Jimbo can't iron shirts Options

[thekohser]

You would think Jimbo would take a bit more time to prepare for "Photo Day" at the WMF, but it looks like he just ran out to Kohl's or Marshall's, bought a shirt, and pulled it over him straight out of the retail bag. Nice creases, Jimbo.




P.S. Could the staff please make adding a photo here, even from an approved site, a bit f*cking easier?

This post has been edited by thekohser: Wed 10th November 2010, 4:10pm

[Emperor]

That's pretty funny.

I guess that's what separates us creative genius founder types from the dweebs ironing their own shirts. At least they didn't make him put on a tie.

[Herschelkrustofsky]

P.S. Could the staff please make adding a photo here, even from an approved site, a bit f*cking easier?

I'm looking into this -- the obstacles to photo posting, as I recall, became necessary to prevent spyware mischief by Moulton. Since he is no longer part of the equation, I hope that we can relax the security protocols.

[Tarc]

You would think Jimbo would take a bit more time to prepare for "Photo Day" at the WMF, but it looks like he just ran out to Kohl's or Marshall's, bought a shirt, and pulled it over him straight out of the retail bag. Nice creases, Jimbo.




P.S. Could the staff please make adding a photo here, even from an approved site, a bit f*cking easier?

You need to dig down to the actual URL (right-click, then "view image" in most browsers), no wiki-markup of any kind. You used;

CODE

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_Wales_July_2010.jpg

when it should have been;

CODE

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Jimmy_Wales_July_2010.jpg/400px-Jimmy_Wales_July_2010.jpg

as such;



This post has been edited by Tarc: Wed 10th November 2010, 5:37pm

[thekohser]

You need to dig down to the actual URL (right-click, then "view image" in most browsers), no wiki-markup of any kind. You used;

CODE

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_Wales_July_2010.jpg

when it should have been;

CODE

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Jimmy_Wales_July_2010.jpg/400px-Jimmy_Wales_July_2010.jpg

as such;

How did your "400px-" code get in there?

Is that something that we, the users of this message board "need" to do?

[Milton Roe]

Yes, indeed, the crease patterns show that for the shoot, Jimbo just took a brand-new shirt, removed it from the plastic wrapping, and put it on. Perhaps he had a new shirt still in wrapper. I would not be surprised if he's not being stuck by a stray straightpin, and trying to hide it.

You know, Jimbo, the sorts of 5-star hotels you normally stay in, do have room steam-irons. You have to add water and may even have to plug them into the hairdryer outlet in the bathroom. No? Wifey do all this stuff for you, before? We expect to see a burn or two, in future.

Of course if this is a WMF photoday shoot, Jimbo wouldn't be in a hotel. And wifey no doubt kept the iron. And the rolling pin.

[CharlotteWebb]

P.S. Could the staff please make adding a photo here, even from an approved site, a bit f*cking easier?

I'm looking into this -- the obstacles to photo posting, as I recall, became necessary to prevent spyware mischief by Moulton. Since he is no longer part of the equation, I hope that we can relax the security protocols.

I'm pretty sure teh kohser is not talking about approving more sites or relaxing security protocols.

I think he means you should add a new syntax for thumbnailing images hosted on mediawiki sites which are already approved, namely commons and enwiki. I've suggested this on several occasions too.
http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=31090

[CharlotteWebb]

How did your "400px-" code get in there?

Is that something that we, the users of this message board "need" to do?

400px is the default image display width for image description pages on commons. In this case, Tarc copied the url of this default thumbnail, but could have changed it to some other size.

[powercorrupts]

He never wears the same shirt twice. Socks on the other hand...

[Cedric]

You would think Jimbo would take a bit more time to prepare for "Photo Day" at the WMF, but it looks like he just ran out to Kohl's or Marshall's, bought a shirt, and pulled it over him straight out of the retail bag. Nice creases, Jimbo.




P.S. Could the staff please make adding a photo here, even from an approved site, a bit f*cking easier?

Actually, the problem is a Wikimedia thing, not a WR thing. Here's the work-around:
1. On the image's Commons page, click on the "Download" icon;
2. Click on the desired size at the bottom of the pop-up box; and
3. Copy the URL and paste to WR.

Mach so:

[thekohser]

Actually, the problem is a Wikimedia thing, not a WR thing. Here's the work-around:
1. On the image's Commons page, click on the "Download" icon;
2. Click on the desired size at the bottom of the pop-up box; and
3. Copy the URL and paste to WR.

Thank you!

Leave it to Cedric to state it clearly.

Tiny Jimbo thanks you, too.



This post has been edited by thekohser: Wed 10th November 2010, 8:00pm

[SB_Johnny]

Of course if this is a WMF photoday shoot, Jimbo wouldn't be in a hotel. And wifey no doubt kept the iron. And the rolling pin.

I sort of get the impression he might actually just live in hotels. Any bets on whether he still owns that shirt?

[Milton Roe]

He never wears the same shirt twice. Socks on the other hand...

Ah. I forgot. He sometimes loses shirts in odd places. And his new (but not-gold-plated) washer also went with the ex.

Let me guess: He has a small refrigerator at the trailor park mansion, but there's nothing in it but beer and a pressure can of whipped cream.

[EricBarbour]

[Alison]

is that a goateed Shankbone on the right??

[EricBarbour]

is that a goateed Shankbone on the right??

No idea who those guys are---I stole them from rentboy.com.