User:Fcb981/Talk archive/2008

Gulls - reply
Hi. Apologies for the delayed reply, I've been away. The picture I removed looks like an adult Western Gull of the paler northern form. It has a very heavy bill and a wide white band across the secondary-tips. It's not in the right part of the world for a Herring Gull, which is a European species. I'm not too sure about the immature bird - you could try asking for advice from WP:BIRDS. All the best. SP-KP (talk) 16:39, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Istockphoto
Hi Fcb, Yeah I wouldn't be that comfortable going into too many specifics in public, email me using the "e-mail this user" button on my userpage and I'll give you a few details. You may also want to contact Diliff as he has an account as well. --Fir0002 07:08, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar thanks
Thanks!  howcheng  {chat} 00:53, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Help with a pano
Hey, I was wondering if you could help me with a pano that I'm having trouble with. Here is my best effort: Image:SeattleWaterfrontPano.jpg. I put the original images on my smugmug page here. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Cacophony (talk) 03:32, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply. I'm using PTGui and I wasn't aware that you could set line control points. . I'll give it another go and maybe actually RTFM.  (I hear you on the older computer being crippled by stitching programs.  I had to free up 9GB of HD space before I could even begin the stitch.) And thanks for the tip about vignetting, your help is much appreciated. Cacophony (talk) 06:30, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

FPC notification
Hello Fcb981

You showed interest in a picture that was up to peer review. Just want to draw your attention to that it is now up as a fpc. Just go to the fpc site and it will be on the top, or close to PureRumble 18:53, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

FP Comments
You made a comment about my image regarding color saturation. While I generally agree that over-saturation is a problem, your assessment of my image does not match reality. The point of this image is that the color is real and strongly matched exactly what that flower looked like on that day. It was shot on a bright sunny summer day with the sun just behind my back and the bright blue sky as the background for the picture. I had to shoot up from about 6" off the ground. In any case, the shot, taken with my Nikon D50 on its default color settings, is conservative in its color saturation (less than most point-and-shoots).  It is ironic that you mention Ken Rockwell, because his biggest complaint about Nikon is this lower-saturation behavior. -- RM 04:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Featured sounds
I noticed that you have participated in Featured sound candidates in the past. There are now two candidates and the project appears to be abandoned. If you could look at the candidates and vote it would be appreciated. Zginder(talk) (Contrib) 00:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

FPC Again
Hi, Sorry to bother you once more, but since you took the time to help me choose a candidate for FPC from my tortoise pictures, I would like to request you to please vote for the picture here. Thanks again for your help.

Regards, Muhammad (talk) 17:15, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Our weekly COTW message from WPOR
Welcome to another wonderful world of WP:ORE COTW. Thanks again to those who lent a hand improving Pinto Colvig and Cooper Spur ski area this past week or so. This week we return to the High importance Stubs, with the mighty Seal of Oregon and former governor and legal superstar Sylvester Pennoyer. To opt out of these messages, or suggest an article, swing by here. Or to stop receiving any WPORE messages just remove your name from the list of members at WP:ORE. Auf Wiedersehen. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:16, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:Quick Question...
Hi Fcb, Sorry for the delay but yeah busy with uni. To answer your question - I'm not sure what it's like in the version you're using but I've got v4.3 of ACR and in that between the "save image" and "open image" there's a bit of blue text with "Adobe RGB (1998); 8 bit; 3504 x 2336 (8.2MP); 72 ppi" written on it. Click on that and you'll get a dialog where you can change it. Regards, --Fir0002 09:36, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Old Buildings and Pictures
Greetings from WP:WikiProject Oregon. Blah blah blah. This week we have our semi-annual Picture Drive and a article creation drive for the NRHP List. For the picture drive, go take a picture, or find a free use one (lots of links to gov sites above) and upload it Wikipedia. For the National Register of Historic Places, find a red link on the main Oregon list or one of the county lists at start a new article. If its more than just a stub, don’t forget to nominate it for a DYK! Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:02, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

March 14 OR COTW
Hello again or welcome if you are new to WP:WikiProject Oregon! Last week we did a picture drive and a NRHP creation drive. It’s hard to track the picture results, but I know I saw quite a few pictures added, so great job. With NRHP we added 7 that I saw: Mitchell Recreation Area, Salem First United Methodist Church, Portland City Hall, Crater Lake Lodge, Central Library (Portland, Oregon), Watchman Lookout Station, and Alvin T. Smith House; with most now nominated for DYK’s! So great work everybody.

This week, its back to stubs with one of the largest newspapers in the state, The Register-Guard, and a request with Oregon Coast. Feel free to help with either one, and the paper article is so short a DYK should be pretty easy to get (just need 5X expansion). As always, to opt out, opt in, or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:00, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Vera Katz and History
Howdy folks, its time for another installment of WikiProject Oregon’s Collaboration of the Week! Last week we made some improvements to the Oregon Coast and brought The Register-Guard up to B class while garnering a DYK! Great job to those who lent a hand. This week we finish up the High priority Stubs with former mayor and Speaker of the House, Vera Katz, which is pretty much a Start class now and could easily get to B class. We also have History of Oregon by request. Help out if you can, where you can. As always, to opt out, opt in, or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:42, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Chester Cathedral
Hi there - remember this FIC? I went back - reshot it all in 13 frames with 4 different exposures, tonemapped each, stitched and then cropped and corrected colour balance. I'd be very grateful if you would take a look and let me know what you think of its chances at FIC before i resubmit. Many thanks. --Joopercoopers (talk) 00:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Elected Oregon
Hello fellow WikiProject Oregon folks and entities. Thanks to those who helped out with improving Vera Katz and History of Oregon during the last Collaboration of the Week! As you may have noticed, we have changed the banners a bit, but not our dedication to everything Oregon! This week, in honor of the political process, we have: Current Oregon Senate members & Current Oregon House members. Hopefully by November we can have an article on every current member of the Oregon Legislature. So feel free to turn a red link blue or expand an existing article. Since it is an election year, there should be plenty of newspaper stories. Plus, the state archives has this site that allows you to go back and see when they started serving and district info, plus at a minimum show they were a state legislator from a WP:RS. And per WP:BIO, all state legislator's are notable so no need to worry about AFD. As always, to opt out, opt in, or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:51, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Photos
Hi Eric, just wanted to say you're doing a great job with your photos. Keep up the good work and you'll be like User:Diliff in no time :) --gren グレン 21:29, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That is very kind of you to say. If I were to credit my involvement in wikipedia to something, I would have to say it is Diliff. I still have a ways to go (something like 40 more FPs) to be able to compare myself to Diliff, but thanks all the same, your comment means alot. I'll see you around the 'pedia. =) -Fcb981 (talk:contribs) 22:59, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Maya
Your FPC of El Caracol came just a few days after I watched a great show on NOVA about the Maya alphabet. You can download it: Cracking the Maya Code. Regarding my photos, I just bought Photoshop CS3, so I'm spending a lot of time learning new stuff and fixing some old photos that I could never get right. I just sold 3 framed photos (I made the frames as well) and I'm planning on using the proceeds on a helicopter ride around Portland for some aerial photography. I'm glad to hear that you have a lot of stuff going on. I look forward to seenig more high quality photos from you. Thanks, Cacophony (talk) 05:31, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Juxtaposition COTW
Howdy Ho WikiProject Oregon! Time for another installment of Collaboration of the Week. The last few weeks we’ve knocked out quite a few articles of our current state legislators, and even a few former ones too. Great job to all those who helped make it happen. On a related note, we have had several DYKs from this and now have 53 DYKs so far this year (not counting multiples), less than four full months into the year. Last year we had a total of 83 DYKs for the entire year, and 7 combined for 2006 & 2005. So we are well on our way to another record year. Each time an article makes it to the main page as a DYK it will typically get an extra 1000 hits, which is usually far more than the typical 100 hits per month most minor articles receive. With that said, this week we have two requests, Portland Lumberjax and Silicon Forest. As always, to opt out, opt in, or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 03:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

May I ask you, please?
Dear Fcb981, If it would create no problems for your contributions on Wikipedia, may I please ask you to stop bringing up my name and to provide links to my old votes? May I please ask you just to leave me alone, if of course it is not too much to ask for? Thank you very much for understanding.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Eric,

Just to let you know that the Featured Pictures Image:Saltbox Concord 2.jpg and Image:JFK library Stitch Crop.jpg are due to make appearances as Picture of the Day on May 6 and May 8, 2008 respectively. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the captions at Template:POTD/2008-05-06 and Template:POTD/2008-05-08.  howcheng  {chat} 05:20, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/El Castillo
P.S. it's fallen out of Chichen Itza but I added it to El Castillo, Chichen Itza. MER-C 09:28, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Cinco de COTW
Greetings once again from the Collaboration of the Week at WikiProject Oregon. Thank you to those who helped out with the last set of articles. This week we have the lone Stub class article left in the Top importance classification, Flag of Oregon, and by request, Detroit Lake. Help where you can, if you can. To opt out of these messages, leave your name here. Adios. Aboutmovies (talk) 22:07, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Zzzz Oregon COTW
Howdy ya’ll, time for another Collaboration of the Week from WikiProject Oregon. Last week we improved Flag of Oregon & Detroit Lake, enough I think to move them to Start class, so great job everyone! This week, we have another request in Oregon Ballot Measure 47 and a randomly selected two sentence stub that should be easy to expand enough for a DYK in Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. To opt out of these messages, leave your name here, or click here to make a suggestion. Aboutmovies (talk) 18:53, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Valued Pictures Proposal
Hi Fcb. Thanks for your comments and vote when this went through FPC talk. There was a pretty clear consensus for Option 2 which involved setting up the project here. I have developed a trial version at User:Jjron/VP Trial. I have put up a discussion at PPR talk - Wikipedia_talk:Picture_peer_review for comments. Feel free to drop by and give your thoughts (no trolling though ;-)). --jjron (talk) 17:07, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

QWERTY: Oregon COTW
Hello WikiProject Oregon participants, time for another edition of Collaboration of the Week. Last week we made some great improvements to Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and Oregon Ballot Measure 47 (1996), with a DYK for the forest. Great job everyone! This week we have another stub, George Lemuel Woods, one of only two governor stubs left, and should be an easy job getting it to Start class. Then, in honor of the long weekend, we have our second State Park Article Creation Drive. Lots of red links to turn blue, lots of opportunities for DYKs. Help if you can, even if it is only adding pictures of state parks. To opt out of these messages, leave your name here, or click here to make a suggestion. May the The Schwartz be with you. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:28, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

X marks the WPOR COTW spot
Guten Tag WikiProject Oregon team members! Great job last week with the Collaboration of the Week, we improved George Lemuel Woods and added eleven new state park articles. This past week we also surpassed the 6000 article mark as a project. The weather may suck, but WPORE is not. For this week we have by request Music of Oregon and Phil Knight. Both need some help, and with Knight we might be able to improve it to GA standards. Once again, to opt out of these messages, leave your name here, or click here to make a suggestion. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:26, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

A is for Apple at COTW
Hello again to those of the WikiProject we call Oregon. Time for another edition of Collaboration of the Week. Last week there was some good improvements to Music of Oregon and Phil Knight, great job everyone. This week, by request is the Applegate Trail, which is short enough to easily conjure up a DYK. Then, I’m trying something a little different, with the Portland State stuff. We included the two high profile schools during Civil War week last year, so now its time for the younger sibling that gets no respect to get some attention. After all, it is the largest college in the state. Feel free to help with whatever aspects you like, though to help with some ideas I added some to the article talk page. Click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Nana na na, hey hey hey, goouud byeeee. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Eric,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Canada goose reflection 03.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 18, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-06-18.  howcheng  {chat} 05:48, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
I've mailed you the extracts you requested. Best,  Sandstein   06:18, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

You may be interested
Check out this:. --jjron (talk) 08:24, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Xtra COTW
Greeting once again WikiProject Oregon Folks. Time for another edition of the Collaboration of the Week. First, thank you to those who helped out on the last few COTWs. This week we have the soon to open Westside Express Service, formerly the Washington County Commuter Rail, so lets see if we can get it up to WPORE standards. Then there is a Coordinates Drive to add coordinates to any articles currently missing them, to help increase readership by allowing them to be shown on Google Earth/Maps. Click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:46, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Qrazy sale at COTW! Act now! Total liquidation!
Greetings WikiProject Oregon folks, time for another edition of the Collaboration of the Week! Last week we saw some good improvements made to Westside Express Service, while we also worked on a Coordinates Drive. I don’t know how many articles had the coordinates added to, but thanks to those who helped out. This week we have two more requests: William Clark of Lewis & Clark fame and the famed Oregon Bottle Bill. Hopefully we can work both up to B class. Click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Adios. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:01, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Summer Time in the COTW
Hello again to those of the WikiProject Oregon Clan. Time for another new edition of Collaboration of the Week. Last week there was some good improvements to William Clark and the legendary Oregon Bottle Bill, great job to those who helped out. This week, by request is the Owyhee Reservoir, which is short enough to easily conjure up a DYK. Then, also by request is a red link elimination drive on Oregon newspapers. Feel free to help out with either. Click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:35, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem
I also have to apologize for the time wasting nomination and misleading information. Of course Wikipedia is worthwhile. It's a great place to put effort in. All I was trying to tell Mfield was that Wikipedia, as stated in it's main guidelines, is not a source of reference. It's just a place to find general information and to start a research (and not to conclude a research). It's also great for day-to-day questions that a person wants to find an answer to. Not to mention it's a place to find great photos with free licence created by people like you.

No hard feeling. Sorry again ;) --Arad (talk) 02:53, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Zebras are not allowed to participate at COTW, but penguins may
Howdy ya’ll, its WikiProject Oregon Collaboration of the Week time! Thanks to those who helped improve Owyhee Reservoir and start some new Oregon newspaper article, we had four new ones. This week it is time for a Stub Improvement Drive. So select a Stub, any Stub, and try to improve it to at least a Start class. If you expand it by 5X, then think about nominating it at Did You Know so it can be featured on the main page. Click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:23, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Image manipulation experience
I'm an electron microscopist. --Blechnic (talk) 19:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * There are a lot of us running around, you know, like probably the person who trained you on the microscope at Harvard was an electron microscopist and light microscopist. Many technicians working in labs with advanced microscopes started by training in EM because it's such specialized training, but then they got specific training in the advanced light microscopes because they're so damn expensive these days it's hard to let just anyone use them ($200K isn't that expensive any more with all the lasers and multiple software and imaging systems--I've used a stereo microscope, as in low mag for dissecting, that cost almost $100K).  I started in it because my background in geology had given me sample prep and EM experience for materials samples, then got sent back to school for the EM.
 * I don't agree with the false coloring of SEMs for scientific research. However, for images for laymen it can be useful.  It's also fun for artwork.  Still, I find it distracting and artificial.  Wikipedia adopts some badly done micrographs, also, as featured pictures, with irritating false colorization.  --Blechnic (talk) 16:26, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

1 Year of the Collaboration of the Week
Hello again to those of WikiProject Oregon. It is time again for another Collaboration of the Week. The last two weeks were a Stub Improvement Drive, and thank you to those who improved any Stubs.

This week marks the one week anniversary of the COTW, so a brief highlight reel: And now on with our countdown. This week we have two requests, the Willamette Meteorite and Tom McCall. Hopefully we can get both to GA quality. Click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Thank you. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:42, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * At least 10 DYKs
 * Three articles passed GA after being listed at COTW
 * Probably around 25 articles started
 * Almost all Top importance articles are now better than Stub class

Re: Guild Award Abuse
WHAT!! That's disgraceful!! To steal someone's graphic and their idea and not say a word about it to the person is sickening - have people no decency?! As soon as I can think of something acidic enough I'll send them an email.. thanks for the heads up Fcb --Fir0002 06:30, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Jim N E Cricket, its another Oregon Collaboration of the Week
Greetings WikiProject Oregon folks, it is time for another edition of the Collaboration of the Week! A big thanks to those who helped out in improving Tom McCall and the Willamette Meteorite last week. This week we have a request for Mr. Greg Oden who has been back in the news as of late, so hopefully we can get him up to B class before training camp starts. Then we have a Hospital red link drive with plenty of opportunity for DYKs! As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Bu bye. Aboutmovies (talk) 15:47, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Ssssh, Be Very Very Quiet, its Oregon COTW time
Howdy folks, its time for this week’s edition of Oregon’s Collaboration of the Week. First off, great job the last two weeks with Greg Oden & the Hospital red link drive. We had close to ten new hospital articles and two DYKs plus other improvements to the list itself. So thank you to those who helped out. This week, we have on a sad note Kevin Duckworth, and the Statesman Journal. Duckworth should have plenty of sources so hopefully in tribute we can get his article up to standards. With the SJ, hopefully we can get it above a stub so all three of the top three papers are no longer stubs, and maybe even a DYK and GA like we got from the Register-Guard? Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Hasta la bye bye. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:17, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

WP:ORE COTW Version 2.2
Hello WikiProject Oregon contributors. It's time for another COTW. Thank you to those who helped improve Kevin Duckworth and the Statesman Journal last week, we received another DYK for the SJ. This week, by request we have Mr. Ken Kesey and not by request Nike, Inc.. Nike is the only Start class article in the top 30 of those articles selected for the hard copy edition, and it could easily be improved to B class. Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

POTD notification


Hi Eric,

Just to let you know that the Featured Pictures Image:Tug Boat NY 1.jpg and Image:Image-Grand central Station Outside Night 2.jpg are due to make appearances as Picture of the Day on September 23 and September 24, 2008 respectively. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the captions at Template:POTD/2008-09-23 and Template:POTD/2008-09-24.  howcheng  {chat} 19:32, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Red red links make me feel so fine...
Greetings WikiProject Oregon editors. It's time for another edition of the COTW. Thank you to those who helped improve Ken Kesey and the Nike, Inc. last week. This week, by request we have the Northwest Forest Plan and then a Red Link Elimination Drive. For the red links, pick any one you want from any article, the list provided is just to help make it easier. And if you get a good article started, don’t forget to nominate it for a DYK. Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:49, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Very Special COTW, act now!
Greetings WikiProject Oregon peoples. It is once again time for another edition of the COTW. Thank you to those who helped eliminate some red links the last few weeks (the NWFP received little attention). This week, we have the stub High Desert Museum and then in honor of losing airline service again, McNary Field. Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:13, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Image:Montserrat_Mountains,_Catalonia,_Spain_-_Jan_2007_Edit_FCb981.jpg listed for deletion
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XXX<-COTW->XXX
Howdy WikiProject Oregon humans. Time for another edition of the C to the O to the T to the W. Thanks to those who help out on McNary Field and Bend’s High Desert Museum. For this week, we shall tackle Bridges on US 101 and then with the last few days of decent weather, The Semi-Annual Picture Drive. Plenty of red links on the bridge list, or improve a stub! Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:01, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Elect the Best Financed, Least Offensive Person For the Job (aka Oregon COTW)
Hello fellow WikiProject Oregon folks, it’s time for another COTW. But first, just remember that those other guys only want to raise your taxes, but I won’t. A big thank you to those who helped make improvements to Bridges on US 101 and participating in The Semi-Annual Picture Drive. And unlike the other guys, I won’t ship your jobs overseas! This week, we have Mr. Bipartisan Wayne Morse who went from being a Republican to an Independent and finally to a Democrat. Then, let’s see if we can finish up creating articles for members of the Oregon House before their January inauguration. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. I’m Aboutmovies, and I approve this message. Paid for the committee to elect Aboutmovies. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:47, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Harvest Time @ COTW
Greetings WikiProject Oregon folks, it’s time for another edition of the fabled COTW. Thank you to all who helped make improvements to Wayne Morse and creating some members of the Oregon House. This week, we have by request Upper Klamath Lake which think made the news lately with a salmon plan. Then, in honor of the end of the harvest time, we will go farming with Fort Stevens. There is a beautiful link farm in the article that is ripe for harvesting into citations. It should provide for a bountiful feast, or alternatively you can take your hoe to it and weed some out. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. WARNING: COTW is not approved for children under 3 and may contain choking hazards for small children. DO NOT leave your child unattended with COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:44, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Eric,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Golf Bunker shot 1.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 12, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-12-12.  howcheng  {chat} 01:06, 9 December 2008 (UTC)