User talk:JGHowes

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[edit] Dupes

Your delete request is done. Whenever you have one, tag it and let me know because the dupes category has thousands of images in it and the dupes tool starts at the beginning of the alphabet, so the zebras will likely be in there awhile. — Rlevse • Talk • 09:59, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the help

I'm sorry about this unfortunate mistake. Thanks for fixing it. Please accept my apologies and assume good faith in your edit summaries in the future if you will. Thanks, Poeticbent talk 18:08, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Norfolk and Western 611.jpg

I this a composite image? The quality of light between the locomotive and the background look too different to me to have been taken at the same time. The whole train and the two rails in the track all look flat and faded like it was taken from an older image while the foliage around it is crisp and shows a much higher dynamic range of colors. Looking very closely at the image, it almost looks like a black line around the locomotive's smokebox reinforcing my thought that the result looks like a composite image. Slambo (talk) 17:28, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Slambo, you have a good eye. It's one photo, but I did retouch it to lighten the shadows of the loco and train. If it doesn't look too good, I can upload the un-retouched version so you can compare them. Let me know what you think. JGHowes ^talk - 20:02, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] no need to take to RFD

reupload it, then use {{badname|NEW NAME}} ViperSnake151 (talk) 22:05, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

I'm a bit stumped here. I did not render anything in dark brown, only in black, white and some shades of grey. Could it be something on your end perhaps? Pacific Coast Highway ^{{spring • ahead}} 22:53, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Valued Image Promotion

Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Plant fasciation.
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review

•  Requirement geotagging is missing. Lycaon (talk) 23:05, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

added JGHowes ^talk - 03:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. This is ok now. Lycaon (talk) 07:20, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

•  Requirement relevant categorization is absent. Lycaon (talk) 23:05, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

added JGHowes ^talk - 03:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

With relevant categorization, I mean relevant to the scope. Lycaon (talk) 07:20, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

I've now added Category:Morphology, as there is no sub-cat for Plant morphology or fasciation. JGHowes ^talk - 19:21, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh yes there is! Don't worry, I fixed it myself ;-). Lycaon (talk) 19:39, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

• Question: I am not terribly knowledgeable about the subject, but when I go through Category:Crested plants, I also find these

which for me seems like better illustrations of the scope. I may be missing some details in my understanding of how fasciation manifests itself though, and I would therefore like to hear the nominators (and other reviewers) comments on that. --Slaunger (talk) 23:14, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, of course which is the "better" illustration is subjective and as nom naturally I think this image is best. The "standard" saguaro cactus is well-known for its iconic, upraised arms; thus, this saguaro with its arms folded inward upon itself due to en:fasciation seems to me to be an especially impressive illustration of the process. JGHowes ^talk - 23:45, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

•  Support After a little thought - I think the nominators words on this makes sense, and I feel I can support. --Slaunger (talk) 23:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Eusebius (talk) 06:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] RfA Thanks

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA which just closed as successful. I really appreciate the trust that the Commons community has placed in me and look forward to expanding my contributions to Commons. Thanks again. --Captain-tucker (talk) 13:49, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Please link images

BotMultichillT 15:45, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

• Image:Dulaney High School (Md).jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.

[edit] File:Waldorf Astoria foyer.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Waldorf Astoria foyer.jpg. What a great photo! I have used it for The Pennsylvania Society, an article I just expanded and nominated for GA. Are those your folks by the Christmas tree?--Blargh29 (talk) 03:24, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

What a nice message to get when I logged on today! Yep, those are my folks by the tree. It took awhile to get the photo early on Christmas morning, when the lobby wasn't filled with people as it usually is. I used ambient light only (no flash) and slow shutter speed (steadying the camera on a railing), to get the desired result. JGHowes ^talk - 15:21, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] RFA nom

I have nom'd you for Commonos adminship. Request you go to Commons:Administrators/Requests#Requests_for_adminship and accept your nom. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks! I've accepted your gracious nom and will do my best to be worthy of your confidence (and, hopefully, the community's). JGHowes ^talk - 00:00, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Let me be the first. Crat Kanonkas closed as successful. Congrats! — Rlevse • Talk • 01:41, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations, Dear Administrator!

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— Kanonkas // talk // e-mail // 01:42, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I will do my best to assist the Commons community with these additional responsibilities. JGHowes ^talk - 02:18, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations and good luck! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:19, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

This seems to be premature as there was an irregularity in the counts. -- User:Docu at 18:05, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

What??? JGHowes ^talk - 20:36, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

The count was 9-3, what are you talking about? I saw your post on Kanonkas' page claiming some people can't vote or shouldn't be counted but that's hogwash. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:39, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Just to clarify, did either of invite these two to vote on the RfA? -- User:Docu at 23:57, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Certainly not. I would not stoop to such chicanery. Genuine community support is of utmost importance to me. JGHowes ^talk - 01:04, 20 December 2009 (UTC)