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:''For the rapper, see [[Freeway (rapper)]]. For the film, see [[Freeway (movie)|Freeway]].''
[[Image:Interstate5incentralvalley.jpg|thumb|right|400px|A typical rural freeway ([[Interstate 5]] in the [[Central Valley]] of [[California]]).]]


Fir0002, if you're interested in helping improve our Melbourne-related articles, you might want to check out [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne]]. A few of us have got together to try and standardise and expand things. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 10:31, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
A '''freeway''' (also ''superhighway'', ''[[expressway]]'' or ''[[motorway]]'' ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[New Zealand]], the [[United Kingdom]] and some [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] nations) is a multi-[[lane]] [[highway]] ([[road]]) designed for high-speed travel by large numbers of [[vehicle]]s, and having no [[traffic light]]s, [[stop sign]]s, nor other regulations requiring vehicles to stop for cross-traffic.


==In general==
== Fir! ==
[[Image:Californiaofframpwrongwaysignage.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Standard wrong-way sign package used on all freeway off-ramps in California (and since copied by Georgia and Virginia).]]
Freeways have high [[speed limit]]s, multiple lanes for travel in each direction, and a large separation (either through distance or high crash barriers) between the lanes travelling in opposite directions. Crossroads are bypassed by grade (height) separation using [[underpass]]es and [[overpass]]es. Freeway entrances and exits are limited in number, and are designed with special onramps and offramps, so as to ensure that vehicles do not disrupt the main flow of traffic as they enter or leave the freeway. In some countries, the exits are numbered.


What sexy photographs you take... Do not pass go, add yourself to [[m:Press Corps]] immediately. :-)
Where freeways cross, engineers provide '''[[road junction|interchange]]s''' with elaborate [[ramp]] systems that allow for smooth transitions between all through routes (as funds permit).


I am including one of your photographs (the only one to show up ''twice'', though you'll never find the second appearance) in the current edition of the [[m:Wikimedia Newsletter|Wikimedia Quarto]]
Because the high speeds reduce decision time, freeways usually have more [[traffic sign]]s than the equivalent signs on most highways and roads; the signs are often also larger. In major cities, especially on freeways six lanes in width or wider, guide signs are mounted on overhead gantries so that drivers can see where each lane goes.
(see the [[m:Wikimedia_Newsletter_(outline)#Future_Events|Endnotes]]).
How would you like to be credited? Right now you're credited as Fir0002.


Cheers, [[User:Sj|+sj]][[User Talk:Sj|<font color="#ff6996">+</font>]] 08:18, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Another consequence of the high speeds and decreased decision time is that it is nearly impossible to avoid wrong-way drivers on freeways, and the subsequent [[head-on collision]]s are often fatal. Therefore, special signage is often used to discourage drivers from going the wrong way.


== Emperor Gum Moth ==
Freeways do not usually have traffic lights, but expressways may, in places where this distinction is made.


Hey there Fir, better late than never I'd say, good work on finding the correct name and title of that moth. Unforunately it is not possible to move image pages, they have to be uploaded again, and all links need to be updated. I have downloaded and uploaded the [[:Image:Emperor Gum Moth.jpg|renamed image]], updated the description page as well. The next step was tracking all pages linking to the original image, if you look at the bottom of the [[:Image:Polyphemus moth cut out.jpg|original image page]], you see the "what links here" section. I have used that as a starting point to update the links, which were all over the place. The only think left for you to do would be updating the entry in the [[Template:Pic of the day/Archive|POTD archive]], it could use an appropriate text about this moth. Maybe you can even write a stub article on the [[Emperor Gum Moth]]? Keep up the great work, -- [[User:Solitude|[[User:Solitude|Solitude]]\<sup>[[User_talk:Solitude|talk]]</sup>]] 11:49, Oct 26, 2004 (UTC)
To minimize [[Car accident|accident]]s, access to freeways is usually limited to vehicles capable of consistently maintaining a high speed, like [[automobile]]s, [[truck]]s, [[motorcycle]]s, [[van]]s, and [[bus]]es. [[Pedestrian]]s, [[bicyclist]]s, slow-moving vehicles, [[horse]]s, horse-drawn vehicles, and anything else that might obstruct fast-moving vehicles are all prohibited.


== Your question ==
In most parts of the world, there are public [[rest area]]s on freeways and expressways as well as other types of highways. In some U.S. states, public rest areas are located ''only'' on freeways or expressways (because their high traffic is sufficient to justify the area's maintenance cost).


Hey there, when you edit an article, the box below the large editing box can be used to enter a description of your edit. This is useful for people looking through the history of an article, as it makes it easy to see with a glance what has happened to the document over the last 20 edits or so. I don't know of any particular tricks I guess, but there's alot of Wikipedia to explore and to find out, and then there is meta.wikipedia.org as well. You'll find out how it all works in time, just by using stuff and looking things up in the [[Help:Contents|Help]]. Cheers, [[User:Solitude|[[User:Solitude|Solitude]]\<sup>[[User_talk:Solitude|talk]]</sup>]] 10:31, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)
== Nomenclature ==
[[Image:Glendalefreeway.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Stack interchanges often feature soaring ramps with stunning views of nearby scenery.]]
===Worldwide===


==Nice pics, but . . . ==
''Freeway'' is the term used in most of the [[United States]], and parts of [[Australia]], notably [[Melbourne]] and [[Perth]]; the United Kingdom, the rest of Australia and other Commonwealth countries prefer ''[[motorway]]'', most of [[Canada]] uses ''[[expressway]]'', [[Mexico]] and other spanish-speaking countries use the term ''Autopista'', the [[German language|German]]-speaking world uses ''[[Autobahn]]'' the [[Dutch language|Dutch]]-speaking world uses ''[[autosnelweg]]'', and the [[French language|French]]-speaking world uses ''[[autoroute]]''. [[Italy]] and [[Poland]] use ''[[autostrada]]'', and [[China]] and [[Japan]] uses the term ''[[expressway]]'', although they once used ''freeway''.
Can you get some more info for some of them? - I'm thinking particularly of your yellow rose (what [[cultivar]]?) and cactus flowers (what [[species]]?). With more information, they would be very useful indeed, as are e.g. your [[boxthorn]] pics which I have used to start a new article on the genus. Thanks, [[User:MPF|MPF]] 11:40, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)


Hi, you've nice pictures of some gum trees, it would be helpful if you could include some more info such as the location of the pictures (nearest towns, roads, hills etc., area) and type of gum trees. The info would be useful so that articles may be linked. Cheers!
===The U.S. distinction between expressways and freeways===


== Problem? ==
The [[United States]] definition, as accepted by [[civil engineer]]s, is that an ''expressway'' is any highway to which adjoining property owners do not have a legal right of access. A ''freeway'' is an expressway which is free-flowing; that is to say, there are no traffic conflicts on the main line of the highway which must be mediated by a traffic signal, stop signs, or related traffic controls. Another way to look at it is that an expressway is ''limited-access'', and a freeway is ''controlled-access'', but this distinction is not universally accepted. Many non-engineers misapprehend the "free" in "freeway" to mean that such a highway must be free of charge to use. In some states, like California, the vast majority of freeways are toll-free (except where they cross an occasional toll bridge), while other states like Illinois and Florida have toll plazas at every exit on certain expressways.


Hey there, first of all, you can't really break something by deleting it on Wikipedia, so don't worry. On what page did it go wrong? If you want to try to fix it, press "history" on the top of the page, click on the date of the version of the page you think is correct, then press edit and save. This is called reverting, for a full guide see here: [[Wikipedia:How to revert a page to an earlier version]]. Good luck, [[User:Solitude|[[User:Solitude|Solitude]]\<sup>[[User_talk:Solitude|talk]]</sup>]] 11:09, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
In the U.S., the terms ''expressway'' and ''freeway'' are legally defined by federal regulation and under the laws of most states according to civil engineering usage described above. However, the distinction between these two terms is not universal, and in several states which built freeways very early on (including [[Connecticut]], [[Illinois]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York]], and [[Pennsylvania]]), the terms ''expressway'' and ''freeway'' have the same meaning, and usually ''expressway'' or just ''highway'', an older usage, is preferred. (In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, newer roads are often officially styled freeways, where older roads retain the title "expressway".) In the rest of the country, ''freeway'' is the usual term; however, the distinction between freeways and expressways is not always as clear or well-understood as it is in [[California]], which has many of both kinds of highway. Florida is an exception to these conventions, and the terms "expressway" and "freeway" have two separate and distinct meanings. In Florida, an "expressway" is defined as a limited-access [[toll road]], while a "freeway" is any other limited- or controlled-access road which costs no money to travel on.
PS. I'm not ad admin, luckily most editorial functions can be done by anyone, you too!


== Construction issues ==
== Insect eggs ==
[[image:freeway.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A typical suburban freeway ([[Interstate 405 (California)|Interstate 405]] in [[Irvine, California]]) with an [[Road junction|interchange]] in the foreground]]
Freeways have been constructed both between urban centres and within them, making common the style of sprawling [[suburb]]an development found near most modern cities. As well as reducing travel times, the ease of driving on them reduces accident rates, though the speeds involved also tend to increase the severity and death rate of the [[Collision#Traffic|collision]]s (or [[crash]]es) that do still happen.


Hi Fir,
===Frontage roads===


Knowing that you are handy with the macro shot and seem to be able to find a range of small beasties in Australia, do you think you could find a cluster of insect eggs (under a leaf or wherever) to add to [[egg (biology)]] - it would help address the avian bias. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 16:55, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Because abutters do not have the right of access that they would have for an ordinary public road, the authority undertaking construction of a freeway is frequently required to provide alternate means of access to those landowners. This is frequently accomplished, in areas lacking a dense surface street network, by construction of two uncontrolled roads parallel to and on either side of the freeway, known as [[frontage road]]s. These often are designed with one-way traffic flow, but not always.


:Hi Solipsist, thanks for your comment, but I don't know whether I'll be able to help you out on that one. I know I must be getting a bit of a macro reputation, but truth be told, its mainly luck. I wouldn't be able to gaurentee finding any insect eggs in the next 6 months but on the other hand I might see one be accident and be able to take a photo of it. Most of my macro shots are like that For instance [[Media:Cricket.jpg|Cricket]] was taken on my water tank. Just happened to be their one day.
In [[Texas]], where this pattern is perhaps at its zenith, such roads are frequently constructed in anticipation of a future freeway corridor, as many as ten years in advance, in order to influence development patterns on the adjoining land. Frontage roads are also often constructed in more densely-developed areas as a means to provide convenient direct access to and from the parallel freeway while minimizing the need for interchanges at every major cross street. However, some traffic studies have indicated that this particular type of access and the development that ensues generally causes significant traffic congestion and disrupts flows along major freeways. These studies prompted concern for TxDOT, which formally adopted a major shift in frontage road [http://www.abilenetx.com/comp/www.abilenecompplan.com/abilene_comp/documentframeset3fcd.html?docname=http://www.abilenecompplan.com:80/abilene_comp/docs/FrontageRoad.pdf policy] (2002) by stating that '''no new frontage roads will be built along any proposed limited-access freeways''', thus ending a long-standing pattern of freeway-induced development in Texas. Access issues will continue to be assessed on a local basis, and frontage roads could still be constructed if warranted by traffic studies.
:I do have a pretty average shot of ant eggs, but I don't think that's what you're after is it? Also my camera cant take photos of any object smaller than a 5c coin (Australian) very well. But I'll try my best. --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] 01:17, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)


::No worries - there's no hurry. I don't know much about insect eggs, but I have seen them laid in clusters about the size of a small coin on the underside of leaves (sometimes the leaf is also folded and stuck together to protect the eggs). The ant eggs might be fine. I was really just thinking that example eggs from different animal families should be shown. Come to think of it, you might want to keep an eye out for an [[ostrich]] egg too - they are probably more common in Australia than the UK. Nice cricket by the way. :) -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 12:24, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
== History ==


== Game of Life ==
The concept of limited-access automobile highways dates back to the [[New York City]] area [[Parkway]] system, which began to be constructed in [[1907]]&ndash;[[1908]]. Designers elsewhere also researched these ideas, especially in [[Germany]], where the [[Autobahn]] became the first national freeway system. On [[December 30]], [[1940]] [[California]] opened its first freeway, the [[Arroyo Seco Parkway]], now called the Pasadena Freeway, which connected [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] with [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. Today, many freeways in the United States belong to the extensive [[Interstate highway]] system (most of which was completed between 1960 and 1990). Almost all interstates are freeways, but the earlier [[United States highway]] system and the highway systems of [[U.S. state]]s also have many sections that are limited-access (though these systems are mostly composed of uncontrolled roads). Only a handful of sections of the Interstate system are not freeways, such as [[Interstate_81|I-81]] as it crosses the American span of the 2-lane Thousand Islands Bridge.


[[:Image:Game of life board.jpg]], did you take this picture yourself? kudos to you if you did, I only ask because it looks like an official photo one would find on the box. [[User:Boffy b|Boffy b]] 14:28, 2004 Nov 24 (UTC)
== Controversy ==
[[image:Harborfreeway2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Rush hour]] on the [[Interstate 110 (California)|Harbor Freeway]] in downtown [[Los Angeles]]]]
[[image:traffic06.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Rush hour]] on [[I-45]], downtown Houston.]]
Freeways have been heavily criticized by environmentalists and preservationists for the noise, pollution, and economic shifts they bring. Additionally, they have also been criticized by the driving public about the inefficiency in which they handle peak hour traffic. Often, rural freeways open up vast areas to economic development, generally raising property values. However, mature freeways in urban areas are quite often a source of lowered property values, contributing to the deleterious effects of [[urban blight]]. For this reason, almost no new urban freeways have been built in the U.S. since 1970, and some have even been demolished and reclaimed as boulevards, notably in [[San Francisco]] (Embarcadero Freeway) and [[Milwaukee]] (Park East Freeway). Some argue that freeway expansion is self-defeating, in that expansion will just generate more traffic. This is the debated [[induced demand]] [[hypothesis]].


== Emperor Gum Moth ==
Pro-freeway advocates point out that properly designed and maintained freeways are aesthetically pleasing, convenient, and safe (in comparison to the uncontrolled roads they replace or supplement.) Freeways expand recreation, employment and education opportunities for individuals and open new markets to [[small business]]es. And for many, uncongested freeways are fun to drive.


Hi Fir, thanks for your latest nomination on [[WP:FPC]] - nice shot. But I think it would be better if you choose just one picture to nominate. It rather distorts the voting process to nominate multiple pictures, and significantly complicates the final tally. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 08:17, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
At present, freeway expansion has largely stalled in the [[United States]], due to a multitude of factors that converged in the [[1970]]s: higher [[due process]] requirements prior to taking of private [[property]], increasing land values, increasing costs for construction materials, local opposition to new freeways in urban cores, the passage of the [[National Environmental Policy Act]] (which imposed the requirement that each new project must have an [[environmental impact statement]] or report), and falling [[gas tax]] revenues as a result of the nature of the flat-cent tax (it is not automatically adjusted for inflation) and the [[tax revolt]] movement. Dramatic improvements in vehicle gas mileage have also reduced gas tax revenues.
:Thanks for your comments Solipsist. I can see your point of view, its just that in the previous times I have submitted multiple but similar images for featuring, I have found that more often than not, the photo I would have chosen to feature aren't what other people think should be featured. The latest example being the Australian Garden Orb Weaver Spider. I personally would have chosen the first image to feature, but people were in favor of the the third option. If you think it is too much of a problem having multiple images, I'll rectify the problem. --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] 01:54, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
::Interesting point. I guess the solution would be to set up a temporary gallery on a personal subpage (eg. [[User:Fir0002/FPCandidates]]) and ask a couple of trusted colleague to suggest which one should be nominated. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 00:02, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)


== Recent developments ==
== Australian Garden Orb Weaver ==
.... and by a twist of fate, your FP for [[Australian Garden Orb Weaver]] is up tommorrow. You might want to check the associated text at [[Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_12%2C_2005]].... and of course we've also been reusing [[sunset]] today. :) -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 00:04, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[[Image:Autopista-Central-2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Autopista Central in [[Santiago, Chile]].]]
Outside the U.S., many countries continue to rapidly expand their freeway networks. Examples include: [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Chile]], [[China]], [[France]], [[India]], [[Israel]], [[Mexico]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Taiwan]]. Australia and France in particular have been innovative in using the newest tunneling technologies to bring freeways into high-density downtowns ([[Sydney]] and Melbourne) and historic rural areas ([[Versailles]]). China already has the world's second largest freeway network in terms of total kilometers and will probably overtake the U.S. well before the end of the 21st century.


== Fire good ==
Meanwhile, major progress has been made in making existing U.S. freeways and expressways more efficient. Experiments include the addition of [[high-occupancy vehicle lane]]s (HOV lanes) to discourage driving solo, and building new roads with [[train]] tracks down the [[Central reservation|median]] (or overhead). California has been very innovative in squeezing HOVs into limited right-of-way (by elevating them), and in building special HOV-only ramps so that HOVs can switch freeways or exit the freeway without having to merge across regular traffic. Many states have added truck-only ramps or lanes on heavily congested routes, so that cars need not weave around slow-moving big rigs.


Hi Fir,
[[Intelligent transportation system]]s (ITS) are also increasingly used, with [[camera]]s to monitor and direct traffic, so that [[police]], [[fire brigade|fire]], [[ambulance]], [[tow truck|tow]], or other assistance [[vehicle]]s can be [[dispatch]]ed as soon as there is a problem, and to warn [[driving|drivers]] via [[variable message signs]], [[radio]], [[television]], and [[the web]] to avoid problem areas. Research has been underway for many years on how to partly [[automate]] cars by making [[smart road]]s with such things as buried [[magnet]]s to guide [[sensor]]-equipped vehicles, with on-board [[GPS]] to determine location, direction, and destination. While these systems may eventually be used on surface streets as well, they are most [[practical]] in a freeway setting.


Just to let you know that your photo of [[fire|bonfire]] is up for reuse on 21st Jan. I've reuse the caption from before, but you may want to check the entry at [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 21, 2005]]. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 22:58, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
In the United States, a few short privatized [[toll]] freeways have also been built by private companies with mixed success.


== See also ==
== Pic of the day ==
* [[Motorway]], [[Autobahn]], [[Autoroute]], [[Expressway]]
* [[Divided highway]]
* [[Hierarchy of roads]]
* [[Highway]]
* [[Non-motorized vehicle access on freeways]]
* [[List of roads and highways]]
* [[Parkway]]
* [[Road safety]]


Hi Fir,
== External links ==
* [http://www.georgianavigator.com Georgia NaviGAtor] - example of a freeway information system
* [http://www.archenzo.it A new concept in motorway design - Rethink the highways]


Just to let you know that your [[:Image:Caterpillar feeding3.jpg]] is up for Pic of the Day on the 29th Jan. As usual, you may want to check the caption at [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 29, 2005]]. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 22:02, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[[da:Motorvej]] [[de:Autobahn]] [[es:Autopista]] [[fr:Autoroute]] [[ja:&#39640;&#36895;&#36947;&#36335;]] [[it:Autostrada]] [[nl:Autosnelweg]] [[pl:Autostrada]] [[sv:Motorväg]] [[zh-cn:&#39640;&#36895;&#20844;&#36335;]]


== Wakizashi ==
[[Category:Road transport]]

Hi. I edited the image for [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Edo period Wakizashi.jpg]], blurring the background slightly to remove artifacts and sharpening the sword (i.e. the image thereof). Could you have a look to see if this would change your vote? If not, no problem, and happy editing -- [[User:Chris 73|Chris 73]] [[User talk:Chris 73|Talk]] 11:51, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)
==Barnstar==
[[Image:Barnstar-camera.png|110px|right|thumb|I hereby bestow [[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] the photographers barnstar for the 13 [[Wikipedia:Featured pictures|featured pictures]] and more coming. <br /> [[User:BrokenSegue|'''B'''roken'''S'''egue]]]]

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== Hebe of the Day ==

Hi Fir,

Just to let you know that your photo [[:Image:Hebe x franciscana.jpg]] is up for Pic of the Day on te 4th of March. You can check the caption at [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 4, 2005]]. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 09:20, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)


==[[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dry Tortugas]]==
I've attempted to sharpen it some. Click on the image history to see the two different versions. It's certainly about as sharp as other featured pictures, such as: [[:Image:Kiritimati-EO.JPG]], [[:Image:Lugano prokudin.jpg]], or [[:Image:Himalayas.jpg]] Let me know if anything else should be done. --{{User:Brian0918/sig}} 07:37, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

==Image source==
''Discussion moved to [[Image talk:Ant cultivating aphids.jpg#Copyright]].''

==Pic of the Day ..... again :)==
Hi Fir,

You've another Pic of the Day coming up on the on the 12th March. Its a repeat of an earlier picture and the caption is at [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 12, 2005]]. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 22:02, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

===and again... and again..===
This time it reusing [[:Image:Hazelnuts.jpg]] on [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 18, 2005]] and [[:Image:Close up yellow rose.jpg]] on [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 22, 2005]].

However, after that I'll be jumping back to the start of the FP list for reuse image. Fortunately it looks like we've got some good new FP candidates coming through. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 08:39, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

===and again===
Of course, with enough ''new'' Featured Pictures we won't have to reuse the old ones. So its handy that you've got [[:Image:Apricots.jpg]] coming up the day after on the 23rd. I was struggling a little to fill out the caption at [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 23, 2005]] (I would have thought there was more to the [[apricot]] article), but its not too bad. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 18:45, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== User page links ==

Hi Fir0002. Please use [[User:Fir0002]] instead of [[Fir0002]] for linking to your user page. It's generally considered a bad idea to have a redirect from "article space" to any other namespace. Thanks, [[User:Dbenbenn|dbenbenn]] | [[User talk:Dbenbenn|talk]] 01:01, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

{{PromotedFPC|Aust blue dragonfly02.jpg}}

{{idw-uo|Image:Flower.jpg}}

== about flower:jpg ==

You may forgot to mention the source of the picture. If the pic was taken by yourself please note it. --[[User:Fanghong|Fanghong]] 01:09, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

:You may misunderstand. I know the pic is very nice and with GFDL licence but would you nice enough to tell me where the pic from? you took it youself or from other GUN source? Please add the information on the describe area of the pic.--[[User:Fanghong|Fanghong]] 00:52, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

=== top posting ===
notice how my additions to your talk page come at the bottom? :-) [[User:Sj|+sj ]][[User Talk:Sj|<font color="#ff6996">+</font>]]

==Brag list?==
I just saw [[:Image:Crimson sunset02.jpg]] in Recent Changes. Wow! Then I checked your user namespace for subpages and found [[User:Fir0002/FPCandidates]]. WOW! Then I went looking for a brag list, somewhere you might have a list of all the pictures you've uploaded. I couldn't find one. Do you have a brag list or do I have to keep checking FPC and this talk page? :-) [[User:SWAdair|SWAdair]] | [[User talk:SWAdair|Talk ]] 10:44, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

==Grass pic==
Hi Fir - nice pic [[:Image:Canary grass.jpg]], I've identified it as Meadow Foxtail ''Alopecurus pratensis'', a European grass naturalised worldwide in meadows. I've moved it to the taxobox position at [[Poaceae]] as I think it is good to have a natural species there (it was a field of wheat there before) - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 12:29, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Tarantula species ==
Hi,

You put an image of a "colorful tarantula" on the Tarantula article. Do you happen to know the genus and species? Thanks.
[[User:Patrick0Moran|P0M]] 19:45, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

==Unident pics==
Hi Fir - thanks! The fruiting weed is ''[[Solanum]] pseudocapsicum'', originally a native of Madeira and listed in my books as 'widely naturalised in subtropical areas'; it is also very commonly sold as an ornamental plant (including here in Britain, where it can be grown outdoors in mild areas but is mainly a house plant).

The flower, sorry, I don't know what it is. - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 11:04, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== FPs ==

{{PromotedFPC|Plums.jpg}}

{{PromotedFPC|Huntsman_spider.jpg}}

{{PromotedFPC|Brachypelma edit.jpg}}


==Pic of the Day==
Hi Fir,

Just to let you know that your photo [[:Image:Aust blue dragonfly02.jpg]] is up for Pic of the day on the 8th April. You can edit the caption at [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 8, 2005]]. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 11:31, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==[[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/First Photograph]]==
I just got a high-res version, and the image is public domain. Please support the high-res version. --[[User:Brian0918|<font color="#000000">brian0918</font>]][[User talk:Brian0918|<font color="#000000">&#153;</font>]] 17:05, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Semi-FPC==
I'd be interested. Do you have a link to it? --[[User:Brian0918|<font color="#000000">brian0918</font>]][[User talk:Brian0918|<font color="#000000">&#153;</font>]] 02:28, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Quarto pics==
Hi Fir! We're looking for new photos to illustrate the current edition of the Quarto; I'd love for you to partake in our design discussion, and to help choose the images we use for icons and sidebars. See [[m:WQ/Design]] or drop me a line... perhaps we can have a chat about it via IM or IRC this weekend. [[User:Sj|+sj ]][[User Talk:Sj|<font color="#ff6996">+</font>]] 22:40, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
: Please take a look at [[m:WQ/3]] and tell me what you think/suggest changes. You can just go in and start making changes, if you see how it can look better; just bear in mind that each page should be reasonably balanced, and shouldn't look too horribly different from [[m:WQ/2]] et al. But the limitations of HTML layout may guarantee that... [[User:Sj|+sj ]][[User Talk:Sj|<font color="#ff6996">+</font>]] 14:15, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Pic of the day ==

Hi Fir,

Just to let you know that your photo [[:Image:Plums.jpg]] is up for Pic of the Day on the 24th April. You can review the caption at [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 24, 2005]]. You know the drill.... -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 19:23, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:and the next Pic of the Day is Huntsman spider on [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 26, 2005]]. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 14:13, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Flower pictures==
I looked at your photo gallery, and I'm really impressed. Glad to have been able to help identify some of your flowers.-[[User:Gadfium|gadfium]] 09:06, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Commons?==
I've noticed that you've been uploading pretty much all of your images to Wikipedia, rather than Wikimedia Commons. Please consider uploading them to the latter instead, since that is the method now recommended by Wikipedia, it avoids redundant image copies on different language servers, and provides an appropriate context for a large amount of pictures on the same topic (thus avoiding "additional photos" sections, such as the one in [[Blackberry]]). Oh, and great job with all the photos, keep it up! --[[User:Aramgutang|Aram]]'''[[User talk:Aramgutang|&#1379;&#1400;&#1410;&#1407;&#1377;&#1398;&#1379;]]'''[[a|<nowiki></nowiki>]] 12:28, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:Is there any particular reason why Wikipedia is recommending uploading to the commons? And how exactly does it provide an appropriate context for a large amount of pictures on the same topic (do you have any examples?).
:Do you think its a bad idea having "additional photos"?
:When you insert an image from the commons to a page in the English Wikipedia, do you still use the "Image:Image.jpg|thumb]]" format?
:The main reason I don't particularly want to change over to the commons is because when you click on an image you only see the image. To see the description you have to rederict to the commons page.
:--[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] 23:54, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

::I guess the main reasons behind uploading images to Commons are so that they can be used in all language Wikipedias without any extra effort, and to provide a repository of images on a certain topic without cluttering the article. "Additional photo" sections can make the article look very cluttered and disrupt the flow or structure of an article. But when you have a link on a page that says "if you want to see a bunch of images on the topic, click here!", which is what the Commons link is intended to mean, it makes the context of the images clear, and also encourages people to add more photos, even if they are not better than the ones already there.
::Inserting an image from Commmons in Wikipedia works in exactly the same way <nowiki>[[Image:blah.jpg|blah]]</nowiki>, you don't need to add or worry about anything.
::To avoid the "see the image's description page on Commons" thing, which I find very annoying too, simply copy the text of the Image article on Commons (the one you see if you click "edit this page" on an Image page) to the Wikipedia article on the image (by clicking "edit this page" on the page that tells you to see Commons for the description). The reason behind this, is so that each language Wikipedia can create the image article on its server, with a translated caption/description in their language, without having to copy the actual image to their server. Hope this makes sense. --[[User:Aramgutang|Aram]]'''[[User talk:Aramgutang|&#1379;&#1400;&#1410;&#1407;&#1377;&#1398;&#1379;]]'''[[a|<nowiki></nowiki>]] 00:25, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Lens/camera== Copied from [[Pollinator:User talk]]
Hi Pollinator,
I just saw your photo of a wasp stinger close up, and was wondering what lens and what camera you used to take this photo.
Thanks,
--[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] 08:29, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
:Nikon Coolpix 5000. [[User:Pollinator|Pollinator]] 18:42, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

==Tarantula==
Hi Fir,

I was trying to set up the POTD for [[:Image:Brachypelma edit.jpg]], but it looks like we might have dropped the ball on this one &mdash; this pic doesn't seem to be illustrating any articles. Am I missing something - has the picture been removed from an article, or is it another version of the same image that is on an article? -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 20:21, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Supply the "universal" repository with your tarantula picture? ==

Hi,

I would like to use your spider picture (the one you offered on the spider discussion page) on the Chinese language site. To do that easily it would be more convenient for me if you could upload it to the world-wide repositiory (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page). I would suggest that instead of giving it the filename Brachypelma edit.jpg you call it Brachypelma_sp.jpg. (Fortunately you did record the genus name correctly, and I can guess at the species name but it really doesn't matter. I would just like to introduce the Chinese readers to an attractive kind of tarantula.)

Thanks.
[[User:Patrick0Moran|P0M]] 01:01, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

It looks nice.
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8D%95%E9%B3%A5%E8%9B%9B%E7%A7%91
Thanks. [[User:Patrick0Moran|P0M]] 15:44, 1 May 2005 (UTC)


== Further info on eucalyptus pictures ==

Hi Fir0002, I wonder if you could add more information about the pictures used in the [[Eucalyptus]] article: [[Image:Eucalyptus forest3.jpg|100px|Eucalyptus forest3]] [[Image:Eucalyptus forest.jpg|100px|Eucalyptus forest]] and [[Image:Eucalyptus tree.jpg|70px|Eucalyptus tree]].

The titles are a bit general so any other information you might have such as where the image was taken and the species of gum in the foreground would be most useful. Regards--[[User:AYArktos|AYArktos]] 23:50, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

:Thank you for responding to my query with information about the pictures. I have updated the captions on the pictures with the extra information you gave me. I think it important for an encyclopaedia to identify to this level of detail. I do plan to review the pictures on the [[Eucalyptus]] page and the contribution they make to actually illustrating the article but I will do that through the article's talk page and not unilaterally. Regards--[[User:AYArktos|AYArktos]] 23:41, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

== Commons ==
:''In response to [[User talk:Aramgutang#Commons photos]]''
There doesn't appear to be a way to specify that an image comes from Commons, apparently the software first searches the current namespace, then Commons for the image. However, presumably the images you uploaded on Commons with the same name as on Wikipedia are indended to be a replacement for the Wiki versions, i.e. you want to move the Wiki version to Commons. Moving the images is a separate issue, and creates issues such as concerns over the lost image history. For a discussion of issues related to this, see [[Wikipedia talk:Moving images to the Commons]], which appears to be inconclusive. You may also find the templates [[Template:NowCommons]] and [[Template:Deletebecauseoncommons]] of interest, although I'm not sure which one is best to use. You can also try asking an admin on Commons about such issues, as they're probably better informed on the status of various policies, discussions and debates. --[[User:Aramgutang|Aram]]'''[[User talk:Aramgutang|&#1379;&#1400;&#1410;&#1407;&#1377;&#1398;&#1379;]]'''[[a|<nowiki></nowiki>]] 18:13, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

== Anvil ==
That's funny - just a couple of days ago I was looking for a better image for [[anvil]] (given that the current one is rather small and unsourced). Then, as if by magic, a better one appeared spontaneously. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 12:54, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

:Fancy that! I've actually got another one which I haven't uploaded of only the anvil - no blacksmith, do you think it is worth uploading that one? --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] 22:17, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

::I quite like having the blacksmith in the shot. If the other anvil shot has more colour or shows more of the base and fixings it might be good to have it too, but it is fine as it is. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 10:00, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

== Strucla ==

Hey, that's getting interesting! Unfortunately, I don't speak Polish. Do you? Is it possible that "strucla" literally means "braid" in Polish? Hm, probably not. Some more receipes: [http://www.kulinaria.pl/potrawy.asp?id=1473], [http://www.kulinaria.pl/potrawy.asp?id=482], [http://www.budapeszt.infinity.waw.pl/qchnia/strucla.html], and finally [http://radio.cz/english/html/vanocka.html], describing a Czech (!) braided christmas cake that apparently also goes by the name "strucla" in some regions. Maybe "strucla" is just a generic (Polish?) term for a sweet yeast cake, irrespective of whether it is braided or not?

:Of course I'd find the best link just after having saved this message. [http://www.baking911.com/cakes/coffee.htm] would confirm my "generic term" theory. A ''Hefezopf'' could thus be categorized a a particularly simple subtype of what the Poles call strucla. [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] 00:44, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Oh, BTW, a ''Hefezopf'' also tapers off on one end. All the best, [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] 00:41, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Revision as of 10:00, 14 May 2005

Hello Fir0002 and welcome to Wikipedia! Hope you like it here, and stick around.

Here are some tips to help you get started:

Good luck!

Fir0002, if you're interested in helping improve our Melbourne-related articles, you might want to check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne. A few of us have got together to try and standardise and expand things. Ambi 10:31, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Fir!

What sexy photographs you take... Do not pass go, add yourself to m:Press Corps immediately.  :-)

I am including one of your photographs (the only one to show up twice, though you'll never find the second appearance) in the current edition of the Wikimedia Quarto (see the Endnotes). How would you like to be credited? Right now you're credited as Fir0002.

Cheers, +sj+ 08:18, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Emperor Gum Moth

Hey there Fir, better late than never I'd say, good work on finding the correct name and title of that moth. Unforunately it is not possible to move image pages, they have to be uploaded again, and all links need to be updated. I have downloaded and uploaded the renamed image, updated the description page as well. The next step was tracking all pages linking to the original image, if you look at the bottom of the original image page, you see the "what links here" section. I have used that as a starting point to update the links, which were all over the place. The only think left for you to do would be updating the entry in the POTD archive, it could use an appropriate text about this moth. Maybe you can even write a stub article on the Emperor Gum Moth? Keep up the great work, -- [[User:Solitude|Solitude\talk]] 11:49, Oct 26, 2004 (UTC)

Your question

Hey there, when you edit an article, the box below the large editing box can be used to enter a description of your edit. This is useful for people looking through the history of an article, as it makes it easy to see with a glance what has happened to the document over the last 20 edits or so. I don't know of any particular tricks I guess, but there's alot of Wikipedia to explore and to find out, and then there is meta.wikipedia.org as well. You'll find out how it all works in time, just by using stuff and looking things up in the Help. Cheers, [[User:Solitude|Solitude\talk]] 10:31, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

Nice pics, but . . .

Can you get some more info for some of them? - I'm thinking particularly of your yellow rose (what cultivar?) and cactus flowers (what species?). With more information, they would be very useful indeed, as are e.g. your boxthorn pics which I have used to start a new article on the genus. Thanks, MPF 11:40, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hi, you've nice pictures of some gum trees, it would be helpful if you could include some more info such as the location of the pictures (nearest towns, roads, hills etc., area) and type of gum trees. The info would be useful so that articles may be linked. Cheers!

Problem?

Hey there, first of all, you can't really break something by deleting it on Wikipedia, so don't worry. On what page did it go wrong? If you want to try to fix it, press "history" on the top of the page, click on the date of the version of the page you think is correct, then press edit and save. This is called reverting, for a full guide see here: Wikipedia:How to revert a page to an earlier version. Good luck, [[User:Solitude|Solitude\talk]] 11:09, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC) PS. I'm not ad admin, luckily most editorial functions can be done by anyone, you too!

Insect eggs

Hi Fir,

Knowing that you are handy with the macro shot and seem to be able to find a range of small beasties in Australia, do you think you could find a cluster of insect eggs (under a leaf or wherever) to add to egg (biology) - it would help address the avian bias. -- Solipsist 16:55, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hi Solipsist, thanks for your comment, but I don't know whether I'll be able to help you out on that one. I know I must be getting a bit of a macro reputation, but truth be told, its mainly luck. I wouldn't be able to gaurentee finding any insect eggs in the next 6 months but on the other hand I might see one be accident and be able to take a photo of it. Most of my macro shots are like that For instance Cricket was taken on my water tank. Just happened to be their one day.
I do have a pretty average shot of ant eggs, but I don't think that's what you're after is it? Also my camera cant take photos of any object smaller than a 5c coin (Australian) very well. But I'll try my best. --Fir0002 01:17, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
No worries - there's no hurry. I don't know much about insect eggs, but I have seen them laid in clusters about the size of a small coin on the underside of leaves (sometimes the leaf is also folded and stuck together to protect the eggs). The ant eggs might be fine. I was really just thinking that example eggs from different animal families should be shown. Come to think of it, you might want to keep an eye out for an ostrich egg too - they are probably more common in Australia than the UK. Nice cricket by the way. :) -- Solipsist 12:24, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Game of Life

Image:Game of life board.jpg, did you take this picture yourself? kudos to you if you did, I only ask because it looks like an official photo one would find on the box. Boffy b 14:28, 2004 Nov 24 (UTC)

Emperor Gum Moth

Hi Fir, thanks for your latest nomination on WP:FPC - nice shot. But I think it would be better if you choose just one picture to nominate. It rather distorts the voting process to nominate multiple pictures, and significantly complicates the final tally. -- Solipsist 08:17, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments Solipsist. I can see your point of view, its just that in the previous times I have submitted multiple but similar images for featuring, I have found that more often than not, the photo I would have chosen to feature aren't what other people think should be featured. The latest example being the Australian Garden Orb Weaver Spider. I personally would have chosen the first image to feature, but people were in favor of the the third option. If you think it is too much of a problem having multiple images, I'll rectify the problem. --Fir0002 01:54, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Interesting point. I guess the solution would be to set up a temporary gallery on a personal subpage (eg. User:Fir0002/FPCandidates) and ask a couple of trusted colleague to suggest which one should be nominated. -- Solipsist 00:02, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Australian Garden Orb Weaver

.... and by a twist of fate, your FP for Australian Garden Orb Weaver is up tommorrow. You might want to check the associated text at Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_12,_2005.... and of course we've also been reusing sunset today. :) -- Solipsist 00:04, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Fire good

Hi Fir,

Just to let you know that your photo of bonfire is up for reuse on 21st Jan. I've reuse the caption from before, but you may want to check the entry at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 21, 2005. -- Solipsist 22:58, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Pic of the day

Hi Fir,

Just to let you know that your Image:Caterpillar feeding3.jpg is up for Pic of the Day on the 29th Jan. As usual, you may want to check the caption at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 29, 2005. -- Solipsist 22:02, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Wakizashi

Hi. I edited the image for Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Edo period Wakizashi.jpg, blurring the background slightly to remove artifacts and sharpening the sword (i.e. the image thereof). Could you have a look to see if this would change your vote? If not, no problem, and happy editing -- Chris 73 Talk 11:51, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar

I hereby bestow Fir0002 the photographers barnstar for the 13 featured pictures and more coming.
BrokenSegue


Hebe of the Day

Hi Fir,

Just to let you know that your photo Image:Hebe x franciscana.jpg is up for Pic of the Day on te 4th of March. You can check the caption at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 4, 2005. -- Solipsist 09:20, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dry Tortugas

I've attempted to sharpen it some. Click on the image history to see the two different versions. It's certainly about as sharp as other featured pictures, such as: Image:Kiritimati-EO.JPG, Image:Lugano prokudin.jpg, or Image:Himalayas.jpg Let me know if anything else should be done. -- BRIAN0918  07:37, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image source

Discussion moved to Image talk:Ant cultivating aphids.jpg#Copyright.

Pic of the Day ..... again :)

Hi Fir,

You've another Pic of the Day coming up on the on the 12th March. Its a repeat of an earlier picture and the caption is at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 12, 2005. -- Solipsist 22:02, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

and again... and again..

This time it reusing Image:Hazelnuts.jpg on Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 18, 2005 and Image:Close up yellow rose.jpg on Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 22, 2005.

However, after that I'll be jumping back to the start of the FP list for reuse image. Fortunately it looks like we've got some good new FP candidates coming through. -- Solipsist 08:39, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

and again

Of course, with enough new Featured Pictures we won't have to reuse the old ones. So its handy that you've got Image:Apricots.jpg coming up the day after on the 23rd. I was struggling a little to fill out the caption at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 23, 2005 (I would have thought there was more to the apricot article), but its not too bad. -- Solipsist 18:45, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

User page links

Hi Fir0002. Please use User:Fir0002 instead of Fir0002 for linking to your user page. It's generally considered a bad idea to have a redirect from "article space" to any other namespace. Thanks, dbenbenn | talk 01:01, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Aust blue dragonfly02.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. ~~~~

File:Flower.jpg listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Flower.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the [[Wikipedia:Files for discussion/{{subst:#time:Y F j|-0 days}}#File:Flower.jpg|discussion]] to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you.

about flower:jpg

You may forgot to mention the source of the picture. If the pic was taken by yourself please note it. --Fanghong 01:09, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

You may misunderstand. I know the pic is very nice and with GFDL licence but would you nice enough to tell me where the pic from? you took it youself or from other GUN source? Please add the information on the describe area of the pic.--Fanghong 00:52, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

top posting

notice how my additions to your talk page come at the bottom?  :-) +sj +

Brag list?

I just saw Image:Crimson sunset02.jpg in Recent Changes. Wow! Then I checked your user namespace for subpages and found User:Fir0002/FPCandidates. WOW! Then I went looking for a brag list, somewhere you might have a list of all the pictures you've uploaded. I couldn't find one. Do you have a brag list or do I have to keep checking FPC and this talk page?  :-) SWAdair | Talk 10:44, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Grass pic

Hi Fir - nice pic Image:Canary grass.jpg, I've identified it as Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, a European grass naturalised worldwide in meadows. I've moved it to the taxobox position at Poaceae as I think it is good to have a natural species there (it was a field of wheat there before) - MPF 12:29, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Tarantula species

Hi,

You put an image of a "colorful tarantula" on the Tarantula article. Do you happen to know the genus and species? Thanks. P0M 19:45, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Unident pics

Hi Fir - thanks! The fruiting weed is Solanum pseudocapsicum, originally a native of Madeira and listed in my books as 'widely naturalised in subtropical areas'; it is also very commonly sold as an ornamental plant (including here in Britain, where it can be grown outdoors in mild areas but is mainly a house plant).

The flower, sorry, I don't know what it is. - MPF 11:04, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

FPs

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Your nomination for featured picture status, Plums.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. ~~~~


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Your nomination for featured picture status, Huntsman_spider.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. ~~~~


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Pic of the Day

Hi Fir,

Just to let you know that your photo Image:Aust blue dragonfly02.jpg is up for Pic of the day on the 8th April. You can edit the caption at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 8, 2005. -- Solipsist 11:31, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/First Photograph

I just got a high-res version, and the image is public domain. Please support the high-res version. --brian0918&#153; 17:05, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Semi-FPC

I'd be interested. Do you have a link to it? --brian0918&#153; 02:28, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Quarto pics

Hi Fir! We're looking for new photos to illustrate the current edition of the Quarto; I'd love for you to partake in our design discussion, and to help choose the images we use for icons and sidebars. See m:WQ/Design or drop me a line... perhaps we can have a chat about it via IM or IRC this weekend. +sj + 22:40, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please take a look at m:WQ/3 and tell me what you think/suggest changes. You can just go in and start making changes, if you see how it can look better; just bear in mind that each page should be reasonably balanced, and shouldn't look too horribly different from m:WQ/2 et al. But the limitations of HTML layout may guarantee that... +sj + 14:15, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Pic of the day

Hi Fir,

Just to let you know that your photo Image:Plums.jpg is up for Pic of the Day on the 24th April. You can review the caption at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 24, 2005. You know the drill.... -- Solipsist 19:23, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

and the next Pic of the Day is Huntsman spider on Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 26, 2005. -- Solipsist 14:13, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Flower pictures

I looked at your photo gallery, and I'm really impressed. Glad to have been able to help identify some of your flowers.-gadfium 09:06, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Commons?

I've noticed that you've been uploading pretty much all of your images to Wikipedia, rather than Wikimedia Commons. Please consider uploading them to the latter instead, since that is the method now recommended by Wikipedia, it avoids redundant image copies on different language servers, and provides an appropriate context for a large amount of pictures on the same topic (thus avoiding "additional photos" sections, such as the one in Blackberry). Oh, and great job with all the photos, keep it up! --Aramգուտանգ 12:28, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Is there any particular reason why Wikipedia is recommending uploading to the commons? And how exactly does it provide an appropriate context for a large amount of pictures on the same topic (do you have any examples?).
Do you think its a bad idea having "additional photos"?
When you insert an image from the commons to a page in the English Wikipedia, do you still use the "Image:Image.jpg|thumb]]" format?
The main reason I don't particularly want to change over to the commons is because when you click on an image you only see the image. To see the description you have to rederict to the commons page.
--Fir0002 23:54, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I guess the main reasons behind uploading images to Commons are so that they can be used in all language Wikipedias without any extra effort, and to provide a repository of images on a certain topic without cluttering the article. "Additional photo" sections can make the article look very cluttered and disrupt the flow or structure of an article. But when you have a link on a page that says "if you want to see a bunch of images on the topic, click here!", which is what the Commons link is intended to mean, it makes the context of the images clear, and also encourages people to add more photos, even if they are not better than the ones already there.
Inserting an image from Commmons in Wikipedia works in exactly the same way [[Image:blah.jpg|blah]], you don't need to add or worry about anything.
To avoid the "see the image's description page on Commons" thing, which I find very annoying too, simply copy the text of the Image article on Commons (the one you see if you click "edit this page" on an Image page) to the Wikipedia article on the image (by clicking "edit this page" on the page that tells you to see Commons for the description). The reason behind this, is so that each language Wikipedia can create the image article on its server, with a translated caption/description in their language, without having to copy the actual image to their server. Hope this makes sense. --Aramգուտանգ 00:25, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Lens/camera== Copied from Pollinator:User talk Hi Pollinator, I just saw your photo of a wasp stinger close up, and was wondering what lens and what camera you used to take this photo. Thanks, --Fir0002 08:29, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Nikon Coolpix 5000. Pollinator 18:42, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

Tarantula

Hi Fir,

I was trying to set up the POTD for Image:Brachypelma edit.jpg, but it looks like we might have dropped the ball on this one — this pic doesn't seem to be illustrating any articles. Am I missing something - has the picture been removed from an article, or is it another version of the same image that is on an article? -- Solipsist 20:21, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Supply the "universal" repository with your tarantula picture?

Hi,

I would like to use your spider picture (the one you offered on the spider discussion page) on the Chinese language site. To do that easily it would be more convenient for me if you could upload it to the world-wide repositiory (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page). I would suggest that instead of giving it the filename Brachypelma edit.jpg you call it Brachypelma_sp.jpg. (Fortunately you did record the genus name correctly, and I can guess at the species name but it really doesn't matter. I would just like to introduce the Chinese readers to an attractive kind of tarantula.)

Thanks. P0M 01:01, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

It looks nice. http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8D%95%E9%B3%A5%E8%9B%9B%E7%A7%91 Thanks. P0M 15:44, 1 May 2005 (UTC)


Further info on eucalyptus pictures

Hi Fir0002, I wonder if you could add more information about the pictures used in the Eucalyptus article: Eucalyptus forest3 Eucalyptus forest and Eucalyptus tree.

The titles are a bit general so any other information you might have such as where the image was taken and the species of gum in the foreground would be most useful. Regards--AYArktos 23:50, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for responding to my query with information about the pictures. I have updated the captions on the pictures with the extra information you gave me. I think it important for an encyclopaedia to identify to this level of detail. I do plan to review the pictures on the Eucalyptus page and the contribution they make to actually illustrating the article but I will do that through the article's talk page and not unilaterally. Regards--AYArktos 23:41, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Commons

In response to User talk:Aramgutang#Commons photos

There doesn't appear to be a way to specify that an image comes from Commons, apparently the software first searches the current namespace, then Commons for the image. However, presumably the images you uploaded on Commons with the same name as on Wikipedia are indended to be a replacement for the Wiki versions, i.e. you want to move the Wiki version to Commons. Moving the images is a separate issue, and creates issues such as concerns over the lost image history. For a discussion of issues related to this, see Wikipedia talk:Moving images to the Commons, which appears to be inconclusive. You may also find the templates Template:NowCommons and Template:Deletebecauseoncommons of interest, although I'm not sure which one is best to use. You can also try asking an admin on Commons about such issues, as they're probably better informed on the status of various policies, discussions and debates. --Aramգուտանգ 18:13, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Anvil

That's funny - just a couple of days ago I was looking for a better image for anvil (given that the current one is rather small and unsourced). Then, as if by magic, a better one appeared spontaneously. -- Solipsist 12:54, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Fancy that! I've actually got another one which I haven't uploaded of only the anvil - no blacksmith, do you think it is worth uploading that one? --Fir0002 22:17, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
I quite like having the blacksmith in the shot. If the other anvil shot has more colour or shows more of the base and fixings it might be good to have it too, but it is fine as it is. -- Solipsist 10:00, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Strucla

Hey, that's getting interesting! Unfortunately, I don't speak Polish. Do you? Is it possible that "strucla" literally means "braid" in Polish? Hm, probably not. Some more receipes: [1], [2], [3], and finally [4], describing a Czech (!) braided christmas cake that apparently also goes by the name "strucla" in some regions. Maybe "strucla" is just a generic (Polish?) term for a sweet yeast cake, irrespective of whether it is braided or not?

Of course I'd find the best link just after having saved this message. [5] would confirm my "generic term" theory. A Hefezopf could thus be categorized a a particularly simple subtype of what the Poles call strucla. Lupo 00:44, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Oh, BTW, a Hefezopf also tapers off on one end. All the best, Lupo 00:41, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

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