User talk:Sba2
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[edit] Great Pictures
You've been Dugg. I've just been going through your contributions, and I must say, the photos your Dad took are amazing. I love looking at them! (Corby 07:44, 13 August 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Metropolitan cathedral
Hi Sba2. I had deleted the picture of the Metropolitan cathedral since, if you have Internet Explorer (any version) you might find that it alters the layout of the sections (mainly the Sports section which includes a huge blank space). This is not the case if you use Firefox, but only 30% of Internet users use Firefox. I deleted the Metropolitan cathedral picture and not another one for three reasons: (1) it was the last to be added, (2) it is not crucial for a better understanding of the content of the article [as a matter of fact none of the pics is crucial] and (3) it is an old 1950s picture, not a recent one, which would more accurately portray today's landmarks.
If you strongly oppose the deletion for academic reasons, and not merely aesthetic ones, I propose that we include the picture in the History section, which has enough space and therefore it will not alter the layout by including blank spaces. Moreover, being a 50+ year old picture, I believe it would be the appropriate section for it. Notwithstanding my proposal, I still do not see the crucial need to add the picture. Let me know what you think.
--the dúnadan 18:35, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, I am sorry. I see that you had already done precisely what I was proposing by putting the pic in the history section. Like the saying goes... "Great minds think alike". Cheers! --the dúnadan 18:41, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] image
- Hey this is in Manitou Springs, but I'm sure you figured that out. I've been importing some of your photos onto commons, noticed some are already there. They're going exactly as-is, w/ your attributes, names, & lic info.
- BTW those names are cumbersom, can they be changed? I know you want the attributes, but those are in the photo info... Grye 00:00, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
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- Hi Grye, I began adding names to the image file after an early vandalism incident. I noticed that it's more difficult for a vandal to alter the image file name on Wikipedia than it is to change any text info that goes along with that file.
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- More recently, one of my images of London was posted on the digg.com site Dugg and, as a result, that image is on blogs and web pages all over the internet...but the image is not always linked to Wikipedia or coupled to the text info that went along with it. However, in those cases, the full image file name usually shows up...even when all reference to Wikipedia and all text is gone.
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- Thanks for the commons uploads. Best regards, User:Sba2
- OK so keep original names, I'm gathering. Cool.
- A note though, from a (once) network engineer: you should really stay away from punctuation of any kind, of course / ? etc are illegal names, but on some servers commas confuse them too. for instance:
- "Aspen , 1962 , Kodachrome by Chalmers Butterfield"
- isn't good, if for no other reason than it comes out as
- "Aspen_%2C_1962_%2C_Kodachrome_by_Chalmers_Butterfield.jpg"
- And "Aspen_,_1962_,_Kodachrome_by_Chalmers_Butterfield"
- Alternately. better would be
- Aspen_1962_Kodachrome_by_Chalmers_Butterfield
- Cool, whatevs, just suggesting... thanks Grye 02:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Picture upload to Commons
Hey, I am writing an article about SAS Airline. Would you please be so kind and upload your "Image:Douglas DC 6 , SAS , SE-BDC , Kodachrome by Chalmers Butterfield.jpg" picture to Commons so that I can use it in the German Wiki as well. Thanks --60.51.92.210 06:38, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- You're Welcome....The photo has been uploaded to the Commons......
