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[edit] Quality Image Promotion

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[edit] File:Variation_in_body_fat_12577.JPG

Killiondude (talk) 06:03, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:La Conner 32298.JPG

In the description of File:La Conner 32298.JPG, I'm pretty certain that you are wrong about the building you identify as the United Methodist Church, unless that is a former function of the building (which was certainly at some time a church of some sort). As you can see in File:La Conner, WA - La Conner Civic Garden Club 02.jpg, the building is now the La Conner Civic Garden Club. - Jmabel ! talk 06:14, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Here's what the United Methodist Church looks like. It's on the other side of Second Street, and is not visible in your photo. - Jmabel ! talk 06:27, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you.[1] I enjoyed looking at your pictures of these buildings. Walter Siegmund (talk) 19:10, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I think in a way my favorite is File:La Conner, WA - Methodist church perspective corrected.jpg. I've been playing with what Hugin can do, besides the obvious. - Jmabel ! talk 03:19, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Very cool. Thank you. I've been wondering about high dynamic range; have you tried that feature, e.g., on snow or glaciers? Walter Siegmund (talk) 04:04, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

No. Of course, it's not going to give you anything better than what's in the input photos, but it is probably a very useful feature for (for example) a 360° pano where part of it shoots straight into the sun. I should probably play with that sometime. Of course, being in the maritime Pacific Northwest, I probably won't see a high dynamic range until spring. - Jmabel ! talk 05:37, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

I was thinking of stacking images framed identically, taken with exposure bracketing. This image of Mount Rainier may have benefited such an approach in that the shadowed forest in the lower left contains little detail. It seems that Hugin may do this.[2] It is a 90 minute drive from Seattle to the sun and snow of Ellensburg, if you require some dynamic range before spring. Walter Siegmund (talk) 06:09, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. Never tried that with Hugin. I've done things like that with GIMP. The problem with Hugin for that is that it will scale down the input images, so you won't get the resolution you started with. - Jmabel ! talk 21:54, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Formica obscuripes

You're right. I was changing some galleries that had no other info other than one or two images, and I ended up changing that one without moving the content to the category. That said, if you look at the category you can see that there are now more images for that species. Now that there are plenty of images for many species of ants, several categories were created at the species level and thus make the corresponding galleries unnecessary, IMO (and harder to maintain). I know, however, that this categories vs. galleries issue has been thoroughly discussed, so I won't insist in changing this particular page (even though I believe it would be the best option in this case). Cheers, Waldir ^talk 09:34, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

As you say, there is nothing new to be said on this topic. Your points and and the counter arguments have been made before. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 17:07, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Shustov (again)

I'm a bit more used to the speed of admin responses on the noticeboards at enwiki, so I don't know what sort of pace or process to expect user conduct issues here on Commons. I'm also not always clear on where to go to get certain problems fixed. Since you seem to be the only Commons admin who's taken an interest in this situation (are you sorry you got involved yet?) I'm going to ask you for guidance here.

First off, what's the process for seeking file renaming? How should I go about having the dozen or so "UPSTREAM FITNESS" files renamed to something a bit less spammy?

Second, what's my best bet for getting Shustov to stop campaigning against me on Commons — or at least to confine himself to appropriate venues? It's a waste of my time, his time, and the time of innocent bystanders. He's even edit warring to restore his cross-posted "mouton" message on my statement in my userspace: [3]. I get that the boards on Commons have less traffic than their equivalents on enwiki, but I'm afraid that the relatively minimal outside response Shustov's complaints are drawing is encouraging him to post more often and more widely. TenOfAllTrades (talk) 20:17, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Commons tends to have only a handful of really active administrators, and they don't seem to be responding this week. This is not the sort of thing I normally deal with, so my response has been tentative, hampered by lack of time and slowed by the desire to give my colleagues time to comment. I'm sorry, but I am trying to help. To correct the name of a file, please use {{Rename}} (Commons:File renaming). That doesn't actually rename the file, but it speeds up the process. It appears that Commons:File_renaming#What_files_should_be_renamed.3F aim #2 is the most applicable. We don't seem to have a spam or promotional justification. A link to the AN/V discussion may suffice.

I reverted his edit to your userspace and asked him again to confine his posts on this matter to AN/V. We don't have a 3RR guideline here but we don't tolerate edit warring. Walter Siegmund (talk) 20:47, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

As you, probably, noticed, I made an attempt to rename the File:UPSTREAM FITNESS.jpg but do not see any result as so far. Do you know why? Thanks, Shustov (talk) 07:41, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Shustov redux

Could you have a word with Shustov, or perhaps issue a short block? He seems to be fixated on the idea that he needs to find some way to call me (and any other editor who might revert his inappropriate edits) a vandal. A couple of days ago, he committed to stop the childish namecalling, and to start cleaning up his image contributions: [4]. I was hoping that was the end of it, and that maybe he was turning a corner. Today's edit rather unfortunately puts the kibosh on that notion. He also seems to have slid back on his agreement to rename the files to something more suitable: [5]. At this point, I don't think anything but a block is likely to convince him that admins here actually mean what they've said about personal attacks. TenOfAllTrades (talk) 18:57, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

I worry that this may end in the "global blacklisting" that Finn Rindahl mentioned. When an adverse outcome appears likely, I often wonder if another more skillful administrator might be able to find a better solution. Walter Siegmund (talk) 07:11, 30 November 2009 (UTC)