User talk:Cristiano Tomás

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Santa Paula

I want to discuss the changes made on Santa Paula, California regarding the images in the montage. The image of Thomas Aquinas College is actually not highly visible in the city. In fact, it borders on unincorporated land. I don't want to publicize my sources, but if you want me to verify the opinions of City Hall I can. I suggest leaving the photo of the Train Depot and keeping the image of the orange groves as it represents the history of citrus and agriculture. Moyir90 (talk) 18:07, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

@Moyir90: Thank you for the message! To be frank, the opinions of City Hall are inconsequential - that's not how Wikipedia works. Including the train depot because its locally relevant is perfectly valid (I can see it's used extensively in city imagery in different sources), but infobox montages are spaces to showcase the city or in some cases recognizable natural landmarks, but not non-descript agricultural land. Nearly every town in California has an "agricultural history", but you don't see garlic fields for Gilroy (the "Garlic Capital of the World"), Almond trees for Ripon (the "Almond Capital of the World") , or mushroom farms for Morgan Hill (the "Mushroom Capital of the World"), and so on. But the image of the orange groves is worth including in the body of the article, I agree with that; I could see it in the economy or geography section, for example. In regards to the church/college, the landmark is consequential enough to be used in tourist material and its certainly architecturally significant enough to merit inclusion in the montage. That being said, the imagery on Wikicommons for the city is certainly lacking. If you are a local and want to showcase more of the city, I suggest uploading more images of the landmarks and historic sites of the community, perhaps the Cole Art Center or downtown shops - I think that either of those would definitely merit inclusion in the montage and certainly in the article. Cristiano Tomás (talk) 18:22, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Ah yes, sadly I don't have access to a proper camera at the moment or else I would find more landmarks to photograph. I had originally changed the images back in August as the Train Depot is more notable and recognizable than the college. In fact, the Train Depot is highlighted on the Chamber's website. I appreciate the tourism link, but that article was likely written by a bot and/or ai, as "Santa Paula Bakery" doesn't exist nor has it ever. The Faulkner Farm hasn't been open since c 2014. Harding Park has no open spaces for picnics either. There are more mistakes, but I digress.

The land and agriculture of Morgan Hill is shown on the montage, so I feel like the agriculture could be in a smaller image like the Train Depot is now. At the very least, to compromise, I think that Train Depot should be the larger image featured and Thomas Aquinas College is a "smaller" image, switching places with the Train Depot; at least until I can take more images of local landmarks. Moyir90 (talk) 19:33, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

@Moyir90: Happy for you to rearrange the montage as you might see fit, including the college photo. Given the proportions, you might have to make use of the croptool or try to find a less vertical image of the college. In regards to morgan hill, you'll notice its a static montage (AKA not customizable template, but its all one image, so not a great example for either of our points to be honest). And don't be afraid to use your phone camera! I have uploaded thousands of images (such as File:Brousseau Hall 4716 (cropped).jpg or File:Pico-Boronda Adobe 4278.jpg), all captured with my iphone and they make due even if theyre not photographer-grade quality! Given your knowledge of the community, I encourage you to give it a try! Best, Cristiano Tomás (talk) 19:49, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

That would be great if you could rearrange it for me! I'm not that skilled of editor :) I will try taking some photos with my phone as well. Sadly, the college is an hour away from the town square (due to unforeseen landslides), so it'll be some months until I can make my way there. Am I able to use photos from online? Moyir90 (talk) 21:26, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Antartica

I'm writing to ask about your edits of Flag of Antarctica in which you reverted an article to a much earlier version based on WP:PoV and WP:Promotional standards. Can you please clarify your complaints? In reviewing the earlier version I don't see any unsourced or non-neutral language. Federalwafer (talk) 20:14, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

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