Commons:Graphic Lab School/Images to improve

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Japanese user ? We now need a Japanese Graphic lab. Please, help to create one ! (you can copy the code from the commons one, or English G.Lab)

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日本語のユーザ？私たちは今では日本のグラフィックラボが必要です。 し、 1つの作成に役立つ！ （あなた）は、コモンズ、または英語グラフィック研究室からコードをコピーすることができます

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Merging images into an icon for b:First Aid

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Article(s): It will be used as an icon for b:First Aid once it (hopefully) becomes a Featured Book.

Request: I'd like the Globe as the back ground with the star of life over top, and offset (ie opposite of the combo shown). As well, if anyone feels up to re-doing the star of life icon with shiny Nuvola-like flair, feel free to do so, and use that instead (and remake the combo at the right). I'm definitely up for learning how to do this sort of thing myself, so if you get this done, can you let me know what software you used so I can try to mimic your work? Thanks a bunch! – Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 09:16, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

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Ayelie's attempt

The other version

• I created the image at the right, I'm not sure if it's what you were looking for. To "Nuvola-flair" the star of life icon I merely added a gradient shape to the top and a shadow behind - it isn't perfect but hopefully it's close enough ;) If someone else comes up with something better feel free to upload over top of my version.
  To Mike.lifeguard - I use the free program Inkscape to do my vector work, though you can use programs like Adobe Illustrator and such to export vector graphics. Feel free to drop me a note on my talk page if you want any more info :) -- Editor at Large • talk 23:25, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

• I thought the idea was that of Image:Globe-Star of life.svg? Haven't put a glare in mine though/Lokal_Profil 23:30, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

  *cough*, you're right of course... I fixed my version. I guess I didn't read the description properly :P -- Editor at Large • talk 23:45, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

  At the same time as I updated my image to use you're flair =). I'll mark mine as a dupe. /Lokal_Profil 23:47, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

  Heh, great minds think alike I suppose! Well it was a great team effort, hopefully Mike.Lifegard likes it -- Editor at Large • talk 23:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I liked the version with the star of life big and the globe over top, so I switched Lokal Profil's version to that... or something. Forgive me for uploading over top, but it would have been deleted anyway. – Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 18:38, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Worm anatomy

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Article(s): Earthworm

Request: Conversion to SVG could make this into a highly effective, crisp diagram. Some help might be necessary from a knowledgeable Wikipedian (such as User:TheAlphaWolf, User:Quercusrobur and User:WormRunner) Circeus 18:52, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

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This looks like a straight-forward but fun project. If nobody has started it by this weekend I'll probably take a stab at it. Are there colouration preferences for the various parts of the anatomy? ChaosNil 23:58, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Eh nevermind, maybe somebody else will do it. ChaosNil 18:20, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

That one is for me. Give me some time. Two related images already exist btw... Lycaon 22:23, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

 Done StaphyllinusCaesareus

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Article(s): unknow

Request: This picture may be better with a white background. --Yug (talk) 10:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: Okay I did this. Not too sure if it looks good or not though.. There was pretty bad jpeg compression so the edges were ambiguous. If you don't like it, feel free to revert. Bitplane 14:38, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

No, it's good. I knew the former image what not really good. But your work is good. I try to launch this Graphic lab, and we will need good photographers and good graphists. We canno't have every think we need in the first month, but the situation is improving ;]

thank you ! --Yug (talk) 11:44, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Mercedes-Benz 220 -- Needs colour/etc adjustment

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Article(s): w:en:Mercedes-Benz W114, w:nl:Europese auto in 1967, w:es:Mercedes-Benz Clase E

Request: The colour balance in this image is all wrong. This was scanned from a photo I took forever ago, and the photo has gotten damaged since then. I had some success by adding a translucent green-colourised layer over the top of it (it balanced out the excessive red), but I couldn't get the contrast right after that, so I left it as it is (but I uploaded a really high-res version of it, in case anyone takes up this offer). Don't worry about touching up the smaller scratches on the photo; that's tedious clone-brush work which I'm willing to do myself. So! I'd be grateful if anyone could do the colour/contrast/etc adjustment for me. Thanks a whole lot. :) Lewis Collard! (natter) 18:28, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: I tried to fix it up, hopefully it's a bit better now... unfortunately I couldn't fix entirely the section in the middle that was quite different from the rest, and of course the right half which is out of focus a bit was not fixable, but I sharpened it up a tad and tried my best to make that hedge all the same colour ;) Someone else might be able to do a better job, but perhaps this gives you something to work with now. -- Editor at Large • talk 13:20, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I darkened the pavement on the bottom a little and reduced the level of red to make the color seem more realistic. I tried fixing some of the worst blurry spots (the headlamp on the left) but they seem to be beyond repair. Mr.Z-man 02:30, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Bummer. :\ Thanks for trying anyway. Lewis Collard! (talk, contribs, en.wp) 12:01, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Problem with appearance of image in any web page

I uploaded Media:Wheeler_experiment_problems.svg and thought I must have uploaded the wrong one because there is an intrusive inclusion of one of the graphic elements. There should be four things that look a little like

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A fifth one shows up when the image appears on a page. Downloading that image I get a png with the intrusive element in it. So I assume that there is an on-the-fly method of turning svg images into png images for display on web pages.

The extra image is very intrusive and reduces the explanatory value of the diagram.

That problem disappeared after I reuploaded a vanilla svg version, but the text at the top is still spilling over its intended bounds. The size of the font must be going wrong.Patrick Edwin Moran 23:57, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Strangely, it shows up correctly when coded as "media" above, but see the part at the end of the top green line. Any way to fix this? Patrick Edwin Moran 05:51, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

The problem seems to be with the freeware available, Inkscape. There are two versions of SVG, one is Inkscape-specific, and one is vanilla SVG. Using vanilla works better. Patrick Edwin Moran 17:02, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

People are asked to use the SVG format rather than GIF or other low bandwidth applications, but the available information on how to use the freeware program Inkscape is poor. The "book" about Inkscape on Wikipedia is a bad joke. The help file for Inkscape doesn't give responsive help. It happens that I have SVG software available from my university, but that route is not available to the majority of people. I think it is unrealistic/impolite to give people wolf tickets for uploading files in other formats that somebody thinks could be supplied in SVG format unless there are adequate means to supply those files. Patrick Edwin Moran 23:53, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi sorry for the lack of replys. As you found out saving the file as "plain svg" tends to work better then "inkscape svg". There is currently an ongoing discussion about writing a SVG help page (should be on Help:SVG at some point in the future) but that project has just got of the ground. The Text problem is probably due to issues between how the wikimedia software interprets the font (compared to how every other program interprets it) this is a quite common bug and can sometimes be fixed but switching to one of the supported fonts (info on help:SVG). I'll take a look at the file and see if I can fix the last problem. /Lokal_Profil 00:44, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Text no longer crosses the image elements but it might be a tad small instead. /Lokal_Profil 00:49, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

When moving SVG files between platforms, I found text to be an issue, more specifically the non-availability of a common font. Somehow I feel unable to blame that on Inkscape. -- Klaus with K (talk) 20:00, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

The Population of the World in a Pail

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Request: I'm working on a Project and I could use some impressive graphics http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:United_Countries_of_the_World I thought I would start with this one:

Lesson 4 to learn

Learn to use your thinking cap ... imagine in your minds eye (1) white pail but this time it is in the shape of an upside down funnel.

Once again the (1) pail is 100% full. Now imagine down the center of the pail is a small tube divided into 4. The 4 pieces represent: 1) food 2) shelter 3) clothing 4) health care

Now surrounding the center tube is a bigger tube divided into 4. Those 4 pieces represent: 1) reading 2) writing 3) arithmetic 4) public speaking to be heard

Surrounding the first 2 center tubes (or the core of mankind) are several more ... we will define them later.

Now imagine several flat almost see through discs laid flat on the bottom of the pail. Each disc represents 1 person on earth so there should be 6.2 billion discs in the pail. The discs should be arranged as follows: oldest in age on the bottom, youngest in age at the top (new born's), dividing the each persons disc into pie shaped pieces; 1 pie piece of each persons disc will be labeled the country they live in, 1 pie piece will be labeled the province/state/region, 1 pie piece will be labeled their closest village/town/city they live in, 1 pie piece will be labeled their first name, etc., 1 pie piece will be labeled their occupation, 1 pie piece will be labeled assets, 1 pie piece will be labeled liabilities, 1 pie piece will be labeled equity (net worth), 1 pie piece will be labeled acquired skills, 1 pie piece will be labeled acquired education beyond the basics, 1 pie piece will be labeled talents and core life interests, 1 pie piece will be labeled religious affiliation and understanding of other religions, 1 pie piece will be labeled past criminal behavior and understanding what a crime is and what it isn't, 1 pie piece will be labeled your disabilities and your abilities, 1 pie piece will be labeled your dreams and your nightmares, 1 pie piece will be labeled goals and ambitions along with your failures and lessons learned in life, 1 pie piece will be labeled your ideas to improve the world, 1 pie piece will be labeled your ideas on whats hurting the world, 1 pie piece will be labeled things that you HATE in the world and things that you LOVE in the world, 1 pie piece will be labeled things that you want in life and things you don't want out of your life, 1 pie piece will be labeled where you would like to travel too and where you have already traveled, 1 pie piece will be labeled your friends and your enemies.

I'm still working on the text but one should get the idea of what I need in a graphic from what I have so far. Any help is greatly appreciated. Your Canadian friend Randy Colbert.

Graphist opinion: Could you please upload the file? 206.188.48.165 23:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Is WB/contrast/sharpness OK here?

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Request: I recently changed the camera body, the monitor AND editing software... too much of a change in one week and I cannot get used to the new feel. Take a look, are the settings OK? The first pic was taken in broad daylight (see file history for the original camera .jpg), the second - inside a shady courtyard (also on a sunny day). Files are straight from Bibble Raw, shrunk to 1/2 of original pixel count.NVO (talk) 08:44, 20 June 2008 (UTC) Graphist opinion:

• I corrected the perspective on your first image, second one looks really good visually. --Mozillaman (talk) 17:15, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Can you improve this picture (decreasing the noise)?

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Article(s): Digitalis purpurea and w:fr:Digitale pourpre

Request: I found the DOF of this picture excellent -showing a nice plant in its natural environment- and i would like to improve the quality of this picture. Is it possible to reduce the noise? -- Guérin Nicolas ^(messages) 16:57, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: I blurred the background to bring the flowers out: Image:Vallée du Marcadau 100 new.JPG How does it look? Maybe a crop would also be good? (I'm new on Commons, so I couldn't replace the original). Tadpole9 (talk) 02:49, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I think that the modified image looks very unnaturally (like a collage of image of the plant and image of mountains). Distant objects should be blurred more than close objects. Anyway Guérin Nicolas asked for reducing the noise and I think that there is not much noise (worth of reducing) in the image. --Pabouk (talk) 10:06, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

It's interesting also to have this image with a blurred background, if you want to focus on the plant only. But effectively, i wanted something else: it's difficult to identify a plant in its natural environment, so a clear background is an asset to show it. I would like to propose such picture for COM:QPC, that's why before i would like to know if it's possible to reduce the global noise of such picture (background and foreground) to meet the Commons:Image guidelines. Thanks. Guérin Nicolas ^(messages) 15:49, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay, it was worth a try. I'm not sure what you mean by "noise". Tadpole9 (talk) 17:27, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, the image does not seem particularly noisy to me. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 16:46, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

WW2 in Yugoslavia

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Article(s): articles about w:Independent State of Croatia, and generally, about WW2 in Yugoslavia. Here are other versions: [3], [4]

Request: There are many versions of this map on various wikipedias. Please, can You make new free .svg image that can be easily translated ? -- BokicaK (talk) 14:32, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

And if You colour Banat (area east by Tisa river and north by Danube river, look here) in different shade, because Banat was part of Nedic's Serbia, but under direct German control. --BokicaK (talk) 14:53, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

And funny, Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia, isn't showed on the map. --BokicaK (talk) 14:55, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

As well as Novi Sad and Kragujevac, sites of big war crimes conducted by fascist, and Sarajevo, the biggest city in Bosnia. --BokicaK (talk) 15:00, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: Looks like this has already been done. Take a look here: [5] That should probably be moved to Commons, no? — ʞɔıu 08:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Hm, yes, something like that. But this image in not accurate. Compare borders of Croatia around Belgrade on the first image. --BokicaK (talk) 10:13, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Heraldic crowns of France

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Article(s): Commons:Valued image candidates/French Crown

Request: Hi. We would like a whole harmonized set of SVG pictures corresponding to the heraldic French crowns. The context of the request is the improvement of a Valued Image Set candidate, the image could then be used whithin heraldry projects. There are jpg or png versions for most of them (provided here), requiring small improvements. Two of them (Roi and Dauphin) will have to be created. There already are SVG versions of the comte and vicomte crowns: these can be either taken as a basis for the others, or improved (which should be possible, I guess...). We would like to have all the crowns seen from a front view (no perspective), with the same arrangement of blue and red jewels when possible, like on the existing SVG pictures for instance (and also a harmonized appearance of leaves, fleur-de-lis and pearls). Also, the pearls of the vidame crown should be removed.

• The king's crown: the basis is the same as the Prince du Sang crown (three fleur-de-lis with two leaves), but the crown is shut by five "arches" with pearls, with a velvet hat and a fleur-de-lis at the top (not an orb). A very little illustration can be found here (first crown), but with five fleur-de-lis (we want only three of them). The general shape is the one of St Edward's crown, but with different ornaments (and five arches, not three).
• The Dolphin's crown is depicted on the same page (second crown). Same general shape as the royal crown. The basis is the one of the Prince de Sang Royal (five fleur-de-lis) and the closure is made by three dolphins (this is the hard part, I guess [:Category:Dolphins in heraldry]).

There are example of leaves and fleur-de-lis here if you need inspiration. Many others on Commons. We thank you in advance, should you consider our request interesting enough to justify your attention. Don't hesitate to ask questions if I've not been clear enough. -- Eusebius (talk) 17:20, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: I'll see what I can do. It's a start. Pbroks13 (talk) 09:05, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. --Eusebius (talk) 10:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

There are two crowns that are already in SVG format, Image:Heraldique couronne vicomte français.svg and Image:Heraldique couronne comte français.svg. Do you want them to be redone? Pbroks13 (talk) 04:30, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

It is up to you. The set is interesting for us as soon as it is homogeneous, so you can either make all the crowns look like the existing count and viscount crowns, or make all the crowns on a different basis that you prefer. If I can make a comment, I think that the black lines used on the png/jpg files to represent shadows are useless in SVG, since it is possible to make a nicer shadow layer. Besides, could you please remove the decorative pearls on the vidame crown? Thanks for your work, anyway. --Eusebius (talk) 09:31, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

The leaves on the marquis, duc and prince du sang (and king) crowns should be of the same shape. --Eusebius (talk) 21:21, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

I've used your work to build more "harmonized" series of crowns. Do you plan to work on the "difficult" ones, the king and the Dauphin? --Eusebius (talk) 15:27, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

(Outdented) I personally like the second style. Before I go any farther, are those the right jewels that are supposed to be on the King's crown? Pbroks13 (talk) 02:49, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

The king's crown is nice (except that a fleur-de-lis, not a fleuron, should be at the top, but I'll be able to correct it myself later). The jewels are ok, we decided to make it all the same, anyway the exact jewel design has changed over time, the key element is the disposition of the fleur-de-lis and fleurons. Should you need some "heraldic" dolphin designs, you have a few here. Thanks again for your work. --Eusebius (talk) 07:33, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Are you still working on it, or do we consider this request closed? --Eusebius (talk) 15:53, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey, sorry. This whole thing totally slipped my mind. I'll get on it as soon as I can. Sorry for that long wait. Pbroks13 (talk) 09:32, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

No worries, we don't demand that you do it, it's just nice if you can! --Eusebius (talk) 09:50, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey, so I have been working on finding a picture of a dolphin that could be used in the crown for a while, but no luck. I've been trying to find a good raster image to work off of, but the only one I can find is the one you found. If we can find a higher resolution image, I could make a Dolphin that could match the crown. Pbroks13 (talk) 18:00, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

OK... If I find one I'll let you know! Thanks again for your work. --Eusebius (talk) 18:31, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

(indent reset) I've found this picture of the crown, still small though. About dolphins alone, you have a SVG here on Commons, plus these ones on the net (none of them is of very good quality, none of them has his tail in the position wanted on the crown): [6] [7] [8] [9]. --Eusebius (talk) 14:48, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I've done my best, improve it if you feel like it! Thanks again. --Eusebius (talk) 15:24, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Need a way to turn 21 seperate images into a single app-like image.

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  Overview of the northeast area including Ramsey
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Request: -- I want to take all the images above (all members of Category:Snaefell mountain course circuit maps) and link them together. I have two prototypes of the Douglas overview image with some JS added. One, [10] uses SVG links to change the current image. However, that system requires that I either have a central JS file for quite a bit of code (several functions) or copy the code to all 21 files. I am NOT doing the latter.

The other option requires that I combine the images into a single image. Each "image" becomes a layer. This can be seen at [11]. However, even though that file only has layers for the Douglas area (just 6 of them, not 20), its code is very slow as it takes time for Firefox (or whatever) to move the layers around and change z-orders as needed. (The z-order is used to highlight links to other maps in both systems.)

Not only do I need a place to put the JS code, but then I need a way to display it. I am told that <embed> and <object> tags are not allowed. Yet they would be ideal unless IFRAMES are allowed. Simply adding a link to the image won't work as no one would reach it and see the interactive stuff. Will (Talk - contribs) 01:11, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

BTW: Two samples with code are below. Neither has been uploaded to Commons with code and won't be until the above problems are resolved.

• Version of the Douglas Area overview that requires the code to either be copied to each file or a central JS server
• All in one file that incorporates all Douglas area maps, but is very sluggish in Firefox 3.0.3. It would be even worse with all 21 maps.

Will (Talk - contribs) 02:49, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: Ever think about using an imagemap? Old-school, I know, but it could work. --J.smith (talk) 19:47, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

How would an imagemap help? It won't let me switch maps. It won't help me embed the map. I also have overlapping regions. (That is why the rects used to detect the mouse don't have a fill.) Will (Talk - contribs) 21:19, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

No, it wouldn't be exactly the same, but it gives you alternate way of presenting the maps given the tools we have here. --J.smith (talk) 08:39, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Mount Rainier panorama

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Article(s): en:Mount Rainier, de:Mount Rainier

Request: I would like someone, if possible, to remove the car and the motorcycle.

Thegeo (talk) 18:58, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: I could crop them out... is that what your looking for? I don't think I could really do a convincing job of cloning them out of the picture. --J.smith (talk) 19:43, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Google does something like that with Street View (they make the car used to take the picture vanish). However, I think they are cropping and then replacing the cropped area with overhead imagery. Will (Talk - contribs) 21:22, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

I might be able to resynthesize away the motorcycle, but I don't think there's any way to remove the car (and the couple) — they're just too prominent. Anyway, I'd recommend just accepting them as authentic — if transient — parts of the scenery. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 23:10, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Main problem is the stone fence, it is almost impossible to restore it, but what I can do is crop the bottom of car and just clone and resample the top of car, I uploaded a sample but I think the original panorama is better and it have more value.   ■ MMXX^talk  08:42, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't care about the stone fence anymore. If you could chop out enough of the car and couple so it could be edited out, that would be great. Deathgleaner (talk) 19:02, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

That looks awesome! I can't hardly tell it was retouched. J.smith (talk) 07:52, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Which one? :) It seems Deathgleaner, the original uploader decided to crop out the original panorama, but I personally preferred the version with car and road.   ■ MMXX^talk  12:09, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

The one you made, on the right. The retouching went well. J.smith (talk) 16:45, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I would have to agree that I can't even noticed it was cropped and retouched. Could you, then, remove the "WRONG WAY" sign? It would also be helpful if someone could balance out the sky so it's not dark in one place and light in another. If someone wants to do that, use a darker portion of the sky as a reference. Deathgleaner (talk) 18:57, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, me too. Somehow the car balances the composition. Without it, the image looks kind of skewed to me. Maybe it's the projection. IMO the car, bike and sign also give it more of a sense of immediacy: it's what one would see if one was actually there. Without them, it's just another postcard picture of some trees and a mountain. De gustibus, of course. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 20:50, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Fact: This image is running for Featured Pictures, and from what I've heard on the nominations, many people don't like the car and the motorcycle there. Deathgleaner (talk) 03:19, 15 November 2008 (UTC)ﺸ

PS: Could someone move Image:Mount Rainier panorama 2.jpg to Image:Mount Rainier panorama.jpg?

Here it is, I also removed the 'Wrong Way sign' as your request and uploaded the new image in original file, but I don't think I could do a satisfying job for the sky.   ■ MMXX^talk  07:57, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

I did yet another edit and tried to remove the car. And I fixed the sky. Amada44 (talk) 09:29, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

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Hello, can somebody detour the record label like those at Image:ListenToTheMockingBird.gif? Waylon (talk) 19:54, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Sure, how about this? —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 23:26, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

I note a possible issue with the licensing, though: you've tagged the original image with {{PD-US-no notice}}, but it actually contains text that says "LABEL COPYRIGHT 1936 BY BRUNSWICK RECORD CORP."(!). Assuming that indeed means what it appears to mean, and that we can't show the copyright wasn't renewed, it looks like the image would have to rest on the {{PD-ineligible}} claim alone. Which the presence of the notice also makes a bit less obvious than it would otherwise be — evidently at least somebody at some point believed the label to be eligible for copyright, if they bothered to print a notice. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 23:54, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for detouring. I think we should make a differnce between the label which is showed in this picture, and the picture itself. The picture itself is a scan, and I think a scan is absolutely ineligible for copyright, there's no creativity in this image. The label itself also contains IMO only information. Waylon (talk) 15:03, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the image is a slavish reproduction of a two-dimensional label, and thus (at least in the U.S., per Bridgeman v. Corel) not separately copyrightable. However, if the label itself passes the threshold of originality, and if the copyright has been renewed on time, then "Brunswick Record Corp." (or whoever has acquired the rights from them) own the copyright to both the label and any derivative of it.

Anyway, I've posted a question at Commons talk:Licensing#Text-only record label with copyright notice. Hopefully getting more eyes on the matter will help settle it one way or another. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 20:29, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

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Article(s): 111th United States Congress

Request: Illinois needs to be changed to the lighter blue, because of Obama's resignation from the US Senate.-- Ctjf83 (talk) 03:10, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

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• FYI - image is on wikipedia: [12] --J.smith (talk) 03:35, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Panorama request

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Please assemble these into a panorama. Follow these guidelines-

• Make the ground lighter and add some blur to the sky if that is good
• Upload the file:
  • Licensed under Public Domain
  • Name Image:Mount rainier trail panorama.jpg

CommonMaster (talk) 04:49, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Ok, hows this? --J.smith (talk) 05:30, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Awesome. However, it seems to be missing Image:Mount rainier trail panorama1.jpg. CommonMaster (talk) 19:52, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

There is no overlap between 1 & 2. Not much I can do without some overlap. At least 10%, but 20% is more ideal. The other pictures in the set are kind of pushing it... but they were lined up straight so it worked out ok and I didn't need to crop much. --J.smith (talk) 07:31, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Try this:

CommonMaster (talk) 02:29, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry, the program I use won't accept that image as part of the set without some overlap and I don't have the skill to blend them by hand. :( --J.smith (talk) 02:49, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it turns out there is a few pixels of overlap between images 1 and 2. It's not much, but should be enough for stitching. Unfortunately, it seems I'll have to recompile hugin if I want the latest exposure correction features, which this panorama seems to call for. Just give me a few minutes... (Alternatively, I can send you the pre-aligned .pto file if you'd like to take a crack at finishing it.) —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 14:29, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Are you sure? O.o Maybe it's just me, but things just don't seem to line up. I am using CS3, so I don't think I can do much with the .pto file. Good luck! It would be cool to see something better. Feel free to upload over my version. J.smith (talk) 16:59, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Here you go. One issue I'm not sure of is whether it's a problem that the horizon is tilted. I can fix that easily enough, but only at the cost of losing a significant slice off the lower right. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 19:40, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

I went and uploaded a version with a straight horizon (or at least approximately so — I mostly used the cloud bases as guidelines, with a few trees as vertical guides) too. Feel free to decide which one you like more. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 19:51, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

I was comparing both versions side by side and by flashing them against each other. I'm leaning towards the original version. It seems that the horizon-aligned image has distortion in the center. Furthermore, much of the bottom-right corner is chopped, giving it imbalance. Also, the trail on the left side seems vertical in the new version. If there was a way to straighten the horizon without those side effects, I will take a look. CommonMaster (talk) 02:26, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

ADDENDUM: However, the slope of the mountains starting from the left and continuing to the far right seems to be more natural 02:31, 1 December 2008 (UTC). It seems bulgy in the middle because this is a wide-field panorama, and some of the previous versions make the slope look better. 15:31, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Map of pirate attacks

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Article(s): w:List of ships attacked by Somali pirates

Request: Should be marked with the locations of pirate attacks, color coded for sucessful and unsucessful ones  — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 20:29, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: Do you have coordinates of the locations or a link to a map for inspiration? I also think that a non-topographic map with country borders would be more suitable for the subject. bamse (talk) 15:45, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

OH MY! Please fix!

Resolved23:25, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

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Image:Alberg pano.jpg looks all weird. The image doesn't show either.

This was not taken by me.

CommonMaster (talk) 04:52, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Can't re-do a pano without the source images. If I did have the souce images I think i could stich a much cleaner image. But... maybe the uploader was looking for a paticular effect?

The image shows for me. What are you talking about the image dosn't show? --J.smith (talk) 08:04, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I did intend the effect. But someone is welcome to make a smoother pano as well, just please don't replace mine.

I've now uploaded the component images and linked them from Image:Alberg pano.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 04:05, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks! I've done a new stitch here. --J.smith (talk) 05:31, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Now that is what I call nice! Never mind my comment about "the image doesn't show", it must have been my browser. Anyway, a few comments...

• The chimney is a little bit distracting. See what happens if you remove it.
• The wispy clouds in the sky are also a little bit distracting. Try blurring them or something to make it less so.

CommonMaster (talk) 22:57, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

PS: I tried stitching the panorama myself with Hugin, but obviously, I'm not a tech wizard.

If I altered the scenery then it would no longer be encyclopedic. --J.smith (talk) 05:56, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Stitch these images together

Stale

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Request: If anyone has a image editor large enough to stitch these six sections of a panorama together, please do so. Even if this might turn out to be the largest image uploaded onto Commons in Commons History, it's still worth it.

If no one can handle these gargantuan proportions, feel free to resize the images.

CommonMaster ^(talk) 23:06, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Collaboration: I should have enough computer horse-power to do it. I'll need to wait untill I get home tonight however. This image will end up being about 424.8 megapixles. --J.smith (talk) 00:00, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

WTF... Image:Georgetown PowerPlant interior pano 1 - Mercator A01.jpg has a severed head in it... J.smith (talk) 00:00, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

ROFL! That's a really nice stitching artifact. Right in the middle, too. Heh... maybe it could be captioned "This is what happens if you're not careful around heavy machinery"? —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 00:17, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

There's another one in A04: a kid with no legs. Or maybe it's the same kid's upper body twice; it's hard to tell. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 00:20, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

A practical tip for fixing such blending errors is to stitch two versions of the panorama: one blended and one with each image in a separate layer. Load them both into one layered image in an image editor (GIMP, Photoshop, etc.) and use layer masks (or simply the eraser tool) to override enblend's choice in the places where it doesn't look right. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 00:29, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Could someone please remove these artefacts? CommonMaster (talk) 19:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Was this really the optimal size hugin suggested? Because it looks to me like the images have been upscaled quite a bit, and could probably be scaled down by at least a factor of 2 or 3 without losing any actual detail. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 00:10, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that too... but I think it's actually a victim of very high compression. The images are 89mp each but only take up 6 megs of space. --J.smith (talk) 01:23, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

That's probably more of a symptom than the cause. If it was just excessive compression, you'd expect to see typical JPEG compression artifacts like blocking. Instead, it seems more likely that the image has been scaled up during the stitching process, leading to a lack of high-frequency components and therefore high compressibility. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 03:48, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm ok. He did say it was stitched up with 56 images, but I that seems plausible. Haha.. I just discovered a bug in Google chrome. It won't open these images. :~) J.smith (talk) 04:17, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok, it's up at Image:Georgetown PowerPlant interior pano.jpg. I tried to save it as a PSD, but the file ended up passing the 2gig limit that CS3 apparently has. There is some kind of weird blue fringe on a few of the images - I just left it since I don't have any overlap to play with. --J.smith (talk) 05:29, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

BTW, you can't open the full size image in Chrome, IE or Firefox. Wikimedia seems to deal with it ok. Picasa can view it, but it can error out if you zoom in/out. You can view it scaled to 2500px in the long demention in my sandbox: User:J.smith/sandbox --J.smith (talk) 05:42, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

ADDENDUM: Opening this file in IE7 will result in a window with an X in it. Opening it with Firefox says that the image contains errors. CommonMaster (talk) 15:20, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm... there seems to be a stitching line in the middle of the image. Can someone fix that? CommonMaster (talk) 04:26, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

It's not a stitching line, it's a boarder the original images have. The images are very hard to work with, so I didn't try to remove them. It actualy washes out some of the detail, so I'm not sure how to remove it. --J.smith (talk) 05:27, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Is this the largest image ever uploaded to Commons? CommonMaster (talk) 15:25, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

As far as I know it's the highest in pixel count. J.smith (talk) 18:14, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

It is indeed. You've beaten Image:Orion Nebula - Hubble 2006 mosaic 18000.jpg by 138 Mpix. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 21:19, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Amazing! Perhaps this could even set a record for "Largest image ever uploaded to the internet (by pixel count)". CommonMaster (talk) 15:24, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Not even close. paris-20-gigapixels.com Also, you can download a 1+ GB image of the surface of mars. I tried to find it, but it eludedes me. :( --J.smith (talk) 19:01, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

We need to upload a smaller version of this file. It is way too large for some browsers to handle. CommonMaster (talk) 19:13, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Done. Just look for it. It is at File:Georgetown PowerPlant interior pano-resized.jpg CommonMaster (talk) 17:29, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

ADDENDUM: I haven't found any browser capable of opening the file. 00:42, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Camino browser can save the file. Just click on the full res link and download link target. CommonMaster (talk) 15:29, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Lighthouse on Klein Curaçao

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  The lighthouse on the uninhabited island Klein Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
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Article(s): Klein Curaçao (en, es, nl)

Request: was a quality image candidate, but was declined with the reason "Incorrect perspective". Would someone correct the perspective of this image? – Ilse@ 18:22, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: Hows this? J.smith (talk) 19:26, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Good job! Could you describe how it was done? CommonMaster (talk) 19:21, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

CS3 has a perspective correction tool. I just used it until it looked right. --J.smith (talk) 21:19, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. I prefer the original image, because the proportions (height:width) seem distorted in the corrected image. – Ilse@ 13:43, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I've uploaded a new version (over J.smith's earlier one, I hope they won't mind). Do you think it's any better? I suspect mine may in fact be a bit overcorrected — perhaps I should try again without any control points on the tower itself. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 10:40, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Snow in Seattle needs improvement

Image reflection cleanup

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These images here were taken inside a house near a window. Obviously, windows will reflect light. Most of these exposures all have either raindrops on them or there is a camera lens. Please overwrite the old files when uploading, and be sure to upload under the same license. If anyone can remove these artefacts, that would be much appreciated. Thank you and happy holidays!

CommonMaster (talk) 03:07, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Panorama 1

The full four parts of the panorama are below:

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Please stitch these together. You may also want to consider:

• Enhancing the colors, they seem quite dull; and/or
• Making some of the snow flakes smaller, or even cloning them out

Upload these files under File:Snowinseattle2008Pano1.jpg

Merry Christmas! :-)

Here you go. I uploaded it as File:Snowinseattle2008Pano-1.jpg (with a dash), which is what you'd used on the image pages. I hope it's ok. I think the snowflakes are fine, myself: the picture is about snow, surely it's only proper that it has some snow in it. :) —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 18:44, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Since there will be another panorama, I would recommend File:Snowinseattle2008Pano1.jpg. CommonMaster (talk) 04:24, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Okay, reuploaded. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 12:28, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Panorama 2

The full six parts of the panorama are below:

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CommonMaster (talk) 04:42, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Collaboration

I'm not really sure where you want to go with these. I stitched a quick rectilinear panorama out of these, like you could've taken yourself if you'd had a wide-angle lens. I could probably have made a slightly better job of it, but I wanted to first hear if it's anything like what you wanted. In particular, some of your images are a bit out of focus, so there are some blending lines between sharp and blurred areas that are pretty noticeable especially at full size. Some of those could probably be moved to slightly less conspicuous locations by doing the blending by hand, but that'd take some work and the result still wouldn't be perfect. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 14:37, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't have a "wide-angle lens", these photos were taken with a standard digital 5.0MPX camera. Upload the image to commons and I'll preview it. Common^MASTER (talk) 03:11, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

It's already here. :) File:Snowinseattle2008Pano2.jpg. (Ps. Thanks for the barnstar!) —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 15:12, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

could you remove those streaks of light? Common^MASTER (talk) 03:52, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

German State Police patches - Photographs

Photograph of a Rhineland-Palatinate State Police patch

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  Rhineland-Palatinate State Police patch
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  SVG version

Article(s):

de:Polizei Rheinland-Pfalz

Request:

Please remove reflections and improve alignment -- Mattes (talk) 16:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

I've made an svg Richardprins (talk) 17:19, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Photograph of a Berlin Police patch

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  Berlin Police patch
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  SVG version

Article(s):

de: Berliner Polizei

Request:

Please remove reflections and improve alignment -- Mattes (talk) 16:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

I've made an SVG Richardprins (talk) 17:19, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Photograph of a Brandenburg Police patch

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  Brandenburg Police patch
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  SVG

Article(s):

after improvement: de:Polizei Brandenburg

Request:

Please remove reflections and improve alignment -- Mattes (talk) 16:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

I've done an SVG. Inductiveload (talk) 06:36, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

great, but the typeface gotta be modified (look at the O). The background seems being too white, too. Someone does have provide a good photo for proper SVG adapation. --77.4.44.157 19:25, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi 77.4.44.157, I don't think you understand. The heraldic stuffs are the official shields already on the commons. The font is like the emblem below. I think that the differences in font and whitecolor are because it's hard to seam an emblem perfectly.

In my opinion, the svg emblems are almost perfect. Richardprins (talk) 14:21, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Photograph of a Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Police patch

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  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Police patch
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  SVG

Article(s):

after improvement: de:Polizei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Request: Please remove reflections and improve alignment -- Mattes (talk) 16:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

Have an SVG instead :-) Inductiveload (talk) 00:41, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Great, but the SVG file seems to be too white (silver/grey is right I guess?!). There needs to be a good photograph or heraldric description for adoptation. --77.4.44.157 19:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi 77.4.44.157, the same as above applies here. The heraldic stuffs are the official shields already on the commons. I think that the differences in whitecolor are because it's hard to seam an emblem perfectly.

In my opinion, the svg emblems are almost perfect and do not have to be changed. Richardprins (talk) 14:21, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Penza related pics to SVG

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  CoA of Penza Governorate
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  Flag of Penza Oblast
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  Flag of Penza
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  CoA of Penza
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  CoA of Vadinsk
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Article(s): ru:Портал:Пензенская область - Russian wiki Penza oblast project and all related articles.

Request: Here are some pics releted to Penza oblast insignia. Please convert this files to svg. Here are some more flags and CoAs:

Usama (talk) 15:48, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

Please change text back to original version

Resolved00:05, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

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Article(s): w:Speciation#Artificial speciation

Request: In File:Drosophila speciation experiment.svg, the text in the lower right, "mating preference," should be much stronger. It's not a preference, but a complete inability to produce any offspring with the other group, which is why this diagram shows speciation. I see the earlier versions of that file used to say "separate species" instead there. Would someone please change that text back? I don't have any (successful) experience with editing SVGs. Thank you! -- 69.228.197.162 13:31, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: Reverted unsourced text change http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Drosophila_speciation_experiment.svg&diff=prev&oldid=10622363 HowDoIUseUnifiedLogin? (talk) 00:05, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Ummm... did either of you happen to read the original article (or the summary of it which the image was based on)? What Dodd observed in her experiment was a statistically significant, but definitely not complete, preference for mating with flies from the same group: see in particular the table on the second page. I've reverted your revert. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 04:31, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Improved SVG map of Uralic

Articles: en:Uralic languages, several articles referring to the specific languages or subgroups and all translations.

Request: File:Fenno-Ugrian people.png has been flagged as a "Map images that should use vector graphics". I am interested in assisting with this but it would seem to make sense to improve the quality of the map at the same time.

I have now uploaded an SVG version that I created myself. Unfortunately it doesn't render correctly. Can someone assist? For correct rendering see PNG version temporarily uploaded and the newly uploaded commons version below. Laurens (talk) 16:01, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

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Better? Basically replaced all "patterns" by a clipped path where the clipping path was striped. /Lokal_Profil 22:51, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes - a lot - thanks. 09:08, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Title

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  José de San Martín

Article(s): en:José de San Martín and many others

Request: I have replaced the small image available with a photo of the original portrait I took at the museum. Unfortunately, there was a disrupting light on the top part. Can this be fixed, so the image has an overall equal appearence? -- Belgrano (talk) 00:02, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

I tried, but there's only so much I could do. I've uploaded the retouched version over your original, feel free to revert if you don't think it's an improvement. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 04:55, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

May Revolution

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  May Revolution

Article(s): es:Revolución de Mayo and related articles

Request: Like the one with San Martin, a photo took in the museum was slightly ruined by the reflection of the lights over it. Fortunately, the effect is lower here. -- Belgrano (talk) 19:35, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

Hmm, the ideal way to deal with a photo like this would be to take another couple photos of the same painting from (very) different angles. The pictures can then be perspective corrected and combined. With just one image, it's quite a difficult problem to separate texture of the painting surface from texture intended by the artist, particularly with the standing man, where there's probably irrecoverable information loss. Some darkening may be able to reduce the visual impact. Dcoetzee (talk) 00:02, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I will try to get to the place again and take more photos, but this may take a while (perhaps a pair of months, or even july if my year gets too busy). Feel free to archive this request, it would be better if I simply made a new one when and if I finally got such needed photos Belgrano (talk) 13:42, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Blank World Subdivisions Map (Conversion to SVG)

Could someone please convert this .png file to an .svg? Or, could anyone add the major political subdivisions (states, provinces, etc.) to this one? Any help would be greatly appreciated. - Ken_Thomas (talk) 05:39, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Is one of this useful --SKvalen (talk) 18:50, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, no. See, I'm working on making a set of templates for creating range maps of animal species. Some species have worldwide distribution, and those are pretty easy to display on a worldwide map, but for species that only exist in a small geographic area, you need to be able to zoom in on much smaller sections of the map, which is why I need an .svg file. The problem is that when you're only showing a small section of map, you need the smaller regional subdivisions (states, provinces, internal districts, etc.) for what you're looking at to make any sense. - Ken_Thomas (talk) 12:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Badge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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Article(s):w:en:Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Request: -Could someone please create an SVG version of the above badge for the Supreme Court of the UK. I have tried myself, however i'm not very good at circles. Thanks!- AlexD (talk) 21:40, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

How's this? Inductiveload (talk) 08:10, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Inductiveload that's great! AlexD (talk) 21:04, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Snoqualmie Falls panorama

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Request: Stitch together these six panes into a gigantic panorama. Keep in mind these when stitching:

• I was standing on a very unstable surface, which means the camera may have shook up and down a little when taking the photo
• The falls were spewing out mist that traveled as I took the panorama
• Lighting could be inconsistent due to the fact that I used a "Spot" metering mode to adjust for light

When finished:

• Upload under the same license
• Use the name File:Snoqualmie-Falls-panorama.jpg
• Move File:Snoqualmie-Falls-panorama_6.jpg to File:Snoqualmie-Falls-pano_6.jpg for consistency.

Thanks,
Deathgleaner (talk) 22:37, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I did a very basic stitching to show up the issues:

• the mists are really disturbing, althought it does not appear much on the final result. Still It is visible when you look on the picture. It can be probably corrected, but I am unsure of it. I think the light exposure amplify the effect here. The hugin preview was ugly, I am almost amazed of the result I got. Imo, Always try to shot fast pans, maybe with more overlapping so you reduce the risk of strangeness.
• There are missing pans up and down. Imo, always try to shot the top and bottom part of the final panorama or they'll be missing. I think this is the main problem of this panorama.

Esby (talk) 23:16, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Enblend is a pretty amazing program, isn't it? :) Blends just about anything. Anyway, it seems you didn't use any vertical guides for your stitch? I uploaded a new version with the pitch corrected so that the fences, houses and trees are roughly vertical. I still didn't do any exposure or vignetting correction: I did try, but hugin kept interpreting the moving fog as an exposure change and giving really absurd results. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 03:50, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

yeah, I did not use any vertical guides, I tends to retake the photographs when I find those situation in my pano. hugin exposure correction sometimes works, but sometimes it does not. I wish there could be a way to easily adjust the settings manually while previewing the panorama. Esby (talk) 08:58, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Snoqualmie Falls plaque

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right now, this pic looks like one of those old tv screens that bulge out. this needs to be fixed so the edges are straight. Also, there are some specks of dust on the plaque that can be removed. The image then should be retouched. Finally, detour the plaque. Thanks.

Deathgleaner (talk) 22:42, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Reuploaded over the original. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 21:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Please remember removal of the specks of branches and grass, as well as detouring the image (for corners, use a transparent background). Deathgleaner (talk) 05:09, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

"Detouring"? Do you perhaps mean you'd like the background removed? —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 14:32, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

yes, that. I thought they were the same thing. Deathgleaner (talk) 15:27, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

opened-up piano

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Unblur this image as much as possible.

Deathgleaner (talk) 22:46, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I suggest you take a new one, and use better lightning and a tripod and without those pillows :-). Or maybe use this File:Upright piano inside.jpg — SKvalen (talk) 19:43, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

HA-300 concept

Resolved

• Concept art of HA-300
  Concept art of HA-300
• SVG
  SVG

Article(s): Helwan HA-300

Request: Please make of this concept drawing an SVG image. -- Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 20:33, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

I found an alternate source (higher res) and used that instead. It doesn't have those odd black leading edges, which I think helps make it clearer. It also isn't the "concept" version, but its the actual version, I think, so it's probably more useful for articles about the actual plane. Inductiveload (talk) 02:42, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so much. I just saw the change.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 15:55, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Virginia Tech massacre vigil

Resolved22:01, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

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  Candlelight vigil at Virginia Tech, following the 2007 massacre.

Article(s): en:Virginia Tech massacre

Request: I listed this image as a featured picture candidate, as it is an unreproducible image of an important event, and as far as I could tell it is a quality image. Unfortunately it was quickly tagged as having too much noise (live and learn...) so I'd like to know if there's anyone who could reduce the noise and clean up this image. It may never be a candidate for featuring, but I think it's the best of the several images on Commons covering the same event. -- Gump Stump (talk) 22:01, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: I reduced the noise, but because of that, the image lost detail and i resized it acordingly. You can revert the image if you don't like the result. If you don't know how, ask me Richardprins (talk) 16:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

That looks good--thank you! - Gump Stump (talk) 18:37, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Inside Channel Tunnel wagon

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Article(s): Various Wikipedias (eg) Request: To remove the orange colour cast. I think you can call this a whitebalance issue. -- Commander Keane (talk) 01:06, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

I can remove the yellow cast, but the original image is very small, and suffers from JPG compression artifacts when the color cast is removed. If you can upload a higher quality version, I can fix it for you. —Zzubnik (talk) 11:55, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

I tried. Deathgleaner (talk) 03:45, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

I think that Deathgleaners result was really bad. I made a new version using the original image. This one has less noise, and made the light pure white. I don't know if the light really was purely white, because I haven't been in the tunnel. I hope this is how the picture was intended. Richardprins (talk) 16:44, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm not an image editing geek, so I just did the best as I could: Adjust the white-point and black-point. So how did you do it? Deathgleaner (talk) 17:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

US Women's Suffrage Map

Resolved26 January 2009

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  Map of Women's Suffrage laws in various states of the US immediately before passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
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  Need something like this instead.
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  Pick your colours =)

Article(s): w:History of women's suffrage in the United States

Request: This map contains a lot of good information, but it's hard to read in it's current state. It should be converted to a color SVG map like we use in other articles, with the key moved out of the image. BTW, Alaska and Hawaii should not be included in the map since they were not yet states. -- Kaldari (talk) 16:53, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Here are how the states should be colored:

• Full suffrage (15 states): Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, New York, Michigan
• Presidential suffrage (13 states): Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Ohio, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Kentucky
• Primary suffrage: Texas, Arkansas
• Municipal suffrage (5 states): North Dakota, Nebraska, Illinois, Tennessee, Vermont
• School, bond, or tax suffrage (8 states): New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Delaware, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut
• Municipal suffrage in some cities: Florida, Ohio
• Primary suffrage in some cities: Georgia
• No suffrage (7 states): Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania

All the info above has been verified in reliable sources. The following states have more than 1 color: Ohio, North Dakota, Nebraska, Illinois, Tennessee. Note that Ohio and Vermont will be slightly different than presented in the original map due to the original map limiting itself to 7 key choices. Kaldari (talk) 18:24, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

On it. Any special preference with regard to colours? /Lokal_Profil 21:01, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Done. Now it's just colours left. /Lokal_Profil 22:00, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

How about green for full suffrage and dark red for no suffrage, with shades of yellow, orange, blue, etc. for the others. Kaldari (talk) 21:43, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I usually prefer more muted colors, like the ones from the example, BTW, rather than harsh primary colors, so feel free to use your best judgement. Kaldari (talk) 21:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Also, the colors for "Municipal suffrage in some cities" and "Primary suffrage in some cities" should probably be close to the color for "No suffrage", since they represent almost no suffrage. Kaldari (talk) 21:47, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I took a shot at it myself. How's it look? Kaldari (talk) 00:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Like the final result a lot. Sufficiently distinct colours whilst still being similar enough for links to be drawn between them. =) /Lokal_Profil 01:03, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

The colors for Ohio could perhaps be improved, though — combined with the shocking pink used for "municipal suffrage in some cities", it's kind of hard (for me at least) to tell at a glance whether the other color is supposed to be orange for "presidential suffrage" or salmon pink for "primary suffrage in some cities". I suspect changing either (or both) of the "in some cities" colors would fix it. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 01:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

What do you think of it now? Kaldari (talk) 20:37, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Much better, thank you. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 13:22, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Armenian barn.png

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  Armenian barnsater

Article(s): Userpages throughout various wikipedias.

Request: Remove the extra white space around it please. -- VartanM (talk) 23:02, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: Done Richardprins (talk) 21:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. VartanM (talk) 02:29, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Federal Police Patch.svg border

Resolved

Dudes, I made this image

using this image as inspiration. As you can see, the coat of arms with the eagle has an extra white border in the external picture (from the German ministry of internal affairs). I'd like it if one of you could make the border for me, because i don't know how to do it myself and because i have homework to do xD. Thanks in advance Richardprins (talk) 21:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

There you go. Hope the homework wasn't too hard! Inductiveload (talk) 00:37, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Copyright?

Resolved03:37, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I'm looking for clarification about copyright laws and if I should post a picture on the commons. On corbis.com There is a better version of a reproduction (photograph) of a monastic work. However, the website claims copyright over the image, even though it's hundreds of years old! (BTW there's no watermark on the image). Is a comany allowed to do that? I read that in a legal case, the judge decided that if it's a total reproduction of a work in the public domain, the reproduction itself is in the public domain to. (Bridgeman Art Library v Corel Corp if you're interested). So is this true? and more importantly, can I upload images like the one above on the commons? Thanks, Richardprins (talk) 18:43, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, we have {{PD-Art}} which covers this case. As the template itself states: "The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain, and that claims to the contrary represent an assault on the very concept of a public domain"." However, we already have a copy of this image on Commons: File:Pope Gregory I.jpg. I've gone ahead and uploaded the higher quality copy of that image over the lower-quality one that was already here. -- Huntster ^{T • @ • C} 03:37, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

SVG (inkscape) problems with upload to commons

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  Diagram (svg)

Article(s): Does not exist.

Request: I made this SVG diagram with inkscape. After uploading the file to commons, some boxes with black color appears. I made about 10 attempts with different settings, but it did not work! Sometimes I had more black boxes, sometimes less, but never without any black colored box. What is my mistake? -- 112BKS (talk) 10:48, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

You're using flowed text. Mediawiki can't handle it, and Inkscape doesn't support it fully yet. When making a text box, just click once and type - don't drag out a box. If you can possibly avoid it, don't convert text to paths, as this makes the filesize huge and makes further editing harder. I've uploaded a new version, and taken the liberty of making it more international by using symbols, not words. Also, graphs don't generally need titles, as this restricts use to one (or two) languages, and can be easily done in Wiki markup. − Inductiveload (talk) 17:07, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I am not very familiar with inkscape, but I think, for a "regular" user it is nearly impossible to create a proper SVG-File, which makes no problems in Wiki-Commons. I agree with the new language free diagram. But there is one mistake. The “P” schould be changed to P_e. This means “effective” pressure. (The opposite is the ”indicated” pressure P_i.) Can you change the P to P_e?--112BKS (talk) 17:34, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Done. I agree, it takes some time to get used to it. Text is the major problem, everything else is mostly well-supported. As long as you steer well clear of flowed text, and make sure you only use fonts Mediawiki supports (Deja Vu is the best IMO, and it's freely licenced - Google it to download) you shouldn't have too many problems. Also, take care to align stuff to the pixel grid - if it isn't it will be blurry. Remember that a 1px line snapped right on the grid will also be blurry, as the edges are 0.5px from the grid. However, a 2px line will be crisp. That problem isn't confined to Mediawiki, you can see it in Inkscape too.

If you can, try to make the images a sensible number of pixels across (eg 600px rather than 610.12). This makes it easier to size the images well in the articles.

If you ever need any help or need something doing, don't hesistate to drop by my talk page. − Inductiveload (talk) 18:15, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again! As soon as I have the next problem with svg-files, I will drop into your talk page (please excuse my terrible Bavarian English)--112BKS (talk) 20:00, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Conversion to SVG

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Article(s): Use in Wikipedia for coverage about the field hockey tournament

Request: SVG format could make all this image more effective. I need some help because i don't how to convert it, can somebody take this task? -- Aleenf1 (talk) 15:07, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

• I gave this a shot. Had some issues because I'm more used to Illustrator than Inkscape. I have no idea how to get the default font that thick/bold. It may not be possible. I could convert a fatter font to outlines, but then that sort of defeats the purpose of SVG. Also, I had some transparency issues as well. Anyone care to work on the file I created? If those two issues are address, then it would be easy for anyone to change the letter combination to anything they want. Just curious, why do wou think SVG would be more effective?-Andrew c (talk) 02:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
  • I think to represent a ball, a radial gradient is better than a linear gradient. How does try 2 look? Pbroks13 (talk) 02:34, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
    • I wasn't even thinking of the object (hey, what do you know.. it's supposed to be a field hockey ball!). I was just trying to recreate identically what I saw. Looks good (though it may be a bit too gray. It may pop more with a larger white highlight). What'd you do to get the letters bolder?-Andrew c (talk) 15:11, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
      • I increased the stroke size by like 20. So, how's that? Pbroks13 (talk) 06:29, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Here is the original"Ball" SVG: File:Field hockey ball.svg. That text on this ball... and you will have an identical recreation. J.smith (talk) 23:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

w:File:WandJHorizontalLogo.svg

w:File:WandJHorizontalLogo.svg (NFC, so it is shown as a link)

Article(s):w:Washington & Jefferson College

Request: -- I made a vector version of this image:[13], located here: w:File:WandJHorizontalLogo.svg. I couldn't get the fonts to look right, so I would like some help. Please? Here's the deal: I think the word "college" is Franklin Gothic, and it matches pretty closely, parts of the word "Washington & Jefferson" look to be Garamond, but some letters don't fit that font. 1) The "W" in the logo is not crossed in the middle, like it would under Garamond. 2)The "right leg" of the R intersects with the round part at the intersection with the vertical part, but Garamond's R intersects further out. 3) The Fs and the Es have smaller middle serifs than Garamond's version.

So, my question is this: are the words in this logo a mixture of multiple fonts, or is it made from a font that I'm not thinking of? --Jwilkinsen (talk) 18:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

Coat of Arms of British Columbia

File:BC-Arms.jpg

Article(s): British Columbia

Request: We'd like a clean line-art SVG of the Coat of Arms of British Columbia. It should not look like a bad-quality autotraced bitmap. It cannot be manually traced from File:Coat of Arms of British Columbia.png, as that is non-free. -- Denelson83 (talk) 01:49, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

Surely that must be a derivative work. /Lokal_Profil 03:09, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Are you saying no? -- Denelson83 (talk) 06:06, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

If the description page for the "non-free one" is correct, then wouldn't {{PD-old}} apply? Pbroks13 (talk) 18:23, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Resolved

Panorama Request

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As usual, please stitch these together and name the panorama File:WA-OR Border panorama.jpg. Deathgleaner (talk) 03:29, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Seems User:Marku1988 did the job. Just amazing how landscape panorama looks the same no matter who did the stich. Esby (talk) 12:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Just like what I saw when I got there. Wow. Deathgleaner (talk) 22:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Resolved

Astoria seaside

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As usual, please stitch these together then drop the "partX" from the name (Image:Astoria-seaside-panorama.jpg). Copy description from one of the originals.

Deathgleaner (talk) 00:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Done. Esby (talk) 13:03, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Good job. Deathgleaner (talk) 15:25, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Mexican Federal shields

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  Mexican Federal Police shield
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  Federal Investigations Agency shield

Article(s): Federal Preventive Police
Federal Investigations Agency

Request: These Mexican federal agency shields could use SVG versions, as they're both crummy JPGs right now. -- Gump Stump (talk) 02:09, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

SVG Cleanup

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  Shield of Washington & Jefferson College

Article(s): Washington & Jefferson

Request: Certain portions of this .svg are not symmetrical, like the black and white lines in the bottom segment. I tried my best, but I can't get:

1. the white lines evenly spaced
2. the black lines to have a uniform width
3. the rhombus evenly situated among the black and white intersecting lines.

Maybe someone can clean this image up? Thanks! -- Jwilkinsen (talk) 06:20, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: Done Nevermind, I think I nailed it this time.--Jwilkinsen (talk) 21:30, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

File:2008 Holden RC Colorado LX Crew Cab 4-door utility 01.jpg

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Article(s): w:en:Isuzu D-Max

Request: I would like the light-coloured "blob" to be removed. I have tried doing so myself using PS, but the result is not good. OSX (talk) 02:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Blob? Richardprins (talk) 18:05, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I think he's referring to the light spot at the frontmost corner of the vehicle (at the edge of the bumper). --Yerpo (talk) 18:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Tokamak scheme

A relatively straightforward, but a very useful addition would be an SVG scheme of a tokamak device. It could be based on one of the existing pictures...

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The reason that I'm requesting this is that I've been cleaning inadequately labeled images on :sl Wikipedia and noticed this one. It's very informative, so I'd like to replace it in the article instead of just deleting. I can provide translation of the labels if necessary.

Article(s): en:Tokamak

Request: -- Yerpo (talk) 09:04, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

File:Coat of Arms of the French State.svg

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Article(s):

Request: My request is:

1. To correct the part of the axe's blade where the white part is missing (as it should be from left to right Red-White-Blue.
2. To correct the ribbon with the motto so that it would be in the right size and shape according to [14].
3. And to stylize the words of the motto so it would be compatible with the ribbon.

Oren neu dag (talk) 10:30, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

Two koalas

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Article(s): en:Koala, de:Koala

Request: These are two shots of unusually open (esp. the first one) and friendly looking koalas. As you might know, koalas spend the vast majority of the day sleeping in some eucalypt tree (compare category:Phascolarctos cinereus). The images are of high encyclopaedic value since they allow to well distinguish males and females (males have smaller ears, longer noses and a scent gland on the breast).

I also wonder if the first image would have a chance as a featured image, despite the stiff competition (File:Australia Cairns Koala.jpg, File:Koala climbing tree.jpg, those are not featured on commons though).

Both images are reasonably sharp and have a fairly good resolution (about 9 mpix). They are, however, too dark and too noisy when viewed with full resolution. The small branches in the foreground are also somewhat disturbing and there are some grid-like structures visible in the background which might be distracting as well. I hope you can help. --Quartl (talk) 14:29, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

Coat of amrs of Serbian towns

A administrator on Serbian Wikipedia told me that designs of coat of arms are in public domain, but images are free only if they are made under free licence. So, can someone create vector versions of this few images [15], [16] and [File:Grb Vranje.jpg|this]? --BokicaK (talk) 05:46, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

It wouldn't be as simple as that. I guess what he means is that the design i.e. the text description (en:blazon) which defines the coat of arms are free. In order to create free CoAs one would then need access to the blazon and then based on that (and only that without being influenced by any "official" interpretation) create new coat of arms. /Lokal_Profil 20:33, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Magnesium

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  It should be 24.31 instead of 25.31.

Article(s): b:Wikijunior:The Elements/Periodic Table

Request: There is a SVG version, but the layout is not exactly the same (disturbing in the periodic table). --Leyo 20:04, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

Bendy vair

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Article(s): fr:Farciennes, fr:Lauwin-Planque

Request: These shields are wrong. Vair is not good. It should follow the direction of the bends, as you can see on the official website of the municipality of Farciennes ([17]) or on this picture. (The blazon of the coat of arms of this municipality is: "Bendy vair and gules six pieces" - "Bandé de vair et de gueules de six pièces" [18]). Here is the rule about vair and bends (in French - sorry it is too difficult for me to translate): "Lorsqu'une bande est chargée d'un meuble autre que ceux qui ont été indiqués ci-dessus [autre pièce honorable de premier ordre et réductions d'une de ces pièces], ce meuble est posé non pas à plomb (par rapport à l'écu), mais dans le sens de la bande [...]" (Théodore Veyrin-Forrer, Précis d'héraldique, Larousse, 2000, p. 77). BrightRaven (talk) 11:25, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

I have posted a request on the French graphic lab (fr:Projet:Blasons/Demande_de_blason). So I think it will be simpler to get the problem solved there. BrightRaven (talk) 13:17, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

L'auteur de la demande a du mal à traduire la règle, mais il a du mal à la comprendre dans sa langue maternelle, car elle concerne les meubles or le vair n'est pas un meuble mais une fourrure. --Ssire (talk) 21:22, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

The author writes on the next page (p. 78): "Le vair suit en principe la même règle". ("in principle vair follows the same rule"). BrightRaven (talk) 13:10, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Il dit ça en effet mais en rapport avec autre chose. Séparer les éléments de leur contexte est une argumentation des plus douteuses. D'autre part Veyrin n'est pas l'auteur de la bible, et il existe une foule d'autres références qui contredisenrt les assertions superficielles ci dessus. --Ssire (talk) 19:42, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

"Il dit ça en effet mais en rapport avec autre chose." Soit vous êtes de très mauvaise foi, soit vous n'avez le niveau requis pour comprendre Veyrin. Si vous avez d'autres références, je vous en prie, citez-les. BrightRaven (talk) 08:38, 30 March 2009 (UTC)