User talk:Mikespenard

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— Mir  l   e   n   01:13, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Mt Cannon
Mike, I like what you did with the Mt Cannon page. The pics are a great addition. Garrettcobb 06:20, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Tangled bank hypothesis
Hello, I redirected the article to Evolution of sex per AfD. I noticed that you contributed before, so if you want to continue working on the article you can reverse it and work from the edit history. ~ trialsanderrors 05:22, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Manchester, NH image
Hi. I noticed that you contributed Image:Manch-mills-westside.jpg to the Manchester, NH article. The lead image was recently deleted because it was a non-free image. I noticed that you have taken a lot of pictures from the 1000 Elm St tower. It would be helpful if you contributed one of these for the lead of the article. I particularly like IMG_0394.JPG as it shows downtown and includes city hall and the Verizon Wirless Arena. &mdash;Malber (talk • contribs) 19:50, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

IMG_0395.JPG and IMG_0398.JPG are pretty damn good too. &mdash;Malber (talk • contribs) 20:02, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Playboat FPC
Hi Mike,

Just a couple of comments on your Playboat FPC.

Firstly I'm not sure I understand the caption fully, in particular "...Manchester New Hampshire, Crackpipe playwave on Merrimack River". I assume Manchester, New Hampshire is the location it was taken (with the comma), and it was on the Merrimack River. But what's the Crackpipe playwave?

Secondly I note you've uploaded directly to Wikipedia. It's generally preferred if you upload images to Commons unless there's some particular reason you don't want to or can't do so (e.g., there's some slight differences in licensing), as that makes them available for all Wiki projects, not just English Wikipedia.

Anyway, thanks for the contributions. --jjron (talk) 07:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


 * When you say you're not sure "how to reference it for FPC" I assume you mean you're not sure how to put a commons picture on Wikipedia. If so, it's exactly the same as using a picture uploaded to Wikipedia itself. See the example I've put up here. When you click on the Commons image it tells you it's hosted on Commons underneath the picture, and you can follow those links. Since your image has exactly the same name on both Wikipedia and Commons, it must just default to the Wiki version, so you don't see that link to Commons. But if you upload to Commons, you only have to upload once.
 * Some of those other images are nice, though not too sure how you'd go nominating multiple images related to this same topic. People tend to start getting harder on them the more there are. Cheers, --jjron (talk) 08:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Grand central station FPC
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I uploaded an edit that attempts to address the issues you raised with the photograph. It was a bit of a struggle to correct the distortion at all. I guess I feel like it would be hard for a better picture to be taken given where the building is. Anyway, a second look would be appreciated. Thanks -Fcb981 (talk:contribs) 07:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Playboat
Hi Mike,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Kayak Playboat ManchesterNH.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 13, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-09-13.  howcheng  {chat} 18:43, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

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