User talk:MichaelMaggs/Archive/2008

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

From Muhammad Mahdi Karim (talk) 11:07, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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Chess

Hey MichaelMaggs, I just wanted to let you know that I undid your edit to Chess, and to let you know why, (I did enlarge the image I put back in, which seemed to be your main concern with it). While the image you inserted is certainly a nice one, I felt the other was better for two reasons: first, it shows a game clock, an important part of the game that goes unillustrated elsewhere in the article (aside from one picture where there's one in the background, and isn't the focal point at all). Second, I feel that the image you inserted just too closely resembled the image directly underneath, so the previous one is better for aesthetic reasons. Though, again, the image you inserted is quite nice, and could definitely be used somewhere else in the article. Anyway, no offense was meant by the revert. Cheers, faithless (speak) 11:15, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

OK - I thought the new one was better, but I understand your reasoning. Thanks for letting me know. --MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
I changed 2 or 3 others that you put in back to previous ones. The main reason is that the board in your photo is not standard, and one of the articles was about rules, which gives the rules for the board. It doesn't make sense to me to show a picture of one that violates the rules. Two more minor quibbles are (1) it showed it from the black side, and showing from the white side is sort of standard, (2) it is a good photograph, but it is of a very low quality set and board. Bubba73 (talk), 01:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello - I don't know quite where to put this, so feel free to just delete it right away, but your image "Lichen-covered tree, Tresco" is really really beautiful. Just thought I would tell you so! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.135.175.111 (talk) 08:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC) Thanks! --MichaelMaggs (talk) 20:42, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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Hi Michael,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Bouncing ball strobe edit.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on February 22, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-02-22. Note that I had to edit down your proposed caption for length (my rule is to not have the text extend beyond the upper and lower bounds of the image), but I hope it's still clear enough for the layperson. howcheng {chat} 17:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

The caption is great. Thanks for that. --MichaelMaggs (talk) 18:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)