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[edit] Bronze wing again

  • Neutral. Seems oversharpened, esp. in the neck feathers. Samsara (talk • contribs) 12:35, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
    • Interesting - considering you were happy enough to support this... --Fir0002 22:45, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
      • Fir, can you stop following me around? This may be the last warning you will get before I take this further. Samsara (talk • contribs) 04:12, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
        • "...before I take this further" - now what do you mean by that threat? Keep it civil Samsara - what are you hiding from? I was just pointing out a strong inconsistency, if not a double standard in your voting - which needless to say is counter-productive to the FPC process. And commenting on this page as I frequently do, and having a nomination I have voted on in my watchlist is hardly "following you around". --Fir0002 07:45, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
          • I'm talking about dispute resolution. Harrassment is not acceptable on Wikipedia. Please let me know if you feel that we need to enter dispute resolution right away. Otherwise please limit your behaviour to sensible and constructive comments, not just towards me, but also towards other users, or dispute resolution will be our only option. Regards, Samsara (talk • contribs) 09:07, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
            • I have no dispute with you Samsara, and as far as I can tell from a quick look at WP:DR the dispute resolution process is mainly applied to article revert wars - hardly applicable here. What I do have is an issue with what I see as inconsistent voting (which I can only assume is sourced in some kind of personal bias) disrupting the FPC process. What were your motives behind supporting this nom despite clear over sharpening (later removed by uploader) and finding fault in this image for oversharpening? That is what I wish to be explained. Although this image may be approaching over sharpening it is no where near the levels of oversharpening in the Venessa nom. Duplicity isn't healthy for FPC and waving a dispute resolution is only muddying the waters... --Fir0002 10:02, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
              • I don't think you understand. It is your behaviour that is at issue here. You have demonstrated in the past that you will dig through previous comments of mine and try to concoct some inconsistency in my voting to then justify an attack on my integrity. You are actually harassing me. Digging through previous comments is clear evidence of wikistalking, as is the fact that you have commented in this way repeatedly. Wikistalking needs to be dealt with. It is surprising that you attack me in this way and demand explanations when I am one of the editors who have gone furthest in writing down the criteria they use to judge pictures, and tried to collaborate with others to develop clearer guidelines than currently exist. It is you who simply cannot accept my opinion as valid. I was really hoping that you would be able to understand what you are doing, and refrain from it in future. Yours in hope, Samsara noadmin (talk) 11:01, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

You know that kind of archiving looks really bad - it just serves to strengthen the perception that you don't have a reason for your inconsistent voting. In which case I would request that in the interests of fair and useful evaluation of images on the FPC page you try not to do this in the future. Regards, --Fir0002 01:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

And your message really looks like you are insisting on picking a fight. Anyone is allowed to "vote" for anything for any reason. It is up to the closer to decide which "votes" to take into consideration based on the reasoning. Some things about pictures are subjective and there are going to be differences of opinions, this is life. Since you are not the policeman of anyone's brain but your own, I suggest you let it go. pschemp | talk 02:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

In the comment above, pschemp was replying to Fir, not to me. Samsara (talk • contribs) 07:51, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Dmoz

Hello. I see your vote at the Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_December_15#Template:Dmoz. I agree with you.

Best regards, nejron (talk) 12:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] secret museum

I suppose I should not have used rollback. I was aware of the problem, but you had not solved it, had you? Johnbod (talk) 18:15, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

It was not solvable in the time I had available, and I believe my edit summary clearly indicated what the problem was. Reverting to another broken state was not a sensible course of action. Samsara (talk • contribs) 18:17, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Of course it was. Now the article has a working picture again. Johnbod (talk) 19:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Japanese Squirrel.jpg
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Japanese Squirrel edit2.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 04:44, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chester cathedral

Thanks for your feedback at the FPC. This is (so far) an unedited shot saved to jpg from the original nef file with maximal quality vs filesize. I've checked the original and it also has 'grain' in the sky - I think this is from the 800 ISO I was using (I shot it hand held). I can return with tripod for a lower ISO speed and maybe a little earlier to get a better balance. In the meantime I'll see what improvements can be made with photoshop - any idea what can be done with the sky? Regards --Joopercoopers (talk) 00:57, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CSDWarnBot

Unfortunately, that's what the bot is designed to do - place warnings on the talk pages of users who created stuff up for speedy deletion if the taggers forget/neglect/elect not to. That includes my disposal of image description pages whose entire contents (being {{fpc|whatever}}) aren't applicable anymore. There's zilch I can do about the bot (except apply for adminship, which isn't a pleasant experience).

In short, don't place {{fpc}} on Commons hosted images. MER-C 06:50, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Caligo eurilochus 3 Richard Bartz.jpg
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Caligo eurilochus 3 Richard Bartz.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 07:49, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

P.S. sorry for the confusion re: CSDWarnBot. Though my point still stands: you could have avoided the whole saga by not placing {{fpc}}. MER-C 07:49, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Naples

I thought we were supposed to be getting on with writing articles (though not you apparently)? You continue to ignore the fact that the image worked fine for me (at thumb at least) before you got involved. You presumably went half-way into the problem, initially making things worse. Since my only experience of you has been joining your pal on the sidelines of the ludicrous FAC, and reverting referenced material, and since your edit summary gave no indication you were going to return and sort the problem out, I restored what seemed to be an ok picture. Pschemp reverted this with a screaming edit summary directing me to look at the image, which I did, and then restored it as it looked ok. I would take your comments about civility more seriously if they were clearly not one-sided. I am delighted you have now sorted the matter out, which I would certainly not know how to do, and see no point on discussing the matter further. Johnbod (talk) 17:27, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] bio star

Aw gee thanks... that Gomphus floccosus picture was wooking pwetty wonewy all on its own so I just had to flesh it out a bit....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:03, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FPC

Hi, can you make your crucial vote whether you support the original picture or the alternative here? You vote is very important to determine which picture will gain the FPC standard. Dengero (talk)

There's no rush. You still have another three days. MER-C 06:16, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] gf

Hi Debivort, I just noticed you invoking good faith [1] in what I perceive to be a marginal case. W.r.t. good faith, and leaving aside the issue that it the corresponding Wikipedia namespace document was downgraded from policy to guideline for unrelated reasons, to keep this short, I'd recommend you take a look at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 22#Template:Civil1, which is just one case where it was established by community consensus that accusing the opposite side of incivility or bad faith (which I see as closely related, and I suspect others would as well) tends to polarise an issue and build walls that make it difficult to maintain a constructive discussion. Perhaps you'll reconsider your use of GF as an argument in the light of this.

Best regards,

Samsara (talk • contribs) 16:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, gee... I think assuming good faith is critical to collaborative efforts. Being accused of ignoring the criteria is rather insulting, or at the very minimum, presumptuous and unconstructive. As for your TfD link, I wasn't using boilerplate. I wrote the whole comment from scratch - and stick by it. Thanks for the note though. de Bivort 16:43, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reflection

That's a bit beyond me I'm afraid, all I did was a bit of clone-stamp on diffuse setting to remove this linear reflection old image with reflection. Tim Vickers (talk) 20:36, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Samsara (talk • contribs) 20:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Southern elephant seal

Can we translate the info on the French aticle into English and transfer it over here? Bobisbob (talk) 03:25, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the welcome

Thanks mate. I'm hoping that I can do some more work on here. Last year was very busy, and I spent most my holidays in the field so I had no internet access. I don't imagine this year will be any less busy, but I'll try to spend more of my spare time on here rather than wasting it on tv etc. --liquidGhoul (talk) 13:23, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Picture comment

"Don't ever ask me for another favour if you're not going to bother to defend your own suggestion that I've thus championed."

You're joking, right? Don't tell me you've been on Wikipedia since '03 and you have no manners. Kitkatcrazy (talk) 16:11, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Asteracea poster 3.jpg

An alternative to my Asteracea poster was nominated, just in your honour... I have included a flower of Galactites tomentosa, of the Carduoideae subfamily. It was quite difficult to mask the flower and I'm a little clumsy with the editing software. What do you think? -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 01:10, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gomphus floccosus on main page for another few hours....

Well, hopefully you'll see it before its gone but anyway....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:17, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Kutia kondh woman 3.jpg
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Kutia kondh woman.JPG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 08:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bye

Samsara has left the building.

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Greater Yellowlegs2.jpg‎
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Greater Yellowlegs2.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. John254 22:53, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Human

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[edit] WP:DGF

Hello, I noticed that you have made a number of insightful comments on the talk page of WP:Assume good faith and that you have done some work on the article as well.

I recently added a new section "Demonstrate good faith", shortcut WP:DGF, which I think addresses some of the concerns you had in the past about the application of the AGF principle. I would love to hear feedback and please feel free to edit it all you want. --❨Ṩtruthious ℬandersnatch❩ 21:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Concholepas concholepas

I saw that was member of wikproject Gastropods, would you like to take a look at the Concholepas concholepas article and se if you want to improve it? Dentren | Talk 10:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] AfD nomination of Literotica

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It appears you only created a redirect at that name. I'll be notifying the actual article author too. Cheers! —Ashanda (talk) 15:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] POTD notification

POTD

Hi Samsara,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Japanese Squirrel edit2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 17, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-07-17. howcheng {chat} 23:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

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Also,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Heliconius melpomene Richard Bartz.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 19, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-07-19. howcheng {chat} 00:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


POTD

One more:

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[edit] AfD nomination of Comparison of GIS software

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