User talk:Cacophony/Archive3

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/William Tecumseh Sherman

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Tecumseh sherman.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 02:43, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

(I think that this alert belongs on your talk page more than mine since it was your alternate proposal that was the one that passed FPC status). Spikebrennan 14:06, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Willamette River in Portland

An image uploaded by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, Image:WillametteRvrPano edit.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! MER-C 04:35, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations! It's a fantastic pic, and a great addition to Wikipedia. Ipoellet 13:44, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

POTD

Hi Cacophony,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:WillametteRvrPano edit.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 28, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-11-28. howcheng {chat} 00:10, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Stellar shot! Wardrich (talk) 07:37, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Could you do (me) a favor and add the location that this picture was taken from to the image page? I'm guessing its OHSU or (seeing that the tram tower is left of center) maybe Veteran's Hospital. I live on the other side of downtown and might want to go see the view myself (though better weather would help). Thanks...and thanks for the all of the work it took. Jason McHuff (talk) 04:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I added the location information, but it is wasn't taken from a place that is accessible to the general public. You could probably take the elevator to the top of the Veteran's Hospital and do okay. Cacophony (talk) 05:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. For the rest of us, there is the sky bridge, and if I remember right from my visit there (yes, its been years now), Doernbecher's has corridor(s) along the eastern windows with some nice views. It would be nice if Council Crest and Pittock Mansion didn't have so may blocking trees.

Gotta go; I can actually see Mt. Hood from my 16th story perch for once, which means the weather is nice out. Hopefully soon I'll have a decent Verizon camera phone and I'll be able to contribute some pictures. I did have a Palm Zire 71 but its image quality was nothing to be proud of. --Jason McHuff (talk) 22:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

A-channel Ottawa

Does Rogers really plan on Seliing it to rogers thena rogers can rebradn it As CITY TV —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prckay1 (talk • contribs) 23:01, July 9, 2007

I have no idea, I just eneded up at that page randomly. Thanks, Cacophony 15:30, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Yet more nonsense on Pioneer Courthouse Square

Dude, what is with this guy? I bet he's another sockpuppet of User:Pioneercourthouse. Why can't he leave it alone already? Jesus. --Makaristos 06:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

It is certainly another sockpuppet. Why he insists on mentioning homeless people in Pioneer Courthouse Square is beyond me. I hang out there all the time and I don't get the feeling that it is any different than the rest of downtown in that regard. There are enough people watching the page that his unsourced garbage won't last long. I was please with myself that I caught it in under 10 minutes. Cacophony 07:07, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I've heard it said several times that the best way to battle graffiti is not with surveillance or stiff punishment, but just by painting over it the very next day, before much of anybody sees it. So yeah, kudos for the quick revert…shouldn't be too long before this guy gets bored and moves along. Much better handled that way, in my humble o., than with disruptive blocks. -Pete 07:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

my talk page

There's no rulls about blanking talk page and if there were I could not care less. I do with it as I wish. Please stopping messing up with my pictures and my talk page. Better take a picture of fog bow with 17mm and put it to fog bow page.I really do not want to see your name at my talk page ever again.Regards.--Mbz1 16:49, 28 July 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

user id

because so many users suddenly showed interest in low quality and not interesting fog bow images at a very seldome visited fog bow page, as well as some of my other images and my talk page I started to wonder how many user ids you have.--Mbz1 20:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

Feel free to request an admin to investigate my ip address and see if I'm using any sockpuppets. That can be done at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser. I have absoutely nothing to hide. Cacophony 00:34, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Please stop harrasing me now. Listen, I'm very old and very sick woman.Please have a pity and please just leave me alone. Will you?--Mbz1 01:25, 29 July 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

Happy now? I do not know who you are, but I do know you are very, very cruel person. Oh and by the way I put the same message at my talk page in 2 places. Let me spell it out on your talk page: I have left Wikipedia for good because of cruelty toward me by user Cacophony . I believe he could be using different IDs to drive one crazy like he did with me. wikipedia is not a friendly place. I asked him to stop harassing me. I told him that I was old and sick woman. Nothing helped. Be aware of user Cacophony and good luck with Wikipedia.--Mbz1 04:29, 29 July 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

Thanks for your contributions. If you do decide to stay and contribute I suggest that you read Wikipedia:Etiquette, Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point, Wikipedia:Civility, and Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Have a nice day! Cacophony 05:27, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I like how "she" makes it sound like her departure is so bad. Wardrich (talk) 07:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

stop vandalizing my talk page

do not delete the message in the end of my talk page. I want everybody to know who you are. Is it something wrong with it? It is my talk page. I could put message in the beginning and the end of it.--Mbz1 06:34, 29 July 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

archiving

Dear Cacophony. Thank you very much for helping me out with archiving my talk page. I want to keep its history for history , you know, just to remind myself that there is a user Cacophony, who puts contest of my talk page above my health and my nerves. Would you, please be so kind to archive your last message too and leave only my last message at my talk page. You see I 'm not a very good learner, you at the other hand know all ways around wikipedia. So please archive your last message too and please have a good day.Thank you very much for your time working at my talk page.--Mbz1 23:08, 29 July 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

fog bow page

dear cacophony , one of your very nice freinds has changed fog bow page in order to compare moonbow and lunar fogbow. moonbow has nothing to do with lunar fogbow. moonbow is a rainbow, which is seen at night usually at the more or less full moon. the changes your freind made to the page show one more time that i was right in removing my images and forcing people, who,like you, for example, are really interested in learning about fog bows to hit the links and read a reliable source instead of reading wikipedia, where anybody, who has no slightest idea, what he's talking about (like you and fir0002, for example) could change the page. the battom line is that changes your freind made should not be at fog bow page. i wrote that message for the history that i do not agree with the changes. i would have changed the page myself, but i'm really afraid of your and your freinds distractive power over all changes i've made for the last few days. thanks.--Mbz1 00:06, 30 July 2007 (UTC)mbz1

so, if you are really interested not only in "following me around" (in order to drive me out from wikipedia, in which task your nice friends and you succeeded), but also in the fog bow page I would have revert your friend edit.--Mbz1 00:33, 30 July 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

Dear Mila Zinkova, welcome back to Wikipedia and I'm glad that your departure was a short one. As for the fogbow page, I have reviewed the comments about lunar fogbow vs. moonbow and they seem to be in accordance with what you say. I can't find any reliable sources on the internet, so a trip the library might be necessary to find a source that can be cited. If you can find a reliable source on the net that I'm not finding (www.atoptics.co.uk does not qualify, it appears to be a self published webpage), please refer to WP:CITE#How_to_cite_sources for instructions on how to do so. Thanks again for your contributions! Cacophony 00:50, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Dear Cacophony, I would not like you to use my full name.Please call me mbz1. you did not understand, i will not contribute to wikipedia my pictures any more, but i will vote to oppose no value pictures and i will vote to support value pictures no matter what quality they are. i doubt i'll ever win. you and your nice freinds are too powerfull for me alone to fight. now about fogbow - www.atoptics.co.uk is the best place to learn about atmospheric optics; it is much better than wikipedia will ever be especially without my pictures , which I (thanks to you and your nice friends) will never upload to wikipedia again and after your freinds and you,who as you yourself admitted, have no idea about the subject) make changes at that page. I could start to upload my pictures again,when you take a picture of fog bow with 17 mm lens. no worries about my picture. after all you have my talk page instead. you've won. sorry i cannot thank you for your contribution, because as i've said earlier they were quite distractive and brutal. you drove such a valuable contributer as i am (in my opinion) out of wikipedia. i'm even not sure, if you care about wikipedia at all.the only thing i really like to thank you for is that you respond my messages at your talk page, i would not like to see your name at my talk page ever again.--Mbz1 02:33, 30 July 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

Dear Mbz1, there is no such thing as winning or losing anything on Wikipedia, the goal is to create an encyclopedia. I ask that you not take things personally when someone disagrees with you. As for the atoptics.co.uk website, it appears that you didn't read the guidelines for reliable sources that I linked to prior to responding to my comment. That Wikipedia guideline states that: "Reliable publications are those with an established structure for fact-checking and editorial oversight. The reliability of a source depends on the context: a world-renowned mathematician is not a reliable source about biology.", and "Articles should rely on reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy."'. While I agree that it is a great site and probably 100% accurate, that does not make it a reliable source. Like I said earlier, it appears to be a self published webpage. In regards to citing self publshed sources, the Wikipedia policy for verification states: "Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published books, personal websites, and blogs are largely not acceptable as sources.". There are certainly books and magazines out there that satisfy the requirements of a reliable source and support the content of that page. It is up to us to find them and improve the article. Thanks, Cacophony 07:01, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

two waterfall infobox templates!

Hi, Cacophony. I don't know if you realize that there are two templates for waterfall infoboxes: {{Waterfall}} (which it looks like you wrote), and {{Infobox Waterfall}}, which predated that one by a month. It looks like there are about the same number of articles that use both. Should we merge the two? Let's start a discussion at Template Talk:Infobox Waterfall. Thanks! hike395 01:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Template:Waterfall has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — hike395 06:43, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

share the information please

I wonder what alert did you submitted about me that Mgiganteus1 is watching my every step day and night and changes almost everything I do. Please respond at your talk page. Thanks--Mbz1 05:06, 4 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

I'm not sure, did you address that question to User:Mgiganteus1? It is quite easy to look at the contributions of others (Special:Contributions/Mbz1), so if you attract attention to yourself, more and more people are likely to check out what you have been working on. Consequently, if you wish to see if I am talking about you with others, that information is readily available in my edit history (Special:Contributions/Cacophony). Thanks, Cacophony 05:15, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. No I did no address my question to him. I just was wondering how he found fog bow page and then started vandalising my talk page almost as often as you did. Well, I guess it is going to remain a mystery. I do not like to watch what other people are doing. I'd rather take some pictures in my spare time. By the way I started uploading pictures (not fp pictures, just high encyclopedic value ones) again because you and they stopped doing to me what they and you were doing and, if I were you, I'd say I was sorry because what you were doing to me was wrong after all. Well, whatever.--Mbz1 05:47, 4 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

I'm sorry that my reverts to your talk page upset you. Although I disagree with removing content from your talk page, I'll adhere to the consensus. Thanks for your contributions. Cacophony 05:59, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Mbz1, could you please show me where I vandalised your talk page? Thanks in advance. Mgiganteus1 09:08, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Mgiganteus1, to answer your question where you vandalised my talk page, well, it is how I call bringing back contest of my talk page after I blanked it. You did it 23:47, 28 July 2007, for example. If you rather call it with a different name, that's ok. I'd rather just forget about all of this. Maybe you could tell me how you first happen to go to fog bow page? thanks.--Mbz1 12:32, 4 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

Yes, I'd rather call it something different. I'd rather call it replying to a question you left on my talk page. My edit didn't restore any content. I'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from falsely accusing me of vandalism in the future. As to how I found the fog bow article, as Cacophony explained, your edits drew a lot of attention. Mgiganteus1 16:18, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, you are right. You've never restored my talk page. I guess I just was so upset (and I still am) that I did not think clearly. I'm sorry for falsely accusing you. Please,accept my apology.--Mbz1 17:07, 4 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

I'm sorry

Hi, Cacophony. I guess I should say that I'm sorry that I acused you in having few IDs.--Mbz1 20:42, 4 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

Let's just put the whole mess behind us and focus on improving the encyclopedia instead. Thanks, Cacophony 21:29, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Seattle Skyline at dusk

An image uploaded by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, Image:SeattleI5Skyline.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! MER-C 11:24, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Stunning! hike395 06:43, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree, wonderful picture. You really found a great location for the shot. -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 16:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

POTD

Hi Cacophony,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:SeattleI5Skyline.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 2, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-12-02. howcheng {chat} 19:53, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Pioneer Courthouse Square

I suggest you stop reverting and contact an admin over this. You're technically BOTH breaking 3RR. *Speaks from experience.* -WarthogDemon 03:28, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

It's protected now. :) -WarthogDemon 03:45, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, this page has been having a lot of problems with the same user for many months now. Apparantly they got around the permanent ban and started creating many new userIDs. Thanks for the help. Cacophony 03:48, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, dude, seriously. WTF. --Makaristos 04:43, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Glad I could help. -WarthogDemon 06:21, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser procedure

Just a quick note to tell you I moved the case you filled to Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/IP check. -- lucasbfr ^talk, checkuser clerk, 09:45, 13 August 2007 (UTC).

Re:Green flash

Thank you, Cacophony. Oregonian contacted me few days ago to find out what was the protocol of using the image. I told them it was free. Still it is good they've asked. Few months ago my other green flash image was published in a big Italian astromical magazine. I found out about that, when a freind of mine, who lives in Italy, bought the magazine,saw my picture and e-mailed me about it. Looks like everybody loves green flashes:)--Mbz1 19:16, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

comment request

Hi there, would you be so kind as to provide an indepenant neutral opinion of the image Construccionkaiserrick.jpg at the section of the same name on the talk page of Richmond Medical Center here please? Thank you very much as this may help to alleviate a current debate over its inclusion.Cholga^talK! 01:21, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Spoiler Tags - "The Lives Of Others"

May I inquire (again) as to why (specifically) you removed the spoiler tags from the plot section of the article? I have read the terms for the usage of spoiler tags and, considering how much detail is given in the plot section of the article, thought that they were valid and needed. The Plot gives away far more than a basic plot, it also covers the 'gradual developments' in the film, including the 'twists' that give the film it's effect. Stephenjh 02:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually I was the first person to add the spoiler tag, but later learned that it is not appropriate for such scenarios. As I pointed out in my edit summary the guideline for spoilers states (in the When not to use spolier warnings section):

• Spoiler warnings are usually redundant when used to cover an entire "Plot" or "Synopsis" heading, or fictional "History" headings of any sort in articles whose subject is fictional, since spoilers are to be expected in a plot summary. If readers can easily deduce what is to be covered within a titled section, then there is no need to insert additional warning tags. If a section is not explicitly tagged as a plot section, and it contains an unexpected spoiler, consider whether the article can be improved by better section titling.
• Spoiler warnings should not be used when they can be replaced by more accurate heading information. If a "Themes" heading starts with a plot description, the best thing to do is break the plot description into a separate heading. If there are no headings, it is usually better to add them.

Cacophony 06:37, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for this. Argggh, I completely missed it! -- Chris B • talk 15:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Important image issue

Hi, I'm reviewing the Portland Aerial Tram article for GA status, and I wanted to use your images (Image:PortlandTramInterior.jpg, Image:PortlandAerialTramTower.jpg) of the interior of the tram. I cannot however, since no source for either is specified. I'm assuming it's self-made, so if you would fix that asap I would really really appreciate it! Thanks VanTucky ^Talk 21:48, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

You are correct, they are self made images. I added the tags to all the images that I added to the Tram cat. Thanks, Cacophony 22:52, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

My edits

I see you are reverting my edits. The first one to MLK I now understand. I didn't see the copyright problem with the speech. The second one to Florida Atlantic, I don't understand. That reference format you reverted is in use in other FAs. Care to explain? KnightLago 00:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any need for the fancy reference section and it doesn't seem to work on my browser (Safari). Just listing them in order seems to be the best, even for 100+ references (see today's Featured Aticle). I haven't seen a featured article use this language. In the Florida Atlantic article, when I click on a reference (for exaple citation #51), it does not take me right to the citation in the reference section. It takes me close (the top one listed is #53), but I have to use the scroll bar in order to find the particular reference. When all of the references are displayed then clicking on an inline citation takes me exactly to the specific reference in the section.

Ok, I understand. Someone else actually pointed out the error of my ways also. See WP:CITE which says scrolling lists are bad. Thanks. KnightLago 01:22, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Need help with image layout question

Please see User talk:Katr67#Image resolution. I've also mentioned it to EncMstr. Thanks! Katr67 20:08, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Wallowa Mountains. Looks like we need a fourth opinion. EncMstrs changes were reverted without explanation... Katr67 (talk) 23:09, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Images and a question or request

When I first started uploading images to the commons, I found a large cache of smallish images from a US Forest database. I uploaded quite a few of images from there -- the web based database has a lot of problems, like I had to start at their first image instead of being able to easily find images from places I was more familiar with and other things (including speed). I have a phone number to somebody who is supposed to perhaps provide access to higher resolution versions of those images -- it has been a few months and I haven't called the number.

I am here typing away on your talk page right now because I was looking at one of your images on the Quality Image candidates thingie right now -- I dug out a couple of images that I found in that database and really loved:

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  1968

I still tear up a little when I see them together; I love cameras because they do things like this. When I was in school and learning about my country, I was kind of proud also -- I sure wish I could have lived there. (*sniffle*)

Do you have a more current photograph of this Cape? Sorry for the amount of text it took to ask this. -- Carol 04:41, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Coincidence?

Hey, it just hit me -- I think this picture was drawn from the same (mysterious) vantage point you used for your Willamette panorama shot. See St. Helens with her peak intact, and Mt. Adams peeking over the ridge? Cool, huh? -Pete (talk) 01:13, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm having somewhat of a hard time seeing the detail in the valley, but based on the view of the mountains I would say it is from the same place. I'll be vauge and say its somewhereon the top of Marquam Hill. Cacophony (talk) 06:11, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

		The Minor Barnstar
		For your minor but great work on resizing images! F3rn4nd0 (Roger - Out) 07:55, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Skoal

Check Skoal discussion, for comments please. Halogenated (talk) 15:11, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

User preferences

Hi, I saw that you removed the wikilinks from the dates in the Charles Dickens article. I would encourage you to add wikilinks to dates when they contain date and year (i.e. September 2, 2007) because this allows user preferences to format the date display in a users prefered format. If the date only contains a year then I would agree that it is a low value link that should not be included, otherwise it helps to have the wikilinks. Thanks, Cacophony (talk) 20:44, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi. There has been much debate on this. The result is that the technology is not working the way it should, so a decision has been made that such date wikilinking should only be done, as I quoted in my edit summary, "only if it is likely to deepen readers' understanding" - the quote coming from WP:Date#Autoformatting_and_linking. The bug discussion related to the tech problem is here if you wish to encourage the tech guys to sort out this long standing issue! Regards SilkTork *SilkyTalk 23:01, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Olympic Stadium of Montreal

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Le Stade Olympique de Montréal Nuit Arriere-Gauche.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 04:09, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Forced image sizing

I have reverted some of your latest edits to Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope under the provisions of the WP:MOS#Images. The Matapan map in the article calls on the provision:Except in the case of detailed maps and drawings. To me the meaning of the map is lost at default size. This was discussed in its FAC. This article is a FA and the images have not changed size since the FAC. This was just a note to remember that there are some exceptions to the default size ruling. Also, I used common sense with the DSO image which is the inverse of the Matapan Map, there is no need for it to be so large. The same effect is gained at 80px, than at 140px. Thanks. Woodym555 (talk) 12:27, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/ Great Blue Heron

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Le Grand Heron.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 02:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

More on forced image sizes.

This is re: your edit to Uranus. I'm personally inclined to give a large latitude to the article authors, myself, on this... a lot of those images are pretty much incoherent at 180px, most readers are not logged in, and those who are rarely have preferences enabled anyway. A lot of those images seem to meet the "detailed maps, diagrams or charts" or "small sections which are hard to read with too much compression" exceptions. Just my two cents on that. SnowFire (talk) 01:31, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

So you are saying that we should disregard the Manual of Style because "most readers are not logged in"? That seems silly to me. Cacophony 01:59, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Uh, I wasn't trying to pick a fight. "Disregard" is a harsh word; obviously I'm not saying that, but the top of every MoS page says "[this] is not set in stone and should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception." The logged-in users bit was why I see an unusually large cause for discretion on that particular injunction; it's a good default standard, sure, but there are plenty of rational exceptions for it. Furthermore, the MoS on Images spells out an exception for this anyway that I think applies. This is not an issue I normally pay attention to, but Image:Uranian Magnetic field.gif and Image:Uranian wind speeds.png were practically illegible on your version of the page. I mean, if there's ever a time to force pixel sizes, it'd be when there's text in the image, such as Image:Tropospheric profile Uranus.png, which you reduced from 400 pixels to 300. I mean, maybe your eyes are much better than mine or something, but I really don't see what forcing the pictures smaller will accomplish - even people who set their default sizes to 300 pixels will see a hard-to-read diagram. I mean, as a serious question, am I missing something here? I really don't understand your position... SnowFire (talk) 04:00, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

To expand on the above: It seems that what we may have is a technical problem. If you have 300px set as the default, then setting 250 px actually reduces the size... but there are some pictures that are nigh-illegible at 180px (like Image:Uranian wind speeds.png), yet aren't so important as to be blown up to 300px on your average 800x600 or 1024x768 resolution. I wonder if there's a feature to set a minimum display size, but one that will continue to get larger if the default is larger? If not, I might put in a feature request for that, since that would solve both concerns... SnowFire (talk) 04:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

My default is 300px and it pains me to see images that are forced to 250px and I'm only on a 20" monitor. I can't image what it looks like on a 30" monitor. I think the default setting is the best system that we currently have to deal with the variance between 800x600 - 2600x1600 resolutions. Let everyone pick what works best for them. We should strive to give the most flexibility and the only way to do that is through default settings that enable user preferences. If a diagram/map needs to be forced larger for those with 150-300px defaults, it should be no smaller than 300px (so that it doesn't look smaller for those with a 300px default). I'm not saying that every image should be without a forced thumbnail sizing, but unless there is a compelling reason not to (and the MoS page speaks to those), the default should be used. I agree that the tropospheric profile and wind speed images should be forced, but I don't see a reason to on Image:Uranus, Earth size comparison.jpg, Image:Uranus Final Image.jpg, Image:William Herschel01.jpg, etc. Cacophony (talk) 04:37, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Image sizes

Weigh in here - These are paintings that need to be seen. Lets discuss this with the other Visual Arts editors here - [1] at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Visual arts. Modernist 02:27, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

You asked for "thoughts" on gallery sizes, & have now had several. Please comment at the summation sectiion. Thanks. Johnbod (talk) 14:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

just a little hint

hey. Every image you voted oppose with the reason "Oppose does not meet criteria #5." no fits in that criteria. :) Best regards, —αἰτίας •discussion• 03:32, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Image credit full name

Hi Cacophony, I'm a designer with the Beaty Museum here in Vancouver, Canada. As a non-profit, public institution, we're building a collection for display and would like to use a couple of your images for our label information panels. Our policy is to credit a contributer's full name...would you be able to provide that me. In private, if you prefer. Jeff Werner (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:37, 29 September 2010 (UTC).

Three-phase current flow FPC

Thanks very much! I have added a small note to the nomination. Best regards, — BillC ^talk 01:43, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Destin Onka save

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:U20-WorldCup2007-Okotie-Onka edit2.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 08:21, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Oregon/Selected panorama

I created a new section of Portal:Oregon, Portal:Oregon/Selected panorama, specifically for panorama shots. I added all that you had recommended at Portal talk:Oregon, if we add 2 more we'd have an even 10 panorama shots. Any chance you have 2 more? It'd be nice if they pertained to a specific Oregon-related article that we could link to in the bottom right for "More...", and if it's something different not yet used in a previous panorama shot. Beautiful images, great photographic work! Cirt (talk) 04:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC).

Image request

Please see my Image request, at WP:OREGON. Any chance you could help out with getting some related free-use images for anything I mentioned? Cirt (talk) 09:50, 12 January 2008 (UTC).

Pano help

Hi Cacophony, I've been enjoying your recent panoramas, the one of Cuzco is awesome. I can only offer limited help but I'll do what I can: What stitcher are you using? If it is PTGui then I think there is an option for setting horizontal line control points. Same with Hugin and Autopano Pro. If it is photomerge on PS then you need to do the horizon correction post stitch using the (Edit > Transform > Warp) or (Edit > Transform > Skew) commands. You need to correct the vignetting on the source files which it looks like went uncorrected. Thats easy in either Camera RAW or (Filter > Distort > Lens Corrections) I can do that bit for you, but I really would have trouble stitching for you about now. See I'm on a old PowerBook G4 and so its sluggish even when I'm stitching things under 12000px. Let me know if you upload one after removing the vignetting. I can probably correct the Horizon well enough. -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 04:00, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Check out this that I found on the ptgui website. Essentially what you were looking for, right? -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 13:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that was basically what I was looking for, unfortunately it doesn't work the way the tutorial claims it does. I can manipulate the photos individually, but it won't let me stitch it without optimizing. When I optimize it recreates the curved horizon. I have better luck with PhotoMerge in Photoshop Elements, but the color blending has problems. I might try to make smaller stitches and then stitch those into a larger one. I dunno, I'm running out of options and patience. Thanks for your help though. Cacophony (talk) 23:37, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Pano Help

Hi Cacophony,
I could have a shot - but it'd be easier to start from scratch. Could you upload the originals to wiki? Thanks, --Fir0002 21:27, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Cacophony,

Sorry for the delay in responding but I've been pretty busy recently as I've been away in Melbourne. Thanks for the link to smugmug but they have a truly useless interface in downloading the images (also I'm not sure which ones are part of the set) so I'd appreciate it if you could upload them to wiki. If not perhaps try using a service like yousendit --Fir0002 09:50, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cuzco

An image uploaded by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, Image:Cuzco-Pano edit.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! jjron (talk) 16:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Four restaurants

Could you make a gallery combined image somehow of the four restaurants you took pictures of? Drop me a note on my talk page if/when something like this is possible. Cirt (talk) 06:42, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Any thoughts on this? Cirt (talk) 16:56, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh yeah. Sorry, it slipped my mind. I'll give it a go. Cacophony (talk) 16:57, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Here you go. Cacophony (talk) 17:18, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! And thank you again so much for getting the pics! Cirt (talk) 17:23, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

The Chronic presents...

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		I've noticed that a lot of Portland and Portland-related pics on Wikipedia were taken by you (I'm from Portland, BTW). For your many pics, here's a barnstar. Cheers, The Chronic 04:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

My very first barnstar. I'm honored. Thanks, Cacophony (talk) 06:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Something for you

		WPOR Award: Sponsored in part by the Big Gold Dude.
		You are hereby granted this shiny object for all your hard work at WikiProject Oregon! For all your hard work taking pictures around the state. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Seatle Pano

Hi Cacophony,
Sorry for the time it's taken but I've just kind of done it in bits and pieces around other things. I tried a few stitchers and am still not particularly happy with the result but thought I'd let you see it anyway: Image:Seattle pano stitch fir0002.jpg. I've downsized it as I didn't have the RAM/CPU or the patience to do it at full res. The main problem is that your lens seems to have fairly bad vignetting and this creates unseemly dark areas in the sky at the seams. I guess it would be possible but it would be quite tedious as skies are very unforgiving for small mis alignments in the lighting gradient. I noticed you'd got it stitched quite well by someone else already so it may be redundant but I thought you might like to compare anyway. --Fir0002 03:10, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

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POTD

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Xeni Jardin

Your participation would be helpful on the talk page about material you questioned. Ty 01:36, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

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Your Cusco image

Hi Cacophony,
Your POTD Cusco image is outstanding. I have included it in the LANSA Flight 502 article, as it happens to completely cover the entire accident flight path. Thank you for creating and providing this work. Crum375 (talk) 20:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad that it found more than one use! Cacophony (talk) 23:20, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Re NPOV in Firozabad

Hi, I found that you had contested the neutrality of the article Firozabad. I went through its talk page but could not find a reason. Hope you would elaborate. Cheers. Tarun2k (talk) 21:29, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

I put the NPOV tag on there a while ago. At that time the article contained such phrases as:

• The city suffers from child labour, low literacy, and pollution. Firozabad City, where people breathe not air but glass, where every second vehicle on the road is found fully loaded with glittering bangles of vivid colours. In this city, if you will stay for two days, you will find it very difficult to imagine that, if it had not been for glass, then what this city would have done.
• The city is also an important market center. It has severe winter and summer seasons. The district is mostly flat and its slope is from north west to south.
• There are many Eye catching places ..

These have been removed so I guess the tag can be removed. I hadn't been to the page since I added the tag. Thanks, Cacophony (talk) 04:30, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. will remove the tag accordingly. :) Tarun2k (talk) 09:22, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Blue Bridge

Hi Cacophony, I just spruced up Blue Bridge (Oregon) with a few details, one of which is the geolocation. Could you look at the point I chose and see if that is, in fact, in the middle of the bridge. Judging by your photograph, it looks like the building at the end of the bridge might not be right according to the satellite view, though it's hard to see. —EncMstr (talk) 03:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

That looks perfect. Good job on the article as well. Cacophony (talk) 07:00, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, but I didn't do that much of the article. The location is bothering me because the photograph shows the bridge distinctly curving to the left, but on the satellite image it look straight. Which direction did you face? —EncMstr (talk) 07:14, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

It is strange that it dosen't show the curve in the satellite. It does have a change in elevation as well that might affect the perspective from overhead. I was looking to the north when I took that image. You can see the entryway to Bradgon at the right side.

100+ Waterfalls???

Hello, I saw your name on the list of participants for the wikiproject waterfalls. Currently I am working on an article here at wikipedia.org titled, "List of Waterfalls in Hamilton, Ontario" and we have at least 100 here in town where I'm from. I would like to know if there are any other cities or towns from around the world that you know of that have more than 100 waterfalls like we have here in Hamilton? Thanks!  Nhl4hamilton | Chit-Chat  19:19, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

I sure don't. Everybody that I have asked is amazed that there are 100 waterfalls in one city. It must be a beautiful place! Cacophony (talk) 06:50, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Two places come to mind. One is Hana, Hawaii (photo of bottom of it). Depending on how one counts waterfalls, some of those little rivulets might be considered separate waterfalls. The other is near Ocho Rios, Jamaica: Dunn's River Falls. Again, the photo doesn't do justice. There is quite an extensive set of falls upward for hundreds of feet. This is clearly not in any city though. The only other places coming to mind are remote mountain rivers, such as the North Fork North Fork Breitenbush River (photo) which may have hundreds of falls, but not so much as an unincorporated community for dozens of miles.... —EncMstr (talk) 07:07, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

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Damien Hirst

I see you have removed images, despite a request to discuss on the talk page. I have opened a discussion at Talk:Damien_Hirst#Removal_of_images. Ty 04:43, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Burnside photo

Hi Cacophony, I was wondering if I could have your permission to use your Burnside bridge photo for a Graphic Design project I am working on. Please let me know, as it would be perfect!

thanks very much,

R Oberwiki (talk) 01:14, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Sure thing, go ahead. Cacophony (talk) 05:25, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Great Nadar photo

I really like the new photo of Nadar (photographer). It's much improved over the old version - it shows much more detail! Thanks, Larrybob (talk) 23:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Congrats

Your Valued picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for valued picture status, Image:OregonCoastEcola Edit.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Intothewoods29 (talk) 21:16, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Requesting to use a photo for a non-profit fundraising event

Hi Cacophony, I am working on a non-profit fundraising event in Portland, OR and you have a wonderful photo of White River Falls. I wanted to find out if it is possible for us to use this photo while we tell the story of a hero that saved someone at that location. You would receive full credit on the big screen for this use and it will only be shown one time at this event. Please email me at [email protected]

Thank you, Jessica —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.111.30.69 (talk) 21:16, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Interstate Bridge

I have a question concerning the Interstate Bridge which you created. I know that both bridges have a lift to let boats go by, and the bridges also carries Interstate 5 traffic. Acording to the article, "The lift takes 10 minutes to open and does so between 10 and 20 times per month", so what I am wondering is when the lifts are in operation, what happens to the vehicle traffic? Are there traffic lights? Even though it is an interstate? Or are the lifts defunct? Wonder if you could clear that up. OOODDD (talk) 20:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

There are several sets of traffic lights on the bridge and when the bridge opens (it still does every once in a while, not very often though) traffic is backed up for a long time. It is really crazy to think about I-5 shutting down for 10 minutes but it does still happen. Cacophony (talk) 04:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Image use

File:OregonCoastEcola Edit.jpg is at [[2]] (scroll down), http://beaches.uptake.com/blog/beaches_oregon_coast.html and probably others too, no respect for its licence either. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:02, 8 March 2009 (UTC)75.170.127.59 (talk) 21:07, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Just wanted you to know that I attributed this photo at http://almarose.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/bonk/ Didn't I do it right? 75.170.127.59 (talk) 21:07, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. Cacophony (talk) 03:02, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Commons:File:Seattle pano stitch fir0002.jpg

Do you remember whether Commons:File:Seattle pano stitch fir0002.jpg is from Seacrest Park or somewhere else? I've been subdividing Commons:Category:Seattle skylines by where the pictures were taken. - Jmabel | Talk 17:22, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Ditto on Commons:File:SeattleWaterfrontPano.jpg. - Jmabel | Talk 17:31, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Same place on both. I was on Bremerton Ferry heading west. Thanks, Cacophony (talk) 22:36, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Qwest Field

I know it was a minor edit but wanted to say thanks for right allinging the image. It was great to see someone with image experience tinker with something regardless of how small it was. If you notice anything else not inline with the MOS please fix it!Cptnono (talk) 19:37, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Sure thing. Thanks for all your hard work on that article. Cacophony (talk) 00:27, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Cloud Gate FAC

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Improper usage of one of your pics

Came across this and noticed they were using one of your pics that is not PD, and doesn't appear to have any attribution. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:18, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I'll give them a call tomorrow. Cacophony (talk) 06:36, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

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Boz rates the day a Perfect Ten

Greetings and salutations to members of WikiProject Oregon. We hear bye announce another Collaboration Of The Week. Thanks to anyone who participated in updating any FA articles and for the improvements on FLIR Systems. This week we have two requests: former Blazer Sidney Wicks, and a key historical event with Oregon land fraud scandal. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:30, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Curious about your criteria

We are determining if it meets the featured picture criteria not judging it on its artistic merit. It could be the most beautiful shot in the world, but unless it provides a significant contribution to the encyclopedia article, it should not be a featured picture.

A "beautiful" photograph is significant because it fully expresses itself in relation to its topic. Are you using a different definition of beautiful? Beauty is often defined as "an outstanding example of its kind", hence significance or importance is implicit in anything deemed beautiful. I would argue that there is no other essential criteria but beauty. File:Homeless on bench.jpg is one of the most beautiful photographs of homelessness I have ever seen, and the opposes were completely unjustified, with many saying that they wanted a photograph of an entire person. That's not acceptable, because not only would it be wrong to describe someone as homeless and show their face, but an image of just bare feet and legs on a park bench with garbage in the background is more informative to the viewer. The outcome of this vote shows that that the featured picture system is broken. Viriditas (talk) 11:45, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

While I agree that the FPC process isn't perfect, I don't really agree that it is inherently broken nor do I think that you can judge the entire process based on one nom. The most important factor to me is how well the nom illustrates an article. Many beautiful sunset photos have failed FPC because they don't add enough to the encyclopedia, not because they weren't incredibly beautiful. Many ugly images have been promoted because they are technically excellent and highly illustrative. Whatever your opinion may be on specific images everyone gets to determine if the image meets the criteria and it is up to the closer to determine what the consensus is. On commons it is all about artistic merit and the image nomination passed there, so I think the process worked in this case. Cacophony (talk) 06:31, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Ok, in that case, how does the image in question fail to illustrate the topic of urban poverty? Can you point me to a strong opposing argument? Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 09:58, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

First of all, I think it is a highly reproducible image and therefore should be very close to ideal. For me the ideal image of a homeless person would have to include their face. Granted, the image of a homeless person's feet does a lot to illustrate the condition of homelessness, but I just don't think the best illustration of such a human condition "puts a face on it". This image and this one are closer to what I would be looking for but both noms failed on technical merits in spite of their encyclopedic value. Cacophony (talk) 20:25, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Request for specific use of your Landscape Arch image

Hi Jason,

I see that you too are interested in bridges! I would like to email you a specific request to use your splendid Landscape Arch image in a book that I have nearly completed and that has a publisher agreed. Full acknowledgements will of course be made and I am seeking only non-exclusive copyright permission. Because of the diffrences between British and US copyright laws, it would be most comfortable if I could email you direct to follow through with this request. I'll watch for your reply here.

Best wishes Dendrotek (talk) 21:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm on vacation now but will be returning shortly. Feel free to email me using the link on the left side of the page and we will get it ironed out. Thanks, 86.173.218.19 (talk) 21:07, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Cloud Gate FA thanks

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Troy Polamalu image

Hi Cacophony. You recently removed an image that you felt was unencyclopedic, and I was just curious as to why you thought so. Thus far, it is the best quality image of Polamalu's hair that we have. His hair is a very distinctive physical feature, so there is a need to illustrate it using a high-quality photo. I tried to look for a guideline/policy that restricts the use of such images, but couldn't find anything--is there one?

I like your pictures, by the way. Great work. BlueAg09 (Talk) 08:48, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Ahhh yeah, I forgot about that. I removed it because of the selective coloring (removal of the green of the field) made into more of an artsy shot than a typical encyclopedia image. I went looking for a better image on Flikr and got sidetracked. I should have re-added it once it became obvious there weren't many good freely licensed images available. Sorry bout that. Cacophony (talk) 22:31, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Andean Man Photo

Hello Cacophoy, I am wondering if I could use your Andean Man photo as a small part of a poster I'm making up for our travel clinic? Just wondering on how/if you would like attribution done for an offline reuse? Please email me brandon at tmvc dot com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.49.224.210 (talk) 20:57, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

URGENT request to use image of Sockeye Salmon in Book

Dear Cacophony

I am helping Dorling Kindersley prepare a new book for publication. We'd really like to use your great picture of Sockeye Salmon

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SockeyeSalmonOregonZoo.jpg

Please may I have your permission? Please can you write to me on and I can give you more details. liz[AT] lizm.eclipse.co.uk Looking forward to hearing from you

Regards Liz Moore for Dorling Kindersley —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.84.211.227 (talk) 14:57, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Haunted hotels

I started an article on Geiser Grand Hotel and included the photo you took. FYI. ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:21, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Picture candidates

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VPC

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POTD

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Pulaski Skyway

As there is a discussion regarding how to define the Pulaski Skyway in light of contradictory information and opinions your input would be appreciated Djflem (talk) 07:27, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

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Deady Hall on the campus of the University of Oregon

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FYI

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FPC

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Image Credit

Hi Cacophony, I am a graphic designer who is aiding a first-time writer, by designing a cover for his first, self-published novel. Seeing as the setting for the book is Portland, I wanted to use your shot titled: HawthorneBridge-Pano.jpg. for the rear cover. To credit you properly, I would include the phrase "image courtesy of..." You can email me on [email protected]. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akalongman (talk • contribs) 21:31, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your many wonderful images. I'm always delighted to find one of yours when I'm hunting for photos at the Commons. Most recently that includes File:IndianPaintbrush1.jpg and File:PaintedHillsPano4.jpg, which I've added to John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Aside from being directly useful in articles, your images are good models for other photographers, including me, to emulate. With respect and admiration, Finetooth (talk) 17:31, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Burton Memorial Tower photo

Hi. Noticed when adding photos to List of tallest buildings in Detroit, that the Burton Memorial Tower photo (which appears to have been loaded by your user name) is scaled quite large by comparison. Can this photo scale be sized smaller to make it more user friendly when listing with other photos? Thanks. Thomas Paine1776 (talk) 22:07, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

use a image of yours

Hi, we are doing a story in our TRAVEL Section about places to see in 2012 and Portland OR is one of them. I'd like to use an image or two of yours if that would be OK. We would need your full name for a photo credit as well. Nice images sir. ----

Richard Derk Photo Editor Los Angeles Times 202 W. First St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 213.237.7907 Cell 213.494.5257 [email protected] www.latimes.com/framework also: [email protected] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Derkca (talk • contribs) 20:37, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

image credit

Hi Cacophony, I would like to use your image of Mount Hood from OHSU on a website for an upcoming conference located near Mount Hood. I see that the CC license requires "attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor" but there is nothing that makes it clear to me what you specify. May I use this image for the website, and if you want me to credit it, how should I do so? Thank you very much! Sarah Sarahgid (talk) 00:28, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

You can just put "Photo by Wikipedia user Cacophony" in the caption or on the image itself. Thanks! Cacophony (talk) 00:39, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

photo permission, "oregon city bridge"

Hello Cacophony, I am contacting you on behalf of Sharon Wood Wortman. She is the author of Big & Awesome, a book being put together by volunteers under the sponsorship of a non-profit. Our goal is to give free books to Portland Public Schools and Vancouver School District third and fourth graders. We would like permission to use your image of the Oregon City Bridge in our book. We would give you a full name credit on the image. (if you provide it) Thanks, Josh — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.145.77.122 (talk) 19:24, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Wow, I'm honored. I'm the proud owner of the Portland Bridge Book. Yes, you have my permission to use my image of the Oregon City Bridge. You can credit it to Jason Hamm. Thanks! Cacophony (talk) 06:06, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi Jason, I'm Dean, a designer on "The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver" (its full title), and we would like to use part of your "HawthorneBridge-Pano" image for the Hawthorne chapter, if you're still interested. You'll be credited accordingly. Interestingly, I can't find the Oregon City Bridge photo that Josh asked about, and we don't seem to have it, so it may not end up in the book. If you've got any questions or concerns, please email me at [email protected]. Thanks! --SydneyLexic (talk) 20:50, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jason, "The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver" is finally done and printed, and Sharon would love to offer you a copy. We've got a release party happening Saturday, Dec. 13 at PCC Southeast from 1–4, or if you can't make it to that, we can figure something out. Email me if you get a chance, [email protected]. Cheers! SydneyLexic (talk) 20:47, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Photo Credit for Museum

Hello Cacophony, I am working to produce content for a new science museum that is opening in Spokane, Washington for an exhibit about the Ice Age Floods. We would like to use one of your photos in the exhibit, and would like to know what your name is so that we can credit the photos. Would you be willing to provide that information? Your photos are wonderful, and have been a great asset to us! Thank you very much! You can also reach me at [email protected].

Best, Stephanie Lanning — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephanieupswell (talk • contribs) 22:52, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

I replied via email, but I'll do it here for good measure. I'm glad that my photographs have been of use to you and you can credit Jason Hamm. Thanks, Cacophony (talk) 06:10, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

image credit

Hi there,

I would like to use a photo of a River Otter that you took on our Website about Yukon Mammals. I would be happy to give you full credit if you would like to email your name. Please email [email protected].

Cheers Carrie McClelland Wildlife Viewing Biologist Environment Yukon Whitehorse, YT 867-667-8705 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.247.128.35 (talk) 17:58, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Photographs' quality

I am AMAZED by the sharpness and overall quality of your Cuzco image. Could you spill the beans about what camera and lens did you use for it? 89.75.180.186 (talk) 23:17, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

It is a little trick that I learned from User:Diliff. I used a Canon 5D with a 50 mm lens and took probably 8-12 photos, overlapping each by about 1/3rd. Then I used image stitching software (PTgui -- but the native photo stitcher in Photoshop is getting really good) to combine the images into one huge image. Then I reduced the size to about 30%, which is what makes it so sharp. A big reduction also serves to reduce noise. Cacophony (talk) 05:18, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Check that, I thought you were talking about this pano: If you meant this one: then I think I used the same setup but took a total of 4 images, stitched them together, then reduced them. Either way the principal is basically the same. Diliff's images are worth checking out because he has really perfected the art of the panorama. Cacophony (talk) 05:49, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

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Photo Permission

Hi Jason, I recently came across your OregonCoastEcola.jpg and would love to use it for my advisor's website and newsletter publications. I just need help understanding the license(s). Does this mean I may use your photo for his website and publication as long as I use the provided attribution and do NOT place any text on top of the picture?

I also noticed you did not put a limit on the amount of publications like some of the other Wiki Common rules. Does this mean I could publish your photo on umpteenth newsletters? If so, how would I give you credit? Any feedback would be great, thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Capricious d (talk • contribs) 19:28, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

You have permission to use it for your website and newsletters making whatever edits/additions that you'd like. Please put "Photo Credit: Wikipedia User:Cacophony. CC BY-SA 3.0" in white at the bottom right. I'd be happy to add this for you if you would like or you can just do it yourself. The reason that I ask this is so others can find the source and freely use it in the same manner that you will. Cheers, Cacophony (talk) 19:31, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

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