Wikipedia talk:Requested pictures

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[edit] Page Archived

I have archived all of the current contents of this page. Peachey88 07:55, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] proposed WikiProject Photo Requests

Hi, all:

I have proposed a WikiProject to help with the process of organizing Category:Wikipedia requested photographs and its subcategories. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Photo Requests if you're interested. I would love to hear feedback from potentially interested Wikipedians. Tim Pierce 17:34, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

thinking of reorderng the list from roughly alphabetic to subject order similar to sub-catergories in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs. Comments?Traveler100 15:14, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Map of requests

Notice that for things at specific locations, if you add {{coord}} (with latitude, longitude, and "name=object name") to an entry, there is a tool on the right side above the TOC which puts all those locations on a map. Makes it easier to find something near you in any category. (SEWilco 06:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC))

That is a really cool tool. Is there anyway this could be applied to categories? For example many requests for photos are organised by region (generated using reqphoto) eg. Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Avon. It would be very useful to have these displayed on a map.Traveler100 16:32, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

The {{GeoGroupTemplate}} only detects {{coord}} in a page. The pages in a category are not processed. You could request a Category-oriented tool; in this case perhaps one which can traverse Categories. Browsing Wikipedia Categories in Google Earth is awkward and I don't know if the author of that template's tool knows how to do it. (SEWilco 17:28, 17 September 2007 (UTC))
Way to give a challenge! :) I wrote some more code, and the tool plots articles from any category now, see for example map of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Avon. Now you'll have to decide if or how a link should be put on category pages. --Para 23:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Way to not let him ask.  :-) But a neat little thing, that. (SEWilco 03:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC))
Impressive this really helps. Particularly with something like Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Germany. Although I notice the list of places is how it looked about a week ago; recently removed articles from category are still shown on the map. Traveler100 06:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Right, the category data comes from the toolserver database, which isn't always up to date. Though this time I understand it's because of hardware trouble and maintenance, so it's exceptional. I think there's another donation drive coming soon... --Para 08:52, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I notice that there are a few different methods of generating coordinates. The coord that the map tool uses is very widely used but there are others methods, for example Template:Infobox UK place. The two templates do not mix well. Is there any agreed convention here?Traveler100 16:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Try Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates, both links and Talk. (SEWilco 17:38, 18 September 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Requests for illustrations.

I'd like to request a few illustrations, but not photographs, and not exactly diagrams. Specifically, I'd like an appropriate line drawing of the scene a faire to accompany The Maid Freed From the Gallows (portraying a woman delaying a hangman from executing her so her lover can arrive with a bribe to buy her freedom); and Republican marriage (a form of human execution from the French Revolution which involved tying a naked man and woman together, and drowning them in that way. Is there a better way to request these? bd2412 T 12:57, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requesting image

This doesn't real fit in with any of the categories on the main page, so I'm placing it here. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Media franchises is looking for an image to place on its banner, indicating the scope of the project, which is audio, video, print, performance, and potentially internet fictional series. Unfortunately, I can't find an image anywhere which would seem to fit on the banner. If any of you can either generate an image containing most of those various elements, or an image showing examples of series stored on those various media, it would be greatly appreciated. At this point, I am, I believe the phrase is, desparate. I'm likely to take anything which even approximates the sought image. John Carter (talk) 19:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures, photographs and images

There are a large number of categories requesting pictures for articles. There are also a number of templates that could be used, some of which overlap. Now many regulars here will see the difference between a photograph and an image (i.e. some other form of picture not taken with a camera). It is clear however from the contents of categories such as Category:Wikipedia requested images, Category:Wikipedia requested images-other and many of the sub-cats of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs that most Wikipedia users do not see the subtle difference or are not aware of all the possible templates.

I would therefor like to propose what may be a little controversial; namely remove distinctions between images and photographs in request categories and templates. The aim of these list is to bring to the attention of subject specialist the need for an image/photo on an article, is there any real advantage to keeping these requests separate? The only exception to this is possibly the categories for maps and diagrams as this is a special interest group in themselves. Interested to know what others think.

Traveler100 (talk) 17:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Photography#Requests for Pictures, Images and Photographs

Traveler100 (talk) 18:29, 7 May 2008 (UTC)