User talk:Calwonk

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Copyright problems with Senate Office of Research
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Speedy deletion nomination of Senate Committee on Rules


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Using images within infoboxes
Hi there. You are using images in a non-standard way. I demonstrated the proper way in Mike Gatto. The imagesize part is only required if the image does not look good on default size (usually because it is too small). If you have any trouble with that, I'd be happy to help. Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 00:39, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Hey Muhandes. I didn't not know there was a standard or proper way of embedding a photo. I thought I had done it correctly. How do I know if an image is too small? Can you also direct me to any mention within wikipedia on the standards of images? want to make sure I get it write next time because I'll be uploading lots of pictures of California State Officials. --Calwonk (talk) 03:43, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


 * The general standards about image usage can be found here, but I was referring in this case more to the practice of image use in conjunction with an infobox. Almost all infoboxes have an "image" field which is used for the image, though the method isn't standardized. You seem to have gotten it right with Rich Gordon so I wouldn't worry. As for knowing if an image is too small, the Infobox officeholder template which you are using defaults to 160px, so if an image is larger than that it's best not to specify the image size. If the image you are using is smaller than that, either use the "imagesize" field and specify the size you want, or put the image in the "smallimage" field instead of the "image" field, which will just use the original image size. To help you I fixed some of the images, you can follow this to do them all. Bill Berryhill is an example of how to use a large image. Mike Gatto is an example of how to use "imagesize". Rich Gordon is an example of how to use "smallimage". I hope it helps. --Muhandes (talk) 10:00, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I had some time so I corrected them all. We still have a serious copyright issue, but this is to be handled in the commons where you uploaded the images. --Muhandes (talk) 07:02, 24 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the feedback Muhandes. Being new at this wiki stuff can be a pretty intense learning curve with all the standards and templates. Not sure what I can do to fix the copyright issues however. Not sure what the correct sourcing would look like. I got those photos off of a public state website. So I'll keep working on those, but not really sure how to fix it. --Calwonk (talk) 07:47, 25 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid I'm not a copyright expert, so I don't know how to help. All I know is that the license you provided requires it to be the work of a state employee and there is no evidence for that. Perhaps you can send the website operator an email and ask for clarification of the copyright ownership. --Muhandes (talk) 07:57, 25 February 2011 (UTC)