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Hallo Donderwolk! Ich schreibe mal auf Deutsch. Ich glaube es ist beim Hochladen der Bilder etwas schief gelaufen. Versuche die Bilder einfach noch einmal unter dem gleichen Namen hochzuladen. Gruß von --W.wolny 16:07, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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Dag Paul (Donderwolk I presume),
Er zijn al vele discussies geweest betreffende diepere (sub-)categories in België (vooral rond kerken en kastelen). Er is al gepoogd per provincie, per regio en per communiteit (taal) te klasseren. Er is een soort van consensus gegroeid:
een uniform twee niveau systeem (land en gemeente/stad) is de standaard manier om iets te adresseren (met de post bijvoorbeeld) en dus door iedereen gekend met een minimum aan fouten
voor buitenlanders vraagt het systeem een minimum aan lokale kennis en kunnen ze dus gemakkelijker klasseren (probeer maar even te klasseren in Frankrijk: tegen dat je het juiste departement en/of district gevonden hebt ben je al heel wat tijd kwijt)
een systeem waar sommige items op twee niveaus (vb scholen, gemeentehuizen) en andere met bijkomende niveaus (vb kastelen per regio (Vlaams/Waals + Brussel), kerken per provincie, scholen/dichters per communiteit) geklasseerd worden schept vooral verwarring en conflicten. Bovendien zijn er veel items die zich uitstrekken over verschillende regios/provincies (kanalen, rivieren, domeinen, wegen, ...), hetgeen de zaak nog compliceert.
en misschien het belangrijkste element: iedere verdere subcategorie exporteert onze Belgisch problemen en complexiteit naar de wiki
Het is waar dat sommige categoriën wat overvol zitten, maar een splitsing in regios (factor 3) of provincies (factor 10) lost het probleem niet echt definitief op. Aan de snelheid waarop de foto's binnenkomen zal iedere opsplitsing hoedanook op relatief korte termijn weer overlopen. Dit is een globaal probleem voor de wiki, en ik denk dat sommige wikilayouts daarvoor moeten aangepast worden.
Eerlijk gezegd ben ik aangenaam verrast dat wij nog zo weinig Vlaams/Brussels/Waals problemen gehad hebben en ik sta niet meteen te springen om mijn tijd daarme te verliezen. Ik hoop dus dat je ons daarin volgt.
Beste medewikipedianen, het is helemaal niet mijn bedoeling om hier onrust te stoken of de boel op stelten te zetten. Ik zag gewoon dat er cats op lager niveau bestonden en heb daarom de kastelen in de bestaande weliswaar lege categorie ondergebracht in de overtuiging dat ik daarmee goed werk leverde. Ik volg de discussies hier niet. Als de gemeenschap niet wil dat die categorieën gebruikt worden, waarom deze niet verwijderen of kan dat technisch niet? Graag antwoord op mijn overlegpagina hoe we de dingen oplossen Paul Hermans08:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)Reply
Bedankt Paul, het is ook een beetje onze fout om die redirected categorie te laten rondslingeren. Maar deletion is hier niet altijd eenvoudig. Normaal gezien gaat een bot dit de komende dagen terug rechtzetten. Beste groet. --Foroa08:54, 19 March 2008 (UTC)Reply
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Latest comment: 17 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Dag Paul Hermans, gezien je interesse in Belgisch erfgoed en geschiedenis, mag ik je ook even een vraagje stellen omtrent wat gedoe op de Nederlandstalige wikipedia ??
Het gaat over artikelen over twee scholen. Eentje nl:Ter Poorten uit Lissewege met een een stuk dorpsgeschiedenis sinds 1828, en waarvan de onderwijzerswoning ook enige tijd voormalig gemeentehuis was. En eentje in Roeselare nl:Stedelijke Basisschool 1 Roeselare, eveneens > 100 jaar oud, en in 1995 nog opengesteld op de Open Monumentendag.
Toch vinden enkelen het blijkbaar nodig oogkleppen op te zetten, en deze dingen te nomineren voor verwijdering nl:Wikipedia:Te_verwijderen_pagina's/Toegevoegd_20090406#Toegevoegd_06.2F04:_Deel_3b_-_onderwijs. Waarom, omdat het niet in Nederland ligt? Vooringenomenheid? Niet verstandelijk in staat de artikelen te lezen ? Als jaar en dag staan historische bouwwerken in wikipedia, zelfs niet-historische prullen, zoals dit hollandse nl:Gemaal Van Sasse zijn zonder nadenken OK? Nochtans hebben vele artikelen , zoals dat laatste, zoveel minder om het lijf, en je hoeft het heus niet ver te zoeken tussen de artikelen met hollandse bouwwerken. Maar 2 historische Belgische gebouwen en scholen zouden dat niet zijn ? Dat gaat er bij mij niet in alleszins. Gezien je sterke interesse over onze lokale dorps- en stadsgeschiedenissen : Mocht je er aldaar een idee over hebben, je vindt de weg wel zeker naar de nl-talige wikipedia voor opmerkingen ? ;-) Groeten --LimoWreck (talk) 14:50, 7 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
Limowreck, ik begrijp je redenering en ook je standpunt en ik ben het met je eens dat beide artikels hun plaats hebben op wikipedia als je hun kwaliteit afweegt tegen die van vele andere artikels die hier niet verwijderd worden. Maar op zichzelf vind ik dat niet voldoende. Ik wil over die dingen zelfs niet meer nadenken omdat je in deze gemeenschap van wikipedianen met totaal verschillende attitude al vlug verzeilt in een discussie van hij/zij tegen mij of zij tegen ons en waarbij een meerderheid met soms, naar mijn idee, een slechter standpunt, gelijk krijgt. Ik kom hier zelden of nooit mensen tegen die van mening kunnen veranderen (kan ik dat zelf wel en ben ik ook niet iemand die graag gelijk krijgt?) en dus, mijn motto indachtig, hou ik me liever afzijdig. Groet Paul Hermans (talk) 09:02, 13 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
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Dag Paul,
Deze foto is duidelijk niet van een Erica multiflora, maar van een Erica terminalis. Vergelijk met File:Erica terminalis000.jpg - momenteel bloeiend in mijn tuin - die ik juist opgeloaded heb.
Erica multiflora, heeft klokvormige bloemen met uitstekende meeldraden op lange stelen.
Latest comment: 16 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion
Hallo - ik zag dat je een "betere" versie over een oude foto van User:Walter had geladen, was hier een bepaalde reden voor? Het lijkt me dat beide fotos waarde hebben. Ook een vraagje waarom een kleinere versie over de grote versie was gezet? Hoe groter hoe beter lijkt me :) Alvast bedankt. -- Deadstar (msg) 13:06, 8 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
Excuses - Ik zie nu pas dat het orginele bestand een transwiki van nl: was, gedaan door Walter, maar het bestand was gemaakt door uzelf. Desalniettemin nog steeds de vraag of het niet beter is het oude bestand te behouden als aparte afbeelding, want het is toch de moeite waard. Met vriendelijke groeten, -- Deadstar (msg) 14:12, 14 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
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Hallo Paul,
Photoshop CS3 ist auf jeden Fall super (ich selber habe nur CS2) und wenn du Raw-Bilder verwendest, dann hast du ja noch viel Spielraum für veränderungen. Ich kann ja nicht beurteilen, wie gut du dich damit auskennst, aber falls du noch wenig erfahrung im Schärfen von Bildern hast: einfach mal "sharpening cs3" googeln. Es gibt sehr viele verschiedene Techniken, manche versuchen viele kleine Details hervorzuheben (Gefahr: zu viel macht das Bild "körnig"), andere betonen besonders Konturen (z.B. http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/sharpen-an-image/photo-sharpening.html) (Gefahr: zu viel gibt dem Bild leuchtende Konturen). Auf jeden Fall solltest du immer in 100% Ansicht Vorher und Nachher genaustens vergleichen, um zu sehen, welche Technik beim jeweiligen Bild am besten passt. Allerdings muss man ehrlicherweise sagen, dass "richtiges" Schärfen letztlich Ansichtssache ist, allen kann man es selten recht machnen...
Gruß und viel Erfolg! Nikopol (talk) 01:28, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi Paul, ich wollte dir noch kurz etwas zum Unterschied von Tiefenschärfe und Schärfen in Fotoshop schreiben. Falls du das schon weißt, dann ignoriere es einfach ;). Du hast bei der neuen Version von deinem Bild geschrieben, du hättest die Tiefenschärfe (DOF) verbessert. Statt dessen hatte ich den Eindruck, du hättest das Bild geschärft (ich denke, man kann nach der Aufname die Tiefenschärfe gar nicht mehr verändern, auch mit Raw nicht). Auch hast du einmal gemeint "The aperture f9, already sharpens the picture" (tut sie nicht wirklich, sie vergrößert nur den Bereich im Raum, der auf dem Foto scharf abgebildet wird, also die Tiefenschärfe). Verstehst du den unterschied zu "Schärfen"? Beim Schärfen verstärkt Photoshop die Kontraste zwischen hellen und dunklen Stellen, wodurch ein Foto scharf erscheint. Die Tiefenschärfe verändert sich dadurch aber nicht mehr. Du kannst bei zu geringer Tiefenschärfe zwar versuchen, mittels Schärfen den Eindruck größerer Tiefenschärfe zu erzielen. Das ist aber sehr schwierig bzw. unmöglich:
1) Du kannst dazu nicht einfach in Fotoshop einen Schärfen-Filter benutzen, der das ganze Bild bearbeitet, weil du ja einen Pixelbereich (Radius) definieren musst. Wenn du hier einen kleinen Bereich wählst, dann werden die scharfen Bereiche im Fokus weiter geschärft, die unscharfen bereiche hingegen sind zu weiträumig und werden nicht mehr ganz erfasst (statt dessen wird das Bild körnig). Wenn du hingegen einen großen Radius wählst, dann werden die unscharfen Bereiche erfasst und geschärft (und auch das nur in Grenzen! Unscharf ist eben unscharf). Dafür ist der Radius dann für die scharfen Bereiche aber zu groß und das Bild wird in diesem Bereich unansehlich. Du müsstest also selektiv schärfen (für scharfe Bereiche mit kleinem Radius, für unscharfe mit großem Radius), was schon anspruchsvollere Bildbearbeitung ist.
2) Bildinformation die nicht da ist kommt auch durch Schärfen nicht zurück. Im unscharfen Bereich fehlt die Information.
Das Schärfen braucht generell nahezu jedes Foto (auch mit großem DOF), falls die Kamera es nicht automatisch getan hat. Im Forum wird dir aber jeder raten, die kamerainterne Schärfung gering zu halten und das lieber selbst in Fotoshop zu erledigen, denn so bekommst du meist bessere Ergebnisse. Als Faustregel kannst du nehmen: Schärfen in Fotoshop perfektionniert scharf fokussierte Bilder, unscharfe Bilder sind nicht zu retten. Deshalb ist es am besten, von jedem Motiv immer mehrere Aufnamen zu machen und die schlechten anschließend zu löschen. Ich hoffe ich habe dir jetzt nicht nur bereits Bekanntes geschrieben, aber auf jeden Fall noch viel Erfolg! Nikopol (talk) 01:21, 18 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Bonjour Paul ! J'ai modifié la mention de la localisation de cette croix. Elle s'élève en fait sur le terroir de la commune d'fr:Estrées-lès-Crécy et non à Crécy-en-Ponthieu même. J'ai eu confirmation de cela :
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Dag Paul,
Ken je die plant nog? Momenteel is die weer in bloei in mijn tuin, waar ze op de wortels van een hazelaar woekert. Hieronder foto's die ik er vandaag van genomen heb.
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"Opdracht van Jezus in de tempel" door Goswin van der Weyden (1465-1538), kleinzoon van Rogier van der Weyden, in het Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga te Lissabon
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Hello!
I'am interested to use in a publish the imagem that You taken to the painting: "Opdracht van Jezus in de tempel" door Goswin van der Weyden (1465-1538), kleinzoon van Rogier van der Weyden, in het Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga te Lissabon.
Hello José, it is not for me to decide whether you may or may not reuse the image. The terms and conditions are mentioned on the page itself. A translation (if you are Portuguese) in your native language is surely available as well. The image is published on Wikipedia and no longer in my possession. Does this help? Paul Hermans (talk) 17:11, 9 January 2016 (UTC)Reply
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Lotje, ik heb de afbeelding van het gulden cabinet toegevoegd op zijn pagina. Wat betreft de onduidelijkheid over toegekend aan of onbekend durf ik me niet uitspreken. Is het van Willaerts als het alleen maar aan hem is toegekend? Mischien best dat je dat aan een van de moderatoren vraagt op commons. Groet Paul Hermans (talk) 12:01, 1 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
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Beste Paul,
deze foto heb jij met een Sony Xperia ZL genomen. Het artikel over die telefoon is nog niet geïllustreerd met een afbeelding. Als je nog een andere camera hebt, kan je dan een foto'tje van je telefoon uploaden? Let op: dat wat wordt afgebeeld op de telefoon als wallpaper kan auteursrechtelijk beschermd zijn. Je bent safe als je Wikipedia opent in een browser. Alvast bedankt. --Vera(talk)15:55, 6 May 2017 (UTC)Reply
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Latest comment: 8 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Bonjour Paul :) !
Je suis Anne, nous nous sommes rencontrés lors de l'édit-à-thon qui a eu lieu à la représentation permanente de la Suède à Bruxelles le 8 mars dernier.
Je te contacte parce que tu fais partie des contributeurs habitant en Belgique tout en étant également francophone. En collaboration avec Wikimédia Belgique, la maison Losseau de Mons va organiser des ateliers photo au mois d'octobre, pour importer sur Commons des images de leur patrimoine immobilier (il s'agit d'une maison dont l'architecture est de style art nouveau) comme mobilier (pièces, médailles, photo, archives, ouvrages...).
Ces ateliers seront étalés sur le mois d'octobre : samedi 6 octobre pour la visite guidée de la maison Losseau, et samedis 13 et 20 octobre en après-midi pour les ateliers couplant photographie et Commons. Le public sera peu nombreux (une dizaine de personnes, sur inscription ouverte durant le mois de septembre) et composé de photographes débutants et amateurs, qui seront invités à téléverser leurs images sur Commons pour participer au concours Wiki Loves Heritage).
Pour animer ces ateliers avec moi et notamment la partie photo, je recherche un ou plusieurs bénévoles pour former et/ou encadrer nos participant(e)s. Pour ma part, je serai présente aux deux ateliers et je devrais assurer la partie Commons avec l'introduction aux licences libres et aux droits d'auteurs.
Si tu es intéressé pour donner un coup de main, n'hésite pas à me contacter via ma page de discussion ou par mail ! De même si tu as des questions à propos de ces ateliers ou que tu connais quelqu'un qui serait spécialisé dans la photographie muséale et qui pourrait nous aider :)
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Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Dear Paul,
My name is Sam Donvil and for my organisation PACKED vzw Center of Expertise for Digital Heritage I am co-organising Wiki Loves Heritage 2018. As I've noticed that many of the contributions are yours and since I'm currently writing an article for FARO magazine about the contest, I was wondering if I could briefly call in order to ask you a couple of questions about your motivation to contribute to Wikimedia platforms. You can reach me at sam@packed.be aswell as on +32 (0)2 217 14 05. thank you very much for your time and consideration!
--Sam.Donvil (talk) 12:49, 17 October 2018 (UTC)Reply
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Latest comment: 5 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
Hello, could you add a license template covering the photograph. The object itself sure is in the public domain. Your photograph can be copyrighted depicting a 3D frame. Thanks a lot in advance, --Marsupium (talk) 18:19, 24 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
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Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hi Paul, your original upload from 2007 had, contrary to our rules, been overwritten in 2018 by a newer photo of the same chapel. As a user on :de preferred to use the older photo, I've split history and restored your original image under the above mentioned filename. --Túrelio (talk) 12:37, 29 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
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When you want to ask for speedy-delete of an empty category, best practice is to mark it with {{SD|C2}} if it would be OK to re-create it in the future, given that appropriate content becomes available or {{SD|C1}} if it is an inappropriate category name that should not be reused. In particular, this is better practice than just blanking the category page, as you did at Category:Wall painting in Bredene. ("C1" and "C2" come from Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion). - Jmabel ! talk03:51, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
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I contribute mainly to Wikipedia in Norwegian Bokmål, and have been updating the article about the Battle of the Bulge, in it I used one of your pictures in a gallery of memorials (see link below):
thank you very much, dear Ulflarsen. Keep up the good work yourself! Hope not to see this happen again in Europe. Kind regards from Belgium. Paul Hermans (talk) 20:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Most content on Flickr is not freely licensed. There's a relatively small percentage with Creative Commons licenses that allow commercial use and modification. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 14:51, 19 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi. Paul Hermans. These files do not frame environments of the Archaeological Museum of Taranto (MArTA). Perhaps the finds are part of the MArTA collection? Or were the four files referred to MArTA simply by mistake? Thank you for your attention. Fabrizio Garrisi (talk) 21:42, 11 February 2025 (UTC)Reply
Yes, I can ask to change the file name and insert it in a more relevant category. But do you remember what the photo represents? Tombs of an Etruscan necropolis, so probably in Tuscany or Lazio? Or a temporary exhibition? Fabrizio Garrisi (talk) 16:42, 12 February 2025 (UTC)Reply
Fabrizio, yes, a reconstruction of Etruscan chamber for diceased discovered in the tumulus of Poggio Pelliccia, Vetulonia, 7th century B.C..
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