Talk:James Rowland (RAAF officer)

Dead link?
The Sydney Uni pdf (ref 42) seems to have been removed from their website? If it can't be retrieved,

- this page mentions the Doctor of Engineering: http://sydney.edu.au/arms/archives/history/HonRowlandJA.shtml

- this page mentions Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1990 to 1991: http://sydney.edu.au/arms/archives/history/FUO/VC_Rowland.shtml

JennyOz (talk) 09:17, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Tks Jenny, I'll be going through every link before it hits the front page. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:25, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Image sizes
Why do the images have to be boosted in size? Is it to compensate for there only being two of them? --John (talk) 11:37, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * No, it's what I suggested in my edit summary: I often find that images of complete aircraft or full figures look a bit tichy at the default size, and I think by boosting it a bit we may give the reader something they don't have to click on to see decent detail, without overwhelming the text. Also I haven't seen anything in the MOS discouraging use of the upright parameter for this purpose (as opposed to using fixed image sizes in pixels). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:03, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I disagree, as these images show a WW2-era aircraft and two men crouching. They are no more legible at the slightly larger size, they are just bigger. We generally follow the practice that the thumbnails in the articles are just that, thumbnails, and to see a larger version a reader can click on them. I eventually accepted the logic that the pictures at Vincent van Gogh were so critically important to understanding the subject that some should be displayed larger, but really cannot see either the logic or the aesthetics of this choice. --John (talk) 23:26, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I added/restored some colour shots of the more modern types that reflected the latter part of his career. I would rather have four pics at normal size than two at blown-up size. What do you think? --John (talk) 22:37, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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