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Sandusky, Ohio

Hi I am a resident of Sandusky and I want Sandusky to have a beautiful, comprehensive picture of our city as the main photo on Sandusky, Ohio Wiki page. Is there any way that I can upload a new photo that is an ariel photo of our city? How would I go about this. I dont want to argue back and forth with you in editor. 12.111.241.2 (talk) 19:25, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Please review Commons:First steps/Uploading files and then use the UploadWizard to upload your photo. If you need any help, the folks at Commons:Help desk can assist you. I think your new photo would help the article out a lot! 636Buster (talk) 19:31, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

About montages

@636Buster:

1: The images you added to the Wheeling, West Virginia montage were not og amazing quality (specifically the train station one, which was cropped to the point where only the front doors were really visible). Along with this, the image for WesBanco Arena was removed, which doesn't make sense, as Sports Arenas for a non-school Team are usually notable landmarks in a city.
2: Washington, Pennsylvania's images are not bloat. Again, these are all notable landmarks in the city, and removing them and leaving just the skyline wouldn't really give a decent idea of whats in the town itself.

Use the ping template if you want me to respond to a reply you might have. Thanks! WeaponizingArchitecture | scream at me 17:33, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@WeaponizingArchitecture: I would leave the choice of photos for Wheeling up to editors who are more prominent on that page, although I do believe that Chapline Street Row is more recognizable than the North Wheeling Historic District. However, regarding Washington, while I don't disagree with the added pictures being notable, they are indeed bloating the infobox. The extra length to the infobox is inappropriate for an article of that size. I also believe(d?) that somewhere there is a guideline against repeating the same images in the infobox and the article (although the same subject can be shown twice), but I can't find the discussion. Perhaps we could agree to decrease the number of images in the montage? 636Buster (talk) 18:04, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe. Ill ask for consensus later. WeaponizingArchitecture | scream at me 18:09, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@WeaponizingArchitecture: I noticed you have added another of your mediocre images, this time at Wheeling. Can I suggest (insist?) you take a few moments to learn how to process your photos before uploading them, and then posting them into infoboxes? Try this. Download a photo program called "IrfanView" (it's open source). Load that image, go to "image", and then "auto-adjust colors", save the file, upload it. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. A similar program called "Gimp" would also drastically improve your photos. (Thanks for letting join in 636Buster!). Magnolia677 (talk) 23:02, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I do have gimp, but for some reason it's incredibly Laggy on my laptop. Ill look at the other one later. Thanks WeaponizingArchitecture | scream at me 00:22, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thank you for your hard work adding maps to so many US articles. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:38, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Magnolia677, thank you! 636Buster (talk) 11:43, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Wanted to let you know

I've posted at WP:ANI about the user who has been ignoring MOS:GEOLINK and our warning about it for the past couple months, if you'd like to chime in. Thanks for the thanks! glman (talk) 21:10, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@glman, Thanks for the heads up. There's been issues with this editor for some time. I spent some effort last year correcting his revisions to articles nationwide in violation of MOS:ORDINAL after being warned about it, amongst other edits ignoring the MOS. 636Buster (talk) 00:56, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus to add country to article ledes for colleges and universities

A couple of years ago, I explicitly asked whether country should be added to the lede sentence of articles about colleges and universities. There was no consensus to do so. ElKevbo (talk) 23:57, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ElKevbo, Understood, thanks. I'll defer to you for the edits made thus far. 636Buster (talk) 00:53, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Local consensus cannot override broader consensus so if you know of a project-wide policy or guideline that supports, encourages, or requires this information, please let us know! And if you'd like to open the discussion again to see if a consensus has emerged or can emerge (perhaps with an RfC that attracts more editors), I'd be supportive of that. ElKevbo (talk) 12:24, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Sorry to nuke you recent edit! I was in the middle of a longer edit and overrode the conflict. I'll fix it. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 12:12, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Magnolia677, my apologies! I didn't mean to interfere with your work at all. Looks like we were going for the same layout. 636Buster (talk) 12:22, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What's your opinion about two of the photos in the infobox: the sunset and the trees. The sunset is just another rooftop panorama, like the one about it, only more "artistic". And the trees don't really show the city. Should other photos be looked for? Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:38, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Huron River photo doesn't really show anything to me; frankly, even the photo in the body is more illustrative of how the river interacts with the city via the water trail. As to the sunset photo, it is just another rooftop panorama. It's from a different location and showing a different angle, but I don't think Ann Arbor's skyline is notable enough to call for two images. I think a neighborhood-level photo would be more illustrative. Let me know your thoughts! 636Buster (talk) 22:45, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stop removing essential information from the lede of law school articles

Please stop removing essential information from the lede of law school articles. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 22:49, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think an argument can be made that “The University of 636Buster Law School is the law school of the University of 636Buster” is quite redundant, but I will defer to you. 636Buster (talk) 22:53, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah but it seems to be the only way to properly include the other essential information in the lede e.g., institutional type, governance. In particular, it's misleading in most (all?) cases to state that a law school is "public" or "private" - those are attributes they inherit from their parent institution. ElKevbo (talk) 22:58, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ElKevbo, good point, I did oversimplify with that approach. 636Buster (talk) 23:01, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lede for Wheaton, IL

This edit has reversed my correction for the grammar. Your edit is stranding the preposition 'in' from its object, which is DuPage County, Illinois. A preposition needs a noun, and the sentence now has a 'dangling preposition', followed by a conjunction, instead of an object. Since we're trying to write the article in an encyclopedic manner, it's perhaps best that we use the standard grammar rules in our writings, so we don't look like we don't know the English language. We don't want to teach the wrong way to do things, do we? I'm interested in hearing why you think using incorrect grammar is better. Regards, --Funandtrvl (talk) 03:18, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Funandtrvl, no idea why you’re so upset, but use whatever language makes you comfortable. Thanks. 636Buster (talk) 03:23, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Miami sundial image

Hi. I saw that you removed an image of the sundial at Miami, then I noticed that it's a photo of yours. If you don't mind my asking, why did you remove it from the article? I'm curious because I think the article would benefit from more images like that, not just buildings. ProfGray (talk) 16:33, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ProfGray, I removed it simply because there wasn't a need for two photos of MacCracken Hall. I had replaced the current image with the sundial image a while back, but the other photo was restored. Just don't see a need for two, but I think using one of either the sundial or the zoomed-in image works. 636Buster (talk) 17:44, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hamilton, Ohio

Hi there. I see you and User:Adolphus79 were the last two editors at Hamilton, Ohio. Can either of you make sense of the notes section? It contains a second ref list. Cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 21:27, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Magnolia677, it looks like the original reference using that ref group was replaced in this edit from August 2024 by Gwgross. I don't see any reason to keep it anymore. 636Buster (talk) 21:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll nix it then. Hey thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 21:46, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Russ College

Greetings! Proposing to merge Academic and Research Center (Ohio University) with Ohio University Russ College of Engineering and Technology, as the ARC Building is part of the Russ College. What are your views on this merge? See Talk page of Ohio University.Sapienna (talk) 10:28, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Robert C. Robbins

Hi 636Buster, I am working to update the Robert C. Robbins article. I see that you've a member of WP:HED and that you have an interest in higher education, so I hope you'll take a look at the edit request I posted on the talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Robert_C._Robbins. Would you consider moving the information from the lead to the Career section?

Thank you, Navyblue1234 (talk) 19:12, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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