Indonesia, Anda bisa bantu masalah disini: id:Pembicaraan:Felice Beato

Masalahnya tentang kalimat ini:

"Sumber-sumber lebih awal menulis tahun lahirnya sebagai 1825 atau kira-kira 1825, tetapi tahun tersebut mungkin keliru dengan tahun kelahiran saudaranya yang bernama Antonio."

Yang versi bahasa Inggrisnya seperti ini:

"Earlier sources had given his birth date as 1825 or ca. 1825, but these dates may have been confused references to the possible birth date of his brother, Antonio."

Katanya "Masak adik lebih tua dari kakak ?"

Monggo dipecahkan masalahnya --

talk
) 10:29, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Itu lebih ke masalah artikelnya sendiri kurang konsisten, kalau sampai menyatakan "adik". — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:32, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

List of census-designated places in West Virginia

I have List of census-designated places in West Virginia at FLC. If you have the time, do leave a comment. Thanks. Seattle (talk) 23:46, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

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POTD naming proposal

I didn't realise you were quite so serious about discussing this, and I didn't really want the blame for causing one of Wiki's infamous long winded stalemate's. Oh well I did kind of open the can didn't I. --wintonian talk 16:26, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

  • For a MP discussion, it's managed to avoid the dreaded stalemate pretty well so far. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:01, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
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Request regarding POTD

Hi Crisco 1492,

I am not too familiar with the POTD circuitry at EN, but I was wondering if it would be possible to place a planning request for the newly promoted FP as appearanc as POTD: File:Viborg Katedralskole Symmetrical.jpg. I would like to suggest/request that this pic makes a POTD appearance on September 9, 2016 as that would fit well with the 160th birthday of the architect. Regards, -- Slaunger (talk) 07:47, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Photo help (again)?

Seth, 2014

It looks like

Drawn and Quarterly (or someone claiming to be them) has kindly uploaded a photo of Seth (cartoonist). The problem is it's pretty low-res, and looks like shit when upright-ed (as I found out when I added it to It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken). Is there some kind of magic that can be done to make it look nicer? Curly Turkey ¡gobble!
06:02, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Daftar pilihan

Crisco, saya lihat disini Anda mengurusi proyek-proyek FA, FL, FP, dan sejenisnya (CMIIW) kalo gitu bisa tidak Anda ikut serta urusi

talk
) 12:07, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Saya sudah jarang sempat menyunting, jadi saya mau fokus di WP bahasa Inggris. Kalau WP bahasa Indonesia, itu saya lebih banyak membantu dengan program-program off-wiki. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:37, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Templat untuk halaman pembicaraan pengguna

{{

Db-notability-notice}} disertakan dengan bagian, namun mengapa {{Uw-spam1}} tidak disertakan dengan bagian? Hanamanteo (talk
) 14:24, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

SchroCat recommended you as an expert in the matter of images. I am facing a problem with image acquisition for John Grimek. Strength & Health magazine covers were used in the past, but deleted in 2007 for fair use counter example #8. As he was the subject of multiple covers of that magazine and was also its editor, I think it might actually be appropriate. I went into the article's history, and the fact that he was also the magazine's editor was not taken into account when the image was deleted. Thus, I believe that Strength and Health magazine would be in keeping with Fair Use for him (depicting his work and his person) where a baseball card would not for a ball player. Additionally, I have a signed copy of a photo from him from the 1940's. Would a modified image like that be acceptable for me to scan, and upload? Thanks much in advance for your input! ScrpIronIV 20:15, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

  • It would still not meet NFCC#8, even though he was editor, because quite simply an example of a magazine cover is not necessary to understand that X edited magazine Y. If one of his features is discussed in the article, we might be able to include one, but the threshold for that is quite high (the John Lennon/Yoko Ono cover of Rolling Stone, perhaps one of the most famous magazine covers of all time, isn't even used in any of their articles). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:27, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
User:ScrapIronIV-I think we can do what you're asking. A quick scan of Strength and Health magazine from before 1964 shows they didn't have a habit of renewing copyrights on their back issues. Take a look at the list of copies with covers here and pick out one from before 1964 with Grimek on it. I'll then run a renewal check to see if they renewed the copyright on it. The only one I'd say would be "off limits" would be their May 1949 issue where he's posing with the large trophy; the trophy may be copyrighted and it's much too prominent in the photo to be called de minimis. Let us know which one and then I'll run a copyright renewal check for that issue. Some back issues are sold on eBay so we may even be able to get you a larger photo in the bargain. :) We hope (talk) 03:26, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
Thank you so much, We hope - I am considering December 1941 (I have an autographed print of that one that I could scan, added interest, I think) or the most iconic photo of him, September 1945. I don't have my own copy of that, but it is definitely available. Is there a place I could post the three photos I have, so that they can be reviewed by you, or any other interested party? That would make selection easier, I believe. That way, I don't upload more than Wikipedia needs. ScrpIronIV 15:09, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
  • If they are free, there's no harm uploading images to Commons; other users on other projects may want to use different covers, and at the very least it's readily available to possible reusers. But if you want to upload elsewhere, Flickr often works. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:12, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
User:ScrapIronIV-Here's the link for the September 1945 issue of the magazine as your source Have just done a copyright renewal search for Strength and Health for 1945 and the issues weren't renewed. You can just copy this to the file template because it includes links to the UPenn books used to check for renewals:
  • A copyright renewal search was done in periodicals for the years 1972 and 1973. There were no listings for the title Strength and Health; there's no evidence of continued copyright for the magazine.
Then you license the image as {{PD-US-not renewed}} Here's a bigger copy of the cover if you want it. :-) We hope (talk) 15:42, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
For December 1941-source
  • A copyright renewal search was done in periodicals for the years 1968 and 1969. There were no listings for the title Strength and Health; there's no evidence of continued copyright for the magazine.
Use the same license as shown above for not renewed. Larger copy of the cover if you want it. We hope (talk) 15:55, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
Thank you, I have uploaded September 1945 and will add it to the article. For the December 1941 image, I will be scanning a copy of my own autographed promotional image, which appears to be in better condition and higher resolution. ScrpIronIV 19:23, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
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FPC

What's up with FPC? Voting is rather dead at the moment. Finals? Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:40, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Wodehouse, again

Thank you so much for your comments at the recent PR for

P.G. Wodehouse. The article is now at FAC should you wish to comment further. Many thanks once again. – SchroCat (talk
) 01:05, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Ramadan

Hi Chris-

Any chance of getting this image as POTD for July 14th or 15th?--Godot13 (talk) 02:59, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Edit war at Winsor McCay

An IP has decided to "do the math" with a source at Winsor McCay and has decided he knows when McCay was born, even though the author of the source explicitly says there's no record of his birth and one date is merely more likely than the others. Yes, I've been edit warring, so I suppose I should be blocked, but the IP is changing information in the article to something the source they're using explicitly contradicts. The article itself gives the details of what's known of McCay's birth circumstances—but the IP is clinging tenaciously to a timeline in an appendix of the source that only lists one of the disputed dates (the most likely, but unconfirmed, date), despite the fact the the author of the very source spends basically a page in the book discussing what's known and concludes that nobody knows. Curly Turkey ¡gobble! 01:26, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

  • I think you're safe with an exception for reversion of vandalism. The sources are clear that what isn't known isn't known. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:33, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

ITN pix

Hi Chris. I was about to post a summation to this multi-part discussion and propose a vote, with the addendum: All we need is a neutral admin to monitor the vote. Would you be willing to take on that job? (Remember, virtue is its own reward.) Sca (talk) 13:35, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Not particularly well-versed in the technical matters of implementation... thus, I'm not sure I'm the best choice. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:11, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
Should I take that as an "I'd rather not?" Of course, that's up to you. Sca (talk) 14:23, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Carl Nielsen

What d'ye think? Did this because a new FA deserves a high-quality lead. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 04:39, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Don't need it. Danish rules don't require publication for a photo to go out of copyright. it's 70 years after death. And the photographer died in 1923. It can't have been in copyright in 1996, therefore. Adam Cuerden (talk) 05:36, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
  • For PD-1996, we don't need it. But PD-1923 is definitely out. Quality is good; tag has been updated, so that's good too. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 05:47, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
Also, it appears to have been handed out by him. [1] Adam Cuerden (talk) 05:52, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Yep, definitely a carte de visite. Looks good. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 06:21, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
Well, kind of inclined not to bother in future, because it's been pulled - due to claims of copyright statu sproblems. When I heftily documented copyright status already... *grumble* Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:14, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
  • I've reinserted it. As I said, the images at FAC were a pain in the butt. I can understand why Ipigott is being extra careful. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:40, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
  • I suppose you're right. It's just annoying - I'd have waited longer for the FPC had not everyone been saying how well it suited the article already. Adam Cuerden (talk) 12:44, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Query

File:Hector Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict score cover.jpg This is a first edition ([2]) - that's enough to overcome the not-amazingly-illustrative illustration, right? Or should I throw this to the back burner? Adam Cuerden (talk) 12:49, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Does any library have it? You might eb able to talk them into transcribing it or photocopying it if it's less than two pages. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:13, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
            • Noted! I do try and check all of that once I've got the full image up. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:11, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
  • The "Valenti" in the Médée score is it:Giuseppe Palanti - quite obvious once you see the reproduction of his signature. That one needs to stay here until 2017. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:28, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Could you buy that the signature in File:Fromental_Halévy,_L'Éclair_score_cover.jpg is a really messy signature of "Gavarni"? Because it does look a bit like Gavarni's signatures. File:Paul_Gavarni_-_The_Barmaid_-_Walters_371442.jpg, File:Paul_Gavarni_-_Gulliver_and_the_Brobdingnagian_Philosophers_-_Walters_371482.jpg File:Paul Gavarni - Lady on Sofa - Walters 371427.jpg but much more of a scrawl. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:09, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

  • A really, really, really messy one. It does have similarities. Agree, the Medee image is definitely by Palanti. Didn't realize that was a P. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:44, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
    • A linked G and P, actually. That's why it looks V-ish. Adam Cuerden (talk)
    • [3] - it's mirrored - as a surprising number of his signatures are - but once you flip it, and compare his other very messy G's, it's very clearly the same signature, I think. I'm calling success, and declaring this a Paul Gavarni work
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DYK prep promotion

Crisco, any chance you might be able to promote one or more of the waiting preps to queue? If there's a queue filled, I can ask Materialscientist to do a manual promotion of a queue to the main page, but the queue needs to be filled first. Thanks for your help. Labs is still in trouble, so Shubinator can't start up the bots until they've sorted out the problems there. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:52, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Crisco. Materialscientist has updated the main page with the Queue 2 you promoted, so we're set for a while, especially with Queue 3 already promoted as well. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:21, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Just stopped by after a day away from the computer, and discovered that the hooks on the main page are approaching 28 hours, which is really too much. The bot is working, so if you can promote at least one of the preps, it will be whisked to the main page provided there aren't any image or other issues that the bot worries about. Many thanks if you can get at least one prep to queue. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:13, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

A happy ending, I think

File:Wilhelm Friedemann Bach sketch.jpg-have a look and see if it can leave non-free content review. We hope (talk) 14:55, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Yep, that looks right. Glad to withdraw — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:56, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
Will let you do the honors. I really like HathiTrust for things like this but it just makes me frustrated that only those in the US are allowed free view. :) We hope (talk) 14:59, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Well, that's one of the good things about being American. A lot of the books I've been digitizing appear to have been digitized already (from other copies, of course) but the files are only accessible in the US. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:03, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
If you know where I can find some, it's always possible for me to upload items to my OneDrive. Quite a bit of information and images for William Burges' work were available after searching out the old UK architectural papers and magazines. They were considered PD in the US but Dr. B. and others working on Burges were outside of the US and couldn't have full view. I copied and uploaded the material to my OneDrive and gave out the link to the folder. There's still material on it waiting for the next Burges castle. We also worked in the same way to get the material for the Ritz, London, as the trade papers from the UK were available to me but not to Dr. B. ;) We hope (talk) 15:16, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
I can get the full PDFs and put them into a OneDrive folder if that would help. We hope (talk) 15:28, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Oh, Hathi lets you get full PDFs? That would be great. At the very least so that we have the files available for everyone. The project I'm working on isn't just the works themselves; it's also about digitizing part of a museum's collection... but there's no harm in having extra copies or editions available. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:31, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

I see that Hathi won't let you take the entire PDF unless you're with a partner organization, but they do allow you to download page by page. Checked the book at Google Books and over there, I'm told its snippet view only even though it's from 1922. So if you can see what you'd like to have, I can download and then put into OneDrive folders. We hope (talk) 15:40, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Ah. No need to worry then. I've got enough on my plate (our target is 75 books, but we may reach 150), and I wouldn't want to burden you. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:44, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
How about you let me know if you do need something and then I'll get it from there and upload it? We hope (talk) 15:56, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Crisco, just in case the

WP:DYK#Typos in Queue 3
fixes haven't been done before you next edit, please take a look, as they require an admin to edit and the set will be promoted at 03:29 UTC.

The main reason I'm writing is the DYK nom in the subject header. I've never been sufficiently clear on how far BLP goes and what it affects, and it may indeed not be involved here as the nominator maintains. Still, could you please take a look at the hook and related material in the article (my comment explains my initial concerns), and let me know (or post there if you'd rather)? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:03, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Thanks for doing the second; I've taken the next step there. As for the first, TRM did do a bunch of fixes, but one of his corrections needs a further adjustment: the fifth hook should have a "the" before "lead actress": ... that the lead actress —BlueMoonset (talk) 23:47, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
And, if you could, please spread out the bios and the non-bios better? Right now the set starts with two bios and ends with three bios, with three non-bios in the middle. It would be very much nicer if the non-bios, at least, alternated with the bios, perhaps after the first two bios? Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:50, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
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DYK for Iman Budhi Santosa

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:00, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Crisco, now that the oldest DYK has finally been approved, the next-oldest is Template:Did you know nominations/In silico clinical trials. This is the only other one from way back in March, but it can't proceed because it's stuck in a Merge discussion. I just now discovered that the Dame Etna account, which had raised a great number of objections to the nominated article and actually posted the initial Merge template (but didn't start the discussion or participate in it), was indefinitely blocked the next day as a sock of Kiefer.Wolfowitz.

Can you please take a look and see whether the concerns raised are germane and a merge is appropriate, or if this should be closed? (Or, if there's a minimum time limit to merge discussions greater than the current 19 days, when it might be legitimately closed?) Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:56, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

  • I am singularly ill-suited for judging medical articles. Perhaps User:Doc James or another WP:MED editor could comment on the viability/lack of viability of a merge. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:32, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
  • If User:Bluerasberry, who was the WP:MED editor who showed up initially, and began pursuing the merge issue, does not follow up on the merge, I'll ask Doc James if he's willing. Thanks for the response. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:35, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Belle just removed the merge templates from both articles, and approved the nomination. I have no objections; it seemed to me that the agreement was that the article should remain standalone, but with perhaps a bit added to the medicine article on the various areas of in silico, including the trials. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:58, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Crisco, it's been two weeks and no one seems interested in stripping out these problematic images from the article as you suggested. (I have to confess that I'm not, either.)

Dravecky just proposed a new ALT hook, but of course that doesn't do anything to address the image issues that will prevent the article from running under DYK unless they're taken care of. Is removing the images from the article—you did suggest leaving one with a fair-use license, which I'm assuming you'd take care of if you did that—something you're willing to do so this can proceed? At this point, it's unlikely that the nominator will be back editing any time soon. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:32, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Thank you. I've called for a new reviewer to finish this up. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:42, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK queues empty again; promotion now late

Crisco, a promotion should have occurred about 25 minutes ago. If you happen to be around and have the time, a prep to queue promotion would be most welcome. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:52, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Mushrooms

Retouch

Hello Cris,

Would you help me to make the shadows better because am not that expert in PS, please help me. Blacknclick (talk) 13:54, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

  • You may have to retake. Are you using a light tent or something to diffuse your lighting? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:18, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

No light tent, direct inbuilt flash. Blacknclick (talk) 20:05, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

  • It's going to be hard to take an image with soft shadows if you're using direct flash. The only alternative would be to individually trace the pods (excluding the shadows), then artificially lighten the shadows... but that would introduce noise. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:19, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
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Photo question

Need some help re: a photo of Walsingham House. Have found one as a page of an 1896 book Round London. Author is George Newnes, who also published the book. Hathi doesn't have a copy, Google's is not searchable or viewable, and Internet Archive's only photo book for Sir George is his compliation of seaside photos. The photo company is Bedford-Lemere, who went out of business in 1911; I don't know if Harry Bedford-Lemere took this photo or not (he died in 1944). Do I have enough information here to use the book photo as pre-1923 abroad? Thanks! We hope (talk) 13:42, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Pre-1923 abroad on the English Wikipedia: definitely. I'd go with PD-anon-UK for Britain, assuming it was published there. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:23, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! This was published in the UK. Thanks also from Dr. B. as this is a new article he asked me to find a photo for; am now running through the British trade publication, The Builder, for some drawings of the decor. This hotel was razed circa 1904 and the current London Ritz now occupies the site. Another trade magazine took a 1907 photo of the Ritz at about the same angle. It looks like someone just "erased" the Walsingham House and put up the Ritz. :) We hope (talk) 15:02, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Can't view it, sadly. Yeah, I figured it was for Dr. B. He's done some great work with the lost/destroyed houses. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:19, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
Sorry--this is from my OneDrive and I think I've opened the door now. :-) We hope (talk) 15:26, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
  • You're right. Shocking change. They should both be free enough for Wikipedia, if the Doctor (no, the other Doctor) wants to have them readily comparable. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:29, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
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Correction help

Hey Cris...

I rejoined to DreamSparrow from Bellus Delphina and trying to be very much active in DreamSparrow. I have two things to ask you. First one is, is there any possibility to move all the contributions of Bellus Delphina to Mydreamsparrow ? Secondly, I have created a new article for

V.K. Bali, but I made a serious mistake in it I guess. His name is Vinod Kumar Bali but the article is in V.K. Bali, please help me to correct it to Vinod Kumar Bali. DreamSparrow Chat
19:16, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

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23:44, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations!!

Squirrel for fun, fruits and lobster for luxury and a parrot for diplomacy and the ability to mediate opposing forces into compromise and understanding
Congratulations!!
Congratulations!! Hafspajen (talk) 12:47, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
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21:58, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your edit, improvement and support for the kue jajan pasar image. I do really appreciate it, terima kasih. Gunkarta  talk  06:20, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Sama2. Nice to have some Indonesian food featured. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 06:52, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Crisco, this nomination has been at an impasse for over a month, so I was wondering whether you could take a look and see whether it can be saved. There seem to be possible issues of SYNTH, and maybe others as well. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:12, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

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200px

How's this looking? Think it'll be featureable when done? Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:49, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Impressive! I do think it's a possibility, yes.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:37, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Google Maps images

I think I may have asked this before, but do you know if we can use google maps images? Google seems to be saying that we can so long as there is an attribution in the image, which would be easy to do. CorporateM (Talk) 03:32, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

  • Definitely not, as they don't own the copyright to all of the images. We've got OpenMap or whatever it's called which can be used. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 06:50, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
Ok thanks. I checked out OpenMaps, but it doesn't have a street view to get an image of a building. Oh well. CorporateM (Talk) 16:53, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Hey Crisco. I saw your username on the Featured List talk page. I'm working on this List article with a COI and have proposed a rename here. I haven't worked on a list page before and I'm wondering how inclusion in the list is evaluated. For example, does the person need to be notable enough for their own Wikipedia page to be included? Are primary sources acceptable to verify their most current job title if secondary ones can't be found? Some are primarily notable for a prior position and some don't have strong secondary sources available verifying they belong on the list.

BTW - I posted some stuff on the Emeco 1006 Talk page, where you previously participated regarding an image that wasn't of an authentic Emeco 1006 chair. I got some great photos from them under a free license; the Declaration is with OTRS now. In case you're interested in that stuff. CorporateM (Talk) 19:17, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

  • If your goal is FLC (and this should go without saying), prioritize secondary sources. You may be interested in including a table (a sortable table, for instance). As to who gets included, there is a recommendation at
    WP:LSC, though that's apparently under discussion. — Chris Woodrich (talk
    ) 22:44, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
Thanks so much! That looks like exceptional guidance to me. CorporateM (Talk) 23:02, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
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DYK overdue; preps need promoting

Crisco, in case you drop by, there are a few preps ready, but no queues, and there should have been a promotion about 45 minutes ago. Anything you can do to make sure there's a prep promoted would be wonderful. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:06, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

TFA

Hey Crisco, I'd like to nominate Flag of India for TFA and was initially looking at Aug 15 (Independence Day) but saw that there's already a nomination. I also saw that in this month's queue that July 22 appears to be open and that's sort of fine too as it'd be the anniversary of flag adoption (not something that's celebrated though). I've never nominated for TFA, and am a bit confused as all entries fro TFAR are only for August. So, I'd like to check if it'd be ok to nominate for July out there. If yes (and given that the current nomination for Aug 15 already has supports) I'll do a nomination for July 22 in a couple of days. Please do let me know. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 17:26, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Hi SpacemanSpiff. The flag article was previously on the main page on 14 August 2005. Although we occasionally will run an article more than once, there generally needs to be a very good reason for it. I can't see a 68th anniversary as having the necessary importance. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:40, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
    • Ah well, I wasn't aware of that, though the article changed completely at FAR. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 02:46, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
      • That the article changed drastically has not always meant success at a second TFA. Several have failed. To get an idea of how rarely we rerun articles, check out Wikipedia:Today's featured article oddities; it's only happened five times in the more than 10 years of TFA. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:50, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
        • That page is interesting, I've never been involved in main page processes before (except for a couple of DYKs), good to find out about this. cheers.—SpacemanSpiff 04:06, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Do you have space in your diary for a PR?

Hi Chris, After a recent re-write, the Hitler Diaries are now at peer review, should you have the time and inclination. Any and all thoughts on the article are most welcome. Cheers – SchroCat (talk) 11:58, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

  • The inclination is there, but I quite honestly don't know about the time. I'll try. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:13, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
  • No problems - I know you have your hands full. If it's just a question of flagging up problems with images, that is a always a huge area of weakness I have, but not to worry if you find other things getting in the way of that! Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 12:17, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination

talk
) 01:13, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Bot? What are you smoking? Tan's transcluded. Mandarax, does this perhaps have something to do with the clearing out of inactive nominations? I don't understand the workings of bots like this. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:27, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
  • No. I only cleared out noms that were either promoted or rejected from under headings more than a month old (May 26, specifically). I do, however, have a strong suspicion about what's going on. The MediaWiki API software was just updated, and I noticed that this resulted in an AWB problem: lists of items returned are truncated at 500. I'm pretty sure this is also what happened to DYKHousekeepingBot; when it looks for things transcluded on T:TDYK, it only gets the first 500 alphabetized items (nominations, both active and inactive, plus other templates which are transcluded). I bet every user with a nomination subpage starting with about "S" or "T" and later alphabetically got a notice. Note that if the bot started after I did my clearing out, I actually prevented some of these notices from going out, because those inactive ones I removed would have been included in the 500, resulting in fewer active ones being returned. MANdARAX  XAЯAbИAM 03:01, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
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sigh

the possible puns, however unfortunate come to mind, your possible (not to many sigh, ugh, etc please) comment would be very welcome at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indonesia#Category JarrahTree 08:38, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Kue gapit

Thank you for your help (pass it on) Victuallers (talk) 12:01, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK needs a prep to queue promotion

Crisco, there are about 45 minutes before the next DYK promotion to the main page would be done, but there is no queue ready. Any chance that you have time now to promote the one complete prep to queue before then? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:14, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

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02:21, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Deleting a user space page

Would you mind deleting this page for me please (if permitted). Thanks.--Godot13 (talk) 04:20, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

What do you think of the selection of images on this page? Any you'd remove? Anything substantial missing? Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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Suggestion

Hey Cris,

Have a look at my new clicks 1, 2, 3, would love to nominate those for FP, is it up to FP level ? if so which one you suggest ? If any correction, please help me to retouch. DreamSparrow Chat 20:47, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Pretty good. The shots themselves are definitely FP quality, but I'd redo the cut-out if I were you. What post-processing tool are you using? Photoshop? GIMP? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:36, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

I use Photoshop but not an expert. Common things I know that's all. Could you please have a try if you don mind, as you always do with my classical dance shots... :) DreamSparrow Chat 18:12, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

  • I've done a bit here. Try comparing the two (particularly the bottoms). Next time, use shorter stretches with your straight-line selection tool, and try and avoid too many sharp turns. Also, it's a good idea to feather your selection (Selection -> Modify -> Feather). 1-2 px is usually enough. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:52, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Ya, it looks cool. Shall I suggest it to FP now ? I will be careful in future editing. Today also I went for a classical dance performance and will be uploading a picture of a cute performer, am sure you will say wow to that, may be not the photo but sure for the artist. DreamSparrow Chat 16:51, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Oh, she's adorable! All very nice shots. And yeah, I think it's FP ready. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:08, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you so much and counting the day for voting -- DreamSparrow Chat 06:28, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Done, looks amazing now. Waiting for the response. Thank you so much for the effort and the kind support Cris. DreamSparrow Chat 14:01, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Question

Am I being too hard on the new water-lily FPC? Sca (talk) 13:14, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Can't say I agree about the DOF (probably the only way to get better DOF would be to focus stack like this). But the haloing, and what looks to be some oversharpening, could conceivably lead to an oppose. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:25, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

License check...

This makes sense to me (in perhaps not a perfectly linear manner though). Perhaps I'm being too bold? -- Godot13 (talk) 20:44, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Makes sense to me too. I'd just specify Max Mirowsky's contributions, if possible. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:27, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
    • Done, and thanks.--Godot13 (talk) 23:43, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi. Hope you're well. From what I recall, you're the delegate who promotes most of the music ones. There's a dispute on one of the older nominations at the FLC about whether the above list can exist as a stand alone list as the Angel Haze article only has 3.4K of prose (588 words). I believe Lorde which is the most similar to this situation i.e. very few releases, was at 5.5K when her discography was split. Given we're at the 6th week of that nomination, delegate input is probably needed sooner than later. Cowlibob (talk) 13:46, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

An alternative has been added here, if you'd review. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:43, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

I will admit, by the way, that I kind of hate providing alts. Have seen too many situations where too many alts split the voting enough that nothing passes. Think we're justified enough here, though, where many people ask for the same thing spontaneously (and it's not like it's something like "Can't we make the sepia-toned old photo black and white?"). Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:00, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

  • It does look good though. And it's passing, which is always nice. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:13, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
    • Indeed. One of the big reasons I don't mind the alternative, especially with the other version remaining available. Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:21, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Terjemah

Crisco, Anda bisa menerjemahkan kalimat ini tidak: I found that the best way to handle [filmmakers] was to hang medals all over them ... If I got them cups and awards they'd kill them to produce what I wanted. That's why the Academy Award was created

talk
) 03:49, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Kurang lebih "Saya menyadari bahwa cara terbaik untuk menangani [pembuat film] ialah menggantungi mereka dengan medali ... kalau saya memberikan mereka piagam dan penghargaan, mereka siap membunuh supaya dipercaya dengan film yang saya minta. Karena itulah Academy Award didirikan."05:49, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
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Indigenous Australian art

Crisco, I need your help. In the section

talk
) 00:08, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Well, I like the fact that the block quote now looks like a block quote, but I'm not crazy about two images right next to each other. Also, on my screen, it makes the block quote into nearly a square. Is there any other arrangement? Could you separate the two images?
talk
) 00:18, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
I think they would look better arranged vertically at the right, but can't they be separated?
talk
) 01:02, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
  • Yeah. I've put an example here. Awful lot of white space, though. Or do you want them to be just separated by the captions? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:28, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Crisco, can you please take a look at this and see whether it's ready to be approved, and if so, could you please do so? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:07, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
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Cris,

I don't know why the last edit by an experienced editor is like this, please have a look. DreamSparrow Chat 19:13, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Like what? Adding a navbox? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:25, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
    • The first edit by that user you can see, no way related to the article, then he changed it I guess. Now its fine. DreamSparrow Chat 05:37, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

FP ?

Cris,

Have a look at these files Pear, Amber Plum and Banana, what do you think ? Are they meeting criteria ? I have done small feathering also, what you say ? -- DreamSparrow Chat 08:47, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

  • And I have a plan to nominate this, this or this also, which one you suggest ? If needed, please do retouch also. DreamSparrow Chat 08:57, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
    • It's looking much better, but I think you're still using straight lines that are too long. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:04, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Am trying my level best to improve, as you said its now better means, there is an improvement, I will keep doing and make it perfect soon, any correction, try to touch and which one you suggest for the cute dancer ? DreamSparrow Chat 09:09, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Ya ya, I understood but still I wanted one of this will have a try, if other are against also, at least they will see a cute little girl performing a very difficult art form which needs practice for more than 10 years to get established. I am collecting references too, if possible I may try an article for the cute little one. There are many references but not getting time to sort it and start preparing due to hectic office work. The one is already FP is also mine. DreamSparrow Chat 14:23, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Yeah, I know. Well, it might be worth a try, but if she's notable enough for an article, that will definitely clinch it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:09, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Ya I will try that too. Have a look at this too, I have updated with a new photograph. Just have a look. I believe better one is my click, what do you feel ? DreamSparrow Chat 18:34, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

  • Not sure I agree with you. The photographer slightly missed the focus in the old image (it happens) but the image is something like six times the size and it shows several books by the author. It's not backlit, either (something I consider a small issue with your shot). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:30, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

But it was a kind of studio shot and was not directly uploaded, so I thought to change it. DreamSparrow Chat 05:34, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

  • We've got plenty of studio shots, though, including numerous featured ones. Allan Warren has donated dozens, if not hundreds, of studio portraits he took during the 1970s on. Kyle Cassidy has likewise donated a number of pictures, but unlike Warren he doesn't upload them himself. Studio shots are not, in and of themselves, bad. I'll reinsert the old image a bit lower down. (It is nice to keep the infobox image fairly recent) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 05:44, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

This wasn't one of yours, but I have a question about the image: where would you put (... pictured) in this one? - Dank (push to talk) 00:35, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

  • The information template there is singularly unhelpful. Based on the caption in the article, I don't think I'd include (pictured). Unless we went with French soldiers / troops (pictured) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:01, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
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02:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Marie François Sadi Carnot

In this edit [4] to

talk
) 22:58, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

  • It's possible, but it would be much better if we could ID the image better. We don't even know the year. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:25, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Archive me

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Your image, File:NB-36H with B-50, 1955 - DF-SC-83-09332.jpeg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus
00:54, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Première rêverie