Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Photography

Purpose of page[edit]

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– Purpose is clear, and page moved to suit purpose.

This artcle contains suggestions for consistent and accurate descriptions of classic cameras,

and to prevent them from being degraded by improvised editing.

Please help preserving the accurate information provided in these Wikipedia articles.

Jan von Erpecom 16:57, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

What to do with this article[edit]

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– This is a (very rough) draft style guideline for Wikipedia editors, and has been renamed and tagged accordingly.

Sorry to be blunt, but this 'page' does not belong in the Main namespace. It is not an encyclopaedic article, but a series of notes about writing articles; a meta-article, if you will. It perhaps belongs in the Wikipedia namespace. I've wondered a few times about having a Manual Of Style page dealing with photographic equipment e.g formatting focal lengths, apertures, etc. This page could be a starting point. If not, it could be moved into the User namespace as a sub-page of the original author's user page.

Some of this information could (also) be incorporated into other articles.

Thoughts? --Imroy (talk) 10:03, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for supporting the idea - Imroy. I'll be happy to host it as a sub page on my user page, but am not familiar with the way in which to accomplishing it. If of interest, please feel free to use any part as a starting point for a Manual of Style for Photographic Equipment page. However, the point of making this article short and easily accessible is that there is a better chance the casual editor reading it, although as of now, there is a lot material left out. The bases for the examples given are found in the literature mentioned in the reference list. Regards -- Jan von Erpecom 20:34, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Belongs as part of WikiProject: Photography[edit]

The correct place for content like this is probably within a style guide in WP:WikiProject Photography. I'm not part of the WikiProject, but the folks there should know about this. -dmmaus (talk) 05:44, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Given its attempt to provide editing guidance, it's really a draft addition to the Manual of Style. Agree that the photography-related projects should be either editing it or flagging it for deletion. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 20:36, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]