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Re: Personality rights warning
editHi, I think you have misunderstood the intent of that warning. There is nothing wrong with the hosting of File:Max waller.jpg on this server. I have explained more clearly the purpose of that warning at File talk:Max waller.jpg#Response to personality rights warning. Jappalang (talk) 08:57, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Perspective
editPlease see: Commons:Image guidelines, and "distortions" row in a table on this page. You can correct it using Gimp, Photoshop, or hugin. --sfu (talk) 16:36, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
And you need to correct locations. Now it's showing some place in Belgium, because of taking no sign insteed of "-" in localization template. --sfu (talk) 16:42, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry but is the tower really tilted so much? I's shure it's just straight. In your picture it doesn't look natural. I agree this is was camera gives, but it's not close to what human's eye see. I will not do the correction because in my opinion there is another problem: the lighing isn't good enough. I don't quite understand why correcting perspective is "changing things to the impossible". It's just normal thing most photgraphers do, and was doing even before computers (which was much harder to do I suppose). You can see old paintings in my page - all with straight walls. Personaly I think cinema&tv spoiled ower look and now tilted walls looks normal to people. --sfu (talk) 22:10, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
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Re:above deletion requests
editOh, how I really love copyright law... Looks like these files are not actually PD-US, and so I thought I'd get to them before anyone else did! --Sarastro1 (talk) 23:35, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
WLM doodle poll
editHi, unfortunately your response on the Doodle poll was removed by a spammer after the link to the poll became public. If you could respond again on the poll, that would be appreciated. Sorry about the inconvenience. -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 09:56, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United Kingdom is ready to go!
editHi. Please visit the updated WLM page, at Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United Kingdom. You may want to move your name to an appropriate category. --MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:42, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
WLM organization in the UK
editThanks for indicating your interest in this. I'd like to get some proper teams in place now, so we can decide who will be doing what, and I wonder if you could go to Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United Kingdom/People and move your signature to the correct heading? Many thanks, --MichaelMaggs (talk) 14:55, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Great going on those pictures.
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Amyreynolds uk (talk) 15:09, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2013! Please help with this survey.Dear Harrias, Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 365,000 pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 50 countries around the world, becoming the largest photography competition to have ever taken place. You can find all your pictures in your upload log, and are of course very welcome to keep uploading images and help develop Wikimedia Commons, even though you will not be able to win more prizes (just yet). If you'd like to start editing relevant Wikipedia articles and share your knowledge with other people, please go to the Wikipedia Welcome page for more information, guidance, and help. To make future contests even more successful than this year, we would like to invite you to share your experiences with us in a short survey. Please fill in this short survey in your own language, and help us learn what you liked and didn't like about Wiki Loves Monuments 2013. Kind regards, |
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— Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:38, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for taking part in the Wiki Loves Monuments participants' survey!Dear Harrias, Thank you for taking part in the Wiki Loves Monuments participants' survey. Your answers will help us improve the organization of future photo contests! In case you haven't filled in the questionnaire yet, you can still do so during the next 7 days. And by the way: the winning pictures of this year's international contest have been announced. Enjoy! Kind regards, |
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September 2019: it's Wiki Loves Monuments time again!
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You're receiving this message because you've previously contributed to the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest in the UK. We'd be delighted if you would do so again this year and help record our local built environment for future generations.
You can find more details at the Wiki Loves Monuments UK website. Or, if you have images taken in other countries, you can check the international options. This year's contest runs until 30 September 2019.
Many thanks for your help once more! MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:35, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
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Image formats
editHi, thank you for uploading some images to Commons. Here's a tip: Use the right image format for the kind of image. As a general rule, this is JPEG for photographs, and PNG for most other kinds of images. Using the wrong format can bloat the file size and/or degrade the quality of the image. Most modern graphics applications will give you the choice between these formats among others. See also Commons:File types#Images. Good luck. Smjg (talk) 08:09, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
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First Punic War 237 BC en.svg
editHey, you created the file File:First Punic War 237 BC en.svg two years ago. I don't know if you noticed, but the labels for Sardinia and Corsica are below the map and thus obscured. Do you think you can fix it? Cléééston (talk) 04:00, 6 December 2022 (UTC)