User talk:Stepro

Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:


 * Link to Survey (should take between 5-10 minutes): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N8FQ6MM

It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.

At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).

Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.

If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasit &#124; c 17:33, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter
Books and Bytes Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013 by , Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved... New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted. New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis?? New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration Read the full newsletter ''Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 21:47, 27 October 2013 (UTC)''

The Wikipedia Library Survey
As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasit &#124; c 15:50, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

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Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Hi Stepro,

This is to let you know that File:2022-07-03 Basketball,_Männer,_European_Qualifiers,_Deutschland_-_Polen_1DX_1386_by_Stepro_(cropped).jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for August 23, 2023. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2023-08-23. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 18:09, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

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Portrait image
I see that over on Commons you have tagged the portrait I added to Aitana Bonmatí as speedy for what (no offense) is "I don't like it" and what I assume, after being surprised to learn you are the photographer of the image I added but you don't like, is a dislike of someone else cropping your work (just because I can't think of another reason you would want it deleted completely) - I imagine that will be resolved quickly because of the non-compliant reason, but until then I have replaced it with the full size photograph, something not uncommon with footballers so I presume you won't object. And let me say thank you for uploading all these images to Commons.

But I'm not here about that! In being notified on Commons - and the reason I post this here instead of there - I decided to look at the portrait you wanted to replace it with (this crop). As you are a professional photographer I am, again, surprised that you prefer this: I'm not exaggerating when I say that it's so blurry I get a migraine because my eyes try to focus but physically can't. In a team photo, one player being out of focus when the group in general is in focus, not a bad thing. When it's cropped to focus on an out-of-focus player... how can you look at this image, let alone prefer it? Anyway, I'm here to say, I was shocked that this image is being used so widely on various language Wikipedias, and I haven't checked but I assume your insertion of it in places is part of the reason; it's not my priority but I am wanting to go through and replace many of these with the clearer images, and I am leaving this note to tell you of this and to say that it's not personal and not some kind of response to your speedy, it's just an aesthetic/eye-saving decision. Kingsif (talk) 00:21, 2 December 2023 (UTC)