User talk:Donaldtong

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[edit] Bayview Apartment article

Hi Donald, I saw your comment on the talk page of the article and have responded with a suggestion for what needs to hapen to help keep the article. Let me know if I can help. ==Siobhan Hansa 13:33, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome

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--Golden Wattle talk 19:06, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Golden Wattle

Thanks for your comments and guidelines for how to use Wikipedia. Donaldtong 10:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures - Commons?

  • Hi I thought I would also add that I am enjoying the pictures you uploaded, for example: . I have a similar camera to yours, an Olympus C-740UZ (an older model I guess from the numbering). I upload most of my pictures to the related project Wikimedia Commons, that way they can be shared across other wikimedia projects, eg foreign language versions of wikipedia. If you want more info about Commons, feel free to ask. You can use the photo direct from commons, no special prefixes are required. The essential thing is probably to categorise your image so others can find it. Regards--Golden Wattle talk 20:21, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Deletion

Just a note: if you are the author of an image, and you want it removed, tag it with {{db-author}} and it should be removed in short order. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk / cont) 13:05, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi User:Ed Fitzgerald

Thanks for your great help. I have acted on your instruction of the editing.--Donaldtong (talk) 13:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hoddle Grid

Hi Donald,

why are you changing my photo?

User: Vincentshia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.105.235.47 (talk) 13:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:MelbCBD.jpg

Hi Vincentshia

Wikipedia is a free editable website. I may not be able to understand your message. My purpose is trying to upload the Image:MelbCBD.jpg , which has a broader and clear view of the Hoddle Grid to the viewers of the free encyclopedia. Now I have uploaded Image:MelbCBD.jpg into the article of Melbourne again but it seems there is a sort of the duplication of the image for the Wikipedia project of Melbourne. Your comments will be welcome Regards --Donaldtong (talk) 15:38, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Donald. You've got some great photos here on Wikipedia, but it would be great if we could keep my photo of the CBD. Do you have a website for your photos? --Vincentshia (talk) 13:25, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Vincentshia and Donald - I have come to this talk page in response to another question by Donald (answered below) but thought I would add my two cents here. In response to "keep my photo" and other discussion points, I suggest you take the issue to the talk page of the article and note the policy of Wikipedia:Ownership of articles which deals with Some contributors feel very possessive about material (be it categories, templates, articles, images, essays, or portals) that they have contributed to this project. Some go so far as to defend them against all others. It is one thing to take an interest in an article that you maintain on your watchlist. Maybe you really are an expert or you just care about the topic. But if this watchfulness starts to become possessiveness, then you may be overdoing it. The policy notes it is "important to respect the work of your fellow contributors". Neither photo of the CBD will be deleted unless it breaches copyright policy or similar. It is probably not appropriate to use two images of the same subject in an article and hence my suggestion to resolve the matter on the talk page of the article involving othr editors. --Matilda talk 22:23, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image use questions

Hi Donald You asked me: Are there guidelines in Wikipedia answering questions such as;

  • How many images can be added within an article?
  • There is no limit to the number of pictures that can be added to an article but as per Wikipedia:Image use policy#Image queuing - "Articles may get ugly and difficult to read if there are too many images crammed onto a page with relatively little text. They may even overlap." If the text is not balanced by the number of images you would need to have a very strong sense that all the images were necessary to the topic of the article.
  • How to justify by saying that an article is not a gallery?
  • What is the criteria to judge an image whether it is relevant or informative to the article?
  • Guidelines concerning images can be found at Wikipedia:Images - particularly the section on Pertinence and encyclopedicity seems relevant: "Images must be relevant to the article they appear in and be significant relative to the article's topic." They need to be specific and should be properly sourced and referenced.

Hope this helps - I am happy to follow up n any specific questions you might have. regards --Matilda talk 22:17, 20 April 2008 (UTC) (formerly known as Golden Wattle)