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Worst. Articles. Ever.

Here's a list of Wikipedia articles that are so bad I'm not sure where to begin. Maybe you can help?

The last I have submitted to AfD as delete and redirect to Retailer-> Retail. With little hope of success. Si Trew (talk) 11:08, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Hope springs eternal. :-) nagualdesign (talk) 04:51, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 Done by nagualdesign (talk) 04:44, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

This list is empty! :-)

Articles I've tried to improve

Here's a list of Wikipedia articles that I've spent quite a while focusing on. Hopefully the list will grow!

Nice work

I like your File:Comparison of temperature scales.png. Very well presented graph, especially the labels on the x-axis. Well done. --Tagishsimon (talk) 02:35, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Etymology template

If you're happy with all this, I'd like to move the discussion to Template Talk:Ety (which is proposed to move to Template:Etymology) so that it doesn't get lost nor clutter WP:RT. Si Trew (talk) 09:07, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

I have now copied my vermicelli into the {{etymology}} template, as per discussion. Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 23:27, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

I never got around to thank you enough for your help with us all getting that template together. A good example, I think, of collaborative contributions in good faith with differing opinions and reaching a consensus. In the cut and thrust of the debate, it seems looking back on it I never got around to saying thank you to you, because I was always pressing on with making it better. So, thank you to you. Si Trew (talk) 10:48, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

It was a pleasure working with you. :) nagualdesign (talk) 18:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

La Mer

Charles Trenet died 2001 and the words are copyrighted 70 years after dead in whore european area, so after year 2071 the words are free. all al tranlations after then are copyrighted.--Musamies (talk) 18:24, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

2005 YU55

I see a comment about "Two editors" was left for User talk:24.79.40.48 about WP:IDHT. The IP then blanked the comments from his talk page. The IP probably made the youtube video about UX255. -- Kheider (talk) 22:03, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, Kheider. I suppose that will be the end of it. I don't expect that 24.79.40.48 will see sense and return to the YU55 discussion to retract their complaint, but the truth is there for all to see. ;-) nagualdesign (talk) 22:22, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Tahiti Joinville

Can you combine these images File:Princess Joinville.jpg File:Prince Joinville.jpg and File:Princess Joinville.jpg with these images File:Prince Teriitua Joinville.jpg and File:Princess Teriitua Joinville.jpg? If not, I will understand. Thanks for the help you have given me.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 01:37, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Sure. How would you like them joined? Side by side or something? I'll need more to go on. Also, your first 2 links are the same image. nagualdesign (talk) 01:42, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 Done Used File:Princess Teriitua Joinville.jpg to reconstruct File:Princess_Joinville.jpg (Not 'join'). Also made File:Princess_Joinville.png (with a transparent background). What did you want me to do with File:Prince Teriitua Joinville.jpg? nagualdesign (talk) 02:43, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Same thing except with File:Prince Joinville.jpg. Could you not create that many derivative images? Just upload over the original, File:Prince Teriitua Joinville.jpg and File:Princess Teriitua Joinville.jpg.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 03:34, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
I only made one derivative - the png to the right. The thinking was that it looks better when used in an infobox (or anywhere else with an off-white background) and is also recommended by WP. Plus I still had the image open in Photoshop and don't keep psd files of WP images. The original jpg I did overwrite, but I'd suggest replacing all instances of the jpg with the png and recommend the jpg for deletion. The much smaller jpg of the princess I would suggest recommending for speedy deletion. I'll see if I can do the prince now... nagualdesign (talk) 03:47, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 Done the other one. It's not as good, but better than half a face. Again I have uploaded a transparent version as per guidelines and would recommend that smallest jpg for speedy deletion and to replace instances of the large jpg with the new png. Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 05:03, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
It's good. The important part is the face not the suit. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 05:21, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Indeed. I've replaced 2 instances of the jpgs with the png (example). As you can see the background (or lack of one) looks better in the infobox. nagualdesign (talk) 05:25, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Is there anything you can improve in these three images File:Princess Aimata.jpg, File:Princesse Teriinavaroa.jpg and File:Princess Teriinavahoroa.jpg from the same higher resolution link? Just upload over the current links, if you can. Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 05:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm.. not really. Facial reconstruction is a lot less forgiving than repairing clothing or backgrounds, as you said. And the image of Princess Aimata is too distorted to be of any real value. Hopefully you'll be able to find a better source though. ;-) nagualdesign (talk) 05:42, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Okay. I thought so. Thanks for the help anyway.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:00, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Can you tidy up File:Prince Punuarii Teriitapunui.jpg a litte? Like the darkness on the left and some crease or line on the top of the background. Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 20:20, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

 Done - Cleaned all 4 of the smaller images. I highly recommend that you find a way to use these images at their native resolutions (ie, very small) as the Mediawiki software tends to be quite lossy with image resizing and there is very little information in these images to begin with. I didn't bother creating transparent png files this time because the images are entirely unsuitable for infoboxes. Enjoy. nagualdesign (talk) 05:26, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Can you clean up the rest of the images by Madame Hoare? See commons:Category:Photographs by Sophia Hoare

--KAVEBEAR (talk) 03:58, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Did you catch this?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 21:36, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

PJ Brennan

Hey Nagualdesign, I'd just like to thank you for improving the image for this actor. I really appreciate the fact that you kept on improving it until it was perfect.Rain the 1 04:05, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate that, though to be fair I should have been more thoughtful before uploading - that way I wouldn't have had to upload 3 different versions! Nice to see that the aspect ratio in the infobox is correct now, too. :-) Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 05:07, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!

shiny tank and valves and thin pipes and tubes on a desk corner in a lab
Nickel tank and piping for laboratory fluorine.

Thank you for all the effort (and the result) on the F picture.

Thanks also for the kind remarks on the F page. It will be something to be proud of. Like to do some things to show new concepts in articles. Think we have some advances in layout and content (e.g. the industry analysis) as well as pictorialy (e.g. the supply chain diagram).

Hope we can do more work together in the future. Get an FP on a diagram. Or some special photography that is near you or the like.

Take care...and graphics desk is the best. One of the upbeat parts of Wiki.

TCO (talk) 07:56, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I hadn't noticed the clickability of the supply chain diagram. I like that sort of thing, and all the frameless images. WP can be a bit stiff sometimes (thumbs to the right) so it's nice to see layout that's more like a printed encyclopedia. Feel free to request diagrams, image edits or photos any time. Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 22:06, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Kamehameha V with family and court

Engraving of King Kamehameha V, his family members and royal court
Engraving of King Kamehameha V, his family members and royal court.

Can you remove the watermark here and clean the image up? Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 00:46, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

That's a pretty indelible watermark unfortunately (is this image even copyright free?), way beyond my abilities to remove. I do wonder how an FFT filter might affect this though, given that it's a repeating pattern. You could ask Quibik (did I spell that right?) to try. He/she seems to have a few extra tricks up their sleeve. Either that or contact the image vendor for a watermark-free version. It doesn't hurt to ask, eh? Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 04:25, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Allow me to chime in here... just cloning out the watermarks from the sky and wall face would go a long way towards eliminating the watermark effect and shouldn't be too difficult. – JBarta (talk) 17:30, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Show us how it's done, JB. Like I said, this one's beyond me. I've had a go already but those pesky watermarks are all over this image. nagualdesign (talk) 17:43, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Done. The suggestion wasn't to remove the watermark entirely, but remove/reduce it in areas where it's most visible. Not a perfect job... but a definite improvement with small effort. I'd even go so far as to say that at casual glance, the average person would never realize it had been watermarked. – JBarta (talk) 18:22, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Not sure that I entirely approve, given that many of the watermarks are intact (and I'm not an average person!), but I must concede that it looks much better now, and the proverbial blind man would gallop by in blissful ignorance. ;-) I had considered trying to recreate the 'stamp' from the embedded watermarks and using it to reverse/undo them. I knew that it wouldn't be perfect so I decided not to try but I might give it a whirl.. (Don't hold your breath though!) nagualdesign (talk) 18:33, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Recreating that "stamp" is the hard part. If you wish to pursue it, you might check that user's uploads or the source website for images with a clearer version of that watermark. Even then, results can be dodgy (as you Brits say). Personally, with this image, I prefer my way... mostly good and a whole lot quicker ;-) – JBarta (talk) 18:44, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 Done! Yes it was difficult, and the resulting stamp is far from perfect, but once applied it worked pretty admirably, if I do say so myself. Thanks for giving me the impetus to try. They say you learn something new every day. Well that's not always true, but today's a good day. :-) Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 19:36, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Wonderful. Looks good. And... you can re-use that mask on other similarly watermarked images ;-) – JBarta (talk) 22:32, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much. You guys did a fantastic job.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 03:12, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
I'm glad to see that you did a near-perfect job, Nagualdesign! I did only some very slight tweaks to your work. This watermark was created by a simple addition of value 13 to some specific (that is, watermarked) areas. So, the levels adjustment you could have used to undo that is 13-1-255 for "input values" and 0-242 for "output values". By the look of your curves adjustment you were actually very near. Just so you know, an alternative way of achieving the same result would have been to use the mask image (which you uploaded) and replace the white in it with a value of 13 (out of 255) and set the layer blend mode to "subtract". I mention this because I actually recommend using the latter method, as it allows you to also undo watermarks that don't happen to have sharp masks (unlike this image), which happens quite often. —Quibik (talk) 09:48, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
I did some tweaking to the watermark's mask as well ([1]) based on the website's logo. Your previously uploaded mask/stamp was very helpful in getting it to the exactly right size. —Quibik (talk) 12:53, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind words, Quibik, and especially for the tips. Practice makes perfect, which is why I like helping out here, but learning new techniques from others is invaluable. Thanks for sharing. And great work getting the finished image to such a high standard. nagualdesign (talk) 18:30, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Watermarks

Hi nagualdesign. Very often watermarked images have been tagged with a {{watermark}} template. When you remove the watermark from the image it is customary to add "removed" to that template... {{watermark removed}}. Make sure that attribution information that you removed in the watermark is in the image description somewhere. If it's not, add it. If you remove a date stamp, it is only necessary to remove the {{watermark}} template and add the photo date to the description if needed. – JBarta (talk) 17:26, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I'll bear that in mind. Cheers. nagualdesign (talk) 17:40, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Victoria Kamamalu

Could you take this figure one of this link and add portions of File:Victoria Kamamalu and Nancy Wahinekapu Sumner.jpg and also remove the red hair in these two images: File:Victoria Kuali‘i Sumner Ellis Bufandeau.jpg and File:Elizabeth Keawepo‘o‘ole Sumner Achuck.jpg. Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:17, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I lack a pdf image extractor for the first link. Will do the other two.. nagualdesign (talk) 19:30, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
 Done as requested. I also made a transparent background version of File:Elizabeth Keawepo‘o‘ole Sumner Achuck.jpg. Enjoy. nagualdesign (talk) 20:27, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I've uploaded the pdf file version File:Nancy Sumner and Victoria Kamamalu .jpg. If possible can you merge the two.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 23:49, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

It's possible, but it would look pretty poor as the resolutions are mismatched. Just be thankful that you now have a better quality image, even if it doesn't show her hands. You can do thankful, right? ;-) nagualdesign (talk) 00:03, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Speedy delete of {{Etymology}} is puzzling

Nagual,

Nice to hear from you. Sorry to take so long to get back to you. I agree with you about the examples: I could not do Chinese but learned the Japanese Kana (Katakana and Hiragana) many years ago but not much Kanji, but perhaps could back translate or take a typical example off of there.

I have no idea about the Speedy Delete either. I can only imagine that since I proposed the Speedy it was during its construction when we moved it from various user spaces (yours and mine at least, and another's) to template space, and I wanted to clear up some of the needless redirects. Since I proposed it meself I somehow think a bot may have changed it to the new names or something? A total mystery to me now, and quite happy to delete the CSD from my talk page if you agree. Not trying to delete history simply it seems to be rewriting history since there seems no kinda trace of it that is of any use (I checked the logs for changes at the template, and at my user page, etc). Happy for me to delete it from my Talk page to avoid any future confusion? Was probably just me gnoming to get rid of needless redirects during moves etc on its construction.

Si Trew (talk) 18:29, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Si! Whilst I know very little about the deletion process I did see that the notice on your talk page says, "Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself", yet there is no such tag on the template page. I'm guessing that an administrator has reviewed the case and deleted the tag themself, so I guess that that will be the end of it. (The AfD, not the template!) If you'd like to remove the notice from your talk page I don't mind, but it might be wise to give it a few weeks. Sweeping away more breadcrumbs might make the matter even more intractable. Perhaps a simple note beneath it for now saying, "Please ignore the AfD", or some such. Like you say it was probably copied over from Ety or something, hence the 'speedy' bit. Admins are probably used to this kind of thing. Oh, and since I de-italicized all of the Greek language parts in the examples perhaps Chinese/Japanese examples are not really necessary. All the best, nagualdesign (talk) 19:01, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Nah, the note on my talk page is simply a courtesy note letting me know that the template itself was up for CSD, and since I raised the CSD I imagine it was part of gnoming as we moved stuff about (redirects are cheap but no point having endless redirect chains before something even gets put to use). I think {{ety}} is useful as shorthand, but apart from that there doesn't seem much point, so early in its creation, to have needless redirects, especially cross-namespace redirects.
I do seem to recall someone went to AfD with it saying the template was irrelevant cos you could just type it: which can apply just as well to any template in the entire system, so doesn't seem much of an argument. The main argument (yours I think) was that the template imposes consistency, and this can actually outweigh having to type slightly more than "hard-coding" the text, as happens for example frequently when using {{convert}}. It also makes it more resiliant to changes at WP:MOS. Si Trew (talk) 11:24, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Tiff

I have a question relating to the Library of Congress images. Are you able to download the tiff files on to your desk top? I used to able to save the files on to my desktop but now whenever I click on the tiff file button I get to a quicktime player of the image. Did something change with the Library of Congress? Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 03:52, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Try right-clicking on the LoC link then Save target as.. Once it's on your hard drive you should be able to open it normally. If it still opens with Quicktime you have a file association problem. To fix it right-click the file > Open with.. (or Open with > Choose default program..) Select the program that you wish to associate with tiffs, make sure that you tick Always use the selected program to open this kind of file then click OK. Hope that helps. Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 06:31, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Polonium pictures

Hello Nagualdesign,

i would like to ask you to add one or two pictures of elemental polonium to its english WIkipedia article. Both pictures are copies taken from a publication and a book written by Kenneth W. Bagnall: 1) The chemistry of polonium - Quarterly Reviews of the Chemical Society, vol. 11, issue 1, 1957, pp 30 - 48. 2) Chemistry of the rare radioelements, Polonium - Actinium. Butterworths Scientific Publications, London, 1957.

i do not have an account at WIkipedia nor i want to create one. I have just seen you already added or revised pictures for Rn and Po, so i thought it would be rather convenient to let you do the job. If you have access to the above publications, you may copy the pictures by you own - or let me send the files to you via mail. what do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.33.126.163 (talk) 16:55, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello 192.33.126.163, you could try Wikipedia:Files_for_upload/Wizard - "This wizard will guide you through the process of adding an image to Wikipedia if you don't have an account.." Hope that helps. nagualdesign (talk) 02:57, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

File:AugustVollmer.jpg

Oh, well now don't that just make all the difference in the world ;-) – JBarta (talk) 23:07, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Actually... as I think on it... the image could have used a crop anyway. And as I think on it even more... had I said that instead of saying "I took the easy way out", I think there's a better than 50/50 chance you wouldn't have given the image a second thought and the crop would not only be acceptable to you, but it would have been preferrable. It's interesting how two completely different perceptions and outcomes can result when you adjust the context a little. – JBarta (talk) 23:24, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

You're assuming, JB. Yes it would be interesting if it were true but in this case you assumed wrongly. I'm all for cropping for infobox image headshots but I don't (always) agree with second guessing a successful photographer's choice of composition. Not only did you crop the watermark but you also cropped the sides. I didn't, and don't, see the need. Now if you'd just said  Done I probably wouldn't have looked at the image at all, but that's not to say that I'd have a different perception, I'd just have been none the wiser! Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 00:26, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
You may think I'm saying this now just to back up my previous comment, but having compared our 2 versions I'd say that the shininess of his desk and the twin pen holders lend a certain class to his office. Otherwise it just looks like a slightly messy table, which it is not. Even the specular highlight in the chair back to the right of the image has merit. Without it that side of the image is dark and doesn't balance as nicely with the left side. Just my opinion of course, which may sound silly, but I'll bet that the photographer thought about these 'extraneous' details too. nagualdesign (talk) 00:41, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Well, composition aside, I trimmed the sides (and the top) to more center the subject. And yes, I think you're saying all this simply to "back up" your comment. Not deliberately, mostly just unwittingly reacting to context. Many controlled experiments have been run on people showing just how much their thinking and their reactions are in response to context, rather than what they perceive to be their own rational thinking. Being mostly human, I suppose I do the very same thing. At any rate people are interesting. I'm reminded of a quote from Mr. Miyagi... "not everything is as seems". – JBarta (talk) 01:29, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Actually it's not at all as subjective as you might think. Artists have known for centuries about the 'weight' of an image, and there have even been experiments on chimpanzees who share this intuitive understanding, whereby they were given a peice of paper to draw on that already had some doodle on it. If the doodle was on the left they instinctively balanced out the composition by adding 'weight' to the right hand side by drawing something there. They were surprisingly good at it. Using modern image processing algorithms you can actually calculate the 'centre of gravity' of an image by assigning 'mass' to each pixel depending on its luminosity and calculating where the 'fulcrum' would be. Analysis of masterpeices has shown this to be strongly correlated with the focal point of an image, such as Christ's right eye or whatever. By cropping the dark part off the left side of the image and the light part off the right side you've effectively shifted the COG to the left. Perhaps you've moved it closer to his face, I haven't done the analysis, but I'd guess that the keen-eyed photographer already had it where he wanted it and you've just knocked it off balance. But, like you say, maybe I'm just an automaton with a lot of BS to draw on when necessary! ;-) nagualdesign (talk) 02:49, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
(PS. Here is my own crude analysis of the shift in weight of the image. Notice that by cropping the bottom off you've also made the right hand side even darker.)
I did preface my comment above with "composition aside", but all this is nonetheless interesting. I had no idea I'd made such a mess of things ;-) – JBarta (talk) 07:21, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Haha! I do enjoy our little exchanges, JB. Keep up the good work. Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 08:16, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

PNG transparency

How do you make an image background transparent in GIMP 2.6 without any of the white within the main image being made transparent? Cloudbound (talk) 15:37, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi Cloudbound! I don't use Gimp I'm afraid, so I can't help you there, but I'd be happy to make the changes for you using Photoshop. Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 22:41, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. The file in question is File:British Midland Airways Limited logo.png. Cloudbound (talk) 13:27, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 Done :-) Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 03:34, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. Looks much better. Cloudbound (talk) 21:10, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Love the Pen-y-ghent mockup

Mock-up screenshot of the Pen-y-ghent article page
Proposed graphical header style.

That thing looks great, especially with the fade. Really stunning. I hope you can demo this more.

TCO (talk) 04:03, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks TCO. :-) I'm glad you like it. It was the great work you've done to the flourine page that inspired me to try something new. (I'm assuming here that you mean the image to the right.) I did try to drum up some support for the concept at the Village Pump and the MoS talk page (now archived). Sadly it received little attention. Looking back there was one supporter who I missed altogether, but even so I'd have required the assistance of some knowledgeable Wikicoders. Thanks for bringing it up though, perhaps now that it's on display here it might catch the eye of somebody who could help move the idea forward. Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 08:37, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
If anyone's interested, the proposal is still open for discussion at the Pen-y-ghent talk page. nagualdesign (talk) 08:47, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
I don't know if I have the energy to pimp it for you. Busy with work. You could try putting it on your user page? Maybe with a "coder wanted" advertisement? I know it is not quite as nice, but even the "as good as it gets" is still an improvement over the norm. I did something simple, but similar on List of grey wolf populations by country. Taking a panorama map and making it wide in lead. TCO (talk) 14:24, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Hmmm... That's not a bad idea actually. nagualdesign (talk) 20:38, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
btw, Painted turtle has been FAed into Russian and French and both communities praised the images, especially...TCO (talk) 14:27, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Nice! :-) nagualdesign (talk) 20:38, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Help?

Hello! I have seen you have a good understanding of editing photos, could you take a look at Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop, June Brown (EastEnders), I think at the moment it is at the bottom of the page! Much appreciation! :) — M.Mario (T/C) 13:41, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate the vote of confidence Mario but I'm afraid there's nothing that can be done to recover data that simply isn't there. This is an 8-bit jpg so what you see is what you get. If it had been shot in raw we may have had some latitude. Sadly it wasn't. All I can suggest is that you use one of the many other photos of Mrs Brown that are available. Sorry I couldn't help. nagualdesign (talk) 04:00, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

You're responsible....

Percival Lowell observing Venus from the Lowell Observatory in 1910
Percival Lowell observing Venus from the Lowell Observatory in 1914.

....for expansion!!!! -----> Percival Lowell. Didn't know Lowell saw "spokes" on the surface of Venus. Used what we were looking up to expand the article a little. Good work on the Lowell picture by the way. It looks a whole lot better. Good luck at WP:FPC. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 20:37, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. Unfortunately the single vote of opposition so far has been quite vocal about the image not having enough 'Encyclopedic Value' due to it being underused. (It's actually used on at least 80 different pages and subpages globally!) I think that may scare off other voters, though if I'm not mistaken a single vote of support at the moment would give a two-thirds majority. Interesting, no? nagualdesign (talk) 22:19, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
And thank you again for all the hard work at the Great refractor talk page. It was quite a puzzle, wasn't it? Hopefully other Wikis will notice the change in the image title and revise their articles. Perhaps the discussion ought to be copied over to the image's talk page so that others can see how it came about? Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 22:30, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
I guess discussion could be added to the talk page, or all the found links/further refs. Good work on bringing up the 1914 date. Was worried it pushed the image up to non-public domain in the United States with no pre 1923 publish date but found one with further info on the pic. Added to commons page. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 14:58, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Nice one. It's looking like the image will become a Featured Picture too. Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 15:12, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
I made a mistake. The "Popular Astronomy, Volume 29; Volume 1921" page 597 is a different picture! Exact same photo shoot but he took his hat off in this picture. Don't know what this means re:pre-1923 US PD, probably others sources using it that I don't have access to. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 22:10, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
I remember one of the sources descibing him putting on that cap to cover his bald head, as a moment of vanity on his part. If the other photo was the same angle, same lighting, same pose, etc. then one was taken immediately before the other. They may have been published at the same time, but that isn't implied. ..The thing I'm more interested in is seeing the photo that you mean, to see if that's the moment, caught on camera, of him getting embarrassed. I don't know if that has much EV though. nagualdesign (talk) 00:13, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, File:Percival Lowell observing Venus from the Lowell Observatory in 1914.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 07:17, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Flickr uploads

Just so that you know, when you upload an image to Commons from Flickr, there is a bot that checks the Flickr page to see if the image is in fact appropriately licensed for Commons. In doing this it also compares the image you've uploaded with the image on Flickr. If it's the same, the bot changes the Flickr template to "passed". If however the file on Commons is edited before that bot comes by, it is temporarily failed and puts it on a list so a human can come around and check things. This adds a bit of extra human work. So, the ideal thing to do is upload the image to Commons just as you found it on Flickr. Then wait for the bot to come by and "pass" the image. Then make your edits to the image. – JBarta (talk) 06:07, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks JB. nagualdesign (talk) 06:11, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
I should have also mentioned that if you use Flickr2Commons (you'll need a TUSC account for this) you can transfer to Commons and the file gets checked instantaneously. Then you can edit without having to wait for anything. – JBarta (talk) 07:38, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
Thank you for all of your hard work: the image is perfect and you have restored some of my faith in the civility of the graphics lab.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:35, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I will not trouble you any further with requests such as the one you addressed above as it is clear to me that the method the Rijksmuseum used does not have any scripts to get through it just yet, even if the assembly might. I hope to use this, another time when I'm not as rushed, for a few other related images. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:38, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the Barnstar. ..Although there wasn't much graphic design involved! nagualdesign (talk) 23:09, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Delist notification

Hi Nagualdesign, I just wanted to stop by and alert you that I have nominated the image of Percival Lowell that you originally proposed at FP for delisiting. If you would like to take part in the discussion, please feel free. Cheers, Cowtowner (talk) 14:53, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

I can't find the delisting discussion that you linked to. I tried searching around for it but found nothing. Can you point me in the right direction? nagualdesign (talk) 23:06, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Scratch that. I found the delist discussion by searching through your contributions, and have left a comment there. Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 19:54, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

DerivativeFX

I didn't know about that one! Looks quite handy.

...Hmm, it occurs to me that as you're apparently already are aware of it... hmmm...anyway... >wink< :  } moving on...

Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I've only recently started to find toolserver stuff. I think 'Cropbot' is all I've actually used so far.

I've had issues at times getting a connection to toolserver though. I saw comment somewhere (might even have been one of the wiki IRC channels) about there being on going issues with toolserver of late. --Kevjonesin (talk) 02:37, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

  • It occurs to me that it was purely assumption, on my part, that you had previously used DerivativeFX before your recent attempt. I just had — a sort of — success with it. I first tried to upload a file with it and nothing posted to Commons afterwards. But when I then did a basic upload of my file the info text that DerivativeFX had generated previously was automatically included in the basic upload interface's text field. I've left a message with the developer regarding finding explicit instructions and/or creating them. --Kevjonesin (talk) 15:03, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
I haven't been able to get DFX working for months. ..I have tried on occasion, honestly. nagualdesign (talk) 22:39, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

This may be of interest:

#The_.TIFF_from_Rijksmuseum_has_arrived (If needed, scroll up linked page for context reminder.)
--Kevjonesin (talk) 05:01, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Something to consider...

First off, your user page is looking sharp! Great Einstein bit combined with a clean functional interface. Have you been following the 'main page' redesign threads? You may have something to offer.

Speaking of 'something to offer', I'd like to get your feedback on a thread I started on JBarta's talk page: #In the interest of peace and productivity....

Thanks in advance for your time, attention, and input, --Kevjonesin (talk) 12:01, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi

User talk:Nagualdesign/Graphics lab is now a working link. ;-)

--Kevjonesin (talk) 14:34, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Friendly update

Hi, I've been kinda' preoccupied in my 'meat' life lately. Haven't been on Wikipedia or Commons much and hence haven't been giving any attention to User:Nagualdesign/Graphics lab. I may actually extend this natural diversion into an intentional wikibreak. So much piss in the pool. Didn't notice it as much when I was swimming regularly.

(A glance at the file history of a seemingly innocuous article just led to me catching a whiff of dog piss on posts. Bit turned off at present.)

I'll likely get over it eventually. Just gotta' remember where I put my hazmat suit...

Pic :  }

Vid :  }

--Kevjonesin (talk) 03:44, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

I haven't been on WP much either. The weather here's too nice. I've been giving it a bit of thought though. I might crack on with a few ideas when the nights get cooler. In the meantime, enjoy the meat. Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 23:19, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

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New Magic Lantern Logo – High Resolution Files

Latest Magic Lantern logo
Latest Magic Lantern logo.

Hi Nagualdesign,

I'm the creator of the Magic Lantern Firmware Logo. The one featured on the Wikipedia article is outdatet (in fact, it was only a draft) and the new and improved one which is used everywhere can be found here:

http://www.josephbuchner.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Magic-Lantern-Logo-Official-Files-PNG-by-www_josephbuchner_de.zip

The high resolution files can also be made available so everybody can download and make use of them.

The logo shouldn't be altered by applying filters, effects, etc.

I saw that you uploaded the logo file to wikipedia (and I'm not allowed to change it), could you please replace the outdatet version with the new one from the zip file?

I would appreciate if you could give me some credit when doing so. My website is in German language only, so in international context, please link to my Vimeo profile:

https://vimeo.com/josephbuchner

Thank you!

Regards

Joseph B — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.75.11.197 (talk) 16:42, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

 Done nagualdesign (talk) 01:59, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Refugees of Hamidian massacre

Hello Nagualdesign,

Thanks for the support and the concerns you raised in the photograph. I was wondering if you're willing place a Support tick so we can comprehend the already confusing nomination page better. Thanks. Proudbolsahye (talk) 20:29, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Just to be clear, I oppose the current nominee for the reasons that I stated. I'd certainly support the edit/derivative but first you'll have to cut through the confusion by (re)nominating the edited version, if indeed that's what you want, then notify the people that have voted thus far. Sounds convoluted, I know, but it's worth persevering. Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 03:22, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Signature of Maria Theresa

Per your request, I've created the SVG image of Maria Theresa's signature.

You may find it at File:Signature Maria Theresa.svg. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Niamh (talk) 23:17, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Wells Cathedral from the reflecting pool at the Bishops Palace (composite)

Thanks for your help with this. I don't have photoshop & didn't quite understand everything you did but I'm grateful for the advice. Maybe when I have more time I will master some of the techniques you described.— Rod talk 16:26, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

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