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Image:Nopngs.gif
editHi. I noticed that you created Image:Nopngs.gif and put a bunch of POV, untrue statements on its image description page. Please take a look at en:Special:Contributions/PNG crusade bot for a list of images that benefited from conversion to PNG. Also, en:Image:WikiscannerScrsht.jpg is a great example of JPEG being a terrible format for non-photographic data. The JPEG copy is 114 KB, whereas the PNG copy is 14 KB. PNG images also support the full range of colors, whereas GIFs are limited to 256 colors.
That said:
- JPEG is fine for photographic data. But please don't recommend that people use it for non-photographic data.
- GIF is fine for simple animations. But please don't recommend that people use it for non-animated images.
congratulations
editYour version of the Neckar River watershed is a considerable improvement over the earlier map.
Congratulations!
How did you do it? I would like to make better maps.
Cheers! Geo Swan 20:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
image
editRegarding http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Panama-Canal-rough-diagram-quick.jpg could you tell me where you sourced this image, it would be useful to know if there are more images there that I might use for some of my own pages Parrot of Doom 13:26, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:Skelleftealven River map closer.gif
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Image Tagging Image:Map HK Lantau closer.jpg
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Ike
editHi. If an image is within a subcategory like "Hurricane Ike in Texas" it does not need to also have a parent category like "Hurricane Ike" added as well; that is redundant to the Commons:Categories system. On a related point, I have suggested that "Category:Hurricane Ike (2008) be renamed simply "Category:Hurricane Ike"; see Category talk:Hurricane Ike (2008) and comment there if you wish. Cheers, -- Infrogmation (talk) 02:51, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
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Berlin shapefiles?
editcould you tell me where I could find shapefiles of Berlin and its boroughs?
Tcat780
LIFE Photo Archive
editHi, Wikid77. I noticed that you have already uploaded an image using the new {{LIFE}} tag. This is great! However, please do not upload the high-resolution images on Google since they contain watermarking. The smaller resolution ones are of sufficiently good quality and do not have watermarking. Moreover, I have explained in the template documentation's copyright section why using {{PD-US}} is usually inappropriate. It is generally far safer to upload pre-1889 images, unless the author is confirmed to have died before 1939. As for your suggestions, I have replied to them on the village pump. Regards. --BomBom (talk) 14:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Hi, Wikid77. I was thinking exactly the same thing. Time Inc. has said 97% of the photos (i.e. the overwhelming majority) are unpublished, meaning that photos created between 1889 and 1923 may still be under copyright. I think the safest is to start by uploading pre-1889 photos (and that's already a huge workload!!). If Carl Lindberg's assertion on the village pump that the Copyright Term Extension Act wasn't retroactive (I am waiting for Cornell to update their chart to be sure about this), then we can also upload images created between 1889 and 1897. Images created after that should only be uploaded if their photographer died before 1939. Your guess is probably correct: I don't think we would find many photographers in that category, although it is by no means impossible. I'm sure there's a list of LIFE photographers somewhere on the web, so with a bit of research we can come up with a few names whose photos would be OK on Commons. As for post-1939 photos, they are clearly not free. Photos which use a 1939+ year in the {{LIFE}} template should be automatically marked for deletion. Regards. --BomBom (talk) 19:38, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
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Graph WP extended growth 2025.gif
editJust as a matter of interest, how did you make the predictions for this graph, did you just arbitrarily invent it, or is there an equation for it?Wolfkeeper (talk) 19:17, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
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Tip: Categorizing images
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Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
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[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.BotMultichillT 04:59, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
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Template:Size
editThis edit removed the ability to localize the numbers in the user's preferred output language. The rounding error is marginal and doesn't occur in most cases, but a lack of localization affects millions of users. --Slomox (talk) 11:02, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
- By the way: The fault lies not at the template, it's the Mediawiki software that sucks with operations like {{#expr: trunc( ( 0.12 - 0.1 ) * 100 ) }} = 1, instead of correctly 2. --Slomox (talk) 11:34, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
- I added a hack to the template. I hope the rounding errors are fixed now ;-) Please check the pages, where you encountered the rounding errors and if they are okay, please undo your edit. --Slomox (talk) 11:50, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
- Let's see: there had been trouble on 20.2 & 20.4, which now appear with Template:Formatnum as:
{{Formatnum|20.2}}
= 20.2 &{{Formatnum|20.4}}
= 20.4. Okay, so I am restoring Template:Size to use that template. -Wikid77 (talk) 14:34, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
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PD-old-auto
editHi Wikid77, concerning your change at File:Rozier engraving.jpg: The year in this template is not the date of production/engraving. It is the death date of the artist/author. I reverted your change. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 12:58, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
Thasos labeld map
editare you the author? --Haubi (talk) 08:37, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
File source is not properly indicated: File:Gary_Kildall_older_style.jpg
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Problems caused by your changes
editIf you change a template which is used on more the 25000 Pages, please do it in a correct manner or keep away.
Fix this problem!
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Die_Gartenlaube_%281881%29_b_037.jpg
What is about this curiosity??
??? Extracted image (if any): File:Die Gartenlaube (1881) b 039.jpg - hi res, ~2.5 MB. ???
most of the pages have no pictures at all, so this is a more than useless comment.
Die Gartenlaube is the name of this periodical, which should not be translated or would you translate the The Harald Tribune
("The Garden Arbor")
Could you please stick to the naming conventions which are used in de wikisorce
Greetings --Joergens.mi (talk) 05:20, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!
editThe Photographer's Barnstar | |
Hi I am a Singaporean student from the National University of Singapore and I am working on OCT. It would be great if you could send me the 3D reconstruction code you use to obtain the HautFingerspitzeOCT image. It would be very helpful for my Final Year Project. I am currently using MATLAB to process my 2D images i acquire from my OCT set up. Thanks!
Regards Nithya Nithyaram (talk) 05:43, 20 January 2012 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
editThe Photographer's Barnstar | |
I am Nithya, I had just sent you a message, and my email address is nithyar89@gmail.com. Thanks. Nithyaram (talk) 05:59, 20 January 2012 (UTC) |
Commons:Attack page
editThe simple conversion of this English Wikipedia policy into a Commons essay is inappropriate, because the language is all wrong. You must either rewrite as an essay, or take steps to propose it as a policy/guideline. If you don't want to do either, I will nominate it for deletion. Rd232 (talk) 20:08, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Unlinking Category:Uploaded with UploadWizard
editHi Wikid77
According to its description, this is for files uploaded with the Wizard. Is there a specific reason why you remove it from file description pages? [1] -- Docu at 04:55, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
- I did not see the need to link the category, which already has more than 714,000 pages linked. Is there some reason why each image must be bloated with a link to that large nebulous category? -Wikid77 (talk) 20:17, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
- If you think it should be removed, it would be preferable to change upload wizard. If you just remove it from random files, the category wont be complete. -- Docu at 21:57, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
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Yours sincerely, whym (talk) 23:11, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
a heads-up
editYou have made some beautiful maps that were adapted from maps I made. I think I have told you I recognize that your derived images were superior to mine.
I noticed File:Neckar watershed closer.gif was re-used here -- and, unfortunately, was credited solely to me.
I'm sorry, because it was your improvements that took one of the ugliest maps I made and turned it into something beautiful and useful.
Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 20:26, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Nauru map bold.jpg
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Yours sincerely, Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:15, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
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