Talk:Glen Williams

Pagebanner

The pagebanner is a collage. This is in violation of Wikivoyage:Image policy#Montages and galleries, isn't it? What do you think? I'd rather see a picture of an actual view, if at all possible. Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:45, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

About the collage for a Pagebanner: Sorry, unfortunately I live 2000 km away east on Cape Breton Island and don't get to Glen Williams (Ontario) very often these days. That collage is the best I could make up out of what photos of mine I had. No single photo of mine would work in that aspect ratio and convey anything useful about the character of the hamlet of Glen Williams so I thought I'd try that collage of village homes to see how that would work. We'll see what transpires in the thread.Ken Heaton (talk) 23:57, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Would any of the pictures on Commons Category:Glen Williams, Ontario be croppable to the right size? Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:01, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Not really, but I did try first before I made that collage. If you look at the 33 entries in that category you'll notice I'm the person who put everything there. ;-) Ken Heaton (talk) 00:54, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Oh I see! Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

By the way, the likely solution would be to find a copyleft-licensed picture on another site like Flickr and use that to make a banner. See Wikivoyage:Banner Expedition#How to make a quality banner. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:09, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

I had another look through my photos (after looking on Flikr and not finding anything that would work that had a Creative Commons Licence). How is this one?Ken Heaton (talk) 03:11, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

That looks fine to me. Thank you. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:53, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Images of businesses

As a general rule, images of businesses are discouraged per our image policy. That is, unless it is meant to illustrate a type of establishment or to show an especially famous place. I removed an image of the Copper Ketter Pub, and there's even another business here with a picture. If there's a good reason to include one of them, that's fine, but we should probably avoid having more than one business image here. JuliasTravels (talk) 21:44, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

JuliasTravels: Actually, if you were to remove all photos of the historic and perhaps quietly elegant buildings that also happen to house businesses in Glen Williams you wouldn't have many things left to show. It really is a very small hamlet that has taken on a touristic flavour in the years since I grew up there. These buildins are part of its charm, in my opinion. If it is important to you to remove my photo of the Copper Kettle, please note, that building that was the hamlet's General Store and Post Office for more than a century (built in 1852 by Charles Williams) I'll accept your judgement but I really think it should remain in the article.

The other building shown, Reeve & Clarke Fine & Rare Books, is an antiquarian book business which sells second-hand books (most are first editions) and ephemera such as posters and cards, arranged as if they were in a museum. Reeve & Clarke Fine & Rare Books are located in the storefront of Laidlaw House and the Frazier Shop in which Timothy Eaton (of Eaton's fame) first worked in retail. It was the first of January 1847 when Charles Williams sold village lot 49, east of the Credit River to Thomas B. Frazier for £25 sterling. Although there were earlier commercial buildings in the Glen, they were eventually replaced, leaving Reeve & Clarke Books, in this frame roughcast store on the comer of Main and Prince Streets, as the oldest commercial building in the village.

Thank you for the edited text, that reads better than what I had there. Ken Heaton (talk) 22:09, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

I meant to post this here:

If it really feels at least as much like a museum as it does like a standard small-town antiquarian bookstore, that should be stated and substantiated with specifics in its listing (as to how many prints are hung under glass or in cases under glass, how often the exhibits are changed, etc.). I'm satisfied with your take on the Copper Kettle, but again, that interesting history needs to be in its listing. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:31, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Indeed. As I said, if there's a good reason to include one or two business images - go ahead, but include the historic background information. In that case, the shop is almost a sight in its own right. JuliasTravels (talk) 14:43, 21 December 2016 (UTC)