User talk:Cowtowner

Featured picture
By the way, you may have done this, but can you make sure your signature links either here or your userpage? I had to hop to the history page of the nom to get a link. =) Shoemaker's Holiday Over 210 FCs served 00:50, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

What Shoe Said
Hey there, umm, you absolutely need at least one link in your signature. See mine. Nezzadar  [SPEAK]  14:33, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * He's right, you know. Although there's no need to make any special effort... all you need are four tildes ( ~ ) or click the signature icon above the text edit box. mikaultalk 20:24, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I think I've addressed this issue, I've been applying the four tildes, but was unaware that my signature was not linked &#91;&#91;Cowtowner&#93;&#93; (talk) 01:39, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

List of map projections
I moved the page you created to List of map projections. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 20:07, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Ronald Reagan

 * Just to reiterate some comments above, can you please include links in your sig? It makes it very time consuming to navigate to your page or to close nominations without them. --jjron (talk) 12:22, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * My sig seems to link back to my talk page just fine for me. Does it not for you?Cowtowner (talk) 14:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * It didn't in that nom. It does how you've got it signed just above though now. --jjron (talk) 23:31, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Willis Tower at WP:VPC
You recently participated in the discussion at Featured picture candidates/Willis Tower upward pano. You are now welcome to participate in the discussion of both Willis Tower images at WP:VPC.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:07, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Willis Tower at WP:VPC
Although you did not vote, you recently participated in the discussion at Featured picture candidates/Willis Tower upward pano. You are now welcome to participate in the discussion of both Willis Tower images at WP:VPC.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:08, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Jesse Jackson, 1983 cropped
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TY
Thanks for supporting at Featured picture candidates/Antipodes Islands. I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that it won't be promoted, but thank you anyway. I don't vote on images or comment about their technical qualities or downfalls because I don't understand stuff like over exposure, ISO, "chromatic fringing", noise, blown artifacts. Some people don't seem to understand scales, and that a map at 1:25,000 is going to have more detail of a map at 1:300,000. Both show the information correctly, just differently. Matthewedwards : Chat  23:13, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry...
It's just occurred to me that I've opposed two of your noms (bananas and Hawaii) on what may look like pretty weak reasoning, and, before that, we had a long and circular argument about copyright. Just dropping by to say it's nothing personal, I hope you don't think less of me. We need people like you at FPC, and noms of new topics are always a good thing. J Milburn (talk) 01:11, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, there has been a positive development at the PUI discussion- it's looking more likely you were right all along. J Milburn (talk) 01:24, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm glad to hear that. I'm also glad that we were able to have a civil, albeit distended and sometimes redundant, discussion. These kinds of discourses when made in good faith can only improve Wikipedia. So rest assured, I only think more of you as a result of our run-ins. Cowtowner (talk) 06:17, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

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Featured picture candidates/Cleaner Fish
Don't know if you've seen, but an image you commented on first time round has been renominated. J Milburn (talk) 11:48, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/delist/Backlit mushroom.jpg
Hey, this discussion has been reopened on the grounds that Maedin believes some of the delist votes were invalidated, and thus the closure was not a valid one. It'd be great if we could get this settled- could you perhaps drop by to clarify your position? J Milburn (talk) 09:58, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Personal attack at Featured picture
Cowtowner, at Featured picture candidates/Roy Hallady was a clear personal attack built upon a premiss that was wholly without any foundation. I wrote only that the picture was poorly lit and the pose captured was a cliché. Your alleging that I was somehow uncivil for anything I wrote in my vote comment is so off base its beyond absurd. You best think twice before engaging in a personal attack by throwing out wild, unfounded accusations like that. Greg L (talk) 04:25, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

P.S. In an effort to deflate this tension, I’ve taken the liberty of moving that whole complaint-fest to here: your comment and mine. If you really feel passionate and want to have a public flame-war, you are perfectly free to revert me. Your complaint and my response are quoted below:


 * Greg, where do you get off on being deliberately uncouth when commenting? Lay off a bit, you can express your opinions much more civilly (this goes beyond just this nomination). To address your concerns, I agree that the lighting is not spectacular. However, it is of a comparable level to our other FPs and I think it clears the bar for FP status. As for the "cliche" pose, there's not much we can do about that. Doc Halladay is a pitcher. Most (all) pitchers at this level throw the ball in a pretty similar manner. It's an image of him doing his job, I'm sorry that you don't think it's a dynamic action but as far as pitching goes I think this is about as dynamic as it gets. What more can we ask him to do to make it "more" interesting? I think this borders on the argument of disliking the subject matter and therefore not featuring. That's not a valid stance to take under the criteria. Cowtowner (talk) 01:24, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * PLEASE get your facts straight before alleging that someone was uncivil for saying a picture was poorly lit and depicted a cliché pose. Falsely doing so is truly uncivil and amounts to a personal attack. Uncouth means “Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.” “[Needing to communicate] much more civily” implies I was being uncivil. Fact: Not one iota of what I wrote above is was uncivil to anyone. I wrote only that the image 1) lacked dynamic range and therefore looked drab, and 2) the pose is an old cliché . And I linked to example images of the clichés I mentioned. Period. So you are way out of line, Cowtowner, and have somehow confused pointing out the shortcomings of an image and why it does not meet FPC criteria with being uncivil. You are just so profoundly off base. If you have a valid complaint about how the above was somehow uncivil, bring an ANI. Even if there was a WP:NoUncouth, my above comment addressed strictly the merits of the image. But I do note that after throwing a pile of wild allegations my way, then you set down to the meat & potatoes of disputing, point by point, what I was saying with regard to this picture, such as “cliché” pose and the “lighting”. Both those are a rock solid basis upon which to judge whether this picture merits being promoted. I’ll now be coming to your talk page to further deal with this matter. But, in a nutshell, you’d best think twice before again presuming to dictate to me what I am allowed to think about the pictures here and whether it is a cliché with poor lighting. Just who in the world do you think you are??  And, next time around, read what editors write before you criticize what they didn’t write. I wasn’t talking about a lack of “dynamic action”, I wrote of the picture “being drab and lacking “dynamic range”; you know… histogram? Please spare us your flying off at the handle and attacking someone for exhibiting the chutzpah to dislike Cowtowner’s©™® nom. Jeez. Go nominate a better picture next time instead of something like this, which is just so-so mundane.  Greg L (talk) 04:18, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Greg L (talk) 05:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

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Appalachian Trail map FPC nom
Hi Cowtowner. I was wondering if you'd be okay with withdrawing the Appalachian Trail map nomination. It's currently suspended. I've been working on an edit, but I've been pretty busy lately. There are a lot of words that need fixing. I should be able to finish it within the week. Since the nom has been withering in the suspended noms section for so long, I think the best thing to do is just withdraw it now and re-nominate it when I get an edit ready. Does that sound okay with you? Thanks. Makeemlighter (talk) 00:36, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

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Moo!

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Talkback
Cerejota (talk) 16:15, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

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Featured picture candidates/Abraham Lincoln 1860
Just to note, an alternate crop is now available. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:42, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Map Projections Set
[Also 46 others, not listed]

Deformed Skull
This is a new version :. "Bonne soirée" --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 19:05, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Merci beaucoup! Added it to the nomination. Cowtowner (talk) 01:26, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
Armbrust The Homunculus 14:18, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

upload of Agricola in progress
I have some reservations about Wiki in general and also how it affects me. (See here: ) So I don't promise to finish this project off to the beauty of what could be done (in org, reference to texts, etc.). But I did go ahead and upload the content itself. It's a Wiki so someone can clean up after me, improve, etc. (or not. Most likely...not).

Peace, young man.

TCO (talk) 00:26, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Requesting your opinion on a photo
Hi. We really need your opinion on which of these photos would make the best Infobox portrait for the Rick Remender article. Could you please offer your opinion in that discussion? The most recent subsection of that discussion is here, so you can just chime in there if you don't want to read the whole thread. I really appreciate it. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 17:18, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

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President Reagan's portrait
I just wanted to let you know that I have created a nomination to delist and replace President Reagan's portrait at Featured picture candidates/delist/Ronald Reagan. Feel free to comment on there since you were the one that was able to get it promoted to FP status. --Wow (talk) 19:53, 22 March 2020 (UTC)