Gallery

Bodston · 03-12-2007, 01:19 PM

Are there any plans for the Gallery? I, hopefully along with many of you, occasionally click on one of the interesting thumbnails from the gallery that appear on the right side of the Portal screen. However I rarely use it for more than a couple of minutes.
I believe that this vast resource is going to waste.
I find it virtually unuseable to search on, because so few of the pictures are named. The catagories are in need of an update too. I understand that historically this forum has had a large interest in the Holocaust. Nearly half of the Gallery's searchable catagories seem to be Holocaust related. While there is no catagory for Allied Tanks or vehicles.
I would like to offer my services to identify and name some of the numbered pictures. How do you suggest I can do this? Is it possible to amend the current name? Or would I have to use the Comments box.

Also, would it be possible to add an [IMG] code box, so that we could link to the pictures directly?

Let's get this done.

For example, does anyone know what this is? Gallery picture #5310

von Poop · 03-12-2007, 01:51 PM

The gallery is indeed something of a problem.
The images were uploaded en masse by previous administration.
While I agree it's a mess and am more than willing to get in there and start tidying things up we have a problem with our access to the area to start doing so. Otto's on the case with this but it could take some time.
Once we've sorted the techy bits, due to the nearly entirely random way the pictures were added initially it would be a matter of manually giving titles to the pictures. While this may be impossible for some hopefully they could at least have tags relating to their content.
Ron had a thread in a similar vein a while back.
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/barrack...else-nuts.html

I'll have another word with Otto and get some clarity on the situation.

A

Bodston · 03-12-2007, 04:03 PM

An interesting previous thread, dating from around the time that I joined the forum.
I had not seen it before. I will start chipping away at the vehicles then.
BTW #5310 is, I think, a Polish Ursus Wz 29. Rare to find a picture of it even in black & white.

von Poop · 03-12-2007, 04:40 PM

Ideally it'd be best if people can eventually edit the titles for themselves.
I agree that IMG code would be nice but I'm really not sure what the Gallery can conceivably do yet.
We'll see.

Ron Goldstein · 03-12-2007, 05:22 PM

Adam

As Bill Shakespeare so aptly put it " Aye, there's the rub !"

It is now nine months since I made the original plea http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/barrack...else-nuts.html
for some form of caption to be given to a least some of these brilliant and evocative images.

I would still desperately like to know who the young ladies were with their Shields of David so proudly displayed. If Lee cannot supply the answer, could he at least allow me to investigate myself by releasing the copyright to me while I offer the image around for identification ?
It would also be of help to have the original photo in jpg format.

Bodston · 03-12-2007, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron Goldstein

I would still desperately like to know who the young ladies were with their Shields of David so proudly displayed. If Lee cannot supply the answer, could he at least allow me to investigate myself by releasing the copyright to me while I offer the image around for identification ?
It would also be of help to have the original photo in jpg format.

Surely the copyright does not belong to Lee? does it. I would of thought that all of this material is well into the public domain by now.

Gotthard Heinrici · 03-12-2007, 05:56 PM

I dont know the limitations on copyright with regard to pictures but I hardly think that Lee has copyrights to all these photos. Some of these have been "doing the rounds" as it where on the web but one thing is for sure, we have a real asset on our hands with that gallery and its going to take work by all of us not just to caption each photo but also to ensure that the captions are correct!! The Technical ones will be easy enough I would reckon but the personal ones may be next to impossible to identify. Maybe we owe it to the people in the photos to try and caption them properly.

Ron Goldstein · 03-12-2007, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Maybe we owe it to the people in the photos to try and caption them properly.

Exactly

Ron

Slipdigit · 03-12-2007, 06:10 PM

The photo gallery is how I found this forum to begin with. I tooled around for a day or so before realizing that there was a forum attached to it, or rather the gallery was attached to a forum.

I have several thousand pics, mostly of US subjects. I tried to contact Lee several times about adding them to the gallery, he nevered bothered to even reply to me. I guess it was too much trouble for him or he was too busy with something else.

von Poop · 03-12-2007, 06:25 PM

I promise you gents, the gallery has made it onto my 'to do' list only very recently among the many other small issues being dealt with regarding tidying up the site.
I won't be held responsible for the previous months of neglect, or the haphazard nature of the arrangement as I acquired Administration powers only very recently, but they have bugged me as much as anyone else here & I do have every intention of ascertaining the situation 'as is' and then sorting out what we can.
As far as I know Otto owns the whole site, lock, stock & Barrel but I can't give you any definitive answer on the gallery status until I've talked with him.

Bear with us,
cheers,
Adam.

03-12-2007, 01:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bodston Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: just around the corner Posts: 1,446	Gallery Are there any plans for the Gallery? I, hopefully along with many of you, occasionally click on one of the interesting thumbnails from the gallery that appear on the right side of the Portal screen. However I rarely use it for more than a couple of minutes. I believe that this vast resource is going to waste. I find it virtually unuseable to search on, because so few of the pictures are named. The catagories are in need of an update too. I understand that historically this forum has had a large interest in the Holocaust. Nearly half of the Gallery's searchable catagories seem to be Holocaust related. While there is no catagory for Allied Tanks or vehicles. I would like to offer my services to identify and name some of the numbered pictures. How do you suggest I can do this? Is it possible to amend the current name? Or would I have to use the Comments box. Also, would it be possible to add an [IMG] code box, so that we could link to the pictures directly? Let's get this done. For example, does anyone know what this is? Gallery picture #5310 __________________ My mother told me, I never should, play with the gypsies in the wood.

03-12-2007, 01:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,497	The gallery is indeed something of a problem. The images were uploaded en masse by previous administration. While I agree it's a mess and am more than willing to get in there and start tidying things up we have a problem with our access to the area to start doing so. Otto's on the case with this but it could take some time. Once we've sorted the techy bits, due to the nearly entirely random way the pictures were added initially it would be a matter of manually giving titles to the pictures. While this may be impossible for some hopefully they could at least have tags relating to their content. Ron had a thread in a similar vein a while back. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/barrack...else-nuts.html I'll have another word with Otto and get some clarity on the situation. A __________________ It's only the Internet.

03-12-2007, 04:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bodston Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: just around the corner Posts: 1,446	An interesting previous thread, dating from around the time that I joined the forum. I had not seen it before. I will start chipping away at the vehicles then. BTW #5310 is, I think, a Polish Ursus Wz 29. Rare to find a picture of it even in black & white. __________________ My mother told me, I never should, play with the gypsies in the wood.

03-12-2007, 04:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,497	Ideally it'd be best if people can eventually edit the titles for themselves. I agree that IMG code would be nice but I'm really not sure what the Gallery can conceivably do yet. We'll see. __________________ It's only the Internet.

03-12-2007, 05:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 846	Adam As Bill Shakespeare so aptly put it " Aye, there's the rub !" It is now nine months since I made the original plea http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/barrack...else-nuts.html for some form of caption to be given to a least some of these brilliant and evocative images. I would still desperately like to know who the young ladies were with their Shields of David so proudly displayed. If Lee cannot supply the answer, could he at least allow me to investigate myself by releasing the copyright to me while I offer the image around for identification ? It would also be of help to have the original photo in jpg format. __________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany) Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn. I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947 Last edited by Ron Goldstein; 03-12-2007 at 05:37 PM. Reason: extra text

03-12-2007, 05:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Pog mo thon Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,019	I dont know the limitations on copyright with regard to pictures but I hardly think that Lee has copyrights to all these photos. Some of these have been "doing the rounds" as it where on the web but one thing is for sure, we have a real asset on our hands with that gallery and its going to take work by all of us not just to caption each photo but also to ensure that the captions are correct!! The Technical ones will be easy enough I would reckon but the personal ones may be next to impossible to identify. Maybe we owe it to the people in the photos to try and caption them properly. __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian

03-12-2007, 06:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
Slipdigit The Dixie Division Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods Posts: 1,632	The photo gallery is how I found this forum to begin with. I tooled around for a day or so before realizing that there was a forum attached to it, or rather the gallery was attached to a forum. I have several thousand pics, mostly of US subjects. I tried to contact Lee several times about adding them to the gallery, he nevered bothered to even reply to me. I guess it was too much trouble for him or he was too busy with something else. __________________ Warmest Regards, Jeff The Bonnie Blue Flag *

03-12-2007, 06:25 PM	#10 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,497	I promise you gents, the gallery has made it onto my 'to do' list only very recently among the many other small issues being dealt with regarding tidying up the site. I won't be held responsible for the previous months of neglect, or the haphazard nature of the arrangement as I acquired Administration powers only very recently, but they have bugged me as much as anyone else here & I do have every intention of ascertaining the situation 'as is' and then sorting out what we can. As far as I know Otto owns the whole site, lock, stock & Barrel but I can't give you any definitive answer on the gallery status until I've talked with him. Bear with us, cheers, Adam. __________________ It's only the Internet.

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