Talk:Atatürk Olympic Stadium

Photos in this article
I recently added to this article a photo of the stadium taken from a plane:



I realize that the shadow of the cloud makes the photo less than perfect, but I still consider it a relevant photo, and certainly something much better than the two photos that currently are in the article, showing only a fraction of the stadium, and with sadly few spectators present.

The image was removed from the article by a user that for some reason chooses to remain anonymous, 151.57.170.251. Her reason for doing so was "was better before".

I reckon that this is some kind of personal vendetta against me, as exactly the same thing has happened in other Turkey-related articles recently. See recent edits in the Ankara article from 151.57.194.47 for a relevant example.

I call upon someone who feel they have the authority to figure out what to do.

About me, I'm a person with no commercial interest in this whatsoever, but I am an eager Wikipedian and professional writer, photographer and traveler who take a lot of photos with Wikipedia use in mind. I never introduce photos to articles unless I'm confident they add to the article. I also sometimes replace photos that are very similar to ones I have taken, as long as my photos are of a higher technical quality and/or superior when it comes to having a higher resolution. I never try to hide that I am the photographer of the photos.

When I add photos to articles, I will first read the article and, when needed (and it is often very much needed in Turkey-related articles!), I will improve on the English used in the article. When people like the woman or man hiding behind 151.57.194.47 and 151.57.170.251 just throws away my hours of well-intended work with a shrug, it irritates me. I will not waste more time on this, but move on and work on articles that has nothing to do with Turkey for a while.

Thank you.

uspn (talk) 17:15, 4 November 2009 (UTC)


 * To be honest it's the ugliest aerial photo of the stadium that I have ever seen, not least because of the pile of gecekondus (illegal houses) in the background which are pending demolition due to the construction works of the surrounding olympic village (which is far from being complete) and the metro (rapid transit) line which will be extended there. The cloud, as you have pointed out, likewise looks bad. Not to mention that there was no "sporting event" in the stadium during this picture, so "zero spectators" in this one (let alone the "few spectators" in the other ones.) I appreciate your other vacation photos from Turkey, some of which are indeed very beautiful, but not all of them (and definitely not this one.) Your only purpose is to add "your" photo to the article (because it was taken by "you" and for no other reason) and this is a very short article for excessive photos. You have already uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons (which exists for this specific reason) so your vacation memories won't be forgotten by the rest of the world, don't worry. 151.57.202.54 (talk) 05:06, 5 November 2009 (UTC)


 * BTW, I have no "personal vendetta" against you, whatsoever. I've only been around in the Turkey-related articles that you have been editing recently (to add your photos) for many years, so I notice when a change happens. As for my sex, it has nothing to do with all this. It's like me telling you to go and prepare Swedish meatballs, or listen to ABBA. 151.57.202.54 (talk) 05:40, 5 November 2009 (UTC)


 * If you could be bothered to register, so that the rest of us can see that you are indeed contributing and not vandalising, it would be a great help. The way it is now, it is easy to mistake your work for silliness in some cases, and when you choose to be anonymous, the benefit of the doubt will rarely be granted to you. In this case, for instance, you just said "was better before", when what you meant was "The photo should be cropped, so that it can replace one of the two almost identical photos in the article, photos that could have been taken at any stadium, because they only show some green grass and nearly empty seats", OR you could have added the information about the houses in the photo and about the expansion of the complex. The way you act just makes people think that you probably took those sub-standard photos, so you want them to stay. I've already said that I am sure a better aerial photo could be taken, but since we don't have one, we should use the best we have. An aerial photo is much more suitable than a very limited photo, like the two photos already in the article. And another thing I've already mentioned is that you are "hurting" Wikipedia by doing complete undo operations in cases where you consider that among a number of changes, one is not to your liking. If you want to act responsibly, please remove only those changes that you dislike, and leave what is clearly adequate corrections of grammatical and linguistic error in place. And if you're ever in doubt whether everyone, or even a relevant majority, agree with you, try discussing it with relevant people before you act. uspn (talk) 11:50, 5 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I actually do have an account. By the way, I love Robyn :) She is the sweetest thing to come out of Sweden after Pippi Longstocking :) 151.57.198.156 (talk) 08:51, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree with user uspn, the aerial picture contributes a lot more than the current two pictures, I'm all for Uspn readding the photo. I'd also like to add that I think the bottom of the page and the box there really needs to be reedited to make it look better as the layout looks bad too me - Edw400 (talk) 19:13, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

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