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Intro You can leave a message here. I am usually pretty good about getting back to notices and messages, but if I'm not it's because I'm not currently doing anything with Wikipedia. I'm always available through email, and you can email me through Wikipedia or you can do it directly at evan.amos /at\ gmail.com [I am currently on hiatus from Wikimedia with other projects, so replies might be belated.] Talk Page Archive Various photo notices are archived here

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! File:Oreo-Size-Variations.jpg, which was produced or nominated by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates‎. Comments Good quality. --Raghith 05:12, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Nail-clippers-variety.jpg

FYI, I nominated one of your pictures as a Featured Picture candidate. The nomination is here. The list of current FP candidates is here. Nice work. Jbarta (talk) 19:59, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the support! I just realized that I could retake that picture since I've got my camera set up at the moment, so it was a good initiative to do so.Evan-Amos (talk) 04:09, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

UPDATE: Image is now a featured picture. Congratulations. Jbarta (talk) 12:54, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! File:Kinder-Beuno-Split.jpg, which was produced or nominated by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates‎. Comments QI for me. --Jakubhal 06:37, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

... for your good photos and also for putting them in the public domain instead of using complicated licenses! :-)

TwoThree other things: I noticed the addition of your info templates - fine generally, but don't you think that the PD template gets pushed far down by those big templates? A suggestion: put the PD template directly in the permission= field.

I have given you auto-patroller rights. I think you will not vandalize or upload copyvios. :-) You're edits do not need to be patrolled anymore. Do you think differently?

You have no SUL account ("There is no SUL account matching the name "Evan-Amos"."). Go to Special:MergeAccount to merge your enwp and Commons account to one global account (under which those both continue to exist). That way you will be able to also easily contribute in other Wikipedias and only have to sign in once.

Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 00:56, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for all of that! Looking at it now, I agree on the PD license field thing, so I'll be sure to do that. I'm still working on revamping the format of my pages and fields, so I'll be continuing to fix and tweak things over the next few days. I can only edit one photo at a time, so it can be a bit slow going, but I plan to get them all formatted the same.

I'll be sure to do the SUL thing, because I do have to sign in separately now, so having something simpler is good to know. I still feel like I'm fumbling around a lot when it comes to this whole Wiki thing, so any guidance or help always means a lot to me. Thanks again! - Evan-Amos (talk) 12:43, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Okay! SUL worked - your account is global now. Starting at the next sign in you will be logged in everywhere (if it doesn't work already). Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 22:16, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your amazing pictures! Americanplus (talk) 19:17, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the generous licensing on your photos. You are a hero! --2.25.48.69 19:15, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

Super Nintendo / Famicom

Hi Evan, I was wondering if you had uploaded a jpg version of File:Super-Famicom-Console-Set.png. I just nominated your picture of the SNES for FP at Wikipedia, and I'd like to have the Famicom to compare it to (like a set). Great works, by the way. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:13, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the support and interest! I uploaded a jpg version of the file. I usually have both ready when I do it, but sometimes I just haven't uploaded the second file. Evan-Amos (talk) 04:58, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

• You're very welcome (I nominated three today; we'll see how they do before I nominate any more). After seeing how the Commodore did a couple weeks ago, I decided to take a look at some of your other pictures; I have a special place in my heart for the SNES, having cut my teeth on it back in the early 90s, so I nominated it right away. Thanks! Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:05, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

• Would it be possible to touch up the shadow under the barrel in File:NES-zapper.jpg? It seems to have disappeared. The camera picture has essentially passed, but the video game ones are at a deadlock. Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:47, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the update and letting me know what's going. I'm currently away for the holidays so I don't have access to my computer and files for a few days. I could always retake or re-edit the picture of the Zapper when I get back, but it wouldn't be until Monday.

Also, I had looked over the pictures that have been put through to featured status via the community. Part of me has held back nominating my own stuff since a lot of the pictures that I see make featured are of animals, scenic vistas, marcos, etc. I've had the feeling that my product photos of video games and candy could been seen as more niche than that, especially to people who didn't play them. If the photos make it through the process then that's great, but it not I don't see it as a big deal. Evan-Amos (talk) 15:56, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

• No problem, we could always renominate if necessary; admittedly some users are strongly against product photos, but since File:Nail-clippers-variety.jpg passed in October I've figured that, community wise, there's nothing wrong with them. Enjoy the holidays! As a side note, there's nothing against you voting on them if you want. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:33, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

• A quick question: Is the black bulge in File:SNES Edit.png from post-processing or ...? A couple of opposes have been based on it. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:01, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Uh, it could be from shadows? At the time I wasn't using plexiglass to take pictures, so the edges can look sloppy because of the heavy shadows. I could take the picture better now since I could do a more competent job of photoshopping and actually taking the picture. A lot of my older pictures are on a to-do list because they can have problems like this. For the SNES specifically, it's a little bit harder to take a picture of it because the one that I own is heavily oxidized (the same as in the oxidized SNES picture), so it takes a bit more effort than the other console pictures. Evan-Amos (talk) 01:29, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

• That's what I suggested at the nomination page. Thanks. Regarding your images... fantastic work, no matter whether its featured or not. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:44, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

I did some retakes of the SNES and the Zapper. I should be getting those ready in the next few days. Evan-Amos (talk) 03:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

PSX-Console-wController.png

Hello! Your photo PSX-Console-wController.png was nominated to Featured picture on Polish Wikipedia but you have to at least one edit. You can do it?--Basshuntersw (talk) 09:18, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I made a couple of edits on some Polish pages. I updated pictures of various video game consoles. Evan-Amos (talk) 02:21, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Vanamo Logo

Evan, I just made a vectorized version of your logo. Is that OK with you? Atomicbeachball (talk) 02:29, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Hey, that's cool with me. Thanks! I don't really know how to do stuff with vectors or SVG files, so I would never have been able to do that myself. It should come in handy at some point. Evan-Amos (talk) 05:24, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Hey Evan, you know that an SVG vector picture has a smaller file size than the same photo in another format? That will be useful if you want to keep your page free of other clutter!

A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	Great work on the video game system images! Mattsephton (talk) 15:25, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey there, thanks! Evan-Amos (talk) 03:14, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	This is for the Bandai Playdia pic. One of the rarest consoles ever. Period! KiwikidCP7 (talk) 14:21, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for being behind on thanking you for this. Yeah, I was really excited to be able to get a picture of such a rare console. I really lucked out by finding someone with it. Evan-Amos (talk) 03:22, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	Awesome videogame pics! Keep up the good work! :D SchizophrenicDingo (talk) 17:01, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement! Evan-Amos (talk) 03:22, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	Great photos of those obscure games consoles! Keep it up! KiwikidCP7 (talk) 14:11, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! The obscure consoles are some of the most worthwhile considering there's so few good pictures of them on the entire Internet. Evan-Amos (talk) 03:22, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	Thanks for sharing photos Lmao (talk) 18:49, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, glad you're enjoying them! Evan-Amos (talk) 03:22, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	Thank you very much for your public domain work! Every bit of free information is helpful, so thanks again! Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 15:00, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I just want people to have easy access to good pictures, so I'm glad that they're able to reach such a wide audience. Evan-Amos (talk) 03:22, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Photo request

Would there be any possibility you could get your hands on a PlayStation Vita? There's not any good photos around right now, one of yours would be appreciated. Kyores (talk) 11:15, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

The current SVG file is pretty good, so I don't know if I'd be in a rush to replace it. I'm currently on a bit of a hiatus from pictures, and I also don't have a black Vita. If I run across one, I'll be sure to get a picture of it for the gallery and the Vita page. Evan-Amos (talk) 03:50, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

png photos

Hi Evan, Thank you for your great photographs. I edited and resized a lot of your food and candy photographs with photoshop so that they could become my dock and file folder icons. I was wondering if you'd be interested in sharing them; they're all about 500 max width/height. -Sara

Hey, thanks for the interest and sorry for the late reply. Using the pictures as dock folders sounds pretty cool. I don't know if I'd be able to upload them to them to any of my galleries as that falls under personal use rather than encyclopedic value. If you have any personal site of your own, you can feel free to distribute them, though! Evan-Amos (talk) 03:48, 12 March 2013 (UTC)