Talk:Istanbul

message: The pavement pattern on Istiklal Avenue has recently been changed. This image from November 2023 shows the current pavement pattern.
: and , do you still want to use this image ? I'm ok with it.  had a lot of other suggestion, but they don't seem active now. Bogazicili (talk) 20:52, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not exactly the prettiest image, but concerns raised about other images might make this the only acceptable one. Uness232 (talk) 11:31, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: İstiklal Avenue's current appearance

message: and , currently we need to replace the Hagia Sophia image because Hagia Sophia is repeated twice (both in top image and has its own image). Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images, we need to aim for variety. We should also aim to show Istanbul adequately. That's why I'm suggesting replacing Hagia Sopia image with a wide image which would show a larger area. Bogazicili (talk) 15:09, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: and , what do you guys think of this image as a wide image to replace Hagia Sophia image? . It'd look like this User:Bogazicili/sandbox. It shows Bosporus and 2 bridges and Ortaköy Mosque. Bogazicili (talk) 20:46, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Aye. It is recent and of high quality. I'm perfectly fine with it. ~eticangaaa (talk) 10:42, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

text: Fine by me; it's a nice photo. We would have to think of a caption, however. Uness232 (talk) 11:00, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, after the above changes, the infobox would be like this: . I might have to resize the bottom pic a bit though, it may be too wide. Now that Ortaköy Mosque is in the bottom pic, I'm going to suggest changing it below. Bogazicili (talk) 23:05, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Hagia Sophia image

message: and , can we change this with an image for Topkapı Palace? The infobox would look like this: User:Bogazicili/sandbox Any other suggestions? Bogazicili (talk) 23:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Or should this be replaced with Basilica Cistern , while retaining Maiden's Tower and Galata Tower? This is what it would look like (I changed Galata with a Quality Image in Commons) . If we change Ortaköy Mosque with Topkapı, we can also change either Maiden's Tower or Galata Tower with Basilica Cistern. Bogazicili (talk) 23:22, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Galata tower is nice, however i am unsure about the Basilica cistern, maybe its my weird way of thought, but the color palette doesn't quite match nicely ~eticangaaa (talk) 07:30, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: How about this: User:Bogazicili/sandbox4? This one is a Commons quality image too , so we would improve the quality of infobox images with new Topkapı and Galata Tower images Bogazicili (talk) 18:52, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm on board with this palette. ~eticangaaa (talk) 10:22, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  and , I have changed the 2 images we agreed. , can you comment on these 2 additional changes: User:Bogazicili/sandbox4? Bogazicili (talk) 17:59, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks nice to me. I like the measured variety of color. Uness232 (talk) 23:08, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Amazing! Changes have been made. Bogazicili (talk) 06:52, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Whew, finally! Thank you all for your efforts, happy editing! ~eticangaaa (talk) 09:59, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Ortaköy Mosque

message: Add the Vali - Governor of Istanbul (Davut Gül). --95.24.65.15 (talk) 10:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: it isn't really possible to add to the infobox- no area for "governor" ~eticangaaa (talk) 18:17, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vali 

message: Coyotes do not appear anywhere in Turkey. I am unable to edit to remove coyote from the list of mammals in Istanbul, so thought I would bring it to the attention of someone who can. No idea about the other animals cited, but I guess I am suspicious now. 134.243.253.241 (talk) 18:20, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I deleted the whole paragraph as Daily Sabah is not a reliable source. I suspect there was a mistranslation of whatever Esra Dağlı said in Turkish. If anyone has a reliable source they could put some animals back in Chidgk1 (talk) 19:56, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Why is Daily Sabah not considered a reliable source for you? I understand the fact that they are very pro-Erdoğan but that article had nothing to do with politics? ~eticangaaa (talk) 12:00, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  After the discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 321#RfC: Daily Sabah an example of a wildlife problem (cannot find the discussion offhand but could probably dig it out if you need it) was a mistranslation of ‘’kızılçam’’ as “red pine” which misled me into making a stupid link to an American tree article whereas it should have been Turkish pine. Are you able to find what Esra Dağlı actually said - presumably she gave the interview in Turkish? Chidgk1 (talk) 15:45, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flora and Fauna