User talk:GTD Aquitaine

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Do I spy another Bloordale resident? :) Sherurcij ^{(Speaker for the Dead)} 16:27, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! And it's Parkdale, actually... but I get around. GTD Aquitaine (talk) 16:50, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, Parkdale - where there's slightly fewer junkies and slightly more prostitutes. Isn't Toronto lovely? ;) Sherurcij ^{(Speaker for the Dead)} 17:17, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TTC Stations

You have recently added pictures to some TTC stations, but the location of many of them within the article squeeze the text against the infobox. The Wikipedia:Manual of Style recommends that right-alignment is preferred to left- or center-alignment for the lead image and that you should avoid sandwiching text between two images facing each other (or in this case the infobox). I have moved a few of these images to below the leading text which allows for a larger clearer display of 320px. Too bad about the weather that day, but still good additions. Thanks. -Secondarywaltz (talk) 21:22, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - thanks for the information. Sad to say I wasn't aware of that particular component of the Manual of Style before now. I'll be more careful in the future; I would've been putting these pictures directly in the infoboxes, but they're already occupied and I didn't want to stash them all the way at the bottom. GTD Aquitaine (talk) 02:08, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Roncesvalles Village

Hi, I undid your inclusion of the photo for Ronces Village. The one of the intersection. Not to be too critical, but maybe you could take one of the streetcar barn, or of some subject in the area? It was just a photo of an intersection. I don't want to curb your enthusiasm for adding photos, please keep it up! Alaney2k (talk) 23:16, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I should add, that you should upload these PD images to Wikipedia Commons, no? Alaney2k (talk) 23:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any particular reason why? The article section I placed it in explicitly refers to the intersection. Could you provide me a valid reason why you think it was worth removing, considering the picture was taken and placed to improve the topic of discussion it was placed with? I would have added the picture in the Roncesvalles Avenue article, except there isn't one - all of them redirect to Roncesvalles Village. GTD Aquitaine (talk) 01:34, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. You use a picture to illustrate something. In this case, let's think about illustrating the intersection. I know, as I live nearby, that the picture only shows a fraction of the intersection. Secondly, what is noteworthy about the intersection? I would argue that it is the tremendous number of streetcar tracks, or the view looking towards the lake, or the size of the intersection. There are huge billboards nearby. The old hotel on the south-east corner dates back to 1850. Look how it has changed. The McDonald's used to be a bus station. The convenience store used to be a bank. There is a lot of history to that intersection. Those aspects are not covered or covered well in that photo. I don't know of a public-domain photo to show the intersection in the past to contrast, but the intersection could use a good photo. Thirdly, when you compose a picture, you have a subject in the picture. What is the subject of your image? Is it the traffic? Try a more interesting angle to capture more of the intersection, or more of what is notable about it. Really, I just want to encourage you to take a better picture, as there are photos in the article. Alaney2k (talk) 14:30, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! That's a lot better than seeming like it was removed, well, just because. I've heard a lot about things like that tending to happen. GTD Aquitaine (talk) 14:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you not uploading to Wikimedia Commons [1]? I think that that is what is encouraged for PD images. The images link to articles on English Wikipedia just as easily, and, I think, are more easily accessible for other language Wikipedias. Alaney2k (talk) 14:39, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly because from my look at the Commons guidelines, it seems as if most of my photos wouldn't be permitted due to their subject matter - art, statues, edifices, et cetera that I don't completely own the rights to myself. GTD Aquitaine (talk) 14:47, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Farm

Where the heck is Dudley Street? The only entrance to HF from Sheppard Ave. is Shaughnessy Blvd. Have you confused this with another street or picture or neighbourhood? Regards, Ground Zero | t 06:25, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops - that was a mistake, I misread the geographical boundaries of the neighborhood. It's a bit too far west, it's actually Willowdale. Thanks for the notification. GTD Aquitaine (talk) 06:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Keep up the good work. Ground Zero | t 06:39, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Toronto

You've done great work - I was tempted to do the TTC station-entrances when I moved here last year, but wasn't able to figure out how to add them to the infobox, so abandoned the idea. (Luckily I've learned a lot since then ;) ) - if you're ever looking for company shooting photos around the city expressly for Wiki, feel free to ask. I do it myself, and like most activities it can be more interesting with someone else present also interested in photography. (User:Sherurcij/portfolio for a few). Anyways, great work thusfar! Sherurcij ^{(Speaker for the Dead)} 20:39, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the confidence! I'm on a pretty horrid work schedule right now, and going around taking photos for Wiki really helps me in that it gives me time out in the daytime and the opportunity to synthesize Vitamin D. Though I think my camera isn't nearly as good as yours. I'll be done the subways soon enough - I plan to tie up Lawrence to Finch on my next run - and then it's just filling in the B-D gaps and the remaining downtown stations. As for company... perhaps so, sometime! GTD Aquitaine (talk) 13:43, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weston Ontario

thank you for doing a great job at tidying up the weston ontario page.

if you'd like to make future additions to the article, i have a few suggestions...

1)recent developments with blue 22 - http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/News/York/article/51523

2)adding the mention of humber river regional hospital into the article.

Weston ontario (talk) 09:46, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks, no problem. I would've looked for some better shots had I had more than fifteen minutes in Weston before the train showed up, but I take what I can get. I'll probably be tapping at some neighborhood article or another for a while yet - a hundred and seven or so to perfect, I think. GTD Aquitaine (talk) 14:33, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Photography

You have an excellent project to add a photograph to illustrate many articles, and I like how you have avoided creating picture galleries by upgrading and replacing existing images. Recently you replaced your older picture of the Barrie Transit terminal with an inferior one. In the new one the face of the building is severely in shadow, with wires acrosss the top and vehicles in front. Your older one is bright, intensely coloured and taken from an interesting angle. I have now clipped off the 'NG' of Burger King on the left, removed the distracting small patch of grass in the foreground, trimmed off the messy view of cars and houses to the right of the lamp post, and squared the dimensions. This is now a much stronger image, but if you don't approve, you can revert to the previous version. Unfortunately some of your photographs have obstructions in front of the subject or poor lighting. Be patient - take your time. Wait for vehicles or pedestrians to pass, and if posts or signs are in your way, move to the side or step forward. I'm glad to see the boards have been taken down at Christie. Thank you. Keep shooting! -Secondarywaltz (talk) 17:00, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the encouragado. I went and took the second picture that was in Barrie Transit because I thought the original might have been a bit lacking in detail, taken four years ago with a camera not nearly as good as the one I have now, and I was thinking of one that showed more of the whole structure - but it looks good the way it is. I'll see if I can get some better ones next time I'm there, whenever that is - and one of Allandale Station while I'm at it. GTD Aquitaine (talk) 14:45, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I was looking through my photo folders and found that I'd taken another shot of the terminal that last time I was there from a similar angle as the older one that's up there now. Since you did all that work on improving the old one, I wanted to know - do you think this new one is more ideal for the article? GTD Aquitaine (talk) 16:00, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for accepting my criticism in the way it was meant - constuctive and supportive. I think the lighting was just bad that day in Barrie, and the shadows and washed out colour just don't work for those pictures. A similar thing happened to me recently at Milton GO Station where I managed to get a better pictute of the building, by the light of a late afternoon sun. Unfortunately the buses that I photographed were all tinted pink by the same setting sun, and the results were useless. You win some, you lose some. -Secondarywaltz (talk) 00:55, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Protest images

Ha! How perfect is it that you added a pro-coalition image immediately after I posted an anti-coalition one? That worked out incredibly well for the balance of the article. As an aside, one thing I love about most Canadian protests is how peaceful they are... the dozen or so cops monitoring the one in Calgary actually left halfway though because they had nothing to deal with. Reso lute 04:02, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think it worked out pretty well, too - I took a bunch more, including some of Dion and Layton and the MPs on the stage, but the distance and stage lights and by that point an extremely unsteady camera arm made them all worthless. As for cops in Toronto, I only ever saw two on one of the elevated walkways. Besides, who wants to lose control of a protest when it's cold and snowing? GTD Aquitaine (talk) 04:22, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've got a bunch more too of ours, including some very good signs, some of which were pretty out in left field. I may end up creating a category on commons for them, even though most won't be used in articles. Reso lute 04:26, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

File copyright problem with File:TTC_Signals_Aboveground_Warden.jpg

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