User talk:Joe Quick/Archive 5

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Upload dropdowns

To Stephen Ewen:

With the drop down menus, is it possible to code them so that when a person chooses an option, a second drop down appears with options for refining their choice. I know this is common elsewhere, but I don't know if it is possible with wikimedia.

• A person might choose Public Domain and then be prompted to specify the details.
• Or maybe that person chooses CC-BY-SA and is then prompted to choose the version.
• Or chooses Bypermission and then specifies whether the permission allows or does not allow reuse.

This should reduce the clutter significantly if it is possible.

If this process is automated, I think we can combine the several versions of each CC license into a single template, similar to what I did with the PD template. We could do this even without a sophisticated drop down system, of course.

BTW, the drop down menu in its current state forces me to scroll over to use it. That's probably not a good thing. --Joe Quick (Talk) 01:45, 5 May 2007 (CDT)

I am going to forward this to a tech who may know. It'd be plum sharp if possible. I do know that they are doing NO new custom coding now until after the new version of MediaWiki (in release candidate 2 status) comes out. Stephen Ewen 01:51, 5 May 2007 (CDT)

Sounds good. Happy Cinco de Mayo. --Joe Quick (Talk) 01:56, 5 May 2007 (CDT)

Y tu! Stephen Ewen 02:10, 5 May 2007 (CDT)

I have not followed this discussion but the checklist badly needs drop down functionality too. Let me know how this progresses from a mediawiki perspective. Is this even possible or a pipe dream? Chris Day (talk) 15:36, 7 May 2007 (CDT)

It looks like it is at least possible: http://jspwiki.org/wiki/BrushedTemplateDropDownMenu but I can't follow that stuff well enough to know how much work it would take to modify that system for implementation here. --Joe Quick (Talk) 17:11, 7 May 2007 (CDT)

Image_talk:FranzBoas-Eskimo.jpg/Permission

Just have me unlock it when you need to add more. Stephen Ewen 14:03, 7 May 2007 (CDT)

Thanks. Do you think it makes any sense to start collecting hard copies of these official permission pages in some central location, or are scanned versions enough? --Joe Quick (Talk) 14:32, 7 May 2007 (CDT)

Scanned images for CZ. I'd keep the hardcopies for your records as the uploader. Stephen Ewen 19:05, 7 May 2007 (CDT)

Okay. Maybe we should at least make it a practice to categorize the scanned images so that there aren't legal documents spread out all over the place? I think we're doing a good job of following the rules on these but should someone disagree, we're going to want to be able to say, "Look here." --Joe Quick (Talk) 19:15, 7 May 2007 (CDT)

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User_talk:Stephen_Ewen#Yet_another_image_question --- Stephen Ewen 11:45, 12 May 2007 (CDT)

Reply #2 Stephen Ewen 12:41, 12 May 2007 (CDT)

Hi Joe: Just a copy of a message I left on Stephen's Talk page: You are safe to use this image. Joel Emmons Whitley died circa 1870 according to Craig's Daguerreian Registry, which is an excellent, documented, research site for collectors of daguerrotypes and early photography. By the by, the image is from CDV (Carte de Visite), which was produced in multiple copies, so the LOC and other images may indeed derive from completely different originals (both copies). Cheers! Russell Potter 20:01, 12 May 2007 (CDT)

Greetings from DH

Joe, thanks for your kind note. No, I don't know anything about Little Crow, sorry. Found the dates via google, you should confirm with bona fide sources. For what it's worth, I would say that your article (i.e., from an encyclopedia standpoint) seems to be broader than the subject of Little Crow alone. Maybe you'll decide to turn some of it into a piece about the tribe, history, practices, whatever. Just a thought. Take care, David Hoffman 21:19, 12 May 2007 (CDT)

Category:All media

Check it out. ---Stephen Ewen 04:26, 20 May 2007 (CDT)

Information template

Hi Joe! Thanks for the template -- it sure looks a lot less cumbersome. I will experience with for my next uploads and will let you know what I think. Thanks again! Hayford Peirce 15:40, 21 May 2007 (CDT)