Talk:Cosina Voigtländer
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Camerapedia material is licenced under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. [1] Rama 11:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- That's right, it is. But if it's worth lifting from Camerapedia, isn't it worth lifting with care? (See this.) -- Hoary (talk) 11:00, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Voigtlander "Write-up" External Link
Hi there, I am requesting permission to add my recently created "Voigtlander Rangefinders" write-up to the external link section of the page. The URL of the page is [2]. Cheers, Matthew. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fotodudenz (talk • contribs) 09:43, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
- What with "WP:OWN", I don't suppose the personal opinion of the main author of the article is of any particular significance. I'll be less "bold" than Rama, and will instead point you to Wikipedia:External links. First in the list of "Links normally to be avoided" is Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article. I'm sorry to say that this would seem to cover your page, other perhaps than for the (very brief) comments that you make on the various equipment. (Camerapedia is more indulgent.) Incidentally, while of course you're free to skip the umlaut in your own site, do please use it here. (The name is not "Voigtlander" but "Voigtländer".) -- Hoary (talk) 11:00, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup of 35mm Rangefinder (Bessa) section
I fixed the links to the various Bessa models so that they would work. I also added a "main article" link to the Bessa page. However, the layout seems inefficient: why are there links to every individual model when we can just link to the whole article? (The Bessa article is almost entirely descriptions of the various camera models.) Should the Bessa article be merged into this article? Should this article be merged into the Bessa article? It seems like most of the Cosigna Voigtlander stuff is primarly Bessa-related (eg, Bessa models and lenses that are compatible with those cameras). I had been looking at and editing the Bessa page (I added the section on the R4A/M), but I had no idea there was a separate page about the Cosigna Voigtlander brand (though it was linked). I think these two pages can work better together in the future. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.36.110.21 (talk) 07:32, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
- It seems like most of the [Cosina Voigtländer] stuff is primarly Bessa-related (eg, Bessa models and lenses that are compatible with those cameras). ¶ Perhaps the majority is, but a considerable amount isn't. As an illustration, consider the list of CV news, from the newest at the top to the oldest at the bottom. Of the top three stories (as it happens, all product releases), only one is of something (35/1.4) that will fit some models of Bessa; the others are for lenses (58/1.4, 40/2) for Nikon Ai-S and Pentax K mounts and that therefore won't fit on any Bessa that I have heard of.
- why are there links to every individual model ¶ A good question, with a simple answer. This WP article was taken (by User:Rama) from a (poor) Camerapedia article. Here is the first version of this article (12 September 2007) and here is the Camerapedia article as it stood at that time. (Here is the latest version of the Camerapedia article as I write.) The Camerapedia article was and is released under the GFDL, so its rerelease as a Wikipedia article was entirely legitimate. Its rerelease as a Wikipedia article in this form also struck me at the time (and still strikes me) as dumb, lazy or arrogant, but it's clear that User:Rama and I disagree on this. -- Hoary (talk) 09:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
