Hi, I already add the reference to the change I made. Part of the article says "Due to discrepancies in historical stats, some numbers may differ according to the source. Elias is the official statistician of Major League Baseball and credits Foxx with 1,924RBIs" http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120620&content_id=33633628&vkey=news_nyy&c_id=nyy
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Nifty photo from 1961. The source, [1] lists the various pols surrounding JFK. But they overlooked someone important, who would figure significantly in the 1961 season. Can you spot him? ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:47, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Wow, a terrific addition to that article! Isn't it something how those houses look just the same today as when the TV cameras used to pick up Callison's and Allen's HRs bouncing off them. Thanks for posting. —
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Oh, man — the Brush staircase is too cool, and a great photo, too, with the leaves and some of the concrete gone. Nice work, and thanks for steering me to it... I never would have found it myself. —
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While I like very much, most of the photos you've been adding, the few that are taken from TV/film are not really suitable. Just thought I'd mention this before someone else does. :) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:26, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Delaywaves, I'm glad you like the 1973 photos — and I'm sure you see why they really need their own gallery. As for the title I slapped on the first gallery, it's just a place holder; feel free to put a better one on. I searched high and low for a PD image of the Eagles playing at Shibe to use in that section, but only came up with the same couple you always see, and they're both copyrighted and don't show much of the park anyway. There were photos taken inside the place — not by the HABS project — and frankly, they're really depressing: there are small trees growing on the field, and the second floor stands dangle down crazily from the fire damage. There's none of the grandeur and dignity of the exterior shots. Anyway, glad you like and feel free to rework the Gallery 1 title. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 14:39, 11 June 2011 (UTC) Also, I didn't upload the aerial shot because it's a photograph of a photocopy; the contrast is way through the roof, and the quality is really poor. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 14:55, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs and Delaywaves: If we all answer on the same page, and always at the very bottom, not tucked up higher where it's easy to overlook, it makes for the most cohesive conversation. I nominate this page, which is on my watchlist. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 20:06, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Got it, after I put this next photo in the article I'll go back and add those suffix numbers, which I see now on the site. Delaywaves talk 22:05, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I uploaded all the photos I thought were necessary, but if either of you see any that you like, go right ahead. Delaywaves talk 02:43, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Also on the site were some photos of Roosevelt Stadium, and I've uploaded one of them so far. The survey number for that was different from the Memorial Stadium ones, does the Roosevelt one look OK? Delaywaves talk 03:02, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Again about Roosevelt Stadium, after all the abandonment photos there is this page, which shows some earlier ones from when the stadium was still in use. Can we not upload them, because we can't assume they were taken by the HABS, or are they OK? Delaywaves talk 03:45, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs and Harrington: Okay, I removed a few of the photo captions, but I think it looks a bit stupid with only some of them having captions and some of them not. I kept some because there are a few that I think really help, for instance, I don't know if readers would notice the intertwining "RS" in the seat photo. Ditto for the Twin Towers in the last one. If you guys want to add better captions to the ones that I removed, that would be good. Delaywaves talk 14:58, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Harrington: And as for the Memorial Stadium photos, do whatever you'd like with the captions. Personally, I don't think they really matter but I'm fine with anything you'd like to do. Delaywaves talk 15:01, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: An hour of editing? Oh god, I feel terrible now. Hope it wasn't too hard to redo. This whole edit conflict thing is one of Wikipedia's biggest flaws that I've seen. Your captions on the Roosevelt photos are fantastic. I just added "faintly" for the Twin Towers one because I thought it might not be clear that they were actually visible in that photo. I dunno about the Memorial Stadium captions, maybe we could leave that to Bugs. Delaywaves talk 23:02, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Hmmm...serious editing/expanding is something I've never tried before; photos are really my thing. But I would be open to learning or giving it a shot. Delaywaves talk 02:37, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: That expansion sounds like a good idea. I was thinking this seemed like kind of an all-pictures-no-words article. About the 1950 WS photo: Is it that bad? Obviously when viewed full size it's a bit fuzzy, but in the context that it's used in the article I think it's okay. We only have one other real "full view" photo of Shibe, and that's the main one, which is low quality itself. (I dunno, you have more experience with deletionists than I do, so if you really think it's necessary, do what you must.) I'll take down the CBP rooftop bleachers photo; I just put that in because they had been mentioned previously in the article, but I suppose it would go better here. (I regret to inform you that I don't really fold my pizza. I suppose I've let my city down...) Delaywaves talk 19:25, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Okay, the 1950 photo is gone. Baseball Reference does go back to 1909, btw, just not box scores. The first game was an 8-1 win against the Red Sox. Delaywaves talk 19:52, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Cool, I'll be looking forward to seeing the changes. Sure, upload the Hague one, and putting it in the Music section sounds good to me; maybe also upload it onto Hague's article under the "Boss of Jersey City" section, there's only one photo of him there. Delaywaves talk 21:07, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
On a sort of unrelated note, I just came across a bunch of great photos taken of Sick's Stadium in Seattle. It says they're from the "Paul Hamaker Collection," which I assume is just a fancy way of saying some guy named Paul Hamaker sent them to the website. They would be a great addition to the Sicks article. Would this be an opportunity to do that OTRS permission thing? I've never tried that, have you? We could contact digitalballparks.com and ask for Paul Hamaker, I suppose... Delaywaves talk 21:15, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: This is an example of the OTRS thing. I have absolutely no idea how to do it, but I think it involves getting permission from the author to use their work in a very specific manner. I'll contact the site about the photos, not just of Sick's Stadium, but of various others, like Arlington and K.C. Municipal Stadium. (Check those out on the site, there are some pretty cool ones.) They also credit some DVD of rare sports videos for some of the photos, like the ones they have of Shibe. I guess there's no possibility of using those, though, unless it was fair use. Delaywaves talk 22:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I emailed the site and asked for the contact of the Hamaker guy, a guy named Johnston who submitted a bunch of Arlington Stadium photos, and also whoever submitted the photos they have of Milwaukee County Stadium; I think they were taken by the site owners. I forgot KC Municipal, but that can wait. Delaywaves talk 23:02, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry/Bugs (if you're still reading this): Pretty minor, but according to Green Cathedrals by Phililp Lowry, "Many books have incorrectly stated that the old Yankee Stadium electric scoreboard was installed in front of the right-center wall here in 1957. Although the two scoreboards looked alike, the Yankee Stadium scoreboard was much larger, and it was not replaced by the tower scoreboard until 1959, two years after the electric scoreboard was installed here." Not too important, but I thought I might as well settle it. Delaywaves talk 20:30, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Nice photos! I like the Chief Bender one, looks almost like he's just staring down the batter...or maybe that's just his pitching motion. I came across a site that has a lot of Shibe photos, I got them by just searching "stadium," which is the search that that URL links to. Unfortunately, only one is pre-1923, this one, which I'll upload later. (Circa 1920 is treated as pre-1923, in what I've seen) Delaywaves talk 20:55, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
A bit of a general question: If you have two pieces of information from the same source, say, the same book, do you cite it twice in two different places? Delaywaves talk 21:01, 14 June 2011 (UTC) Nevermind, I see now that the page recognizes 2 citations from the same source and puts the little "a" "b". Delaywaves talk 21:05, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
I see. Well, thanks for warning me in time. But doesn't copyright expire if a photo is pre-1923? Or does that circa-1920 thing change everything? Delaywaves talk 21:15, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Okey dokey. I added a couple minor facts about the Shibe scoreboard earlier, and right now I'll take down the assertion that it came from Yankee Stadium and replace it with a "contrary to popular belief..." Delaywaves talk 21:39, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Uhh...why? This is coming from a pretty legit book, too. Delaywaves talk 21:48, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry/Bugs: I have two general questions for you guys: 1. If there's an article that had previously only had a fair use image but now has a much better free one, should the free one replace the fair use one? this is the article in question. Second question: What would you guys suppose the copyright is for this image? Or would it be a good fair use candidate? Delaywaves talk 23:06, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
A's beat Red Sox 8-1. [9] Get on board with Retrosheet - it's the source for Baseball Reference, Baseball Almanac, etc., game logs. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:50, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
In the picture book called Summer in the City: New York Baseball 1947-1957, on p.186 there's a picture of Yankee Stadium on Oct 2, 1957, Game 1 of the World Series. At that point, the older scoreboard is still in place. If the sources are correct about the new Phillies board being installed in 1956, obviously they are not the same board. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Yep, I think we can consider that a closed issue now. Bugs/Harry: The "Green Cathedrals" book I'm reading has many photos of old, old ballparks. If I find a photo from, say, 1890, that would definitely be public domain and I would be free to photocopy/scan it, right? Delaywaves talk 00:48, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Well, I've uploaded photos without proof that it was published pre-1923 and never encountered any problems. I'll give 'em a shot. Delaywaves talk 01:04, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Not original research, Green Cathedrals stated it very clearly. Although I guess that one fact isn't the most important one. Delaywaves talk 15:41, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
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Bugs/Harry: A fair use question: A photo I've found appears on a few websites and all websites credit it to "Metro Nashville Archives / Green Hills." However, that photo isn't available directly from the archives online. Could I use it as fair use anyway, just from a different site? It's the third photo on this page. 15:24, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay, thanks, the image is up. Should I put the info about Metro Nashville Archives somewhere in the fair use tag? Or is what I have now OK? Delaywaves talk 15:59, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I made quite a few text changes/additions, and rearranged a couple of photos. Mostly I tried to bring in more information about structure and dimensions. I'm sure it could use more work. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Awesome addition, I agree with Harry that the more text, the easier it'll be to spread out the photos and keep the delitionists away. I have a pretty good book on various ballparks, and maybe tomorrow I'll make sure there's nothing else about Shibe that's worth adding. Delaywaves talk 02:44, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs:Green Cathedrals, by Philip J. Lowry. Seems to me like a book that has some of those unique twists, he has many facts but a few personal anecdotes as well. On the entry for Braves Field, now Nickerson Field, he mentions how in the '80s he went into the original grandstand, which still stands, and found an abandoned, overturned ticket booth with a 1930s Boston Braves schedule tacked to the wall. How unbelievable would that be? Delaywaves talk 02:59, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: I have a normal Mac laptop, so I assume that's "regular". The text looks fine to me, no big white spaces or gaps.
Go right ahead. Delaywaves talk 03:10, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Looks fine. Delaywaves talk 03:22, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Haha, yes I am okay with it! It looks great, I added one minor fact from my book and I think that's all I have for now. Now I'll scan my book for info about other parks. I may upload another photo I took on my trip to Shibe's site last month. (Not to any page, just to Commons.) Delaywaves talk 02:57, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Permission from an image creator (or rights holder) that allows its upload to Commons comes with a release of rights to the level permitted by Commons, the email for which has to be archived by OTRS as it is in the case of the Drake Hogestyn photo. It's often easier, in those circumstances, to go with no-rights-reserved rather than CC-GFDL because the latter requires changing the license at the point of original publication.
We haven't allowed with-permission images for a little over six years now. Daniel Case ( talk) 17:00, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs, Harry: Starting a new section because that other conversation I was having sort of messed everything up. I uploaded a photo yesterday of the Washington Park wall in Brooklyn, although right after uploading it I read a pretty good page explaining that it's probably not original...oh well... Are you guys planning any more major additions/expansions to Shibe? Has your book come yet, Harry? Delaywaves talk 21:22, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs, Harry: Whoa, just found an awesome web site, it has aerial views of NYC dating back to 1924. They're from a .gov site, but only Federal Government stuff is public domain, right? Would this stuff be copyrighted? Delaywaves talk 21:39, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: I uploaded couple more of those photos I mentioned awhile ago of my trip to Shibe's site; I really don't think they're anything too special. They're the last three here. Delaywaves talk 04:33, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Whoa, check this photo out. (Doesn't necessarily have to contribute to the article, I just thought it was interesting.) I never realized how Shibe's rooftop bleachers were so organized - I always thought it was just a bunch of people sitting around, but there's a serious grandstand up there. Delaywaves talk 23:37, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
By the way, what's the deal with Getty Images? If a photo says the license is "rights-managed," and the restrictions only say "no commercial or wireless uses without permission," it's still copyrighted, right? Delaywaves talk 23:47, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Yep, that was me who pointed out those Hilltop buildings, although I wouldn'tve noticed if it weren't for a comment I saw somewhere on Flickr. I've tried a couple times to see the old Hilltop Park plate site, but the garden in which it's located is being renovated. I forgot to look for that triangular Baker Bowl building, although I had a feeling it might've still been there. I have the same love for old things that still exist; have you heard about the John T. Brush stairway? A pretty classic example. Delaywaves talk 01:16, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Cool. Just out of curiosity: did you personally take all those cool old photos of Colt Stadium, the Comiskey organist, Yogi Berra, Nolan Ryan, etc.? They're pretty great. Delaywaves talk 02:32, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Oh wow, that photo of the corner tower still standing is just amazing – could you imagine if they'd kept just that part as a little museum? About the boxing ticket stub: How do you know exactly if there was no copyright notice? Do you search some big copyright database, or do you just look on the photo for a copyright symbol? Because I bet there are a lot of un-copyrighted photos all across the internet just waiting to be uploaded. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:48, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: No, that's a great story! I assume you went to some games at Shibe, then? Good to know about the tickets - do you assume that's true for stuff like posters, then? Or would those be made by companies, and thus have their copyrights renewed? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:34, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: One more question (sorry to keep asking them): Is there some page on Wikipedia that gives a list of all the little templates for un-renewed copyrights, like the Baseball Digest ones, or the Bowman Gum ones? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:44, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: I see. Do you still have any of those autographs? You oughta post them somewhere, if not Wikipedia. I'll ask at the help desk about a page like that. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:31, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Tell me when you want me to stop asking questions; this is one of the last: how do you know what you said about the Mack statue photo? The tag said it was published with a copyright notice, and then it wasn't renewed. How do you know that? Because on the site, there is a copyright notice. (Sorry if I sound accusatory, I'm just trying to get a better understanding.) Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:44, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Definitely. I've been wanting to go to the Brush stairway again, partly because I wanted to see if there are a few little loose pieces of metal or concrete that I could take home as a souvenir. Hilltop is pretty close to that. Delaywaves talk 15:38, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Yep, I've seen it on Street View. So you mean we should cut out the 158th street info? I was thinking of it as a way to sort of raise awareness about it, but if you think it'll make people vandalize it, then do what you want. Delaywaves talk 16:12, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Responding a bit late, and this isn't very important, but only the top of the staircase is barricaded. If you just walk around the road that stretches down the bluff, and then walk back towards the staircase, it's all wide open. I walked up to the plaque. Look, here it is on street view. Delaywaves talk • contribs 13:48, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
I noticed the article on Griffith Stadium was pretty short, so I expanded it somewhat. Look OK? You guys can change whatever you'd like. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:13, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Yup, there are a lot of oddly forgotten-about ballparks like Griffith. I think K.C. Municipal Stadium is the prime example, I've almost never heard it brought up anywhere, and there are barely any photos of it. You've really turned me onto Baseball Fever, I spent hours the other night just looking through the pre-renovated Yankee Stadium thread - there are some amazing photos there! Were you suggesting that we upload some Baseball Fever photos for Griffith, or were you just saying that they can be interesting to look at? Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:51, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Interesting. Looks like a pretty nice place in the photos I've seen. That scoreboard fact is actually the one fact that I contributed to the page. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:36, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Haha, I've heard that rat story before, wouldn't it be something if it were true? Check out that boxing ring photo of the Polo Grounds. Look at where the Chesterfield sign normally was in center field - what the hell is that? Looks like some kind of temple. Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:02, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
The old section was sort of lagging behind all the others. Harry: Everything about Shibe looks great, except I noticed when mentioning Lou Gehrig's 4-homer game, it says Earle Combs caught his potential fifth one. Combs was on Gehrig's team, so that's impossible. I looked it up, and the consensus seems to be that Al Simmons caught it, although I can't find any real proof. Should we change it? Delaywaves talk • contribs 12:43, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to interrupt the Pete Rose commentary, I just figured I should let you guys know that I'm leaving tomorrow for about 19 days, and I won't be able to edit while I'm away. If you guys wanna keep the discussion on this page, or move it somewhere else, that'd be fine. I'd like to resume our trio when I get back, maybe on a different article, it's a nice little system we've got here. Delaywaves talk • contribs 18:54, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! If you guys are looking for anything to do, on the Griffith Stadium article, the photo of the uneven grandstand roof works much better on the right, but I had to put it on the left because there wasn't enough space. If you guys could find some text to put anywhere in the article so we could space out the images more, that would be great. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:21, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs/Harry: I'm baaack! awesome improvements to Shibe and Griffith - didn't use a computer at all for the past couple weeks so it's gonna take some getting used to. Glad to be back. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:24, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
I went to northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. I might post some photos tomorrow if I see any that have some potential. Good night for now. Delaywaves talk • contribs 05:18, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Harry/Bugs: I found a video online from the Prelinger Archives that has footage of Griffith Stadium, including an FDR first pitch where he has to stand with the help of an aide. (This is mentioned in the article.) It's fairly fuzzy if it's blown up all the way, but it would look fine if it's used as a thumbnail in the article. We do already have an FDR photo there, although it doesn't actually show him. Whadda you guys think? Delaywaves talk • contribs 16:27, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I added it to the gallery, tell me what you think. I was thinking it could also go instead in the Presidential Destination section, because that's where it mentions how he needed the aide's help. Thoughts? Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:46, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Okay, I removed the photo, you can change whatever you want about the sickness wording. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:23, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Would you say this photo survived the upsizing? It's a different still from that site that also could be used as a thumbnail, but isn't great when enlarged. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:42, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
A great addition to that article. It also confirmed my hazy memory that, when I was a kid, night games started at 8:05. Wow. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 06:28, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! I joined some Yahoo group about the Polo Grounds just to see what pictures were posted. There are a lot of really cool ones that are great to look at, even if they can't be posted, and I guess a few cool ones like this. Delaywaves talk • contribs 16:34, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, I liked the way it made the article look. I've found a way to download those super-high quality TIFF images from the LOC, so I've been updating a lot of ones like the Ruppert photo that I had uploaded a while ago. Kudos for still adding to Shibe, I'm amazed there's so much info out there. I've tried looking for some more stuff about Griffith and Sportsman's, but there isn't much. Delaywaves talk • contribs 18:41, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, but it's also frustrating how many videos/photos do exist, but are locked away in the Hall of Fame or some archive somewhere, unavailable to average folks like us. Oh well...did you see that panorama I uploaded of the '24 Negro League series? Another one of those super-high quality shots, where you can zoom in to see every player's face. Luckily, each player's name is on the photo so identification is no problem. I've uploaded 2 or 3 derivatives from it so far. The LOC has some great stuff. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:03, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
Awesome! It's exactly like you said: super-high quality and very cool shots. Even if they can't be uploaded, they're fun to look at. Sort of like those Baseball Fever threads. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:58, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
The terrific stamp image at the end of Shibe Park has been marked for deletion by a deletionist. You can help save it by adding a Keep comment at the deletion list linked here. Bugs could help, too, (though I don't feel I can ask him because I think he's a little annoyed at me), and I know he has many friends who could also post Keep comments. Enough Keeps would avert the deletion. I'd hate to see this image get yanked because, although strictly speaking it is not discussed as a stamp in the text, it does bring a lot to the article. Thanks for your help, Delay. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 04:13, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
I'll be happy to help, but... what should I say? I looked at the image and I'm fairly confused about what the argument is. Delaywaves talk • contribs 12:22, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I wrote a little something at the deletion place. Your strategy sounds like a good one. Hope Bugs'll help. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:50, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
On a different note, I'm thinking about updating all those '70s LOC photos of Shibe with the super-High-Res TIFF images. I looked at one already, and there are some great details that aren't visible in the low-res. I thought I'd check with you before I start, just in case you had done any retouching or something that you didn't want undone. I'll crop out the borders the same way you did. Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:21, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
They'd go up as jpgs, and I've uploaded bigger files than these that are easily viewable. Sound OK? May not start till tomorrow at this hour, or maybe one or two. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:21, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Okay, here's the first one. Check out the sign on the door just to the right of the main entrance of the cupola. Why do you suppose the revival was moved? Maybe the state of the stadium, or maybe some other reason. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:37, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Uploaded the first two, will finish the rest tomorrow. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Shame about the stamp. Well, we have quite a few other great images there, even if they don't show the same view that one did. The price list looks great; I tweaked the caption a tiny bit - I think "dogs" might be a little too casual. I'll get on the rest of those 1973 photos right now; I kinda got distracted by uploading some other stuff, but I'll finish 'em. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:45, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Looks good. I finished the 1973 ones. This is pretty unrelated, but check out this supposed Shibe photo from the Temple archives. The triangular building in CF gives away the stadium's true identity... Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:14, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Fantastic. That sure answers that. I didn't notice that when I looked either. Y'know, Baseball Fever's thread on Shibe has quite a few good photos of the entrance. (There are only 14 pages, so it won't take a week to look through like some of the others.) Maybe one of those has the busts in them? Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:43, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
How 'bout this one on page 13? Awfully hard to see, but in the space above the entrance there seems to be a small dark patch that doesn't appear in the 1973 ones. I was picturing the busts as concrete, but maybe they were some sort of metal. I'll keep looking. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:46, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Somehow I'd been imagining some guy that wanted to keep the busts so he sort of lightly chiseled them off and put 'em in his garage. But of course, it must have been some vandal - when I visited the site this year, the neighborhood wasn't the greatest, and it seems to have been worse back then. Did you ever get any autographs out there? Delaywaves talk • contribs 23:19, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Wow! The best I've ever gotten was David Eckstein...last year. Do you still have them? Delaywaves talk • contribs 23:47, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Classic! You'd better spread the word about that ball's history to all your relatives; why would someone keep a baseball with a brown smear on it unless they knew the full story? Delaywaves talk • contribs 00:19, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Wow, what a find! And it had been right under our noses the whole time. Funny, that one doesn't seem to be as super-high res as the others. Once I zoom in on Mack's head it gets a bit fuzzy, whereas it would've been sharp on those '73 ones. You're probably doing everything right, it's just the photo. I'll update the Commons image with the TIFF now. Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
In a separate story, I got a Flickr user to change the license of this photo to Creative Commons, which I uploaded here. I think it's a pretty good shot, where do you want it to go in the article? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
I put it in the "1938–1954" section, but you can feel free to move it as you please. Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:24, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, that's definitely a bust in that photo, but I think that one is just too fuzzy to use in the article. I like the plan, though - If we can find one of Ben Shibe to use that would be good, or maybe just the one of Mack with the corresponding '73 photo. I have no clue what's happening in that photo - all he seems to know is that it's a Sunday afternoon game. Getting Flickr users to change their photo licenses is really easy - everyone there is much nicer than on Wikipedia! I did the same for that 1960 photo. He asked to see my contributions on Wikipedia and was impressed, but I made a point of telling him that a guy named HarringtonSmith did a hell of a lot more for Shibe than I did. I'll update the Mack-bust-zoomed-out-photo now. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:13, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
You may have noticed this one already, but the TIFF version of this image shows a fuzzy but definite view of both busts at once. Even if Mack was the A's part-owner, it's hard to believe they put a bust of him on the side of the stadium. Can you imagine if George Steinbrenner's head stared down at you every time you entered Yankee Stadium? Wouldn't be a pleasant experience. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the chronological thing - I just wanted to get it in the article quickly because the Flickr user that took it seemed to really want to see it there. I feel like I've seen that warning sign before - if it was up for a while, there must be some zoomed-in photos of it where we can read what it says. Delaywaves talk • contribs 12:50, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
I had an idea to post the photo on the Baseball Fever thread about Shibe and ask if anyone knows what the sign said, but for some reason my account can't post on threads. It's a shame, because I've seen plenty of people there ask for photos of certain ballpark features, and immediately get them. Delaywaves talk • contribs 13:04, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
For the chronological problem: how about I remove that 1938 photo of Connie Mack and put the 1943 photo in its place? That would fix the chronological issue, and we have another photo of Mack only one section before. Sound OK? Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:41, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Where do you see the busts of Shibe and Mack in those photos? I can't see them. Could you upload an altered version under a different name, with the busts arrowed or circled? ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:54, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Are you downloading the TIFF versions? They're only visible in those, and fairly faintly. Look at this 1973 photo. You see the smashed off part above the "Entrance to Grand Stand" sign? Look at the same spot in those 1913 ones, and you'll see them on each side. Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:00, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Good idea, but I doubt it. I'll ask him. Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
The guy doesn't have a higher resolution, but he said he found two more photos from the same day: this one and this one. He also says that he looked at a journal he kept at the time which says that he went to a doubleheader on May 16, 1943 between the Phillies and Cardinals. I dunno if knowing the exact date helps very much, but maybe those 2 new photos will. I'll upload them tonight. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:37, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
I swear I've seen that warning sign before...but I have no idea where. Maybe, if we're incredibly lucky, some old newspaper will have a mention of an injury at a Phillies game on May 16? Google News has some great newspaper archives, if you didn't already know. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:27, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Here's something: According to the May 17, 1943 issue of the Youngstown Vindicator, "The rejuvenated Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals-world champions-split a pair of nifty pitching duels yesterday before a crowd of 30,823 at Shibe Park, the biggest major league attendance of the day and the second largest National League turnout in Philadelphia history. Not amazing, but that's a pretty interesting fact about the game, no?
Oh, Christ. Two of those Shibe images have been nominated for deletion because "there is no evidence the Flickr uploader actually own the copyright to the image" I commented on the entry for both of them, but I don't know if my argument is sufficient that the uploader told me he personally took them. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:54, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Alright, I think those photos are safe. Thanks a lot guys, both of your arguments were great. Delaywaves talk • contribs 12:51, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Uh... what he said. Really, though, those stories are unbelievable, and the more people I get involved with on this site, the more stubborn and aggravating they seem to get. Bugs: This obviously doesn't mean much on a large scale, but that Xanderliptak guy seems to be blocked now. I guess some others are sane enough to recognize the insanity that is sometimes present here. I thought the same exact thing that you said on the deletion entries: if there isn't sufficient evidence that the Flickr user took those photos, then there isn't sufficient evidence that any of the photos on Wikipedia were taken by the claimed uploader. There really isn't any explanation for this WW2 guy's logic other than he just loves asserting power in absurd ways like this. Oh well. If these images get deleted, we need to take this up with some high-ranking person that isn't drunk on power. There needs to be some order here, no? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:51, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I never signed off on this whole getting-him-to-upload-them-himself thing. I already got him to change the license on all of his photos, I think asking him to upload them himself is a little much - he is in his late 80s, after all. And yes, he would probably want to see at least one of them in the article. But hey, I sort of would too - the first one is the only good view we have of the interior of the stadium. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:05, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
And they're all ours! I'm sure the more we use, the happier he'll be. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:59, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Do you think I/we should wait until this whole Shibe mess gets sorted out before we upload some more of NHH's photos? Or should we just go ahead? Delaywaves talk • contribs 23:12, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Well...should I ask him? I guess it wouldn't annoy him that I keep asking about that photo, he is awfully supportive of what we're doing. Delaywaves talk • contribs
Bugs: I uploaded a '23 Polo Grounds photo that has a good view of Yankee Stadium in the background. Do you think we should put it into the PG article at all, or would the photo gallery be a good place for it? Delaywaves talk • contribs 00:21, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Wow, what an addition! I like that even more than the old "A" cartouches. Overkill, schmoverkill: I think this one's gotta stay. Harry/Bugs: NHH hasn't responded yet about our magnifying glass request, and he's normally pretty prompt - I hope I didn't annoy him. Delaywaves talk • contribs 00:45, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is what you meant, Bugs, but a photo that fits your description is already on the PG article, with the caption "Polo Grounds expansion in progress during the 1923 season". I think there were quite a few bad seats at the Polo Grounds - I've seen photos from field level that are really far away from the infield. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:19, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
NHH sez: "I tried a strong magnifying glass on both of the prints that show the "warning" sign, but no use - still just a blur and unreadable." Oh well, let me try posting again in Baseball Fever and ask if anyone has a close-up of that sign. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:54, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Success! Those Baseball Fever people are unbelievable. It said "WARNING: Persons throwing bottles or other missiles will be arrested and prosecuted". You can see photo that proves it here, at the bottom of the page. Delaywaves talk • contribs 15:06, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Very strange. You can sort of see that slant in the NHH photo as well, or at least the point where the angle changes. Delaywaves talk • contribs 18:17, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Please do. Delaywaves talk • contribs 18:22, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Bugs/Harry: How long does it take before the discussion is considered "closed" on the Shibe images? Is there a fixed date that these entries last? Both of them have nothing but "Keeps". Delaywaves talk • contribs 18:13, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
It seems only one of them has been closed. Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:41, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
The closed one was kept... I think, although it seems they reopened it right after the discussion ended. [37] If you're talking about the green check that says "This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was reviewed on 5 August 2011 by the administrator or reviewer Leoboudv, who confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the above license on that date," then that doesn't end the discussion. Leboudv said on the entry that he would put that there because it was under that license on Flickr, even if some think it wasn't taken by NHH. (And I believe Leoboudv agrees that it was.) It's definitely flawed - I think there should be some sort of super majority vote system. If 5 people want to delete some image and 4 want to keep it, then that shouldn't decide it, but if, say, 15 want to delete it and 5 don't, it should automatically be deleted. Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Great! When we're done with all this Forbes stuff, I/we should look through NHH's Flickr photos and see which of them we should upload. Delaywaves talk • contribs 16:34, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
On a different note, are you any good at redirects? I'm trying to figure out how to get "Alejandro Pompez" to redirect to " Alex Pompez, but the WP:Redirect page has thoroughly confused me. Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:36, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Great, thanks! Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:57, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Got another Flickr guy to change the license of a bunch of cool Crosley Field photos that his father had taken in the 1940s or '50s, I think. I made sure he put that his father took them in the photo descriptions, to avoid more of this nonsense. The captions will be a bit tough, since he doesn't seem to know much about the dates, other than that they were taken "over 60 years ago." Feel free to improve my captions if you want. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:21, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Wow, you've got better eyesight than me. Did you read the scoreboard? Also, did Crosley have an incline all around the field, or in center field, not just in left? The LF one is all that gets publicized, but look at this. I guess that could still be considered a bit left of center, but I always pictured the slope as being straightaway left and that's it. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:58, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
This looks promising. The shot I just linked to, which I just uploaded, has a clear shot of the scoreboard when you zoom in. (Although the rest of it could use some restoration.) I wonder if some detective work using that info could lead to the date of the photo. I'll start with the uniform numbers in the lineup. It's definitely from a different game than the b&w photo. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:10, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
It seems to be August 11, 1946. I sort of wasted my time; one guy commented on that photo on Flickr with all the answers. Since absolutely everything on the scoreboard matches up with the real-life uniform numbers and schedule, should I change the date on that image? I know original research is frowned upon, but this seems awfully solid. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:59, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Yup, already checked it with Baseball-Reference and they match up. I'll change it now. Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:53, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Glad you like 'em. There are some Forbes photos at the LOC, but there really just isn't any space in the article to put them. Maybe I'll try adding some text at some point. Bugs: Are you sure that billboard logic works? Did billboards typically last only one season back then? It definitely shows that they're the same era, but I dunno about the same year. A couple of the Crosley shots are in such bad condition, how would you feel if I posted on that WikiProject Baseball page and asked if anyone could restore them? Would that be OK if I'm not a member? Delaywaves talk • contribs 16:20, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
OK, you want me to handle the uploading? Delaywaves talk • contribs 17:13, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Well, Grsz11 hasn't edited Forbes since May, 2009, so I think we're OK. This is interesting: one of the Forbes photos they have on the LOC is actually 5 photos that I guess were made with the intention of a panorama. I would have no problem uploading them all separately, but the thing is, they all have the same Digital ID. If I upload them separately anyway, should I still include the LOC image template?
On a different note, through various luck-related reasons, I have front-row, field level seats at tonight's Angels-Yankees game. I hope to get some pretty good photos to upload. Can't wait! Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:22, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
I was thinking we should do them separately, but if you want to do them in a panorama form, that's OK. You'll have to find someone else, though, as basic as it seems, I don't think I have any programs that can attach all the images together without losing quality. Maybe I should upload them all separately, and then find someone who can stitch them together perfectly? Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:03, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
What would we call it? "Gallery: 1910s panorama"? Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
And should I go ahead and crop them, even if we're not stitching them? Just want to make sure we're clear on everything before I upload. Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:24, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry it's taking so long, the images' resolutions are so high that they're slowing down my whole computer and making the uploading process slower. They'll be up soon. Delaywaves talk • contribs 00:18, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
They're up! Change anything you want, especially the gallery description, which still doesn't look great to me. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:19, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, I think this is one of our best contributions yet; the details on each photo are superb! Credit to you guys for envisioning how good the un-cropped, un-stitched, lined-up-in-order gallery would look. This is a little less technical than all of Bugs' observations, but check out the second photo. There's one square building with six windows visible, facing the field: if you look closely, in the top-left window you can see two little girls looking out onto the field, and in the window below them, a woman in a dress. Pretty neat, huh? Delaywaves talk • contribs 03:09, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
All this detail reminds me of a great site I found recently, gigapan.org. Have you guys seen it? It's just a site full of unbelievably high-res panoramas, my favorite is this one of the old Yankee Stadium.
Interesting. Here's a page of all the 1909 NL uniforms, and the one that seems possible is the Phillies. I've seen photos from that site before and they tend to tone the colors down a bit, so I'm assuming that grayish Phils uniform was actually black. They appear pretty plain in the photo, I don't see any sort of logo on the shirt, and that Phils uniform only has a small "P". Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:01, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Doesn't look like they did. Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:24, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I agree, but really, it was you guys' brainchild. I did the easy part. I hate to distract from our great work at Forbes, but it's really bugging me that Sportsman's Park still doesn't have any free images. There are no Creative Commons images of it on Flickr (and no amateur-ish shots that I could try doing some convincing work on.) A while ago I came across some photos like this from the Chicago Daily News LOC collection that show some St. Louis ballpark that I guess was the early version of Sportsman's. I'll upload one of those for the "1902 and 1909 structures" section, but I'd love to find a shot from the '40s-'60s era. Are there any other sites that could have one? Could Baseball Fever have some un-renewed copyright shots? Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:56, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Yeah, that website gives me error messages sometimes, too. Just google "Chicago Daily News Negatives Collection," click on the first link, click "search by keyword," search "baseball," and the photo I like is number 69, "White Sox baseball players, standing in defensive position and St. Louis Browns baserunners, running the bases on the field." Bugs: That photo is already up in the Tiger Stadium photo gallery. Delaywaves talk • contribs 14:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, Bugs, I was thinking you had posted the comment about the Navin Field photo. So these Daily News photos still count as Sportsman's Park, right? I don't see any other names used, even if the diamond was in a different place. This guy has great shots of Sportsman's in the era we're looking for, and even has a link to the Wikipedia page about it. Is there some way to get permission to use his photos? Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:39, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Just a quick non-Sportsman's-related thing: I think I'm gonna go to the Commons Graphic Lab and ask if anyone can help restore some of those Crosley photos. Those people seem pretty good. Any objections? Delaywaves talk • contribs 03:17, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Should I go ahead and ask the uploader? Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:53, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, you meant the Sportsman's guy. I thought you meant the Crosley guy, since we had been talking about him before. If we're talking about Sportsman's, I think I should ask him first whether he would give them to us before I ask about negatives. By the way, how exactly would we get him to give them to us? I think you're right that he can't retain copyright, and I think if he dedicates it to the Public Domain, he has to agree to some fancy email and we have to archive it or something like that. I have no idea how to do that. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:59, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
That sounds like it could be easier. Bugs, you said you talked to him a while ago without any luck. Did he seem uninterested, or did it just fizzle out? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:21, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Instead of getting him to upload them? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:21, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
OK, sent him an email with the suggestion that making his own account would be easiest. Hope this works! Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:39, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
As I feared, you pic of the Billy Pierce statue won't be allowed in wikipedia. That's because of an annoying factor called Freedom of Panorama, which is not allowed in the USA as per copyright laws. It seems silly, given that it's out in public. And I'm sure there are plenty of Google Images pics, all of which theoretically violate that law. But on wikipedia it's not allowed. >:( Or note the English-challenged version, "Fredoom of Panorma". [42] ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:40, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, I had actually read something about that rule while ago, and no matter how stupid it may be, it was my fault for forgetting it. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:45, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Bugs/Harry: Still no word from the Sportsman's guy, I guess he isn't interested. Since I don't have anything specific to do right now, I'm gonna update those HABS pictures of Memorial Stad. and Roosevelt with the TIFF versions. The Flickr people aren't as great as I was thinking they were - I've messaged quite a few people who have photos of various demolished ballparks, and not one of them has replied. NHH posted some nice shots that I uploaded of the Oakland Coliseum, one of which shows the view before "Mount Davis," a beautiful sight. Delaywaves talk 04:56, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey. Would you be able to find out whether or not this series of baseball cards has fallen into the public domain? Since the company is owned by Donruss probably not, but based on the databases I looked through the copyright may not have been renewed. I ask since I have an FA hitting the main page soon, and the only baseball card/image of him seems to be in that batch. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:37, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Yessir, that's the very one, and your lightening was just what the doctor ordered. I think it looks much better now, don't you? Regarding the decompressed aspect ratio, I will say that the new, deeper picture causes a couple-line band of whitespace on my widescreen monitor right below the headline "1909: Play ball!" (but I doubt it shows on your monitor). I personally wouldn't mind if we went back to the shallower version — I think it works better with the other shots in the stack — but I'm tickled pink with the enhanced detail you brought out. That's some ornate decoration there, isn't it? If you didn't notice it, Shibe Park got a fan letter from Smel4727, who is a longtime editor to baseball and stadium articles. In my note of thanks to him, I mentioned yours and Bugs's hard work on the story. Nice to get a notice from outside us three musketeers about it (although the "well-written" rating has four votes! Maybe my son dropped by and reviewed us!) Thanks again for helping out with that lightening-job — sorry to be so tardy getting back, but I haven't been feeling my best. Did you have AC throughout Irene? — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 07:31, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Not hit hard at all; my only prayer was that I didn't lose AC, and I didn't. I put up two photos you may already have seen, but I thought you'd want a tap on the shoulder anyway. The top one refused to come over in TIFF form, but it's the bottom one I really wanted to call your attention to: it's the only shot I've seen of the exterior of the uncovered outfield pavilions before the 1913 expansion. All the photogs always stood up at Twenty-first and Lehigh, not Twenti-eth and Lehigh. Except this guy. We're really full-up at Shibe, so I posted 'em on 1911 World Series. Regards — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 16:33, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
I did a copyright check on the Play Ball baseball cards from 1939 to 1941 around the time i did the Goudey and Bowman check and they are PD-not-renewed. That's a whole new series of baseball cards that you can upload. Thanks Secret account 06:32, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
You could use a new template for these cards. Thanks Secret account 18:26, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Excellent! Yes, not technically superior, but still capture a bit of the flavor. It's funny to see Falstaff advertised on the scoreboard. Obviously, that was replaced when Gussie Busch bought the team in the early 50s. The middle picture shows a guy pantomiming swinging a bat. Looks like that would be the actor Joe E. Brown, who was a sportsman himself. The guy with the big grin standing behind him is probably Commissioner Happy Chandler. The guy to the right, one row back, with a noticeable kerchief in his suit pocket, might be Cardinals owner Fred Saigh. I don't recognize anyone else. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:42, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Delay and Bugs: The guy is back, insisting on spelling out the various seating capacities at Shibe over the years. This is his third time in with this stuff, his first time outside the infobox. He's done it at a bunch of parks, as usual. To me, it's annoying clutter and should go. Is this arcane information important to you guys? — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 04:43, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
He struck Griffith, too. If his numbers are wrong, this definitely needs to be stopped. IP's can't be blocked, can they? The footnote idea sounds good, or at least if the numbers were correct it would. Delaywaves talk 23:41, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Just a thought: should I try leaving him some sort of message (as opposed to all the bot notices he's got on his talk page), trying to work it out and letting him know the info is wrong? Or should it be handled without contacting him? Delaywaves talk 00:16, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
His source is Baseball Almanac.com, which you would expect to be a good source, but as I said above, the Shibe stuff is all wrong. Bugs, what's a jewel box? — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 10:43, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Wow, that's a strange place for the figures to be inaccurate. You'd think the Sporting News would know how many people a ballpark could hold each year. Still, it's true, the numbers just don't make sense. The hiding idea sounds good, Harry. Delaywaves talk 02:37, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Delay and Bugs: I moved that preposterous listing of seating capacity over the years at Griffith Stadium to a footnote. If you agree that this is the way to handle this fellow, perhaps we have a prototype here of how to do it. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 21:37, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Checking the umpiring assignments, this looks to be Game 2. [44] Feel free to cross check. That would make the Boston pitcher Mickey Harris. Here's his picture at findagrave. [45] Hard telling if it's the same guy or not. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:50, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Delay and Bugs: Guys, I'm taking some time off from this place — I'm finding myself unable to "play well with others" anymore. I'm not sure when or if I'll be back. I did want to thank you both for our collaborations — they were the most fun and rewarding of my experiences on Wikipedia. If you need to reach me, Delay has my e-mail. Thanks again. Harry — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 11:20, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Have fun in your time off, but I do hope you return at some point. I was able to avoid much unwanted contact with others for quite a while, (except for you two, of course!) so perhaps you could try starting anew after a break. Have fun! Delaywaves talk 18:15, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Nifty photos of the old
Municipal Stadium (Kansas City). I'm looking at Retrosheet to see if I can figure out when that "ca. 1962" game was actually played. One thing I've determined: It was not 1962, unless it was an exhibition game. Also, if it's not already in the article, note that the scoreboard came from
Braves Field. It is. ←
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I have an account on Flickr that I use often; I could post a comment notifying them, although I did a similar I.D. on one of their photos a while ago and posted a comment to that photo on Flickr, and they never responded. Perhaps we could try contacting the archives directly? Delaywaves talk 23:02, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
I posted to the Colt Stadium thread on Baseball Fever a week ago, asking if anyone had photos of the rebuilt one in Mexico. No one's replied yet. Delaywaves talk 14:13, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
They've tagged your photo of the KC plaque for deletion. You might need to move that to wikipedia and tag it as fair-use. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:24, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Sounds good, thanks for finding out! I've been pretty busy for the past couple of days but I'll upload it soon. Delaywaves talk 21:54, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
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Thought you'd like this, Bugs; I just came across a link to footage of the 1917 World Series at the Polo Grounds. The site seems to have many other baseball clips, of which I haven't watched any yet. Delaywaves talk 22:13, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
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Greetings! I noticed your addition of File:Forbes Field during 1925 World Series.jpg and File:Griffith Stadium during 1925 World Series.jpg. These are actually both Griffith Stadium. You can tell if you put them side-by-side and note the portion of the field and stands which appears in both photos. If you look closely you can probably see some of the same hats in the box-seat wearers. Both photos were taken in the far end of the third base pavilion upper deck. So we know they're the same ballpark. Now, how do we know it's Griffith specifically? By Griffith's unique "split-level" arrangement of the roofs - the newer pavilion seating wings being higher (more rows) than the older, main stands. Plus various other details that corroborate. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:15, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
I've been doing some work on the umpire articles and I just created one for a rather notable ex-ump, Bill Hohn. I've observed that you have done quite a lot of work on the umpires, and any contributions you might be interested in bringing to this article would be greatly appreciated (if, of course, it's not any trouble). AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 16:52, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
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For all of the work you have done on umpire pages and also your willingness to be helpful! AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 03:21, 13 May 2012 (UTC) |
I've been toying with the idea of creating an umpire portal and I wanted to get your input, seeing as you're likely to be more involved with umpire pages than anyone else I've interacted with. AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 18:16, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
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Just as an FYI, your user page was vandalized a couple of times by an IP editor. AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 16:29, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm sure you will be glad to know that an umpires task force has been created as part of the Baseball WikiProject. That taskforce page can be found here, although it still needs some polishing up. AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 20:17, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
I got your message and I wish you a nice vacation. Hopefully there will be dramatic improvements when you return. AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 23:30, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. Recently you made some changes to the Esmil Rogers article. While I realize most of the bytes added were in regards to references, you did, however slightly, edit the lead. Since the lead is such a critical part to any article, I would encourage you to avoid classifying any edits dealing with the lead as "minor" unless it was fixing spelling, for example. See Help:Minor edit for more info. on what is classified as a minor edit. Zepppep ( talk) 18:40, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
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Happy editing! Automatic Strikeout 21:10, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Delaywaves, Automatic Strikeout and I have started a new sub-project off of the NFL Wiki-Project dedicated to referees. It can be found here. I know you're involved in the Umpires taskforce and thought that maybe you were interested in their football counterparts. It's in the frantic organizational stage at the moment, but feel free to jump in. Thanks! Go Phightins! ( talk) 03:09, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Not that this proves anything, but the French description on the Commons photo indicates it's a design conception. There is something kind of fake-looking about the picture, but without having the full-sized original it's hard to tell. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 11:46, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
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With all the photos you have been involved in, I was just curious..."Which one is your favorite.?". "Which one are you proudest of?" Thanks. ``` Buster Seven Talk 06:51, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, sorry it took so long. The only photos I have are from the NY press conference in Feb 2001. I gave the Cooperstown locale photos to Kirby and cannot find the negs. Hotcop2 ( talk) 20:18, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I already add the reference to the change I made. Part of the article says "Due to discrepancies in historical stats, some numbers may differ according to the source. Elias is the official statistician of Major League Baseball and credits Foxx with 1,924RBIs" http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120620&content_id=33633628&vkey=news_nyy&c_id=nyy
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Hi delaywaves, I've been studying baseball articles on Wikipedia and the impact of baseball report on the quality of the images on Wikipedia. I would like to interview you for my study. Do you think I could give you a call at some point?
Can you email me at nagaraj AT mit DOT edu, or leave a reply on my talk page? Thanks!
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Nifty photo from 1961. The source, [1] lists the various pols surrounding JFK. But they overlooked someone important, who would figure significantly in the 1961 season. Can you spot him? ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:47, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
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Oh, man — the Brush staircase is too cool, and a great photo, too, with the leaves and some of the concrete gone. Nice work, and thanks for steering me to it... I never would have found it myself. —
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While I like very much, most of the photos you've been adding, the few that are taken from TV/film are not really suitable. Just thought I'd mention this before someone else does. :) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:26, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Delaywaves, I'm glad you like the 1973 photos — and I'm sure you see why they really need their own gallery. As for the title I slapped on the first gallery, it's just a place holder; feel free to put a better one on. I searched high and low for a PD image of the Eagles playing at Shibe to use in that section, but only came up with the same couple you always see, and they're both copyrighted and don't show much of the park anyway. There were photos taken inside the place — not by the HABS project — and frankly, they're really depressing: there are small trees growing on the field, and the second floor stands dangle down crazily from the fire damage. There's none of the grandeur and dignity of the exterior shots. Anyway, glad you like and feel free to rework the Gallery 1 title. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 14:39, 11 June 2011 (UTC) Also, I didn't upload the aerial shot because it's a photograph of a photocopy; the contrast is way through the roof, and the quality is really poor. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 14:55, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs and Delaywaves: If we all answer on the same page, and always at the very bottom, not tucked up higher where it's easy to overlook, it makes for the most cohesive conversation. I nominate this page, which is on my watchlist. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 20:06, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Got it, after I put this next photo in the article I'll go back and add those suffix numbers, which I see now on the site. Delaywaves talk 22:05, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I uploaded all the photos I thought were necessary, but if either of you see any that you like, go right ahead. Delaywaves talk 02:43, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Also on the site were some photos of Roosevelt Stadium, and I've uploaded one of them so far. The survey number for that was different from the Memorial Stadium ones, does the Roosevelt one look OK? Delaywaves talk 03:02, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Again about Roosevelt Stadium, after all the abandonment photos there is this page, which shows some earlier ones from when the stadium was still in use. Can we not upload them, because we can't assume they were taken by the HABS, or are they OK? Delaywaves talk 03:45, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs and Harrington: Okay, I removed a few of the photo captions, but I think it looks a bit stupid with only some of them having captions and some of them not. I kept some because there are a few that I think really help, for instance, I don't know if readers would notice the intertwining "RS" in the seat photo. Ditto for the Twin Towers in the last one. If you guys want to add better captions to the ones that I removed, that would be good. Delaywaves talk 14:58, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Harrington: And as for the Memorial Stadium photos, do whatever you'd like with the captions. Personally, I don't think they really matter but I'm fine with anything you'd like to do. Delaywaves talk 15:01, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: An hour of editing? Oh god, I feel terrible now. Hope it wasn't too hard to redo. This whole edit conflict thing is one of Wikipedia's biggest flaws that I've seen. Your captions on the Roosevelt photos are fantastic. I just added "faintly" for the Twin Towers one because I thought it might not be clear that they were actually visible in that photo. I dunno about the Memorial Stadium captions, maybe we could leave that to Bugs. Delaywaves talk 23:02, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Hmmm...serious editing/expanding is something I've never tried before; photos are really my thing. But I would be open to learning or giving it a shot. Delaywaves talk 02:37, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: That expansion sounds like a good idea. I was thinking this seemed like kind of an all-pictures-no-words article. About the 1950 WS photo: Is it that bad? Obviously when viewed full size it's a bit fuzzy, but in the context that it's used in the article I think it's okay. We only have one other real "full view" photo of Shibe, and that's the main one, which is low quality itself. (I dunno, you have more experience with deletionists than I do, so if you really think it's necessary, do what you must.) I'll take down the CBP rooftop bleachers photo; I just put that in because they had been mentioned previously in the article, but I suppose it would go better here. (I regret to inform you that I don't really fold my pizza. I suppose I've let my city down...) Delaywaves talk 19:25, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Okay, the 1950 photo is gone. Baseball Reference does go back to 1909, btw, just not box scores. The first game was an 8-1 win against the Red Sox. Delaywaves talk 19:52, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Cool, I'll be looking forward to seeing the changes. Sure, upload the Hague one, and putting it in the Music section sounds good to me; maybe also upload it onto Hague's article under the "Boss of Jersey City" section, there's only one photo of him there. Delaywaves talk 21:07, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
On a sort of unrelated note, I just came across a bunch of great photos taken of Sick's Stadium in Seattle. It says they're from the "Paul Hamaker Collection," which I assume is just a fancy way of saying some guy named Paul Hamaker sent them to the website. They would be a great addition to the Sicks article. Would this be an opportunity to do that OTRS permission thing? I've never tried that, have you? We could contact digitalballparks.com and ask for Paul Hamaker, I suppose... Delaywaves talk 21:15, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: This is an example of the OTRS thing. I have absolutely no idea how to do it, but I think it involves getting permission from the author to use their work in a very specific manner. I'll contact the site about the photos, not just of Sick's Stadium, but of various others, like Arlington and K.C. Municipal Stadium. (Check those out on the site, there are some pretty cool ones.) They also credit some DVD of rare sports videos for some of the photos, like the ones they have of Shibe. I guess there's no possibility of using those, though, unless it was fair use. Delaywaves talk 22:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I emailed the site and asked for the contact of the Hamaker guy, a guy named Johnston who submitted a bunch of Arlington Stadium photos, and also whoever submitted the photos they have of Milwaukee County Stadium; I think they were taken by the site owners. I forgot KC Municipal, but that can wait. Delaywaves talk 23:02, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry/Bugs (if you're still reading this): Pretty minor, but according to Green Cathedrals by Phililp Lowry, "Many books have incorrectly stated that the old Yankee Stadium electric scoreboard was installed in front of the right-center wall here in 1957. Although the two scoreboards looked alike, the Yankee Stadium scoreboard was much larger, and it was not replaced by the tower scoreboard until 1959, two years after the electric scoreboard was installed here." Not too important, but I thought I might as well settle it. Delaywaves talk 20:30, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Nice photos! I like the Chief Bender one, looks almost like he's just staring down the batter...or maybe that's just his pitching motion. I came across a site that has a lot of Shibe photos, I got them by just searching "stadium," which is the search that that URL links to. Unfortunately, only one is pre-1923, this one, which I'll upload later. (Circa 1920 is treated as pre-1923, in what I've seen) Delaywaves talk 20:55, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
A bit of a general question: If you have two pieces of information from the same source, say, the same book, do you cite it twice in two different places? Delaywaves talk 21:01, 14 June 2011 (UTC) Nevermind, I see now that the page recognizes 2 citations from the same source and puts the little "a" "b". Delaywaves talk 21:05, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
I see. Well, thanks for warning me in time. But doesn't copyright expire if a photo is pre-1923? Or does that circa-1920 thing change everything? Delaywaves talk 21:15, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Okey dokey. I added a couple minor facts about the Shibe scoreboard earlier, and right now I'll take down the assertion that it came from Yankee Stadium and replace it with a "contrary to popular belief..." Delaywaves talk 21:39, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Uhh...why? This is coming from a pretty legit book, too. Delaywaves talk 21:48, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry/Bugs: I have two general questions for you guys: 1. If there's an article that had previously only had a fair use image but now has a much better free one, should the free one replace the fair use one? this is the article in question. Second question: What would you guys suppose the copyright is for this image? Or would it be a good fair use candidate? Delaywaves talk 23:06, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
A's beat Red Sox 8-1. [9] Get on board with Retrosheet - it's the source for Baseball Reference, Baseball Almanac, etc., game logs. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:50, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
In the picture book called Summer in the City: New York Baseball 1947-1957, on p.186 there's a picture of Yankee Stadium on Oct 2, 1957, Game 1 of the World Series. At that point, the older scoreboard is still in place. If the sources are correct about the new Phillies board being installed in 1956, obviously they are not the same board. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Yep, I think we can consider that a closed issue now. Bugs/Harry: The "Green Cathedrals" book I'm reading has many photos of old, old ballparks. If I find a photo from, say, 1890, that would definitely be public domain and I would be free to photocopy/scan it, right? Delaywaves talk 00:48, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Well, I've uploaded photos without proof that it was published pre-1923 and never encountered any problems. I'll give 'em a shot. Delaywaves talk 01:04, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Not original research, Green Cathedrals stated it very clearly. Although I guess that one fact isn't the most important one. Delaywaves talk 15:41, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
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Bugs/Harry: A fair use question: A photo I've found appears on a few websites and all websites credit it to "Metro Nashville Archives / Green Hills." However, that photo isn't available directly from the archives online. Could I use it as fair use anyway, just from a different site? It's the third photo on this page. 15:24, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay, thanks, the image is up. Should I put the info about Metro Nashville Archives somewhere in the fair use tag? Or is what I have now OK? Delaywaves talk 15:59, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I made quite a few text changes/additions, and rearranged a couple of photos. Mostly I tried to bring in more information about structure and dimensions. I'm sure it could use more work. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Awesome addition, I agree with Harry that the more text, the easier it'll be to spread out the photos and keep the delitionists away. I have a pretty good book on various ballparks, and maybe tomorrow I'll make sure there's nothing else about Shibe that's worth adding. Delaywaves talk 02:44, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs:Green Cathedrals, by Philip J. Lowry. Seems to me like a book that has some of those unique twists, he has many facts but a few personal anecdotes as well. On the entry for Braves Field, now Nickerson Field, he mentions how in the '80s he went into the original grandstand, which still stands, and found an abandoned, overturned ticket booth with a 1930s Boston Braves schedule tacked to the wall. How unbelievable would that be? Delaywaves talk 02:59, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: I have a normal Mac laptop, so I assume that's "regular". The text looks fine to me, no big white spaces or gaps.
Go right ahead. Delaywaves talk 03:10, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Looks fine. Delaywaves talk 03:22, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Haha, yes I am okay with it! It looks great, I added one minor fact from my book and I think that's all I have for now. Now I'll scan my book for info about other parks. I may upload another photo I took on my trip to Shibe's site last month. (Not to any page, just to Commons.) Delaywaves talk 02:57, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Permission from an image creator (or rights holder) that allows its upload to Commons comes with a release of rights to the level permitted by Commons, the email for which has to be archived by OTRS as it is in the case of the Drake Hogestyn photo. It's often easier, in those circumstances, to go with no-rights-reserved rather than CC-GFDL because the latter requires changing the license at the point of original publication.
We haven't allowed with-permission images for a little over six years now. Daniel Case ( talk) 17:00, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs, Harry: Starting a new section because that other conversation I was having sort of messed everything up. I uploaded a photo yesterday of the Washington Park wall in Brooklyn, although right after uploading it I read a pretty good page explaining that it's probably not original...oh well... Are you guys planning any more major additions/expansions to Shibe? Has your book come yet, Harry? Delaywaves talk 21:22, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs, Harry: Whoa, just found an awesome web site, it has aerial views of NYC dating back to 1924. They're from a .gov site, but only Federal Government stuff is public domain, right? Would this stuff be copyrighted? Delaywaves talk 21:39, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: I uploaded couple more of those photos I mentioned awhile ago of my trip to Shibe's site; I really don't think they're anything too special. They're the last three here. Delaywaves talk 04:33, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Whoa, check this photo out. (Doesn't necessarily have to contribute to the article, I just thought it was interesting.) I never realized how Shibe's rooftop bleachers were so organized - I always thought it was just a bunch of people sitting around, but there's a serious grandstand up there. Delaywaves talk 23:37, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
By the way, what's the deal with Getty Images? If a photo says the license is "rights-managed," and the restrictions only say "no commercial or wireless uses without permission," it's still copyrighted, right? Delaywaves talk 23:47, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Yep, that was me who pointed out those Hilltop buildings, although I wouldn'tve noticed if it weren't for a comment I saw somewhere on Flickr. I've tried a couple times to see the old Hilltop Park plate site, but the garden in which it's located is being renovated. I forgot to look for that triangular Baker Bowl building, although I had a feeling it might've still been there. I have the same love for old things that still exist; have you heard about the John T. Brush stairway? A pretty classic example. Delaywaves talk 01:16, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Cool. Just out of curiosity: did you personally take all those cool old photos of Colt Stadium, the Comiskey organist, Yogi Berra, Nolan Ryan, etc.? They're pretty great. Delaywaves talk 02:32, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Oh wow, that photo of the corner tower still standing is just amazing – could you imagine if they'd kept just that part as a little museum? About the boxing ticket stub: How do you know exactly if there was no copyright notice? Do you search some big copyright database, or do you just look on the photo for a copyright symbol? Because I bet there are a lot of un-copyrighted photos all across the internet just waiting to be uploaded. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:48, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: No, that's a great story! I assume you went to some games at Shibe, then? Good to know about the tickets - do you assume that's true for stuff like posters, then? Or would those be made by companies, and thus have their copyrights renewed? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:34, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: One more question (sorry to keep asking them): Is there some page on Wikipedia that gives a list of all the little templates for un-renewed copyrights, like the Baseball Digest ones, or the Bowman Gum ones? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:44, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: I see. Do you still have any of those autographs? You oughta post them somewhere, if not Wikipedia. I'll ask at the help desk about a page like that. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:31, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Tell me when you want me to stop asking questions; this is one of the last: how do you know what you said about the Mack statue photo? The tag said it was published with a copyright notice, and then it wasn't renewed. How do you know that? Because on the site, there is a copyright notice. (Sorry if I sound accusatory, I'm just trying to get a better understanding.) Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:44, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Definitely. I've been wanting to go to the Brush stairway again, partly because I wanted to see if there are a few little loose pieces of metal or concrete that I could take home as a souvenir. Hilltop is pretty close to that. Delaywaves talk 15:38, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Yep, I've seen it on Street View. So you mean we should cut out the 158th street info? I was thinking of it as a way to sort of raise awareness about it, but if you think it'll make people vandalize it, then do what you want. Delaywaves talk 16:12, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs: Responding a bit late, and this isn't very important, but only the top of the staircase is barricaded. If you just walk around the road that stretches down the bluff, and then walk back towards the staircase, it's all wide open. I walked up to the plaque. Look, here it is on street view. Delaywaves talk • contribs 13:48, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
I noticed the article on Griffith Stadium was pretty short, so I expanded it somewhat. Look OK? You guys can change whatever you'd like. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:13, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Yup, there are a lot of oddly forgotten-about ballparks like Griffith. I think K.C. Municipal Stadium is the prime example, I've almost never heard it brought up anywhere, and there are barely any photos of it. You've really turned me onto Baseball Fever, I spent hours the other night just looking through the pre-renovated Yankee Stadium thread - there are some amazing photos there! Were you suggesting that we upload some Baseball Fever photos for Griffith, or were you just saying that they can be interesting to look at? Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:51, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Interesting. Looks like a pretty nice place in the photos I've seen. That scoreboard fact is actually the one fact that I contributed to the page. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:36, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Haha, I've heard that rat story before, wouldn't it be something if it were true? Check out that boxing ring photo of the Polo Grounds. Look at where the Chesterfield sign normally was in center field - what the hell is that? Looks like some kind of temple. Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:02, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
The old section was sort of lagging behind all the others. Harry: Everything about Shibe looks great, except I noticed when mentioning Lou Gehrig's 4-homer game, it says Earle Combs caught his potential fifth one. Combs was on Gehrig's team, so that's impossible. I looked it up, and the consensus seems to be that Al Simmons caught it, although I can't find any real proof. Should we change it? Delaywaves talk • contribs 12:43, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to interrupt the Pete Rose commentary, I just figured I should let you guys know that I'm leaving tomorrow for about 19 days, and I won't be able to edit while I'm away. If you guys wanna keep the discussion on this page, or move it somewhere else, that'd be fine. I'd like to resume our trio when I get back, maybe on a different article, it's a nice little system we've got here. Delaywaves talk • contribs 18:54, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! If you guys are looking for anything to do, on the Griffith Stadium article, the photo of the uneven grandstand roof works much better on the right, but I had to put it on the left because there wasn't enough space. If you guys could find some text to put anywhere in the article so we could space out the images more, that would be great. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:21, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Bugs/Harry: I'm baaack! awesome improvements to Shibe and Griffith - didn't use a computer at all for the past couple weeks so it's gonna take some getting used to. Glad to be back. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:24, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
I went to northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. I might post some photos tomorrow if I see any that have some potential. Good night for now. Delaywaves talk • contribs 05:18, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Harry/Bugs: I found a video online from the Prelinger Archives that has footage of Griffith Stadium, including an FDR first pitch where he has to stand with the help of an aide. (This is mentioned in the article.) It's fairly fuzzy if it's blown up all the way, but it would look fine if it's used as a thumbnail in the article. We do already have an FDR photo there, although it doesn't actually show him. Whadda you guys think? Delaywaves talk • contribs 16:27, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I added it to the gallery, tell me what you think. I was thinking it could also go instead in the Presidential Destination section, because that's where it mentions how he needed the aide's help. Thoughts? Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:46, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Okay, I removed the photo, you can change whatever you want about the sickness wording. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:23, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Would you say this photo survived the upsizing? It's a different still from that site that also could be used as a thumbnail, but isn't great when enlarged. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:42, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
A great addition to that article. It also confirmed my hazy memory that, when I was a kid, night games started at 8:05. Wow. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 06:28, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! I joined some Yahoo group about the Polo Grounds just to see what pictures were posted. There are a lot of really cool ones that are great to look at, even if they can't be posted, and I guess a few cool ones like this. Delaywaves talk • contribs 16:34, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, I liked the way it made the article look. I've found a way to download those super-high quality TIFF images from the LOC, so I've been updating a lot of ones like the Ruppert photo that I had uploaded a while ago. Kudos for still adding to Shibe, I'm amazed there's so much info out there. I've tried looking for some more stuff about Griffith and Sportsman's, but there isn't much. Delaywaves talk • contribs 18:41, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, but it's also frustrating how many videos/photos do exist, but are locked away in the Hall of Fame or some archive somewhere, unavailable to average folks like us. Oh well...did you see that panorama I uploaded of the '24 Negro League series? Another one of those super-high quality shots, where you can zoom in to see every player's face. Luckily, each player's name is on the photo so identification is no problem. I've uploaded 2 or 3 derivatives from it so far. The LOC has some great stuff. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:03, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
Awesome! It's exactly like you said: super-high quality and very cool shots. Even if they can't be uploaded, they're fun to look at. Sort of like those Baseball Fever threads. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:58, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
The terrific stamp image at the end of Shibe Park has been marked for deletion by a deletionist. You can help save it by adding a Keep comment at the deletion list linked here. Bugs could help, too, (though I don't feel I can ask him because I think he's a little annoyed at me), and I know he has many friends who could also post Keep comments. Enough Keeps would avert the deletion. I'd hate to see this image get yanked because, although strictly speaking it is not discussed as a stamp in the text, it does bring a lot to the article. Thanks for your help, Delay. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 04:13, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
I'll be happy to help, but... what should I say? I looked at the image and I'm fairly confused about what the argument is. Delaywaves talk • contribs 12:22, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I wrote a little something at the deletion place. Your strategy sounds like a good one. Hope Bugs'll help. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:50, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
On a different note, I'm thinking about updating all those '70s LOC photos of Shibe with the super-High-Res TIFF images. I looked at one already, and there are some great details that aren't visible in the low-res. I thought I'd check with you before I start, just in case you had done any retouching or something that you didn't want undone. I'll crop out the borders the same way you did. Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:21, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
They'd go up as jpgs, and I've uploaded bigger files than these that are easily viewable. Sound OK? May not start till tomorrow at this hour, or maybe one or two. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:21, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Okay, here's the first one. Check out the sign on the door just to the right of the main entrance of the cupola. Why do you suppose the revival was moved? Maybe the state of the stadium, or maybe some other reason. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:37, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Uploaded the first two, will finish the rest tomorrow. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Shame about the stamp. Well, we have quite a few other great images there, even if they don't show the same view that one did. The price list looks great; I tweaked the caption a tiny bit - I think "dogs" might be a little too casual. I'll get on the rest of those 1973 photos right now; I kinda got distracted by uploading some other stuff, but I'll finish 'em. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:45, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Looks good. I finished the 1973 ones. This is pretty unrelated, but check out this supposed Shibe photo from the Temple archives. The triangular building in CF gives away the stadium's true identity... Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:14, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Fantastic. That sure answers that. I didn't notice that when I looked either. Y'know, Baseball Fever's thread on Shibe has quite a few good photos of the entrance. (There are only 14 pages, so it won't take a week to look through like some of the others.) Maybe one of those has the busts in them? Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:43, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
How 'bout this one on page 13? Awfully hard to see, but in the space above the entrance there seems to be a small dark patch that doesn't appear in the 1973 ones. I was picturing the busts as concrete, but maybe they were some sort of metal. I'll keep looking. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:46, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Somehow I'd been imagining some guy that wanted to keep the busts so he sort of lightly chiseled them off and put 'em in his garage. But of course, it must have been some vandal - when I visited the site this year, the neighborhood wasn't the greatest, and it seems to have been worse back then. Did you ever get any autographs out there? Delaywaves talk • contribs 23:19, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Wow! The best I've ever gotten was David Eckstein...last year. Do you still have them? Delaywaves talk • contribs 23:47, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Classic! You'd better spread the word about that ball's history to all your relatives; why would someone keep a baseball with a brown smear on it unless they knew the full story? Delaywaves talk • contribs 00:19, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Wow, what a find! And it had been right under our noses the whole time. Funny, that one doesn't seem to be as super-high res as the others. Once I zoom in on Mack's head it gets a bit fuzzy, whereas it would've been sharp on those '73 ones. You're probably doing everything right, it's just the photo. I'll update the Commons image with the TIFF now. Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
In a separate story, I got a Flickr user to change the license of this photo to Creative Commons, which I uploaded here. I think it's a pretty good shot, where do you want it to go in the article? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
I put it in the "1938–1954" section, but you can feel free to move it as you please. Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:24, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, that's definitely a bust in that photo, but I think that one is just too fuzzy to use in the article. I like the plan, though - If we can find one of Ben Shibe to use that would be good, or maybe just the one of Mack with the corresponding '73 photo. I have no clue what's happening in that photo - all he seems to know is that it's a Sunday afternoon game. Getting Flickr users to change their photo licenses is really easy - everyone there is much nicer than on Wikipedia! I did the same for that 1960 photo. He asked to see my contributions on Wikipedia and was impressed, but I made a point of telling him that a guy named HarringtonSmith did a hell of a lot more for Shibe than I did. I'll update the Mack-bust-zoomed-out-photo now. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:13, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
You may have noticed this one already, but the TIFF version of this image shows a fuzzy but definite view of both busts at once. Even if Mack was the A's part-owner, it's hard to believe they put a bust of him on the side of the stadium. Can you imagine if George Steinbrenner's head stared down at you every time you entered Yankee Stadium? Wouldn't be a pleasant experience. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the chronological thing - I just wanted to get it in the article quickly because the Flickr user that took it seemed to really want to see it there. I feel like I've seen that warning sign before - if it was up for a while, there must be some zoomed-in photos of it where we can read what it says. Delaywaves talk • contribs 12:50, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
I had an idea to post the photo on the Baseball Fever thread about Shibe and ask if anyone knows what the sign said, but for some reason my account can't post on threads. It's a shame, because I've seen plenty of people there ask for photos of certain ballpark features, and immediately get them. Delaywaves talk • contribs 13:04, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
For the chronological problem: how about I remove that 1938 photo of Connie Mack and put the 1943 photo in its place? That would fix the chronological issue, and we have another photo of Mack only one section before. Sound OK? Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:41, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Where do you see the busts of Shibe and Mack in those photos? I can't see them. Could you upload an altered version under a different name, with the busts arrowed or circled? ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:54, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Are you downloading the TIFF versions? They're only visible in those, and fairly faintly. Look at this 1973 photo. You see the smashed off part above the "Entrance to Grand Stand" sign? Look at the same spot in those 1913 ones, and you'll see them on each side. Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:00, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Good idea, but I doubt it. I'll ask him. Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
The guy doesn't have a higher resolution, but he said he found two more photos from the same day: this one and this one. He also says that he looked at a journal he kept at the time which says that he went to a doubleheader on May 16, 1943 between the Phillies and Cardinals. I dunno if knowing the exact date helps very much, but maybe those 2 new photos will. I'll upload them tonight. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:37, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
I swear I've seen that warning sign before...but I have no idea where. Maybe, if we're incredibly lucky, some old newspaper will have a mention of an injury at a Phillies game on May 16? Google News has some great newspaper archives, if you didn't already know. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:27, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Here's something: According to the May 17, 1943 issue of the Youngstown Vindicator, "The rejuvenated Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals-world champions-split a pair of nifty pitching duels yesterday before a crowd of 30,823 at Shibe Park, the biggest major league attendance of the day and the second largest National League turnout in Philadelphia history. Not amazing, but that's a pretty interesting fact about the game, no?
Oh, Christ. Two of those Shibe images have been nominated for deletion because "there is no evidence the Flickr uploader actually own the copyright to the image" I commented on the entry for both of them, but I don't know if my argument is sufficient that the uploader told me he personally took them. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:54, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Alright, I think those photos are safe. Thanks a lot guys, both of your arguments were great. Delaywaves talk • contribs 12:51, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Uh... what he said. Really, though, those stories are unbelievable, and the more people I get involved with on this site, the more stubborn and aggravating they seem to get. Bugs: This obviously doesn't mean much on a large scale, but that Xanderliptak guy seems to be blocked now. I guess some others are sane enough to recognize the insanity that is sometimes present here. I thought the same exact thing that you said on the deletion entries: if there isn't sufficient evidence that the Flickr user took those photos, then there isn't sufficient evidence that any of the photos on Wikipedia were taken by the claimed uploader. There really isn't any explanation for this WW2 guy's logic other than he just loves asserting power in absurd ways like this. Oh well. If these images get deleted, we need to take this up with some high-ranking person that isn't drunk on power. There needs to be some order here, no? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:51, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I never signed off on this whole getting-him-to-upload-them-himself thing. I already got him to change the license on all of his photos, I think asking him to upload them himself is a little much - he is in his late 80s, after all. And yes, he would probably want to see at least one of them in the article. But hey, I sort of would too - the first one is the only good view we have of the interior of the stadium. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:05, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
And they're all ours! I'm sure the more we use, the happier he'll be. Delaywaves talk • contribs 22:59, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Do you think I/we should wait until this whole Shibe mess gets sorted out before we upload some more of NHH's photos? Or should we just go ahead? Delaywaves talk • contribs 23:12, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Well...should I ask him? I guess it wouldn't annoy him that I keep asking about that photo, he is awfully supportive of what we're doing. Delaywaves talk • contribs
Bugs: I uploaded a '23 Polo Grounds photo that has a good view of Yankee Stadium in the background. Do you think we should put it into the PG article at all, or would the photo gallery be a good place for it? Delaywaves talk • contribs 00:21, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Wow, what an addition! I like that even more than the old "A" cartouches. Overkill, schmoverkill: I think this one's gotta stay. Harry/Bugs: NHH hasn't responded yet about our magnifying glass request, and he's normally pretty prompt - I hope I didn't annoy him. Delaywaves talk • contribs 00:45, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is what you meant, Bugs, but a photo that fits your description is already on the PG article, with the caption "Polo Grounds expansion in progress during the 1923 season". I think there were quite a few bad seats at the Polo Grounds - I've seen photos from field level that are really far away from the infield. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:19, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
NHH sez: "I tried a strong magnifying glass on both of the prints that show the "warning" sign, but no use - still just a blur and unreadable." Oh well, let me try posting again in Baseball Fever and ask if anyone has a close-up of that sign. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:54, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Success! Those Baseball Fever people are unbelievable. It said "WARNING: Persons throwing bottles or other missiles will be arrested and prosecuted". You can see photo that proves it here, at the bottom of the page. Delaywaves talk • contribs 15:06, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Very strange. You can sort of see that slant in the NHH photo as well, or at least the point where the angle changes. Delaywaves talk • contribs 18:17, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Please do. Delaywaves talk • contribs 18:22, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Bugs/Harry: How long does it take before the discussion is considered "closed" on the Shibe images? Is there a fixed date that these entries last? Both of them have nothing but "Keeps". Delaywaves talk • contribs 18:13, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
It seems only one of them has been closed. Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:41, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
The closed one was kept... I think, although it seems they reopened it right after the discussion ended. [37] If you're talking about the green check that says "This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was reviewed on 5 August 2011 by the administrator or reviewer Leoboudv, who confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the above license on that date," then that doesn't end the discussion. Leboudv said on the entry that he would put that there because it was under that license on Flickr, even if some think it wasn't taken by NHH. (And I believe Leoboudv agrees that it was.) It's definitely flawed - I think there should be some sort of super majority vote system. If 5 people want to delete some image and 4 want to keep it, then that shouldn't decide it, but if, say, 15 want to delete it and 5 don't, it should automatically be deleted. Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Great! When we're done with all this Forbes stuff, I/we should look through NHH's Flickr photos and see which of them we should upload. Delaywaves talk • contribs 16:34, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
On a different note, are you any good at redirects? I'm trying to figure out how to get "Alejandro Pompez" to redirect to " Alex Pompez, but the WP:Redirect page has thoroughly confused me. Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:36, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Great, thanks! Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:57, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Got another Flickr guy to change the license of a bunch of cool Crosley Field photos that his father had taken in the 1940s or '50s, I think. I made sure he put that his father took them in the photo descriptions, to avoid more of this nonsense. The captions will be a bit tough, since he doesn't seem to know much about the dates, other than that they were taken "over 60 years ago." Feel free to improve my captions if you want. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:21, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Wow, you've got better eyesight than me. Did you read the scoreboard? Also, did Crosley have an incline all around the field, or in center field, not just in left? The LF one is all that gets publicized, but look at this. I guess that could still be considered a bit left of center, but I always pictured the slope as being straightaway left and that's it. Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:58, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
This looks promising. The shot I just linked to, which I just uploaded, has a clear shot of the scoreboard when you zoom in. (Although the rest of it could use some restoration.) I wonder if some detective work using that info could lead to the date of the photo. I'll start with the uniform numbers in the lineup. It's definitely from a different game than the b&w photo. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:10, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
It seems to be August 11, 1946. I sort of wasted my time; one guy commented on that photo on Flickr with all the answers. Since absolutely everything on the scoreboard matches up with the real-life uniform numbers and schedule, should I change the date on that image? I know original research is frowned upon, but this seems awfully solid. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:59, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Yup, already checked it with Baseball-Reference and they match up. I'll change it now. Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:53, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Glad you like 'em. There are some Forbes photos at the LOC, but there really just isn't any space in the article to put them. Maybe I'll try adding some text at some point. Bugs: Are you sure that billboard logic works? Did billboards typically last only one season back then? It definitely shows that they're the same era, but I dunno about the same year. A couple of the Crosley shots are in such bad condition, how would you feel if I posted on that WikiProject Baseball page and asked if anyone could restore them? Would that be OK if I'm not a member? Delaywaves talk • contribs 16:20, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
OK, you want me to handle the uploading? Delaywaves talk • contribs 17:13, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Well, Grsz11 hasn't edited Forbes since May, 2009, so I think we're OK. This is interesting: one of the Forbes photos they have on the LOC is actually 5 photos that I guess were made with the intention of a panorama. I would have no problem uploading them all separately, but the thing is, they all have the same Digital ID. If I upload them separately anyway, should I still include the LOC image template?
On a different note, through various luck-related reasons, I have front-row, field level seats at tonight's Angels-Yankees game. I hope to get some pretty good photos to upload. Can't wait! Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:22, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
I was thinking we should do them separately, but if you want to do them in a panorama form, that's OK. You'll have to find someone else, though, as basic as it seems, I don't think I have any programs that can attach all the images together without losing quality. Maybe I should upload them all separately, and then find someone who can stitch them together perfectly? Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:03, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
What would we call it? "Gallery: 1910s panorama"? Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
And should I go ahead and crop them, even if we're not stitching them? Just want to make sure we're clear on everything before I upload. Delaywaves talk • contribs 21:24, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry it's taking so long, the images' resolutions are so high that they're slowing down my whole computer and making the uploading process slower. They'll be up soon. Delaywaves talk • contribs 00:18, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
They're up! Change anything you want, especially the gallery description, which still doesn't look great to me. Delaywaves talk • contribs 02:19, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, I think this is one of our best contributions yet; the details on each photo are superb! Credit to you guys for envisioning how good the un-cropped, un-stitched, lined-up-in-order gallery would look. This is a little less technical than all of Bugs' observations, but check out the second photo. There's one square building with six windows visible, facing the field: if you look closely, in the top-left window you can see two little girls looking out onto the field, and in the window below them, a woman in a dress. Pretty neat, huh? Delaywaves talk • contribs 03:09, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
All this detail reminds me of a great site I found recently, gigapan.org. Have you guys seen it? It's just a site full of unbelievably high-res panoramas, my favorite is this one of the old Yankee Stadium.
Interesting. Here's a page of all the 1909 NL uniforms, and the one that seems possible is the Phillies. I've seen photos from that site before and they tend to tone the colors down a bit, so I'm assuming that grayish Phils uniform was actually black. They appear pretty plain in the photo, I don't see any sort of logo on the shirt, and that Phils uniform only has a small "P". Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:01, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Doesn't look like they did. Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:24, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I agree, but really, it was you guys' brainchild. I did the easy part. I hate to distract from our great work at Forbes, but it's really bugging me that Sportsman's Park still doesn't have any free images. There are no Creative Commons images of it on Flickr (and no amateur-ish shots that I could try doing some convincing work on.) A while ago I came across some photos like this from the Chicago Daily News LOC collection that show some St. Louis ballpark that I guess was the early version of Sportsman's. I'll upload one of those for the "1902 and 1909 structures" section, but I'd love to find a shot from the '40s-'60s era. Are there any other sites that could have one? Could Baseball Fever have some un-renewed copyright shots? Delaywaves talk • contribs 04:56, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Harry: Yeah, that website gives me error messages sometimes, too. Just google "Chicago Daily News Negatives Collection," click on the first link, click "search by keyword," search "baseball," and the photo I like is number 69, "White Sox baseball players, standing in defensive position and St. Louis Browns baserunners, running the bases on the field." Bugs: That photo is already up in the Tiger Stadium photo gallery. Delaywaves talk • contribs 14:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, Bugs, I was thinking you had posted the comment about the Navin Field photo. So these Daily News photos still count as Sportsman's Park, right? I don't see any other names used, even if the diamond was in a different place. This guy has great shots of Sportsman's in the era we're looking for, and even has a link to the Wikipedia page about it. Is there some way to get permission to use his photos? Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:39, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Just a quick non-Sportsman's-related thing: I think I'm gonna go to the Commons Graphic Lab and ask if anyone can help restore some of those Crosley photos. Those people seem pretty good. Any objections? Delaywaves talk • contribs 03:17, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Should I go ahead and ask the uploader? Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:53, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, you meant the Sportsman's guy. I thought you meant the Crosley guy, since we had been talking about him before. If we're talking about Sportsman's, I think I should ask him first whether he would give them to us before I ask about negatives. By the way, how exactly would we get him to give them to us? I think you're right that he can't retain copyright, and I think if he dedicates it to the Public Domain, he has to agree to some fancy email and we have to archive it or something like that. I have no idea how to do that. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:59, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
That sounds like it could be easier. Bugs, you said you talked to him a while ago without any luck. Did he seem uninterested, or did it just fizzle out? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:21, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Instead of getting him to upload them? Delaywaves talk • contribs 20:21, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
OK, sent him an email with the suggestion that making his own account would be easiest. Hope this works! Delaywaves talk • contribs 01:39, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
As I feared, you pic of the Billy Pierce statue won't be allowed in wikipedia. That's because of an annoying factor called Freedom of Panorama, which is not allowed in the USA as per copyright laws. It seems silly, given that it's out in public. And I'm sure there are plenty of Google Images pics, all of which theoretically violate that law. But on wikipedia it's not allowed. >:( Or note the English-challenged version, "Fredoom of Panorma". [42] ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:40, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, I had actually read something about that rule while ago, and no matter how stupid it may be, it was my fault for forgetting it. Delaywaves talk • contribs 19:45, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Bugs/Harry: Still no word from the Sportsman's guy, I guess he isn't interested. Since I don't have anything specific to do right now, I'm gonna update those HABS pictures of Memorial Stad. and Roosevelt with the TIFF versions. The Flickr people aren't as great as I was thinking they were - I've messaged quite a few people who have photos of various demolished ballparks, and not one of them has replied. NHH posted some nice shots that I uploaded of the Oakland Coliseum, one of which shows the view before "Mount Davis," a beautiful sight. Delaywaves talk 04:56, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey. Would you be able to find out whether or not this series of baseball cards has fallen into the public domain? Since the company is owned by Donruss probably not, but based on the databases I looked through the copyright may not have been renewed. I ask since I have an FA hitting the main page soon, and the only baseball card/image of him seems to be in that batch. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:37, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Yessir, that's the very one, and your lightening was just what the doctor ordered. I think it looks much better now, don't you? Regarding the decompressed aspect ratio, I will say that the new, deeper picture causes a couple-line band of whitespace on my widescreen monitor right below the headline "1909: Play ball!" (but I doubt it shows on your monitor). I personally wouldn't mind if we went back to the shallower version — I think it works better with the other shots in the stack — but I'm tickled pink with the enhanced detail you brought out. That's some ornate decoration there, isn't it? If you didn't notice it, Shibe Park got a fan letter from Smel4727, who is a longtime editor to baseball and stadium articles. In my note of thanks to him, I mentioned yours and Bugs's hard work on the story. Nice to get a notice from outside us three musketeers about it (although the "well-written" rating has four votes! Maybe my son dropped by and reviewed us!) Thanks again for helping out with that lightening-job — sorry to be so tardy getting back, but I haven't been feeling my best. Did you have AC throughout Irene? — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 07:31, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Not hit hard at all; my only prayer was that I didn't lose AC, and I didn't. I put up two photos you may already have seen, but I thought you'd want a tap on the shoulder anyway. The top one refused to come over in TIFF form, but it's the bottom one I really wanted to call your attention to: it's the only shot I've seen of the exterior of the uncovered outfield pavilions before the 1913 expansion. All the photogs always stood up at Twenty-first and Lehigh, not Twenti-eth and Lehigh. Except this guy. We're really full-up at Shibe, so I posted 'em on 1911 World Series. Regards — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 16:33, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
I did a copyright check on the Play Ball baseball cards from 1939 to 1941 around the time i did the Goudey and Bowman check and they are PD-not-renewed. That's a whole new series of baseball cards that you can upload. Thanks Secret account 06:32, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
You could use a new template for these cards. Thanks Secret account 18:26, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Excellent! Yes, not technically superior, but still capture a bit of the flavor. It's funny to see Falstaff advertised on the scoreboard. Obviously, that was replaced when Gussie Busch bought the team in the early 50s. The middle picture shows a guy pantomiming swinging a bat. Looks like that would be the actor Joe E. Brown, who was a sportsman himself. The guy with the big grin standing behind him is probably Commissioner Happy Chandler. The guy to the right, one row back, with a noticeable kerchief in his suit pocket, might be Cardinals owner Fred Saigh. I don't recognize anyone else. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:42, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Delay and Bugs: The guy is back, insisting on spelling out the various seating capacities at Shibe over the years. This is his third time in with this stuff, his first time outside the infobox. He's done it at a bunch of parks, as usual. To me, it's annoying clutter and should go. Is this arcane information important to you guys? — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 04:43, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
He struck Griffith, too. If his numbers are wrong, this definitely needs to be stopped. IP's can't be blocked, can they? The footnote idea sounds good, or at least if the numbers were correct it would. Delaywaves talk 23:41, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Just a thought: should I try leaving him some sort of message (as opposed to all the bot notices he's got on his talk page), trying to work it out and letting him know the info is wrong? Or should it be handled without contacting him? Delaywaves talk 00:16, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
His source is Baseball Almanac.com, which you would expect to be a good source, but as I said above, the Shibe stuff is all wrong. Bugs, what's a jewel box? — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 10:43, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Wow, that's a strange place for the figures to be inaccurate. You'd think the Sporting News would know how many people a ballpark could hold each year. Still, it's true, the numbers just don't make sense. The hiding idea sounds good, Harry. Delaywaves talk 02:37, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Delay and Bugs: I moved that preposterous listing of seating capacity over the years at Griffith Stadium to a footnote. If you agree that this is the way to handle this fellow, perhaps we have a prototype here of how to do it. — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 21:37, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Checking the umpiring assignments, this looks to be Game 2. [44] Feel free to cross check. That would make the Boston pitcher Mickey Harris. Here's his picture at findagrave. [45] Hard telling if it's the same guy or not. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:50, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Delay and Bugs: Guys, I'm taking some time off from this place — I'm finding myself unable to "play well with others" anymore. I'm not sure when or if I'll be back. I did want to thank you both for our collaborations — they were the most fun and rewarding of my experiences on Wikipedia. If you need to reach me, Delay has my e-mail. Thanks again. Harry — HarringtonSmith ( talk) 11:20, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Have fun in your time off, but I do hope you return at some point. I was able to avoid much unwanted contact with others for quite a while, (except for you two, of course!) so perhaps you could try starting anew after a break. Have fun! Delaywaves talk 18:15, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Nifty photos of the old
Municipal Stadium (Kansas City). I'm looking at Retrosheet to see if I can figure out when that "ca. 1962" game was actually played. One thing I've determined: It was not 1962, unless it was an exhibition game. Also, if it's not already in the article, note that the scoreboard came from
Braves Field. It is. ←
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I have an account on Flickr that I use often; I could post a comment notifying them, although I did a similar I.D. on one of their photos a while ago and posted a comment to that photo on Flickr, and they never responded. Perhaps we could try contacting the archives directly? Delaywaves talk 23:02, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
I posted to the Colt Stadium thread on Baseball Fever a week ago, asking if anyone had photos of the rebuilt one in Mexico. No one's replied yet. Delaywaves talk 14:13, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
They've tagged your photo of the KC plaque for deletion. You might need to move that to wikipedia and tag it as fair-use. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:24, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Sounds good, thanks for finding out! I've been pretty busy for the past couple of days but I'll upload it soon. Delaywaves talk 21:54, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
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Thought you'd like this, Bugs; I just came across a link to footage of the 1917 World Series at the Polo Grounds. The site seems to have many other baseball clips, of which I haven't watched any yet. Delaywaves talk 22:13, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
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I've been doing some work on the umpire articles and I just created one for a rather notable ex-ump, Bill Hohn. I've observed that you have done quite a lot of work on the umpires, and any contributions you might be interested in bringing to this article would be greatly appreciated (if, of course, it's not any trouble). AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 16:52, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
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Not that this proves anything, but the French description on the Commons photo indicates it's a design conception. There is something kind of fake-looking about the picture, but without having the full-sized original it's hard to tell. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 11:46, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
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Re: [49]. Just out of curiosity, who is the first in this context? I'm assuming you're not saying Juan Seguin was. Kuru (talk) 16:31, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
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With all the photos you have been involved in, I was just curious..."Which one is your favorite.?". "Which one are you proudest of?" Thanks. ``` Buster Seven Talk 06:51, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, sorry it took so long. The only photos I have are from the NY press conference in Feb 2001. I gave the Cooperstown locale photos to Kirby and cannot find the negs. Hotcop2 ( talk) 20:18, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
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