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[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Neue Wache
An image uploaded by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, Image:B_Neue_Wache_interior_1b.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! MER-C 09:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Daniel,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:B Neue Wache interior 1b.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 24, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-12-24. howcheng {chat} 18:56, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POTD notification

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Hi Daniel,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:USA Lassen NP Kings Creek CA edit3.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 29, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-09-29. howcheng {chat} 00:04, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiMiniAtlas HTML

Your WikiMiniAtlas is wonderful. Whilst taking a look at its internal workings, I noticed a typo in the HTML produced by the iframe.html script: the <head> tag is missing its closing bracket. -- The Anome 08:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll fix it asap (which will be tomorrow when I have full internet access from a pc with my toolserevr key on it). --Dschwen 13:15, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tibetan places on the wiki map

Hi I've recently been adding the Tibetan towns and villages to wikipedia complete with coordinates. However the titles of the new villages I have been adding aren't showing on the wiki mini atlas in the globe. If you look at Tibet on the map only the larger places like Lhasa, Dhingri, Shigatse, Golmud etc are showing when it ought to show the titles of smaller places like Alamdo, Azog, Baicang etc and tens of others i have been adding when you zoom in. PLease can you help me because I am trying to draw up a detailed map of Tibet as I add these articles but they are just not registering as places on the map ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 09:38, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, you'll have to have some patience. The labels get updated when a new dump is generated. --Dschwen 21:21, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiMiniAtlas in Div

How to insert WMA into a div to replace maps to Infobox?--Pako-wiki 15:02, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

This is currently not yet possible. I am working on a new redesigned version which has this feature. But please have some patientence with me, as I just moved to a new county and have to settle in first. --Dschwen 18:10, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POTD notification

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Hi Daniel,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Amsel Weibchen aufgeplustert edit2 clone.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 23, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-10-23. howcheng {chat} 17:01, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WMA meta loading

Our practice of loading WMA from meta is resulting in a small but measurable decrease in browser load speed for cold-cache users. The reason for this is that when the script is not cached by the client the request to meta requires a brand new TCP connection to meta and page rendering blocks while the script is fetched. There is no particular reason that we need this fetch to be blocking. I'd suggest we wrap the document.write in an anonymous function that gets attached as an onload hook, though with this change the master WMA script will likely need to be changed to execute right away. I know you have been busy lately, so if you don't get a chance to look into this first, I'll go ahead and test a solution, but it might be a few days before I can look into it. --Gmaxwell 05:53, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

The onload hook mechanism was used by another wikipedia before and didn't work. I cannot remember which one. Anyhow, let me try it. What do you mean by master WMA script will likely need to be changed to execute right away? Ahh, I see, so that it is guaranteed to be loaded when it is scheduled for execution. Hmmm. You may be right, and that is probably why it didn't work. --Dschwen 15:37, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nodal Ninja panoramic head

Just wondering what you think of the pano head. Considering how many panoramic images I take, I suppose its surprising I haven't as yet invested in one. To be honest, most of the shots I take either have low parallax error or are hand-held. Ptgui/smartblend does a good job of masking errors, but it would still be a helpful thing to have in the arsenal. The NN is pretty expensive for something that may not be used very often (and is a bit bulky by the looks of things), and the Panosaurus is significantly cheaper (the NN seems about £150 and the Panosaurus is USD$78 + shipping of about $20... bargain!). Did you do much research and why did you choose the NN over other rivals? Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 14:54, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

I like the build quality of the NN. And if I recall correctly it was just about $100 (I bought it last year when i was in the states). I used it with my powershot G3 and I am extremely happy with it (used it for almost all my in- and outdoor panoramics). However I haven't used it with my 5D yet, but I brought it with me and I'm planning to set it up for my next big pano. Your pics are great, and there is no doubt that with the advanced blending software and some handheld-shooting experience you can get good results. But in the cases where you are using a tripod anyways (and for me that was more the case with the G3 than now with the 5D) it makes you life easier and gives you more reliable results in terms consistent overlap and noticably easier stitching. And I prefer that to the clever automatic seam-faking. Hmm... ..while I'm writing this I just visited the panosaurus website and it looks like a new revision with aluminium enforced arms came out Nov'06 (after I bought my NN). In that case I'd definitely go for the cheaper PS! Uh and while I'm thinking about it a bit more, I think the Panosaurus was out of stock when I wanted to order (in June'06), probably because they were already planning to release the new version. So yeah, go with the PS. It might not necessarily increase the quality of you panos - at least for the ones you upload here there usually is no room for improvement anyways, but then again I have no idea how many pano-attempts end up unstitchable on your harddisk (I know its quite some in my case when i shoot handheld) - but it will make life easier. --Dschwen 15:33, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Caterpillar of the Spurge Hawk-moth
An image uploaded by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, Image:CH Caterpillar.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! MER-C 04:32, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Daniel,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:CH Caterpillar.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 3, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-05-03. howcheng {chat} 05:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] crepuscular rays

Hi, Dschwen,
May I please ask you to take a look here:
http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=08&month=12&year=2007
Please take a look at 3D SUNBEAMS and please see how they call them. Thank you for your time and no response is needed. Regards--Mbz1 (talk) 15:21, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Wow, a really solid reference! --Dschwen 16:27, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
I see he got you too. Sad. See here for my reply. Matt Deres (talk) 02:23, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GeoHack/WikiAtlas hybrid

Here's an idea as I dislike huge size of the GeoTemplate, is when the link is clicked to popup an iframe loading GeoHack mini with 5-10 links to the most popular mapping sites, a more link which direct to the full GeoHack page, and an link to load the WikiMiniAtlas inside. This has the advantage of shorter loading times, makes our mapping service more obvious, and faster for the user. —Dispenser (talk) 06:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Thanks for your vote on Clay Anderson's spacewalk, for FP. Please take a look at edit 1, and if possible, reconsider? - Ohmpandya We need to talk... ♦ contribs 01:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Travels

Hey deBivort! I just went to yor userpage for the first time and noticed the cool Image:User_debivort_travels.png. Did you manually draw that? Or did you use GPS traces? --Dschwen 13:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Dschwen - Unfortunately, it's just done by hand. An automated generator would be very cool. I don't suppose any of your wiki apps could do that? Thanks for reminding me of it - it's a bit out of date and I should address that. de Bivort 13:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Guild

Yeah it hasn't gone done terrible well with a few people which is a shame as I'd hoped it would be a positive thing for the photographic community. As I mentioned on the FPC talkpage I used my own profile as a template for other users to follow - I mean I could have made a profile of someone else or xxxxx'd it but I thought it would look like a hollow show of modesty and pretension if I didn't include my profile there. Oh well life is not fair I guess! :-) --Fir0002 22:21, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photographic Master Award

Congratulations! You have been selected as one of Wikipedia's Masters of Photography for your outstanding contributions to the project. Please place this award somewhere on your userpage! Also be sure to visit the Photographic Masters' Guild Homepage. There you can find out more about project and utilize the forums etc. As a recipient I would request that you create yourself a profile and add five of your very best images (not necessarily 5 FP's - just five photos you think are your best) to the Guild Gallery. If you don't do this within 14 days of recieving this award I'll assume you'd rather I do it on your behalf.
Well Done Dschwen, we've had our differences but you've certainly done your bit for the FP collection! :-) --Fir0002 08:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Featured sounds

I noticed that you have participated in Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates in the past. There are now two candidates and the project appears to be abandoned. If you could look at the candidates and vote it would be appreciated. Zginder (talk) (Contrib) 18:24, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] with no subject

Once Fcb981 told you: "Just thought you should know, Dschwen, you lost a lot of respect from me just niow." I believe you should know that you lost the last bit of respect that I still had for you after your latest comment. In a mean time may I please ask you to stop giving me orders? May I please also ask you to spare your time and do not respond this message. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:04, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think you even know the meaning of the word respect. EOD. --Dschwen 05:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Thanks! :-D --Dschwen 19:18, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sparrenberg Castle

FYI, I recently noticed that your Sparrenburg FP got orphaned, as the article was deleted for being a copyvio. I put in for a translation request and voila, Sparrenberg Castle was created and your photo now has a home. If you have time, you may want to proofread the article (apparently, that step is still outstanding). Regards, howcheng {chat} 07:35, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/cow
An image uploaded by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, Image:CH cow 2.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! MER-C 08:37, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Edison, Nebraska

Please stop deleting the Mapit template from Edison, Nebraska. Community articles are required to have the Mapit link in the EL section. Nyttend (talk) 02:52, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Why? Neither is it a true external link, nor does it add any information that isn't there without it. --Dschwen 03:50, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Four-spotted Chaser
An image uploaded by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, Image:Dragonfly macro.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! MER-C 06:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect highlighting script

I've left a note at User talk:Dschwen/highlightredirects.js about possibly simplifying the script, if you so choose. Redirect-highlighting has (finally!) been subsumed by MediaWiki: as of early March 2008, pages now have a CSS class mw-redirect to links that are redirects. This change would speed up the script by reducing extra client-server communication to, well, nothing. Thanks :) GracenotesT § 01:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] HighlightRedirects

Hello. I have made several major changes to your script. You may wish to adopt them into the actual script.

My version can be found here.

The changes I made were:

  1. Changing the tab to a MediaWiki tab
  2. Making the script not work on Special and edit pages
  3. Changing the bright blue link colour the normal darker one

Thanks! archanamiya · talk 15:13, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Done. Although the script should be majorly reworked. A recent MediaWiki revision introduced a css class for redirect links, making the XHRs obsolete. --Dschwen 15:29, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I threw out all the XHR stuff. You should readopt the new version in order to avoid unnecessary server queries. --Dschwen 16:00, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Postprocessing

Rather than fill the FP nom with even more conversation, I figured I'd bring the chat here. I recently discovered a neat little tool that works similarly to HDR tone mapping, but less intrusively, and without the additional step of actually creating a 32bit HDR file. Basically, you feed it multiple exposures (either the same frame processed from RAW at various exposures, such as -1.5, 0 and +1.5 stops, or individual frames that are aligned perfectly), and it will analyse them, pick the areas that are exposed in the middle of the exposure curve, and merge them all together to create an 'ideally' exposed image. To be honest, I don't know any more than that about how it does what it does other than what is on the site itself, but it works very well indeed, without any obvious haloes. As you would expect, the resultant image is often low in contrast, having squeezed a lot of dynamic range out of it, but if you feed it 16 bit TIFFs, it will spit out 16 bit TIFFs too, which respond very well to further post processing. Anyway, thats the secret weapon. The rest is just the dart art of photoshop editing. ;-) Oh, and while Tufuse is command line driven, there is a GUI available for it. Its all a bit cutting edge at the moment - both Tufuse and its GUI are very much beta right now, but I haven't found anything else out there that does the job as well as it does. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 01:12, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Delisting nom. of your image of Petrified Wood

Hello Dschwen,

I am sorry to say, but I have nominated one of your most early works that was promoted to FP status for delisting. The discussion for this delisting nomination can be found here.

Kind Regards,

Booksworm Sprechen-sie Koala? 10:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A message in WikiMiniAtlas discussion

Hi Dschwen! I left you a message in meta wikiminiatlas discussion some days ago. Read it when you can! Bye! -User:Theklan.eu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.16.207.133 (talk) 00:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm currently on vaccation. Will respond next week. Best Dschwen 03:28, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

By the way... there's a week now that WMA is not properly working on eu:wp. It gives a mysql error message. Do you know why? -Theklan (talk) 10:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Fixed. The underlying database was changed slightly (this relates to a server outage a couple of months ago and a workaround which doesn't work anymore). By the way, the WikiMiniAtlas does not appear in Konqueror un eu.wp, it throws a TypeError: Null value (I've seen that before on some other wp). --Dschwen 12:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I changed the common.js script that was very long to a shorter one copied directly from es:wp. It's strange, but I can't do nothing. Have you seen the zoom level idea I gave you in the discussion? -Theklan (talk) 16:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
It works now in Konqueror, but check out eu:Helsinki floating in the Atlantic (west of greenwich instead of east). I'll get to the city size zoom level thingie later. --Dschwen 19:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Helsinki problem solved! There're many, also on en:wp with these problem, putting E instead of W or opposite. By the way! Congratulations for the work with Panoramaviewer... I have discovered it now and implemented a link in a template for wide images in eu:wp! -Theklan (talk) 11:57, 6 June 2008 (UTC)