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Discussions 2021

problems at the project

I just went through the history of our discussion of our SVG project. There are words there that I did not write. I uploaded this book along with sevaral other field guides for wikimedia and never (this project) for gutenberg. Why 1) would I lie? and 2) would anyone do that to me?

That you don't remember that you didn't believe in the licensing here is somewhat a problem but that my words were changed to a complete untruth is completely wrong.

How many "people" use your commons acct? It should be just one of me who tries to never lie nor claim credit for works that I did not do.

And can you confirm that you have finished 3 images? I wonder if there are fake Rabos and Gorans grabbing the SVG before they get to me.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 21:00, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

RaboKarbakian We have had so many discussions I can't remember everything but I haven't reacted on something being strange. I haven't noticed anything strange with my account either, here you can see what I have uploaded for this project so far. --Goran tek-en (talk) 10:51, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
I am going to have to stop using "preview" there. Today, I had forgotten the closing sup tag and after a preview, typing became worse. The other publication, from 2007 and 1914 is a different edition (second) and the scan is not available at the archive. This wikiname I use was carefully chosen (but thoughtlessly misspelled) because of people I have worked with before. Having my words changed is completely unacceptable. I have enough wrongs I accomplished on my own to account for. That's all for my post-shock rant. Thank-you for "back to business".--RaboKarbakian (talk) 13:42, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:39, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

hello

can you edit your map about christmas observence (File:Map of Countries that do not recognize Christmas as Public Holiday.svg) turkey now recognizes christmas and easter holidays for its christian citizens check these but use translator since the links are turkish here and here — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 46.196.85.168 (talk) 10:57, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm not the author of that map, I have made some requested edits on it. You haven't signed this request so I will not perform it until you sign it here, this is my policy. --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:02, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:39, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks Syed Aashir (talk) 13:35, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

It should be light green because only claimed by Pakistan not under its control. Syed Aashir (talk) 07:55, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Canonical territories of autocephalous and autonomous Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions

Thanks a lot for your excellent map on the Orthodox Church organization. I was wondering though whether or not North Korea should have the same colour as South Korea, and Taiwan the same colour as Mainland China. The reason is that South Korea doesn’t recognize North Korea as a state and so usually jurisdiction formally applies to the entire Korean peninsula, though of course for North Korea it’s purely theoretical. For the Catholic Church, for example, Korea is formally still seen as united (see Catholic Church in Korea).

For the Chinese Orthodox Church, the article states that the Russion Orthodox Church granted autonomy in 1957. If so, I would assume this would also cover Taiwan, no? I don’t know how that Orthodox mission in Taiwan sees itself.

I was just wondering about this, I didn’t look into any sources et cetera. Perhaps there isn’t a clear answer in the first place since this is all mostly an academic question (except perhaps for Taiwan). De wafelenbak (talk) 11:52, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

@De wafelenbak: hello, I am the one who gave the information and instructions for this map, so I am responsible to answer your questions.
  1. there are churches in South Korea which belong to the EP. Apparently, since December 2018, some ROC churches have opened in SK in response to actions of the EP. Still, I believe there is a wide consensus among the mainstream churches to say that SK is to be under the jurisdiction of the EP. Since there is no church in North Korea, there is no debate or consensus over under which jurisdiction this territory is.
  2. I do not know if Taiwan is considered by the Chinese Orthodox Church to be under its jurisdiction.
One problem doing of this map is that one has to rely mostly on clues to try and find what are the de facto accepted or claimed boundaries of each church. It is the only thing we can do, since the only churches with clear boundaries are the churches created since the 19th-century. The other churches have had their territories expanded and reduced as their countries and missionary expeditions expanded or were reduced. There is no official maps or agreement among the mainstream Eastern Orthodox churches as to what their territories are. You can see the process of creating this map here. Veverve (talk) 13:49, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
Many thanks for your answer! De wafelenbak (talk) 19:14, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:38, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Request for a slight adjustment

Hello. Could you change this image? The "Upper Seas or" and "Water above Firmament" should be arced, higher, and on the same line, roughly like this. Could you also make the sun, the moon, and the stars 20% smaller? The person who made it for me said he/she did not have much free time, and was not able to arc the phrases, hence why I am asking you. Veverve (talk) 11:13, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve When arcing texts they have to be converted to paths due to rendering problems. The chosen font in this illustration is not accepted by wikimedia but I didn't change it, (it is replaced). ✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:58, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (2021)

Extended content

Could you also adjust File:Main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (2021).svg? Could you change the layout of the notes so that it is this way, and change the "[2]" after "Tikhonites" into a [1], as well as the [1] after "in exile" into a "[2]"? Veverve (talk) 22:35, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Could you also turn one pipe to the opposite direction? I.e. this one like this. Since it represents a merge, I think it is better to have the pipe this way. Veverve (talk) 11:27, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Regarding the pipe.
  1. Is it not so that 2007 17 May there was some kind of agreement on the green line and as a consequent ROCOR-A broke away and joined ROCOR?
  2. If we turn the pipe around to me it means ROCOR joined ROC and the rest became ROCOR-A. As I don't have the knowledge please explain, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:43, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Indeed, not all members of the ROCOR agreed to join the ROC, and those who did not formed the ROCOR-A. Veverve (talk) 11:49, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I didn't understand your replay, I changed above so which was it 1 or 2? --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:31, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
I do not understand the question you are asking. I confirm, as you said, that some parts of the ROCOR joined ROC and the rest became ROCOR-A. Veverve (talk) 13:30, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Regarding the name change. If you make changes to something we are working on it's good if you let me know because I don't download the latest version and work from that. I have a "full" MOTHER version with layers and other stuff with me that I work from, so If I don't know I can miss it.
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:24, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

I have updated the image myself once more. Could you add in this symbol in the legend, at the top of the list, with "Merge" next to it? Veverve (talk) 02:12, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 10:32, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

I would need you to add two more lines for two more churches. I will add the sources in the summary later. I put the sources here so that I know where to find them later.
Both Churches must come from the line of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Colour: Yellow
1) Provisional Supreme Church Council
1925-1945
Also called Gregorian schism after Abp. of Yekaterinburg Gregory (Yatskovsky)
Also called Borisites after Met. Boris (Rukin)

Info: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Григорианский_раскол

2) 1924-1942:
Colour: 1924-1925: yellow; 1925-1942: red
Lubnyan schism
Named after its center, the town of Lubny, and after Bp. Theophilus (Buldovsky) vicar of Lubny while he was in the ROC
1925: autocephaly proclaimed, church named Ukrainian Conciliar-Episcopal Church
1942: merge into the UAOC

Info: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Лубенский_раскол, https://www.jstor.org/stable/41035820
Veverve (talk) 18:34, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve I need you to draw both for me because I want to get it right directly as it will be very hard to fit it. --Goran tek-en (talk) 09:47, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
!!! I have uploaded a new version of the SVG version!!!
https://imgur.com/a/LnYj2jt here is the draft. I have had to make the timeline longer and larger, changed the numbers of the notes (I added one for the Gregorian schism and another for the Lubnyan schism, so I changed the numbers for the Tikhonites and for the Russian Orthodox Church in Exile), and added some new notes in the timeline as well as in the note box since I added one note for the Gregorian schism and another for the Lubnyan schism. Veverve (talk) 11:20, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve
  • NO, this doesn't work for me. You can't make so much changes and expect me to "find" them and add it to my "mother" version so I can be able to continue later on.
  • If you want me to continue to help you with file:Main_schisms_from_the_Russian_Orthodox_Church_(2021).svg you will have to revert to the latest of my versions and then ask me to do the changes.
  • I really hope you understand. I do work with more than you request at the same time and it's impossible for me to keep track if you do changes like that. --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve
  • Also when you change the code it might not be Valid W3C anymore, your last changes as added a warning. Goran tek-en (talk) 12:09, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Sorry, I do not know exactly how thing are for graphic designers, so I made a mistake!
I have reverted to your latest version. Here is a version with the changes which I request pointed out: https://imgur.com/a/eIOH9jR. I have put some ~~ around just so that you can easily see where I made lines longer so that you can see where I had to make them longer to fit everything. To see what those change look like when put in the whole timeline, please see my previous draft. Is it alright for you? Veverve (talk) 13:03, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Draft-10, and as before lines and texts.
  • I have moved almost everything around to try to get everything to fit so really check everything.
  • I can't get the lower legend to fit, would it be possible to put this info in a legend in the info box of the file or you will have to reduce the texts in it and/or in other places. --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:35, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
The image has a black background when I zoom. Fortunately, by pasting the image on Paint I managed to have it on a white background.
Veverve (talk) 17:45, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Please always ping me, everywhere.
Draft-11. Check everything (lines texts) as I had to move around a bit. --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:15, 21 February 2021 (UTC)-

@Goran tek-en: that is good, you can upload it. Veverve (talk) 12:33, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve You have to check the uploaded version as I had to do some work before uploading it.
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:47, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

It seems there is a problem with the "Ukrainian Concilian-Episcopal Church" line. It is either in conflict with the previous text (1,860 × 979 pixels) or too far from the previous text (1,280 × 674 pixels). When opened in the Wikipedia media viewer, it has the same problem as the 1,860 × 979 pixels version, which is a big problem. I know nothing about graphic design, so I do not know if it can be fixed. Veverve (talk) 20:06, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve i have never seen this problem before but we have many problems with texts. I have uploaded a new version, I don't know if the system needs some time to update, but check it, Thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 13:04, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Everything works well now in 1,860 × 979 pixels; in the media viewer everything is fine, and the "Ukrainian Concilian-Episcopal Church" line is more of less ok. I would advise you not to change things now, the media viewer version might not totally look as intended, but it is perfectly readable, so unless there is a garantee things cannot be broken, let us leave this timeline. Also, this problem may also be due to my monitor. Veverve (talk) 13:38, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: the line of the Living Church should go to 1946 and not 1926, like this. Veverve (talk) 01:00, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Your link was bad but I think I understood, check new version.
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:21, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: I would like you to add one more church line: in 2015, the ROCOR (V-F) of Filaret (Semovskikh), https://imgur.com/a/unJQK5K Veverve (talk) 20:20, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: I add:
"True Orthodox Church of Moldavia" should be "True Orthodox Church of Moldova" & the colours of some lines should be changed; everything is here: https://imgur.com/a/C6s86cF Veverve (talk) 12:31, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve As always, I had to move other stuff so check everything, draft-12. --Goran tek-en (talk) 15:44, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en:
  1. here: "Unification council of theEastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine" -> "Unification council of the Eastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine" (adding a space between the "the" and "Eastern")
  2. Change the colour of a line at one place, here this way
  3. here: add a parenthesis before "Filaret (Semovskikh)" so that it reads "(Filaret (Semovskikh) (ROCOR V-F))"
  4. https://imgur.com/a/pfVdi0Q: replace "(Anthony (Orlov))" with "(Anthony (Orlov)" Veverve (talk) 16:39, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve  Question I didn't do #4, then you would have 2 left and 1 right parenthesis, is that what you want? Draft-13. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:41, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: I will illustrate for #4: https://imgur.com/a/ufEO4Q1. Once it is done, you can upload the new version. Veverve (talk) 18:48, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I understood but it still seems wrong to me. You also have different ways with parenthesis when writing eg. (ROCOR V-F)) or (ROCOR (V-A)) and others but I guess it's supposed to be that way.
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 19:58, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: thanks; I try to used the abreviations I find online. You forgot to make #2, i.e. change the colour of a line at one place, here this way. Veverve (talk) 20:14, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
@Veverve: New version uploaded.
  1. After you have approved a draft I have to do a bit of work before I can upload, and that is there I make mistakes sometimes. Maybe I will have to show you one "upload" draft also to avoid it.
  2. I'm not talking about the content, the abbreviations. I mean how you use the parentheses, sometimes there is a separate set of them around the last characters, sometimes not, (ROCOR (V-A)) (ROCOR V-F)). To me parentheses should always be two, one left and one right but in this (Anthony (Orlov) and this (ROCOR V-F)) (maybe more) you have unequal numbers of left and right. --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:46, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: I checked the new version. I do not think showhing me a upload draft is necesary. The way parenthesis and abreviations are used depends on how people write them, so as you pointed out it is incoherent.
Could you change the colour of the beginning of the RusOC line like this? Veverve (talk) 13:02, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

@Veverve: New version uploaded. --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:37, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Can 1) you add "/Russian True Orthodox Church - Moscow Metropolia" next to "(Vyacheslav)", like this, 2) add the "Cat." symbol next to "Free Russian Orthodox Church" like this? Veverve (talk) 20:09, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:38, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Greek Old Calendarists timeline

Hello. Could you make a map of https://imgur.com/a/XwOqZbC and reuse the same colours as File:Main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (2021).svg for the legends which are the same? Veverve (talk) 09:24, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
I made a mistake: it should be "Angelos (Anastasiou) of Avlona and Beotias" instead of "Angelos (Anastasiou) Beotias". Veverve (talk) 18:50, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

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Veverve As before just lines and texts, old_greek-1. It's hard to fit it all in the width I want but I think I will manage. --Goran tek-en (talk) 19:04, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
  1. it should be "Angelos (Anastasiou) of Avlona and Beotias" instead of "Angelos (Anastasiou) Beotias".
  2. The line of the Church of Greece should go to the very end.
  3. The yellow line for the Gregorian Synod does not reach the line below it.
  4. there should be a "." after "Florina"
  5. there should be a "," after "Messina"
  6. there should be a "," after "Lamia"
  7. the colour blue cannot be used, as it is already used for the Old Believers at File:Main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (2021).svg (Old Believers are absolutely not the same group as Old Calendarists) Veverve (talk) 19:17, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I need the context for changes in the texts, hard to find one word.
I didn't realize that line colors had the same "value" between the different time maps. Which color should I pick instead of blue? --Goran tek-en (talk) 09:41, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
You can use whatever colour you want as long as it is a new one. Veverve (talk) 09:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve So no color from File:Main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (2021).svg but you asked me to use the colors from that file?
I also need the context for the typo. --Goran tek-en (talk) 10:16, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Use the same colours only if it it is the same legend. So keep the same colours as the first draft, but change the colour for the Old Calendarists to pink.
The w:Old Believers are Eastern Orthodox who, in the 17th century, refused the liturgical reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church and therefore formed some disctinct churches of Old Believers; this schism is called the w:Raskol which translates to "split" in Russian. The w:Old Calendarists are Eastern Orthodox who refused the fact their church has adopted the w:revised Julian calendar (which was created in 1923) and therefore formed some disctinct churches of Old Calendarists (there is also a Romanian as well as a Bulgarian Old Calendarist church). Veverve (talk) 11:15, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve
  • I need the context for the typos, I can't find the words for 4, 5, 6.
  • I can't find Old Calendarists anywhere. You have to use the same words as in your sketch or show me in another sketch.
  • You don't need to give a lot of links and explanations, it only confuses me. It's only when I directly ask for it, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:51, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
  • Here are the contexts: https://imgur.com/spIM5Bs
  • Old Calendarists are only for the Greek Old Calendarists timeline, they are not on the Russian schisms timeline.
  • Sorry, I thought you had requested it, sorry.
  • Here is some more changes I would need: the Kallinistite Synod and its commentary is not on the right line; I would like to change the layout of a commentary, I have put what I request at https://imgur.com/a/PLOZtia
Veverve (talk) 14:20, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Please always ping me, thanks. Draft-2. Lines and texts. --Goran tek-en (talk) 13:53, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en:
here:
  • "Florinite or Chrysostomite" should be "Florinite and Chrysostomite"
  • "are also user" should be "are also used"
  • "(1986-2010) later" should be "(1986-2010). Later"
Here:
  • "to this church along with the two other churches which have split from it" should be "to this church along with all the churches which have split from it"
Here:
  • should be "congress," (i.e. with a "," after "congress") instead of "congress"
Could you paint everything which is in the colour blue to pink? Veverve (talk) 14:24, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Please context for text changes, thank you. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:50, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Sorry I found it now, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:51, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Draft-3. Check everything as I made other changes also. --Goran tek-en (talk) 19:11, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en:
  1. https://imgur.com/a/tOicrxE should be "Cyprian (Kutsumbas)"
  2. I would like an "and" and an "or" to be interverted, see the changes I made here (hopefully it is clear enough, tell me if it is not)
  3. You have coloured everything which is in blue into purple, and what was in orange also in purple. It is my fault, I may have lacked clarity. The colour scheme I want is https://imgur.com/a/YPjkfPv Veverve (talk) 19:58, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve You can give me the legend texts also, write them here please, it's easier for me. Draft-4. --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:44, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en:

  1. Do you have a colour which is not any of those seven which you could use?
  2. Merge symbols must be put where I put them here.
  3. Legend:
  • +[merge symbol]: "Merge"
  • Yellow: "Left its church for disciplinary (pastoral) reasons or for perceived heresy"
  • Orange: "True Orthodox"
  • Green: "Recognised, mainstream E. Orthodox Church"
  • Remove all other things from the legend.

Veverve (talk) 17:11, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve New color under the legend. Draft-5. --Goran tek-en (talk) 17:59, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: I will call this new colour "cyan"
https://imgur.com/a/YYJA9yZ should be "Called Auxentios Synod"
Ok, so here is the colour scheme I request: https://imgur.com/a/kigU37f
Legend: Cyan (between yellow and orange): "Old Calendarists"
Are you against using a new symbol for the two events of 1923 and 1924?
Veverve (talk) 19:14, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve What should the new symbol represent? Draft-6. --Goran tek-en (talk) 10:48, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en:

  1. I have not explained myself clearly for what I requested for the Auxentios Synod, here is what I had in mind: https://imgur.com/a/KoP3MAf
  2. I would need for one line to be straightened: https://imgur.com/a/ZzvDugH
  3. the event symbol should look like a plain, black pentagon: https://imgur.com/a/ApuOVmg. It should look like this on the timeline. The legend should look like this.

Veverve (talk) 11:35, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Draft-7. --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:49, 23 February 2021 (UTC)


That is good. You can upload. Greek Old Calendarists category does not exist, but I ask you to put it.

  • Name of the file: Timeline of the main Old Calendarists and True Orthodox Greek Orthodox Churches(2021)
  • Description (/language): Timeline of the main Old Calendarists and True Orthodox Greek Orthodox Churches.

All those churches are called "True Orthodox Church (of Greece)" or "Greek True Orthodox Church", either officially or colloquially, wether they practise True Orthodoxy or not. True Orthodox: churches which either consider themselves True Orthodox (the ideology), or which considers New Calendarists/churches practising ecumenism as graceless, or both. Old Calendarists: those who only refuse the new calendar. All True Orthodox are Old Calendarists, but not all Old Calendarists are True Orthodox.

Not included:
- en:Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of North and South America and the British Isles: there is too few info
- : too complex, went from the Auxenios synod to the UOC-KP to being independent
- en:Autonomous Orthodox Metropolis of Ecuador and Latin America: could not find much information; it is a dioceses of the GOC-Avlona
- : it has apparently always been a diocese of the GOC-Avlona since it joined Eastern Orthodoxy

  • General:
- https://cnewa.org/eastern-christian-churches/toc/orthodox-church/orthodox-churches-of-irregular-status/the-old-calendar-orthodox-churches/
- https://orthodoxwiki.org/Old_Calendarists
- fr:Églises orthodoxes vieilles-calendaristes de Grèce
- http://www.orthodoxchristianbooks.com/articles/327/-defence-true-orthodox-church-greece/
  • Calendar:
- en:Revised Julian calendar
- ru:Всеправославный конгресс (1923)
  • Florinites/Chrysostomite :
- http://gnisios.narod.ru/florinite.html
- Chrysostomite synod: http://hotca.org/news/miscellaneous/257-biography-of-his-beatitude-archbishop-chrysostomos-ii; fr:Église des vrais chrétiens orthodoxes de Grèce - Synode chrysostomite, https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_the_Genuine_Orthodox_Christians_of_Greece; https://goctoronto.org/abriefhistory136/
- Kallinistite synod: ru:Каллистовский синод; https://nftu.net/metropolitan-pavlos-america-toc-k-retires/
- Auxentius synod: ru:Церковь истинно-православных христиан Греции (Синод Авксентия)
- Synod in Resistance: https://www.hsir.org/Mitropolitika_en/E1a4015EnosisMPDiasporas5-07.pdf (where I got the name from); en:Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance), https://orthodoxwiki.org/Holy_Synod_in_Resistance, http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=8278, http://www.synodinresistance.gr/indexen.htm (official website)
- Kallistite synod: ru:Каллистовский_Синод
- Lamian synod: https://nftu.net/metropolitan-christopher-mesogaia-leaves-lamian-synod-hocna-heresy/; https://www.iefimerida.gr/news/296001/apisteyto-perieferan-kathisto-sto-throno-toy-nekro-mitropoliti-sti-lamia-eikones; fr:Église des vrais chrétiens orthodoxes de Grèce - Synode lamiaque; https://dnjosephsuaiden.typepad.com/blog/2004/11/the-synod-of-the-true-orthodox-church-of-greece-under-archbishop-makarios-of-athens-the-lamian-synod-1995-.html (a.k.a VCO-Sébastopol?, cf. https://web.archive.org/web/20090705095524/http://annuaire-orthodoxie.site.voila.fr/VCO_SEBAST.htm)
- GOC-Avlona: http://www.avlonasynodusa.com/the-holy-synod/; fr:Église des vrais chrétiens orthodoxes de Grèce - Synode du calendrier des Pères; ru:Ангел_(Анастасиу)
  • Matthewites:
https://www.trueorthodoxy.org/polemics/schismatics_matthewites_timeline_history.shtml
- Nicolas Synod: https://nftu.net/eighth-day-repose-archbishop-nicholas-athens/; http://gnisios.narod.ru/synod.html; https://nftu.net/archbishop-athens-toc-greece-matthewites/; http://www.icxc.ch/icxc.ch/presentation.html (an official French website); http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pocky/genealogy/gnisios/dirbis.html
- GOC under Met. Chrysostomos of Thebes : https://nftu.net/goc-met-chrysostomos-thebes-theophany-celebrations/; http://churchgoc.blogspot.com/ (official website); https://nftu.net/deposition-marred-by-claim-of-scandal/
- Kyrikos Synod : http://genuineorthodoxchurch.com/; https://www.thegenuineorthodoxchurch.com/; https://priest-mark.livejournal.com/2112.html

Veverve Now you can find it here file:Timeline of the main Old Calendarists and True Orthodox Greek Orthodox Churches(2021).svg.
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:37, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: https://imgur.com/a/Oaokegm: in the Media viewer version, the 1,631 × 956 pixels version and 1,280 × 750 pixels version, the whole sentence is in bold. However, only "Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece" should be in bold.
Here, it should be "Holy Metropolitan Synod of the Patristic Calendar of the Genuine Orthodox Church of Hellas" instead of "Synod of Genuine Orthodox Christians of the Patristic Calendar" Veverve (talk) 21:08, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve I checked on the wikipedia pages and they look fine to me. Could you check with another browser and/or computer. In theory if it looks fine at commons it should look fine in wikipedia also as they are running the same software (to my knowledge). New version uploaded. --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:12, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: The problem still persists in Opera. The versions rendered by WCommons has this problem, so the problem is not due to my browser or my computer. Veverve (talk) 11:51, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Now I see it, it was only two words, I was looking for the whole text as bold. New version uploaded. --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:13, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
https://imgur.com/a/Ys0rvWN: can you remove "(GOC-Kallinikos)". Veverve (talk) 23:08, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
Veverve ✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 10:38, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

I will ping you back in about two weeks. 1) https://imgur.com/a/36Ti8eC: I ask for one more line for a new church starting in 1983, and a new date above the fusion symbol (January 1985). 2) https://imgur.com/a/fElGsKX: I ask that you add "(Kioussis)" next to "Chrysostomos II" Veverve (talk) 10:11, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
Veverve This will also have to wait for two weeks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:33, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:37, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Two changes

Yes, let's change the lattice to be face-centered like in the animation. We can leave the H+ ions as they are, because they look good with the arrows. Technically, we should add two H+ ions for every O2- ion you add to the lattice, but we also don't want to make it too crowded. I'll defer to your opinion as to whether we should add more. -Rob Hurt (talk) 21:21, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Superionic ice conducting, Superionic ice rest
Rob Hurt I moved this to here, I will get back to you. --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:31, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
Rob Hurt Two drafts with the correct number of H.
Draft 1.
Draft 1-60 in which the bindings are in 60% . --Goran tek-en (talk) 15:42, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en this looks great, and I like the one at 60%. -Rob Hurt (talk) 20:19, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
Rob Hurt Draft-1 rest. I haven't any crashes in this or the one I just uploaded. If you want that just tell me. --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:57, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en I think that looks great too. -Rob Hurt (talk) 21:41, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:28, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

no ping since Feb 19

Honestly, I thought you took the weekend off and maybe some travel or something else nice. The last edit to the project that I can see is https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons%3AGraphic_Lab%2FIllustration_workshop&type=revision&diff=534219441&oldid=534212393

I can (usually) see in my watch list when you change the pngs to point to the new svg when you upload, but I get only half to 2/3s of the notifications (pings).

Was going to ask about Pisces and Saggitarius but ....--RaboKarbakian (talk) 16:22, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

RaboKarbakian It would have been lovely to travel or do something with people but this pandemic is just blocking everything. I have other stuff going on here att commons but I will try to finish yours this week, I hope. --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:32, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:36, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

File:Stemma del marchesato del Monferrato.svg

Hello. Could you change the firesteels of File:Stemma del marchesato del Monferrato.svg to "B"? The model is File:Testone Guglielmo II Paleologo.jpg, but the lower right parts uses "B" on the model, whereas the SVG version has firesteels. See comparison. Could you change this part to make it more faithful to the model? Veverve (talk) 15:22, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Get back to me in two weeks, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:12, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:37, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Logo request

Could so draw me the historical logos of the german VARTA company? Three rather simple iamges...--Antemister (talk) 22:49, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Antemister I'm not sure this is yours because it's not signed. There are no links or anything to work with either. Anyway you will have to get back to me in two weeks, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:35, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:37, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Signature added, have sent you an email with the images. When you have time, just ping me (is not an urgent issue, really).--Antemister (talk) 20:54, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
Antemister I'm not comfortable working with company/organisation logos and creating svg from a bitmapp which never will be correct and if it's allowed by copyright and other rules. So I will say no to this, I'm sure you can get help at Graphic lab. Thanks for your understanding.
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 10:43, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
OK, will try (images are historic ones, from the early 20th century, so copyright problems would not apply)--Antemister (talk) 09:24, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 13:00, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

a link to guidelines

Goran tek-en I have been making references to something I read years ago and now cannot find! Maybe you can help? Is there a page that describes a good bitmap to SVG conversion? Some place where the color blind palette is given and a description of the kinds of bitmaps that are better as SVG?

I am having difficulties sharing my years old instincts....--RaboKarbakian (talk) 14:36, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

RaboKarbakian I don't understand if you mean within wikimedia or generally all over so I give you both of what I know/find.
  • Wikimedia
  • svg help, svg help/converting.
  • Here are different links to show what type of images that would work well as svg; 1, 2, 3. Maps of relief type can be converted to svg but often they become quite heavy. 3,66 Mb, 3,99 Mb, 11,55 Mb. Generally you can say that none photographic images (not continuous tones (like shading)) works best.
  • Generally all over
  • I don't think you can describe a "good bitmap to SVG conversion" just like that, it all depends on the bitmap content. Converting can more or less be done in the three different ways that are described there. Each has it + and - and depends on the content of the original bitmap. So the only general thing I can say is: Be thru to what the original bitmap is conveying. You have to understand what the bitmap wants the viewer to experience, then you have to translate that into svg. This doesn't mean you should follow it absolutely as they are two different ways of visualization. Then every person experience/visualize an image in there own personel way so really there is not one thru way.
  • I think the right way to talk about "color blind" is "color vision deficiency" (CVD). Palettes. There is no way make it work for absolutely everyone without using shades of grey with patterns, there are so many different deficiencies. The three most common are; deuteranopia, protanopia and tritanopia so it's mainly them you can work with.
  • You are referring to your age both here and before, what do you mean, that you think you are "old" or what. I'm 67 and I can notice it on my skin and body but the brain and mind is the same as ever. What ever I lost I make up with experience even more. --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:10, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:10, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the links, but they are not going to help with my task. Age here has two ways of measuring. How long you have been involved with wikimedia projects and also actual years old age. I think that born on age is only relevant when requiring wisdom that is beyond the birth date or endurance that the birth date has surpassed. My wikiage started in 2007 and this is the "old" I was talking about.
The bitmap people back then determined that png was the best format for non-photographic images and I could paste a link to an explanation of this. It was a mindset for me that it became instinctive, but I had that page so I could share this "instinct" of mine. Thae use of png has been refined by me in the many years since, and is irrelevant to this request.
Good SVG was being defined then also, I saw it either in discussions or in a page describing it -- it has been a decade or so ago. I saw evidence of it also, beautiful maps and insect diagrams and etc.
The rules have links. I have been talking of guidelines that apparently don't exist. You just "instictively" through a shared education and experience knew to make good SVG here. By good, I mean with the palette and the multi-lingual and all the other things that I don't know but can see in your artwork. It isn't going to help with my claims of following guidelines.
I have lost. Good instincts have lost to pasteable rules.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 13:18, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
RaboKarbakian I'm sorry I couldn't help you. But honestly I could not imaging a guide for a good svg in an aspect of content. A good svg is is for me a svg file which is processed in a way it works well, the image doesn't renders badly, has a code that is "clean" and follows W3C, all the technical side of it. Regarding the content it's not possible. The only other aspect is the differences between them, 1, 2, 3.
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 13:59, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Three requests

@Goran tek-en:
1) File:Main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (2021).svg

  1. add "/Russian True Orthodox Church - Moscow Metropolia" next to "(Vyacheslav)", like this
  2. add the "Cat." symbol next to "Free Russian Orthodox Church" like this

2) File:Timeline of the main Old Calendarists and True Orthodox Greek Eastern Orthodox Churches (2021).svg

  1. https://imgur.com/a/36Ti8eC: I ask for one more line for a new church starting in 1983, and a new date above the fusion symbol (January 1985).
  2. https://imgur.com/a/fElGsKX: I ask that you add "(Kioussis)" next to "Chrysostomos II"

3) File:Stemma del marchesato del Monferrato.svg

  1. The model of File:Stemma del marchesato del Monferrato.svg is File:Testone Guglielmo II Paleologo.jpg. The current version of File:Stemma del marchesato del Monferrato.svg has firesteels on the lower right parts, whereas the the model uses four "B". See comparison. Could you change the lower rigt part of the SVG to make it more faithful to the model, i.e. replace the firesteels with four "B"?

Veverve (talk) 18:38, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: addition for 1): could you change the 1942 donut for a merge symbol, like this? Veverve (talk) 11:16, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

@Veverve:
@Goran tek-en:
1) Could you make this part the way I made it (with the arrow before the merge symbol)?
2) That is good, you can upload it.
3) That is good, you can upload it. Veverve (talk) 18:31, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
@Veverve:
1) Map_of_schisms-15.
2) ✓ Done
3) ✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:45, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: 1) That is good, you can upload it. Veverve (talk) 11:49, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
@Veverve: 1) ✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 10:01, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

New timeline request

@Goran tek-en: Hello. Could you make an SVG version of this timeline like you did here and here?
I have used the same colour code as with File:Main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (2021).svg and File:Timeline of the main Old Calendarists and True Orthodox Greek Eastern Orthodox Churches (2021).svg; however I had to add a new colour (grey) and a new symbol. The legend for this new colour and this new symbol are at the bottom left of the image. If you accept, I give you no deadline so take as much time as you need. Veverve (talk) 14:09, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: If you accept, please use the latest version of the map I have put, as I have had to do some important changes numerous time since I posted my request. Veverve (talk) 20:11, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I will do it, if you do any more changes please let me know, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:29, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Extended content
@Goran tek-en: the 1811 merge symbol, and only the 1811 one, should be replaced by this symbol. Veverve (talk) 09:11, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Could you give me the texts here so I can copy it, it would help me a lot, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:26, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Could you also explain a bit what the two symbols stand for, five corner thing, up arrow. --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:35, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: I do not have the text, as I wrote everything on Paint, sorry. Do you want me to copy certain texts to you?
"five corner thing": this.
The up arrow: well, I had not idea how to represent the legend, so I drew an arrow; if you have a better idea to represent it, then feel free to try it.
The star (in case you need this info): this
I have updated the map so that the 1811 date uses the symbol I want directly. Veverve (talk) 17:35, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I can rewrite but if any more of this please save the texts. But what does the up arrow show, I don't understand. Should the arrows be in the time line, or what do you mean? --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:23, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: the arrow should be on the timeline. What it shows in on the legend in the lower left corner of the timeline I uploaded: that at this moment the Church was put under the control of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, because the Ottoman empire invaded its territory. Veverve (talk) 19:25, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
Veverve So rather than becoming a part of something, it became engulfed by it. --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:04, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: yes. I thought about replacing the arrow with this (montage by me using this) since the Ohrid Archbishopric was a tool used by the Ottoman empire to provide E. Orthodox services to E. Orthodoxes of provinces while keeping them under their yoke since the Ecumenical Patriarchate was obedient to the Ottoman empire. What do you say? Veverve (talk) 11:21, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Your second link is bad. I will check, think and add something to the drafts. --Goran tek-en (talk) 13:43, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: so, how is it going? Veverve (talk) 12:30, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve I'm getting there, a bit more. You had no deadline? --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:16, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: There is no deadline, I just wanted to know how the work was advancing. Veverve (talk) 14:36, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Veverve This illustration is bigger both in width and height (2846*1252 px) than what I think is working well due to all the information there. If I make the texts smaller I could reduce the size some but I still want them to be legible. This draft is a PNG version of the original SVG file I'm working in and will upload to commons. Draft-1. --Goran tek-en (talk) 17:27, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Here are the corrections. I have done numerous things to try to show you what I wanted. I have put a circle in violet where there was a problem, and violet lines to show you where I wanted a line to be at the same height as another line. I have also written direct corrections next to mistakes, those start with "->". Moreover, I have sometimes taken part of the version you have given, then drew an arrow to show you what the correct version should look like. I have sometimes put correction notes.
In the legend:

  • "De facto" should be "De facto"
  • you should add a "?", with the following description: "Totally unclear status"
  • you should add the 1811 orange symbol I have added, with the following description: "Forced annexation of the Church"
  • the description for the purple line is: "Catholic"
  • the description for the red line is: "Autocephalous unrecognized church (not True Orthodox)"
  • the description for the green line is: "Recognised, mainstream E. Orthodox Church" Veverve (talk) 19:20, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Can't find or don't understand;
  • you should add a "?", with the following description: "Totally unclear status"
  • you should add the 1811 orange symbol I have added, with the following description: "Forced annexation of the Church" --Goran tek-en (talk) 15:09, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Along with the corrections I requested, I would like you to add those two symbols in the legend like this. Veverve (talk) 15:16, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I need text for the five corner grey in the legend. There is no question mark on the time line but in the legend?
@Goran tek-en: you have forgotten to make the corrections I had requested in the correction image. I have updated the correction image, please look at it an correct your draft accordingly.
The description for the "five corner grey in the legend" is "Event"
  • Legend: cross+moon: instead of the current description, put "Church put under the control of the Ecumenical Patriarchate due to a decision of the Ottoman government" as description.
Useful text: "Archbishopric of Ohrid/Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima and all Bulgaria" Veverve (talk) 18:15, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Veverve The illustration is even bigger now. It would help me if you always wrote texts here so I could copy, also when we edit. Draft-3. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:46, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en:
A) Here is the correction image; the text I want is below:

  1. "Belgrade"
  2. "Bulgarian Exarchate"; "1953"; "Patriarchate proclaimed"; "Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate)"
  3. "Autocephalous"
  4. "1870-2"
  5. "Archbishopric of Tarnovo" in bold
  6. "(seat in Preslav)"
  7. "Archbishopric of Ohrid/Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima and all Bulgaria" in bold the way I show it
  8. "Karlovci"
  9. "Autocephaly recognised by the Russian Orthodox Church"
  10. "1925"; "Patriarchate proclaimed"
  11. "Russian Orthodox Church/Moscow Patriarchate" in bold the way I show it

B) in the legend:

  • "De facto autocephalous with unclear recognition status", replace with "De facto autocephalous E. Orthodox Church with unclear recognition status"
  • "Catholic" -> "Roman Catholic"
  • "Recognised, mainstream E. Orthodox Church", replace with "Recognised, mainstream autocephalous E. Orthodox Church"
  • "Autocephalous unrecognized church (not True Orthodox)", replace with "Autocephalous unrecognized E. Orthodox church (not True Orthodox)"

Veverve (talk) 20:11, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Draft-4. --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:50, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: correction image; at point 5 you made a mistake by putting 1394 before 1346. Also, I have changed "1394 " to "1394 - ~1416". Useful text:
  • 2) "Laetentur Caeli: Bulla Unionis Graecorum (Bull of Union with the Greeks)" with italics the way I showed it
  • 3) "unrecognised"
  • 5) "1394 - ~1416"
Veverve (talk) 17:18, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
I have updated the correction image right now. The violet line is to show you where I want a line to be at the same height as another line. Veverve (talk) 23:25, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Do the churches themselves know who they are or were they belong, it's confusing, and I guess they all in depth believe in the same thing. So is all this politics and search of power? Draft-5. --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:33, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: I do not really understand your question. Could you rephrase it?
Here is the correction image. The violet line is to show you where I want a line to be at the same height as another line. At point 5 you made a mistake by putting 1186 before 1054. Veverve (talk) 12:42, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
I am asking you to move the 1516 date a few pixels to the left.
Veverve My question above was an attempt with irony over the divisions/splits and what ever within churches, they are supposed to be loving and caring but they often tend to be more interested in politics and power.
1054 should and is before 1186. Draft-6. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:53, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Well, the E. Orthodox Churches are, like everything including Buddhist monks or accountant firms, influenced by politics. The E. Orthodox are more open about it than Roman Catholics, althought the EO still claim they are a mystical, otherwordly body created by god.

Text:
  1. "(seat in Sofia)"; "Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Alternative synod", "1992", "2012 - 2015"
  2. "Autocephalous"
  • Can you move the 1186 date a few pixels to the right, like here?

Veverve (talk) 20:08, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve You are really pushing me to the limit of what I can do with this, draft-7. --Goran tek-en (talk) 20:57, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Veverve: the timeline is finally done! you have done an excellent job as always!

  • Name of the file: Timeline of the History of the main autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches, E. Orthodox point of view (2021)
  • Description (/language): This is the history of the main autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches presented as a timeline.


By "main", I mean a) churches wich were recognised as autocephalous by at least one other church - other church which is recognised as autocephalous by the other churches -; b) churches which became part of churches wich were recognised as autocephalous by at least one other church - other church which is recognised as autocephalous by the other churches; c) the en:Orthodox Church of Ukraine (its case is complicated, see en:2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism). The UOC-KP after its departure from the OCU was included, because its departure was really soon after its merge, and because it was never clear if it was really part of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (see en:Conflict between Filaret and Epiphanius).
The timeline starts at the council of Ephesus, as it is unknown before this date if the Church of Cyprus was autocephalous or not.
For the sake of brievity and clarity, the timeline has an E. Orthodox bias: all Churches are shown as being E. Orthodox since the Council of Ephesus, with the Church of Rome starting being Roman Catholic in 1054.
The en:Oriental Orthodox Churches are not shown, because their presence is outside the scope of this timeline.
Information:

- Archbishopric of Ohrid/Archbishopric and Patriarchate of Tarnovo: "The autocephalous Byzantine ecclesiastical province of Bulgaria/Ohrid. How independent were its archbishops?", Günter Prinzing; en:Tarnovo Patriarchate
- Bulgarian Exarchate: en:Bulgarian Exarchate / bg:Българска екзархия ; https://bnr.bg/en/post/101234490/150-years-since-establishment-of-bulgarian-exarchate ; https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bulgarian-Orthodox-Church
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Alternative synod: en:Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Alternative synod (the Russian and Bulgarian versions of the article say the schism ended in 2012, the English one says 2015)
- Georgian Orthodox Church : en:Georgian Orthodox Church , "Key aspects of Georgian Orthodox Church’s autocephaly", Zurab Katyteladze
- Serbian Patriarchate of Peć/Metropolitanate of Karlovci/Patriarchate of Karlovci/Metropolitanate of Zeta/Metropolitanate of Montenegro/Serbian Orthodox Church: en:Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, en:Metropolitanate of Karlovci, en:Patriarchate of Karlovci, en:Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro, en:Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, en:Metropolitanate of Belgrade
- Orthodox Church of Ukraine: en:Unification council of the Eastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine, en:Orthodox Church of Ukraine
- 5th century: "The Claim of Antioch to Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction over Cyprus", Glanville Downey there is doubt that Cyprus was ever part of the Church of Antioch
- 15th century:
• Metropolis of Kyiv and all Rus'/Moscow Patriarchate from the Ecumenical Patriarchate: en:15th–16th century Moscow–Constantinople schism: the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' became the Moscow Patriarchate. Please read the article for more details.
- 19th century:
• Church of Greece from the Ecumenical Patriarchate: en:Tomos dated June 29, 1850, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Church-of-Greece: autocephaly unilateraly declared in 1830, Church of Greece recognised in 1850
• Romanian Orthodox Church from the Ecumenical Patriarchate: en:Romanian Orthodox Church: autocephaly unilateraly declared in 1865, recognition in 1885.
- 20th century:
• Orthodox Church of Albania from the Ecumenical Patriarchate: en:Orthodox Church of Albania, en:Orthodox Congress (Albania): autocephaly unilateraly declared in 1922, recognition in 1937.
- Other ressources: Demetrius Kiminas, The Ecumenical Patriarchate
  • Captions/s (/language): History of the main autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches presented as a timeline
  • Category/ies at commons: Eastern Orthodox church bodies and patriarchates
@Goran tek-en: I have updated the information for the upload since the last time I pinged you. Veverve (talk) 00:46, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve

✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:32, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en:
  • Well, I am not an expert on WCommons, so I do not know. Maybe it would be a good idea.
  • Fixed by adding a "1="
  • Thanks!
  1. at "Council of Ephesus, 431", could you put the "431" in bold?
  2. Also, the 2,882 × 1,340 pixels PNG version of the SVG have most of the texts in bold, even when it should not be. If you cannot fix it, then do not bother, as it is not very important. Veverve (talk) 12:20, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en:
3. the 1394 - ~1416 annexation symbol has transparency, but it should not have transparency. Veverve (talk) 13:24, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Veverve The strange thing is that when I use an svg checker we have the texts are fine, also when you click on the image at the top. The image it shows is the same size as if you click on the pixel link. So, same size-image but it renders in two different ways, confusing.
I think I have fixed it and the other stuff. Regarding linking to Other versions, that is more if you think it can be useful to people visiting the pages of those time lines, I have added it. --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:01, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Can you change "Council of Ephesus, 431" to "Council of Chalcedon, 451"? Veverve (talk) 15:22, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: nevermind, I did it myself by changing the words in the code so the SVG should still be valid. Those are the only changes I made. Veverve (talk) 15:32, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: here: "(Bull of Union with the Greeks)" is 2 spaces too far from "Graecorum"; "(Bull of Union with the Greeks)" should be closer to "Graecorum". Also, remember to make the change in your version of what I made in my version with "Council of Chalcedon, 451" which I explained just above. Veverve (talk) 13:01, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve This was due to me fixing "most in bold" issue so I reverted that fix here but can't be sure if the bold problem in a specific png version will be back on this text.
✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:33, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
The only place now where it is in bold but should not be in the PNG version is here. Also, is it normal that in the PNG version, there is a grey effect on the whole above side? Veverve (talk) 16:40, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
Veverve They grey was my mistake, thanks for spotting it, text also fixed. --Goran tek-en (talk) 17:22, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: https://imgur.com/a/kAbd2xY: could you put "UOC-KP" in bold? Veverve (talk) 22:19, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Also, could you put "(seat in Moscow since 1325)" (in normal, not bold font) under "Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus'", like this? Veverve (talk) 10:37, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve ✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:07, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en:

  1. https://imgur.com/a/gkaOosV and https://imgur.com/a/u4a6wNT: those three sentences are in bold in the PNG version, but should not be. They are at the 1448, 1453, and 1484 dates.
  2. https://imgur.com/a/PIAPJvF: could you replace the "-" of "1394 - ~1416" with a "–"? Veverve (talk) 11:36, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
Veverve ✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 13:12, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Could you change the "(seat in Preslav)" text? Could you change it to "(seat in Preslav until the 970s, seat in Ohrid since then)"? Here is the model. Veverve (talk) 20:41, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve ✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 15:18, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Request for a slight change

Request for a change at: File:Timeline of the main Old Calendarists and True Orthodox Greek Eastern Orthodox Churches (2021).svg.
The beginning ot the line of the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Greece - Holy Synod in Resistance currently looks like like this; could you change it so that it looks like this? Veverve (talk) 23:33, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Veverve I did think of that part when doing the previous edit. I prefer to do like this her, OK? --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:46, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: ok, that version is good, you can upload it. Veverve (talk) 14:50, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Veverve ✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:05, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Legend changes for two timelines

Hello. Could you change the following things in the legends of those two files?
1) File:Main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (2021).svg

  • Liberal/reformist movement -> Autocephalous unrecognised liberal/reformist church
  • True Orthodox -> Autocephalous True Orthodox church
  • Autocephalous unrecognized church (not True Orthodox) -> Autocephalous unrecognised E. Orthodox church (not True Orthodox)
  • Catholic -> Roman Catholic
  • Recognised, mainstream E. Orthodox Church -> Recognised, mainstream autocephalous E. Orthodox Church

2) File:Timeline of the main Old Calendarists and True Orthodox Greek Eastern Orthodox Churches (2021).svg

  • Old Calendarists -> Autocephalous Old Calendarist church
  • True Orthodox -> Autocephalous True Orthodox church
  • Recognised, mainstream E. Orthodox Church -> Recognised, mainstream autocephalous E. Orthodox Church

Veverve (talk) 12:31, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve ✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:46, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: While I am at it, here is a remark. There is no background it seems on the preview for File:Timeline of the main Old Calendarists and True Orthodox Greek Eastern Orthodox Churches (2021).svg. See the comparison on WCommons here, and how it is displayed on Discord chat.
Veverve (talk) 22:17, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Sorry, forgot to switch on one layer. --Goran tek-en (talk) 09:39, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: at File:Main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (2021).svg: https://imgur.com/a/Jya0CgI: the "20 June" is in bold in the PNG version, but should not be. Veverve (talk) 11:45, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: pinging you in case you forgot; if not, sorry for being rude.
Also, how would you feel about adding the Georgian Orthodox Church at File:Main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (2021).svg (it would look like this)? I completely forgot to add it back when we were working on this timeline, sorry. I think it would require making the image bigger in order to fit it. Veverve (talk) 22:20, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve I haven't seen that one, maybe ping didn't work.
As always please give me the texts for new church here. --Goran tek-en (talk) 17:50, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Thanks for accepting. 1) To fix: https://imgur.com/a/Jya0CgI: the "20 June" is in bold in the PNG version, but should not be.
2) To add:

"Georgian Orthodox Church" (it is written twice at two different places)
  • Events:
"31 October 1943"
"Autocephaly recognised by the Russian Orthodox Church"
"25 January 1990"
"Autocephaly recognised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate"
  • Dates:
"1811"
  • Legend:
Event
Forced annexation of the Church

The two lines for the Georgian Orthodox Church must be totaly parallel. Veverve (talk) 18:25, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Draft-16. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:09, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: That is good, you can upload. Veverve (talk) 19:53, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve ✓ Done --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:49, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Thanks a lot!
https://imgur.com/a/yuslpZy: there is an overlap in the PNG version; "Georgian Orthodox Church" should be more on the left. Veverve (talk) 15:10, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I don't know why it does this and I redid the text but the issue remains. I don't know what to do. Also if you look at this png size 1,280 × 715 pixels no text is bold. So There is something strange with the png rendering that I don't understand or control. --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:31, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

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Serbian timeline request

Hello. I would like to request you to make another timeline. Do not worry, this one is way shorter than the other threes! Here is how it looks. I have the texts and can copy-paste them to you. This timeline reuses the same colours as the other threes. Veverve (talk) 15:31, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Veverve I can't right now so get back to me in 10 days or so, thanks. --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 17:35, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: here am I. Veverve (talk) 10:13, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Give me the texts here. --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 17:22, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en:

  • 1879
  • Metropolitanate of Belgrade
  • Autocephaly of the Metropolitanate of Belgrade recognised by its Mother Church, the Ecumenical Patriarchate

-

  • 1942
  • Croatian Orthodox Church
  • 1945

-

  • 1967
  • Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric

-

  • 1993
  • Montenegrin Orthodox Church

-

  • 1996
  • Serbian True Orthodox Church

-

  • 1984
  • Free Serbian Orthodox Church
  • 1991

-

  • 2018
  • Montenegrin Orthodox Church
  • (2018)

-

  • 2010
  • Macedonian True Orthodox Church

---
Legend:

  • Recognised, mainstream autocephalous E. Orthodox Church
  • Autocephalous unrecognised E. Orthodox church (not True Orthodox)
  • Left its church for disciplinary (pastoral) reasons or for perceived heresy
  • Merge

Veverve (talk) 17:29, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Veverve You didn't give me all of the texts and I didn't know which was which for legend, This draft is a PNG version of the original SVG file I'm working in and will upload to commons. Serbian-1. --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 18:02, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Sorry, I forgot to add the text for the part I copy-pasted from File:Timeline of the History of the main autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches, E. Orthodox point of view (2021).svg
The merge symbol has trensparency in 1920 and 1991, however it should not have any transparency.
The lines of the 1920 merge should be like this, the way they are here.
"Autocephaly of the Metropolitanate of Belgrade recognised by its Mother Church, the Ecumenical" should be right below the 1879 arrow, like this
Is it me or do the lines lack the thin black line which outlined them which can be seen in the other timelines we made?
In the legend:
  • Yellow line: "Left its church for disciplinary (pastoral) reasons or for perceived heresy"
  • Orange line: "Autocephalous True Orthodox church"
  • Grey line: "De facto autocephalous E. Orthodox Churchwith unclear recognition status"
Veverve (talk) 19:39, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I'm sorry I should have explained more for that draft. To save me some work the lines, symbols and other stuff is not as it will be finally. I save me some extra work by waiting to do that stuff until all the lines are set and approved by you.
  • In this draft you can see two different variations to fix the merge in 1920. I guess none is optimal but we have to work with the other information, lines etc. --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 17:08, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: The left version is better. Veverve (talk) 17:36, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Veverve This is a full draft-3.
If this is fine I will need the following;
  • Name of the file
  • Description (/language)
  • Captions/s (/language)
  • Category/ies at commons
to be able to upload it at commons. If you don'y know about Captions read here. --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 17:49, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: https://imgur.com/a/iGJyXiv: there should be a space between "Church" and "with". Once it is fixed, you can upload the SVG.

  • Name of the file: Timeline of the main schisms from the Serbian Orthodox Church (second quarter of the 19th century to 2021)
  • Description (/language): Timeline of the main schisms from the Serbian Orthodox Church (second quarter of the 19th century to 2021).


Information from :

Veverve (talk) 18:25, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Now you can find it here file:Timeline of the main schisms from the Serbian Orthodox Church (second quarter of the 19th century to 2021).svg.
✓ Done --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 10:55, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Could you change it so that the lines for the Croatian Orthodox Church and the Montenegrin Orthodox Church are not aligned? Also the yellow line for the 2018 Montenegrin Orthodox Church should be shortened, and the red line for this church moved a little bit to the left. Here is what I am asking. I did not notice this problem earlier, sorry. Veverve (talk) 11:53, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Draft-4. I didn't understand the last part about red line. --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 12:20, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Nevermind what I said about the red line, it fixed itself with your change. The line of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church should be lowered like here. Veverve (talk) 12:38, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Draft-5. --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 14:32, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: It is good. You can upload it. Veverve (talk) 14:39, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Veverve ✓ Done --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 15:17, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

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UK General Election Results in England Maps (1997, 2001 and 2005)

Hello there

First of all I apologise that I haven’t got back to you straight away. I took heed of what you said to me on the requests page, for the Holkham map I can’t give you any additional data as I haven’t got any to give however for the general election results maps for England in the years 1997, 2001 and 2005 I can give you the necessary data what you will need as all you need to do is look at the maps which I will now upload to you

All you need to do is remove the results from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and then we would have a set of England only results for the years 1997, 2001 and 2005. I do hope that this will help in some way. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 16:12, 8 June 2021 (UTC))

MOTORAL1987 I didn't say I would take your request, I just informed you that we (graphic workers) have to get all the necessary information from the requester, we don't do research or investigate for information. It's your favorite (probably) subject and we have never heard of it, you have to understand that. So if you want any help with your request post this information at the request and please always think like that. Graphic workers have probably zero knowledge and need all the information from the requester's.
✓ Done --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:53, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Thank you and I do understand what you was trying to say to me I do apologise, would you like to me to add this information to the request at all? (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 20:12, 8 June 2021 (UTC))
MOTORAL1987 It's your request (you have two) and you have to decide what a graphic worker needs to know to be able to complete it. The better information and a clear an understandable request feels always easier for me help out with. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:49, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

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Can you please tell me how did you creates or edits these type of maps File:Pakistan (orthographic projection).svg and File:Punjab in Pakistan (claims hatched).svg. Syed Aashir (talk) 02:00, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Syed Aashir I haven't created either of those two but I have edited File:Pakistan (orthographic projection).svg. There are many ways to describe how to work with svg maps like those. I use Inkscape Help:Inkscape as tool and here Help:SVG you can read about svg in general here at commons. It is very good to keep the code as valid W3C validator and it's also very useful to check the rendering here at commons before uploading, SVG checker. To make maps look the same (more or less) although they are created/edited by different people we try to stick to Map conventions and also us this template Template map. There is so much more. Look at maps people have created, which sources they have used, ask questions and there is so much more to read. On my user page I have collected some links which I think is useful. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:22, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Can you please edit File:Pakistan (orthographic projection).svg and add the Former Junagadh Princely State File:Junaghad state.jpg in it according to the new Political Map unveiled by the Government of Pakistan[1]-- Syed Aashir (talk) 02:00, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Syed Aashir If you want to request work please start a new section by using "Add topic" or use the same at the top of this page. It's very hard for me to keep track of stuff otherwise. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 10:10, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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I am really into Cổ Phong groups on the Facebook and often come across designs you made for Wikimedia Commons there, for example here:

This group features one of the Vietnamese dragons you designed. You have no idea how much of an impact your work as a Wikigraphist has on so many online communities. I often came across your work and didn't know who made it, after learning about you and going over some of your galleries I started noticing your contributions everywhere off-wiki (likely unattributed because most people on the internet don't know how copyright © works). Just want to tell you how much of a positive force your talent is on the world, likely in ways you will never see yourself. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:48, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Donald Trung Thanks for that. I know that many don't respect, or have the knowledge, about the free copyright licenses they just think it's free without any obligations. I really think knowledge should be free and open for everyone, that's why I work here, just as you do. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 10:05, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Official Map of Pakistan

Can you please edit File:Pakistan (orthographic projection).svg and add the Former Junagadh Princely State File:Junaghad state.jpg in it according to the new Political Map unveiled by the Government of Pakistan[2]-- Syed Aashir (talk) 02:00, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Syed Aashir Should it be dark or light green as there are two colors in that map? Also I get a felling that this is something which one could have different thoughts about. If so then it should be light green. If there is no consensus around this someone will probably change this back so tell me honestly what goes here. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:41, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en It should be light green because only claimed by Pakistan not under its control. Syed Aashir (talk) 07:55, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
Syed Aashir New version uploaded. ✓ Done --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:47, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: the zone you have added has a yellow part in the northern area. Is it voluntary? What does it represent? Veverve (talk) 19:27, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Veverve There is no yellow, might be the light green and white that look yellow. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:10, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
This is misleading, the claim is not new at all this has been an unenforced claim which is on and off only in the Survey of Pakistan maps. Nowhere else is it claimed or branded about (not even by the PK govt), even where disputed territories are marked. The "new" maps aren't that at all they are basically reprints of older ones (see the wp articles for further). There is a reason this claim wasn't included in the projection maps of PK since years simply because it isn't a claim per se. I have reverted this, a consensus is needed for such a strong change either here or at enwiki, especially when nothing new has happened. Gotitbro (talk) 05:03, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
@Gotitbro: I'm a graphic worker and people ask me to edit/make new stuff but I have zero knowledge of the topics and we, graphic workers, can not and should not make research in that field, it would be impossible. We always have to trust our requester but sometimes it can be obvious that something is an area of different points of view. If so I try to ask for a source but it's still hard for me to value it.
So you are free to revert to what you think is correct and someone else might revert to another version, we are free to do so here.
But we can also have different maps of the same area showing different points of view. Commons is not an encyclopedia, it's a place for media, all sorts and points of views. even what many think is wrong.
Neutral point of view is important
Disputed territories --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 09:11, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Request: minor change in Serbian OC timeline

Hello @Goran tek-en: ! At File:Timeline of the main schisms from the Serbian Orthodox Church (second quarter of the 19th century to 2021).svg, could you move the 1945 slightly more to the right, like this? Veverve (talk) 13:40, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Veverve New version uploaded. ✓ Done --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:52, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Request: remake/update the Russian OC timeline

Hello @Goran tek-en: ! I have a request for some changes to be made at the File:Timeline of the main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (1589 to 2021).svg image. Is it possible?

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  • I request you to make File:Timeline of the main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (1589 to 2021).svg bigger - e.g. 2,060 × 1,239 pixels instead of the current 1,860 × 1,039 pixels -, so that the information on the image is less squashed. I believe it is worth making a whole new request.
  • I also request that this line (it starts at the 2015 date) be split in two in 2020: one, "Filaret (Semovskikh), ROCOR V-F (S)", the other, "Filaret (Rozhnov), ROCOR V-F (R)". Like this.
    • The texts are: "2020", "Filaret (Semovskikh), ROCOR V-F (S)", "Filaret (Rozhnov), ROCOR V-F (R)"
  • For the Lubnyan schism, could you make a break between 1939/1940 and 1941 like this?
  • I also request you a few minor wording changes:
    • (ROCOR (V)) -> ROCOR (V)
    • (Anthony (Orlov) (RusOC)/(ROCOR (V-A)) -> Anthony (Orlov), RusOC/ROCOR (V-A)
    • (Damascene (Balabanov) (RusOC (D)) -> Damascene (Balabanov), RusOC (D)
    • (Filaret (Semovskikh) (ROCOR V-F)) -> Filaret (Semovskikh), ROCOR V-F
    • 2001Mansonville schism -> a bit more space between "2001" and "Mansonville schism"

Veverve (talk) 13:54, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: just to make sure I am clear enough: I am asking for the size of the image to be increased, and for the content of the images to be reorganised so that the contenttad is less squashed. Veverve (talk) 17:09, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Yes for this one, but not for the one I have done above. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:54, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: thanks! Yes, only for this timeline. Veverve (talk) 17:58, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Draft-17, now the image size is 2170x1245 px. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:24, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Thanks, it is really clearer this way!
1) https://imgur.com/a/eeEUGGZ:
  • Upper line: the "(" before "Filaret" should be removed
  • Lower line: "(Filaret (Semovskikh), ROCOR V-F (S)" must be replaced by "Filaret (Rozhnov), ROCOR V-F (R)".
2) https://imgur.com/a/JuymBNF: "Orthodox Church of Ukraine" should be on a straight line.
3) https://imgur.com/a/tWOUfZT: replace the end by ", ROCOR-A".
4) https://imgur.com/a/UXnqJXH: this exact same "?" is already used at File:Timeline of the History of the main autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches, E. Orthodox point of view (2021).svg to mean "Totally unclear status". However, in File:Timeline of the main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (1589 to 2021).svg it is used to mean something else. Therefore, I propose the "?" of File:Timeline of the main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (1589 to 2021).svg be put in Bell MT font in italic and bold, and that this symbol be put in the legend. If you have a better suggestion, feel free to propose it.
Veverve (talk) 21:30, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Sorry about the texts on new lines, my mistake. I forgot to work with legend in previous version, fixed now.
  • That font is not one that works well with svg on commons. I changed colors front/back and mirrored it?
  • You didn't write the text for the legend.
  • Draft-18. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:51, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en:
  • I think that the symbol should be replaced by ⸘ with the colour scheme you used, like this.
  • The legend for "⸘" is: "Dubious claim".
  • You forgot a comma, it should be "Google ChromeHjälpforum

Google ChromeHjälpforum (Pashkovsky), ROCOR-A"

  • "Under the omophorion of the Archbishop of Chisinau and Moldova Anthony (ROCOR (M)) (a.k.a. True Orthodox Church of Moldova" should be changed to "Under the omophorion of Archbishop Anthony of Chisinau and Moldova, ROCOR (M), a.k.a. True Orthodox Church of Moldova"
Veverve (talk) 17:19, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Draft-19. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:09, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: could you put the "⸘" in its normal direction in the legend as well as in the timeline, and add it after "1972", like this? Veverve (talk) 17:24, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Also, could you put "Mansonville schism" below "2001" instead of next to it, like this? Veverve (talk) 17:52, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Draft-20. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:57, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: "⸘" must be both within the donut and after "1972", like this.
"schism" should be put a tad more to the left, like this. Veverve (talk) 17:08, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I don't understand this with "schism". Right now the text is centered, we can align it left or right, but what you are asking for is something "in between". It's not a rule but I try to stick with the standard alignment otherwise it will be very hard for someone else to edit/make a language version of this. To me, those texts are not viewed in a way that this "in between" really matters. Drafts in 200%.
@Goran tek-en: I understand. I think the left.png version is better. Veverve (talk) 18:07, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve New version uploaded, ✓ Done --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:46, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Thanks once again for your amazing work!
However, there is one problem: in the maximum PNG version, the first Georgian Orthodox Church is too much to the right, so it enters into a vertical line. Veverve (talk) 13:34, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Also, the 1942 merge symbol should be put more to the left, like this. Veverve (talk) 13:42, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve This is the "not so good" things about the technical here at commons. I want you to do the following things for me;
  1. Click on the preview and look at that image for those two things.
  2. Click on the "Original file" link (just below the preview) and look at that image for those two things.
  3. Do the same with each and one of the different rendered png versions, 320 × 184 pixels and look at that image for those two things.
  4. Do the same with each and one of the different rendered png versions, 640 × 367 pixels and look at that image for those two things.
  5. Do the same with each and one of the different rendered png versions, 1,024 × 588 pixels and look at that image for those two things.
  6. Do the same with each and one of the different rendered png versions, 1,280 × 734 pixels and look at that image for those two things.
  7. Do the same with each and one of the different rendered png versions, 2,560 × 1,469 pixels and look at that image for those two things.
  8. Do the same with each and one of the different rendered png versions, 2,170 × 1,245 pixels and look at that image for those two things.
Then write here if they are OK, to much left, to much right etc. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:56, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Ok. However, I am pretty sure the merge symbol and its line are too much on the right by design, and not because of any coding issue. "GOC" means the first "Georgian Orthodox Church" line.

  1. I do not get what you mean.
  2. Original: merge symbol: same problem; GOC: no problem.
  3. 320: merge symbol: same problem; GOC: https://imgur.com/a/xSFtbyW (left)
  4. 640: merge symbol: same problem; GOC: too much to the left
  5. 1024: merge symbol: same problem; GOC: no problem
  6. 1280: merge symbol: same problem; GOC: same problem (right)
  7. 2560: merge symbol: same problem; GOC: no problem
  8. 2170: merge symbol: same problem; GOC: same problem (right)
  • There is also some problems which I think are due to text boxes. The fact that "(ROCOR)" is not in the same text box as "Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia" makes "(ROCOR)" move sometimes too far, sometimes too close to "Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia" depending on the resolution. Same goes for: "(UOC-KP)" next to Ukranian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, "(Ecumenical Patriachate)" next to "Ukranian Orthodox Church of Canada" and next to "Ukranian Orthodox Church of the USA", "Also called" and "Gregorian schism", "2007 17 May" and "Signing of the Act of Canonical Communion", "2019" and "20 June", "31 October" and "1943", "(a.k.a. Tikhonites" and "[3]" and "or Lazarites from Lazar Zhurbenko)". I may have forgotten other instances, but you get the idea.
Same goes for "Cat." next to "Free Russian Orthodox Church" and next to "Seraphimo-Guennadite branch of the True Orthodox Church" and the notes, e.g. "[4]"; I think those problems could be fixed by putting "Cat." and those notes in superior letters, like this and this by using this.
  • The "⸘" uses a completly different font when I see it in the "Original file" on my browser, but not in Inkscape, see here and here. Veverve (talk) 17:23, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve In 1. I meant the preview on the image page.
For 1 and 2, when you click on either of those the rendering (svg to png) is performed locally in your browser and uses what ever librsvg your web browser uses to perform this task. For all the other sizes this task is performed using the librsvg which is used at commons. As we have discussed before this librsvg at commons has many problems with texts.
As you could see the different png sizes show different problems so it's complicated to make it work perfectly, also depending on what the user is doing, I hate those problems.
I will check what you wrote above but I know that in some cases I did separate texts which was e.g bold/not bold because that didn't work before. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:58, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I have moved the merged symbol and the "⸘" is made into none text (outline) so I hope it looks the same everywhere. I guess it's an unusual letter so not all sets of fonts have it. I made Cat. to superscript (others were superscript already) but as I remember this had some issues before. The different text boxes was separated because of problems with bold/not bold, so sure I can rejoin them but then there will be the same problems as before.
There might be a trick/solution (maybe) but right now I don't have the complete knowledge for this but I will look in to it.
The material created here is not only created to be used at commons/wikipedia/wikimedia but everywhere so doing some trick to make it work 100% here might create problems somewhere else. New version uploaded. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Now there is some new problems, e.g. 2560px has this but here it is fine, both times the original version has the "Cat." not in superscript (image). I feel like it is a problem with WCommons and not the SVG. Maybe one of us should ask an admin or an experienced for further guidance before doing anything else.
By the way, the upper "Cat." has a font size of 7.15000033, while the lower one has a font size of 7.14999032. Veverve (talk) 19:12, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Veverve

information
  • The text problem's are due to librsvg and all of it's weaknesses. Many of those has to do with texts as we discussed before.
There is especially one regarding small font which is regarded below 20px. In the illustrations I make I very often use fonts around 12-16 px so they are affected by those problems.
  • User JoKalliauer has a fix to solve this at wikimedia (as he did on Timeline_of_the_main_schisms_from_the_Russian_Orthodox_Church_(1589_to_2021).svg before). This fix includes manually work with the code to make it work better here at wikimedia. I'm not that comfortable with that type of code editing and it might solve the issues at wikimedia but it will probably create other problems if the same file is used outside of wikimedia, and that usage is important to me.
Also a fix like that will probably be over run if the file is edited by someone else as I don't believe many are able to do this or be aware of it. So to me it's a very specific right now for exactly this viewing fix, not for a general thing.
  • You want the texts in this type of illustration to be handled in a very specific and advanced way to an illustration, as I see it. I do understand your needs and I try to fulfill them.
  • Many of those functions work well inside of Inkscape and probably also when exported as pdf or just used as a svg file. Just to open a svg file in another program which didn't create it might cause some very big problems. So when you add the rendering of svg to png in browsers and different servers it's a totally other story. Not everything that works within Inkscape works in this rendering process and it will vary depending on where and by who it's rendered. All of this is out of my or any others control.
suggestion/decision
  • If you want all of those things regarding texts I can make a png version from my original files and you can link to that and it will look as you want but as a png file.
    • This will create some other problems if the original file will be edited by someone, they will probably not know about this png version and that it has to be created manually and updated, so it's not really a god thing to do.
  • My suggestion is that I make "simplified" draft regarding the different text stuff you want, e.g. superscript, bold, not bold, text blocks etc. You would then have to accept that it will not look as you would want in a perfect world but it would work better for where and how the file might be used in a general way. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:32, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Thank you for your explanations and for proposing various solutions.
JoKalliauer tried to fix the text by replacing the font with DejaVu Sans. Could this be a solution which would allow us to keep the complexity of the writings? Veverve (talk) 17:44, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve He did the fix I described above and he did change to DejaVu Sans as to his knowledge there was a bigger difference between bold and normal compared to Liberation Sans which I use. DejaVu Sans takes up more space than Liberation Sans but I think we might have room for that now with the new layout. Changing font will NOT help for the other issues, superscript, boxes moving left-right etc. I made a quick test in Inkscape and to me there is no significant difference between the two fonts regarding bold normal, if there is at wikimedia I can't say right now. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:15, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Would turning each line of text into an image fix some issues? Veverve (talk) 18:52, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve
  • What one can do, but it's not recommended, is to turn all text into outline (paths) fonts-text. This means it will become like any drawing. This will fix all the text issues as it's not text any more. BUT, it will change how the texts looks to some degree and it will make any translations or text edits so so much harder to perform, the "text" will not be searchable any more, also it will increase the image size in Mb but for those illustrations this last weight thing is not a problem to me. For translations and edits it would be so depending on me keeping the original files etc., and I will not be around for ever.
  • One can upload two versions, one with text and one with outline (text as path), put out templates so people (hopefully, I don't trust in people in that way) will understand they can use the text one for edits/translations and then they have to create an outline version also (which you can link to) upload/new version so they both will be in sync. But how god that would work in the long run is hard to say. So it's the same as always, it will fix some things but it will add new problems. Nothing in this world (computer world or the real world) is 100% perfect.
  • So I'm still in favor in trying to create a "simplified text" version and live with the issues it will have regarding how it looks and text rendering at wikimedia. I do understand this is not what you want but on the other hand this file has to be able to be edited by different persons and used in many situations. This is to me the solution which has the widest, safest effect on different situations. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:40, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: How would the simplified version you recommnend look like? Veverve (talk) 19:49, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve I don't know yet but I can make a draft for you. I will try to make it god as possible but yet so it will work in most places. I'm not sure how to achieve this but I will try. Ping me if you think I take to long. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 21:53, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve So now I tried something else. I moved everything to a new document to get rid of problems with document size verses view box. There I pasted all texts again, not text-boxes, texts so they were pasted as unformatted, and then I redid all the bold etc and joined separated text boxes etc. I have removed superscripts and just have them as normal text. That version is now uploaded and to me it's acceptabel. In the small png versions everything looks like bold but I think that is due to resolution. The bigger ones looks fine to me. When I did this the 2,170 × 1,245 png is not updated for some reason but will check later on as I just think it has to be updated. Check it and come back to me, thanks. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:28, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Well, I do not really get how you did it or why it worked, but it seems it fixed most of the problems. Thank you and good job! Do you think the other timelines need the same treatement?
There is, in the Russian OC timeline, a few errors you make while converting, and there is other corrections needed.

In the timeline:
  • "Russian Orthodox Church in Exile" should be in bold
  • "Free Russian Orthodox Church Cat" should be "Free Russian Orthodox Church [Cat.]"
  • "Signing of the Act of Canonical Communion" should moved to be at the same level as "2007"
  • The "UOC-KP" here should be replaced with "Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate" in bold.
  • At those three places, you wrote "Ukranian" instead of "Ukrainian"
  • The "1990" text should be put a bit more to the left
In the legend:
  • "Ukrainian Conciliar-Episcopal Church" should be in bold

Veverve (talk) 21:07, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Veverve New version uploaded, File:Timeline of the main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (1589 to 2021).svg, ✓ Done
I will do the same work with the other three also.

@Goran tek-en: Alright, hopefully it will improve them in some way.
Still, in the Russian OC timeline there is still some last things which should be changed. The live of the 1996 Russian True Orthodox Church should be lowered by a few pixels. "Signing of the Act of Canonical Communion" should be closer to "2007". "17 May" should be at the same height as "2007". All those changes should look like this. Veverve (talk) 11:49, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Veverve New version uploaded.
When I create like this I set up some "rules" regarding layout. So this "1996 Russian True Orthodox Church should be lowered by a few pixels" would mean it's not at the same distance to the line above as the rest (of course I can miss somewhere). Also a few px like that is really not visible to anyone else than you (but of course it should be as correct as possible). A much bigger reality is the screen people use to view, browser, which fonts the have (might be different from what is here at commons), etc.
Also by editing texts like this afterwards adds to the problems we have as the code will not be as "clean" as it was to to start with. So to me and to achieve the best possible illustration it would be much appreciated if you could take some more time when checking the drafts and add together all edits for as few occasions as possible. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:12, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Ok, I understand. I have had a good look at the image to try to fix everything in one fell swoop. There is still four changes needed, one of which I do not know how to do.
  • "1990 25 January" along with its symbol and description should be moved a bit to the left, so that the "1990" above and the "1990" below are in the same place on the X axis. I have intentionally left a black space in the green line in the model draft to show my move.
  • There should be another 1925 here, it should look like this.
  • "(a.k.a. Tikhonites [3]" -> "(a.k.a. Tikhonites [3]," (adding a ",")
  • Here, I would like to show that the recreation of the UAOC and the merge of the Lubnyan schism into it both took place in 1942. However, I do not know how to show that. Do you have any suggestion?
Veverve (talk) 14:46, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve
  • For "1990 25 January" against "1990" above. "1990" is set to the left where the vertical line begins. (I'm actually bit confused about this as the donut to my understanding should be the year, not the vertical beginning but as I understand it you see it the other way around, and for this your opinion has priority.)
"1990 25 January" is on the other hand a centered thing above the symbol so in one way they can't really be at the same point, but I will line them up on the left.
  • I'm not sure I understood the 1942 thing. Considering my thoughts above I have some suggestions.
I have made a minor change to 1990, to me it's a new way to start a line when you have a donut at the same location, to me it feels fine.
I have also a suggestion for 1942, it's not perfect but a start. I have changed the ratio of the merge symbol and then applied the same logic as above. If we will use this we will have to change this symbol everywhere we used it.
Model.
  • The 1941 beginning of the line should also be harmonised with the new style by removing the arrow. I think this new style of beginning is better.
  • The UAOC and its abreviations should be put where I put them in the model, or else those would be on the same line as "Unification council of the Eastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine"
  • The "1942" should be put where I put it in the model.
  • The 1942 merge symbol should be less squashed. I think the new squashed version should be next to the normal version in the legend.
Veverve (talk) 19:10, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve
  • My intention with this new style was to be used ONLY when we have a donut or other symbol just after a vertical start line. We still have the right arrow ending in a vertical line or the other way around. So if you mean 1941 should be the same then also 1589 should be changed and other documents, and I don't think we should!
  • I think having two versions of merge symbol is bad so I went back to the original one.
  • Draft-03. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:34, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Ok, it is good, you can upload it. Hopefully, we will not have to touch this timeline anymore from now on. Veverve (talk) 17:40, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Veverve New version uploaded, I'm not so sure as you are that we wont edit this again. ✓ Done I will remake the others also, please remind me if I take to long. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:21, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Request: change a ribbon

Hello again @Goran tek-en: !
I have a request for a change for File:Coat of Arms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Constantinople (St. George's Cathedral, Istanbul).svg. The ribbon, I feel, is not faithful to the model, and thus should be changed.
Here is an image. The first version is the current version of the SVG, the second is from File:Church of St. George, Istanbul (August 2010).jpg, and the third version is a rough draft of what the corrected version should look like. Veverve (talk) 00:41, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Veverve As I recall we had discussions similar to this at the time. The SVG file is a 2 dimensional interpretation of a very poor photo (when zoomed in) of a 3 dimensional sculpture. That sculpture was created from some material we know nothing of, it's a 3 dimensional interpretation of that material. Now we are trying to go back to a 2 dimensional interpretation but we don't have the material they started of with.
That photo (second) is taken from a very low angel and doesn't show what it looks like strait forward and then the low quality on top of that.
Every time something is created from some other material and dimensional form (2<->3) changes are made to fit in with that new circumstance and purpose. So if I try to look at that photo I would say the ribbon is standing out from the wall so the broad area is "perpendicular" to the wall. That means if I was to really follow that in the 2 dimensional SVG file there would only be a thin line visible of the ribbon below the knot, the thickness of the fabric.
If there is no better photo (with or without copyright) straight on the sculpture, I don't really see the point in making these changes as we will not get any closer to the original, what ever the original is as this is all we have. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:52, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: I do not really remember us having a conversation on this subject, so sorry if I have forgotten. While I agree that the images we have are not very helpful, and that it is unfortunate that we do not have the origina 2d model, I can clearly see both in here and here that
  1. there is no frill or ornament at the end of the ribbon
  2. the ribbon has high curves, and not simply small waves
I think that those two details should be changed. Of course, the source material is not great, but I feel one can clearly se that those two details are very different from the current SVG version. I have once again searched on the internet, and could not find any high resolution picture of this sculpture, sorry. Veverve (talk) 18:48, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve
  • here, to me this image is to bad when zoomed in to see any details like that on the end of ribbons.
  • here, this image is cut so you don't see the end of the ribbons and also bad quality.
  • This image is what we used to shape the ribbons like it's stated in the sources of that SVG.
  • If this is important to you I can remove the frills and reshape the ribbon but it will mainly be as a guess from my side as I don't really have anything else but the CoA above to go on. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:23, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: The thing is, this is also very likely a guesswork, and its user stopped responding shortly after he/she posted it; he/she did not even give credits for the parts he/she used, so this ribbon may be from another image. Sometimes, because of this attribution problem, I think about asking for the image to be deleted.
Therefore, I would prefer you to change the ribbon based on the images and the the draft I gave you. Veverve (talk) 17:40, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
Veverve Ribbon-1. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:44, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: It is good! Thank you. You can upload it. Veverve (talk) 17:54, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Veverve New version uploaded ✓ Done --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:07, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

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 Support Good quality. --Knopik-som 11:59, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 Comment Goran tek-en, it looks to me like it still has some COM:OVERCAT. Wouldn't Category:Military history of Germany be a parent category of Category:Maps of the military history of Germany? -- Ikan Kekek 16:00, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 Comment Categories look good now. Good map. -- Ikan Kekek 02:28, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

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A Request for the George Cross

Hi, I have a request for the George Cross on the flag of Malta. The current cross on the flag which is widely used on Wikipedia has fewer details than the one on the official construction sheet and some elements are not accurate like the cross at the bottom instead of the flower. I have searched the web for the correct version but the only one I found is a PNG(above). I have asked the user Great Brightstar and they made a request on the Illustration workshop. But since then I've made some edits to the request which might have made things unclear. I just need a SVG format of the PNG image and I will update the flag and the coat of arms. If it's possible for you, can you do it? If so I would be really grateful. Here are theOfficial graphical specifications for the color and size ratio of the Red Perimeter. So please let me know if you are going to do this. Best Regards. Kamran.nef (talk) 19:59, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Kamran.nef I will do it, I will take the request and work there. ✓ Done --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 09:07, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you so much! Kamran.nef (talk) 09:11, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Kamran.nef Thanks for "The Graphic Designer's Barnstar". I have been thinking, do you think there is a need for a version without the the red outline? --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:05, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
I don't know, there could be. Most places associate the cross with Malta. But other versions might be useful too. Kamran.nef (talk) 15:24, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Maksimir park

Kaštel Stari It seems as your request was archived and I can't find any user page for you so I hope this ping will find you.
Here is now two drafts for today's park.

Tell me what texts you want in there, which texts to change and check everything. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:28, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Goran tek-en Well, all the texts that are in open street map, and just change the title in Park-šuma Maksimir. 95.168.120.17 17:55, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Kaštel Stari You are not logged and I don't act on anonymous postings so please log in. There are a lot of texts at OSM so you have to be more specific and as before I need the texts written here so I can copy, thanks. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:02, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
:Goran tek-en Ok can you put link to OSM, then i’ll tell you what to put in. Kaštel Stari (talk) 18:07, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Kaštel Stari OSM --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:19, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en Tnx, I’ll send you what texts to keep but no sooner then 17. August. Kaštel Stari (talk) 18:27, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en Here It is. Link Kaštel Stari (talk) 13:20, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
Kaštel Stari The link doesn't work for me, access denied. Remember that I need the texts also as texts here so I can copy them, thanks. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:37, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en Sorry, my bad. Now It should work. [3] Kaštel Stari (talk) 13:50, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
But I still need the texts so I can copy them here, to many special letters. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:16, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en Ok here are the texts: Peto Maksimirsko jezero, Četvrto Maksimirsko jezero, Treće Maksimirsko jezero, Drugo Maksimirsko jezero, Prvo Maksimirsko jezero Kaštel Stari (talk) 14:26, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Kaštel Stari I changed the name in the title. Draft-2.
If this draft is fine I will need the following;

  • Name of the file
  • Description (/language)
  • Captions/s (/language)
  • Category/ies at commons

to be able to upload it at commons. If you don'y know about Captions read here. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:02, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Goran tek-en
  • Name of the file Map of Maksimir Park
  • Description (/language) Današnji izgled Park-šume Maksimir (Croatian)
  • Captions/s (/language) Situation plan, Park, Maksimir (English)
  • Category/ies at commons
    Ponds in Croatia, Maksimir Park

Kaštel Stari (talk) 18:12, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Kaštel Stari I added 2021 so names and info are more informative, hope it's fine with you.
file:Map of Maksimir Park 2021.svg
✓ Done --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:57, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
I want to thank you for your amazing work on File:George_Cross_of_Malta_737x737.svg and File:George_Cross_of_Malta_170x170.svg Kamran.nef (talk) 23:14, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Map Jaguari

Hey man, use the traductor for portuguese please :) Como é uma cidade pequena, não há muito material disponível na verdade. Aquele link que eu mandei ele é uma base mas não está muito aproximado, por isso eu mesmo comecei a fazer os mapas no google earth, baseado nas leis. Existem correntes de água na cidade também. Eu gostaria que você ajudasse fazendo um mapa em imagem para a Wikipedia. Entre em contato :)

NaCl_polyhedra_bonds

Michael D. Turnbull, DePiep I hope both of you will have the time and interest in helping out for us to be able to create a more accurate image than File:NaCl_polyhedra.svg.

Info from DePiep:
Nice to note: their reply does not concern the crystallography, but the chemical bonding representation. Some honour is saved ;-) That is: size of balls, and the drawing of sticks between them (here in colors green-white) is the problem. So, given (=accepting from MDT) that the bonding is different, image File:Sodium-chloride-3D-ionic.png says something different. Now how to turn this image into a correct one, per MDT? Obviously, remove the between-atomic-balls sticks (no such bonding). Also, change ball size (keeping anion/cation relative sizes) to make them touching & give stable ball stacking. However, then both illustrative en:octahedrons would become invisible? These are the main assests of currewnt image!
As for the two "cubic-like" items: this is a visualisation, not physically present. It illustrates the surrounding (positioning) of a grey atom by six Na-atoms, on a en:triangular bipyramid (six corners = atoms); en:octahedron. It is described here: "It is obvious from the diagram that each chloride ion is surrounded by six sodium ions which are disposed towards the corners of a regular octahedron". Correct PyMOL colors, from source PyMOL: :::Na #aa5cf2 ([0-1] scale: 0.670588235, 0.360784314, 0.949019608), sodium  Na  :::Cl #1ef01e ([0-1] scale: 0.121568627, 0.941176471, 0.121568627), chlorine  Cl 
Info from Michael D. Turnbull:
I think I can express the issue in another way that may help. There are two general bond types in chemistry, ionic and covalent. When we think of a compound "AB" we can write A+B- as a good way of expressing the ionic option. Or we could write A–B to show the covalent option. Some compounds have both type of bond (e.g. A–B–C+D-). What is the key difference in behaviour? Well, for one thing, ionic compounds completely lose their integrity on dissolving them in water or melting them. That means that if we recrystallise them or re-freeze them, the individual ions don't revert to the positions they previously held: they randomize. Whereas, when a covalent compound like acetic acid = CH3COOH dissolves in water the methyl group never becomes detached from the carbonyl group: when re-isolated they are still covalently bonded, although other molecules of the acid do freeze independently. And sodium acetate displays both behaviours: the methyl group stays attached to the carbonyl group BUT the sodium atom  is promiscuous: it moves around in solution independently. Hence the "best" simple drawing is CH3COONa+. Incidentally, the atoms in covalently-bonded compounds frequently end up closer together than the sum of their ionic radii. They share molecular orbitals in a way that ionic compounds (of which sodium chloride is a classic example) can't. So the challenge for Goran tek-en in trying to create a really superior image is to use some cunning transparency in the lattice made up of filled atoms to add the polyhedron whose role is to illustrate the closest neighbours of a given single atom (a chloride in the current drawing on the right and a sodium on the left). I have no objections to using lines within these polyhedra, to represent their edges, not bonds. The result will some sort of combination of the polyhedra with a drawing like File:NaCl.png.
Extended content

1) For me to be able to start I would need the ratio in size between Na and Cl.
2) Is the numbers of particles and projection fine in this image File:NaCl.png or would you prefer something else. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:40, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

The issue arising from the bigger atom balls is, IMO: it will be more difficult to show the that were so illustrative. Make atom balls transparent? -DePiep (talk) 13:44, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
From , sodium cation is 116 picometre and chloride anion is 167 picometre, so ratio is 167/116 = 1.44 approx. Happy to help further if needed. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 13:50, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
The File:Sodium-chloride-3D-ionic.png is the one currently used in the article but seems identical to File:NaCl.png (maybe more vibrant colours?) and is also 7 x 7 x 7, so that seems fine, as is the projection, IMO. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 13:57, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull, DePiep Na and Cl are depicted as balls, is this what is most frequent or are they actually balls in reality? If not can you link to images of real Na, Cl.
What are they in reality, opaque or transperent to some degree? --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:19, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
"In reality" is a bit of a stretch for our imagination, given the tiny size but yes, it turns out that perfect spheres are the best way to illustrate ions like these. The wavelength of visible light is a lot bigger than the size of atoms, hence you can't resolve them in a conventional microscope. Modern atomic force microscopes can form something similar to an image but for the purposes here I suggest you add however much transparency you need to allow the picture to work: anything of this sort is a model that is just one representation chosen to illustrate what we want to show — in this case the atom packing and the nearest neighbours of one specific sodium cation and chlorine anion. Note that if we were being pedantic we would add a tiny + symbol within the sphere of each sodium and a tiny - symbol in each chlorine to show the charges. However, since we are using false colours (conventional ones) we can use a caption to say that each green sphere is a chloride ion and ignore that fact. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 14:34, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull The drafts I show here are PNG versions of the original SVG file I'm working in and will upload to commons.
  • This draft is the first layer and I want to check if you think it's good so far. In this draft there are four yellowish shapes which is an attempt to show electrostatic interactions, I'm not really sure if they add something or just are strange, remember that they would be between all Na Cl in this first layer if we keep them, Draft 100%-1. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:47, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
Yes, that's perfect. The yellow bits are like magnetic lines of force and are a clever way to represent the electrostatics. I suggest you limit them to the "special" atoms that will be at the centre of the polyhedra, although maybe that will be less obvious as that part of the image will become quite "busy" given how much you are trying to show there. If you update at the same Google link, I'll follow your progress there. Do please continue to ping me here, as although I have this page on my watchlist for Commons, I don't log on here every day but the ping comes through to my en: account, where I'm pretty active. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 18:46, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull Yes I will continue and then we will se how crowded it will become. I'm glad you think that might work. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:37, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
Thinking about this overnight, I wonder whether you should just use the "special" atom already indicated with the yellow force lines as the one that's at the centre of the polyhedron? That atom already has atoms N S E and W, so just needs one "towards" the viewer and another (partially visible) "behind" in the next layer. The "towards" layer could be entirely absent apart from that one atom and it would still be obvious what was meant owing to the 7 x 7 x 7 block that would be partially visible. The same idea could be used to the left of the first layer, where the "special sodium ion" could be the one three atoms to the left of the special chloride. Is that easier than trying to show the polyhedra where they were in your original diagram? Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 11:09, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull A good nights sleep often solves problem.
  • You are talking about "atom" and I don't understand. We have Na and Cl, is it those you are referring to as atoms or something else?
  • What do you mean by "special" atom, special chloride and "special sodium ion", is that the ones in the polyhedra you are referring to?
  • I haven't started to think about how to solve the polyhedra if that is what you are explaining above, I won't do that until the whole 7x7x7 is ready, I need that as a base, see how it looks and then start on the polyhedra. So will use this information later on, if that is what you mean above. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:43, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
Apologies, I'm using the word "atom" as the generic term for either sodium or chlorine. Strictly speaking, as we have already discussed, sodium chloride is composed of "ions" (with ionic bonds) in which each sodium atom has lost one of its electrons (leaving it net positive) and the chlorine atom has gained one, making it net negatively charged. Oddly, chemists have a new word for the negatively charged chlorine atom (=chloride) while we don't have a new word for the positive sodium (we call it a sodium cation or a sodium ion). My use of "special" just means that we will be choosing a single Na+ and Cl- in the whole drawing to illustrate a typical polyhedron surrounding each (the vertices are the centres of the spheres belonging to their nearest neighbours, which they are in contact with, as in your original drawing). In reality, of course, every ion throughout the crystal lattice has exactly the same setting, with its group of six nearest neighbours. We are NOT going to draw all the resulting polyhedra, since that would be too confusing and would detract from the points we are trying to make. I note that in your File:NaCl_polyhedra.svg, you had a single Na+ sticking out at the far right: that's really the same idea as my last suggestion, since it "belongs" in another layer of ions to the right of which it is the only one illustrated. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 13:38, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull, DePiep Now there is a draft of what I call the base illustration 7x7x7, Draft 1-1. If you like this or when it's edited from your feedback, do you think there is any point to upload this with out the polyhedra. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:44, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
Yes, at least as good as the diagram in the Chembox of the en:sodium chloride article and well worth uploading in .svg format. If you do that, I'll replace the current image and expand the caption to explain the yellow lines. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 19:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Michael D. Turnbull, DePiep Now I have uploaded the image NaCl bonds and in this I have reduced the visibility of the bonds to 60% of what it was in this Draft. To me it's better but you guys has to say which you want or maybe softer/stronger. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:11, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

That looks fine to me and the yellow bond lines are certainly strong enough to make the point, without dominating the image. Well done! I think that this version will be excellent for illustrating ionic bonding either in the sodium chloride article or elsewhere. I'll give that some thought. Meanwhile, you've got the harder task of adding the polyhedra..... Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 14:34, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull, DePiep Can any of you describe in words I understand what it is that the two polyhedrons are actually showing. I understand it shows the relationships between the seven atoms but is there not more to it? --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:13, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
One of the concepts in chemistry, and especially in relation to crystals or combinations of a metal atom and those other atoms that are bonded to it is that it forms a en:Coordination complex. What we're interested in is the immediate surroundings of a specific atom, as if from its point of view. So, in the case of sodium chloride you can focus on one atom/ion and ask the question "what other ions are touching (and bonding to) this ion?". As we have discussed, for any sodium ion in the crystal ONLY chloride ions touch it: and there are exactly six of them. Having six nearest-neighbours is called "being en:hexacoordinate". If we were to cut out from the sodium chloride crystal one specific chloride and its six nearest neighbours, we would have seven atoms: the Cl- at the centre and the Na+ N,S,E,W, forward and back from it. Now think of drawing lines from the centres of the six sodiums: they would form a polyhedron (in fact an en:octahedron). That's what we want to show. We don't need to show every possible octahedron, only to give an example for one sodium and one chlorine (as in your original image). This aspect of the structure is much less important than what you've already drawn in NaCl bonds but for some teaching purposes it will help students grasp the point that the environment of each ion in the crystal is identical and that the surrounding ions possess a special en:Symmetry. is a very important feature of chemistry and crops up in more detailed discussions of bonding and especially the mathematics of the theory we use to explain it. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 17:00, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull Thanks for that, your knowledge of this is deep. I can only say I'm more and more impressed by the knowledge and information that is stored within wikipedia and all of wikimedia, it makes me feel proud to be a part of it. I really really hope a lot of people all over use it. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 22:36, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Grek. this "you must ping me"-thing is getting too boring. -DePiep (talk) 20:23, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
DePiep
  1. I don't understand what you mean by calling me "Grek", but I don't think it's something positive.
  2. I have never told someone that they "must" ping me, what I do is asking people to always ping me as the watch doesn't work all the time.
  3. If you mean that I ping you in this thread and you don't want me to, please just tell me that.
  4. If you mean something else please let me now in strait words. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 22:36, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
cube and octahedron are duals
Now you are turning into a chemist, Goran tek-en, I can perhaps show you why symmetry is so important to our theories. You will know about en:Platonic solids and may even be aware that the regular octahedron is the dual of the cube (see that article and, for a more mathematical approach en:Duality_(mathematics)#Dimension-reversing_dualities). So we can "explain" why sodium chloride crystallises into cubes by observing that the local symmetry around each ion is octahedral!
Returning to an earlier question you asked: Na and Cl are depicted as balls, is this what is most frequent or are they actually balls in reality? and I said that perfect spheres are the best way to illustrate ions I can now reveal a deeper truth: the ions have spherical symmetry BUT are not to be thought of as ball-bearings. In fact, the (negatively charged) electrons which surround the (positively charged) nucleus move in orbits (we call them orbitals) that have shapes which average out to the surface of a sphere but at any one moment the electron is located at a single point. That's also a simplification, owing to the en:Wave–particle duality of something as small as an electron but I'll leave you to read the details in main space, if you wish..... Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 10:11, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull Thanks for all that info, I had some of it when I checked polyhedra. I really like to do illustrations regarding technology, physics and chemistry, I have an engineer education but I haven't worked as it for many many years, and in high school (Gymnasium, the Swedish equivalent) I actually had the highest grade you could get in chemistry. Although I have done a lot of different things in life I have always kept my interest for technology-science, I really like it. Here is an image I have made in that field, maybe you haven't seen it, Ion collisions in weak and strong magnetic fields compared. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:38, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull Now I have to get some thoughts about this. This is drafts of the polyhedra with the Cl in the middle and just the closest atoms.
These are developing well. All the lines are correct and the only issue is how the whole will be perceived by the reader. To my eyes, the two lines crossing the green of the Cl "behind" that ion are not quite intense enough: can you make them a little more brown, so they are more obvious? Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 10:08, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Michael D. Turnbull

That's excellent now and I think it will be worth saving this diagram to Commons as well as completing the final step of incorporating it (and the complementary partner with Na central) into NaCl bonds as was the original plan. Incidentally, as that file's page will show now, today I added that image to en:Ionic bonding. There are several articles where one or other of these pictures can go and you can propose them again for a "featured image"..... Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 14:28, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull Yes I will add the polyhedra with Na central and I think that image with the two could be uploaded as one image and then the one with it all together as one. Were you not to add information about the bonds on this image NaCl bonds. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:52, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Good idea to upload the pair as a single image and yes, I've ✓ Done the update to the original's description. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 10:11, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull I will be gone for about a week so you won't hear from me in a while, just so you know. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:55, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Michael D. Turnbull Now I have a draft with both polyhedral.

Yes, these are both perfect. Did you intend to save them exactly as here, or split them into two separate .svg? I you were going to save them as they are now, I suggest you add the yellow stipples between the chloride and the sodium above it, so as to be consistent with the rest of the image. An alternative presentation would show the two groups side-by-side: I'm not sure which will fit better into articles in Wikipedia, so maybe it is worth saving both horizontal and vertical versions for versatility. The final step, as already discussed, is to incorporate these octahedra into NaCl bonds and save that under a new name. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 21:14, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull Yes I did think about the bonds between them but wasn't sure but now I'm.
  • It's mainly up to you what you think is useful to save so I haven't given it any deep thoughts yet, we do what you think is good. Yes I'm working on the adding those into the bigger picture. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 10:11, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Michael D. Turnbull Here are different drafts.

Hi Goran tek-en. All your drafts are technically correct, so I think that their use comes down to personal preference. I downloaded all the files and placed them within a single image so I could study them as a whole. That has led me to choose three specific files which I think would be worth uploading as .svg and have potential in Wikipedia articles. My overall favourite is "partly-same-1" because it is the nearest to the full crystal lattice, with just enough atoms removed so that the octahedra stand out and are highlighted, with the remaining atoms fading into the background. The next-preferred is "free-same-light-1" where you have removed an extra couple of the less-relevant atoms to make the octahedra even more obvious. Then, thirdly, there is "divided-same-light-1" where yet more irrelevant atoms have been stripped out and the octahedra now float clear of the rest of the crystal, while still making it obvious how they fit in. You will note that none of my choices were of the type where you have used extra toning. In the end, I felt that the toned versions would just lead to readers to wonder why some of the atoms outside the octahedra had toning while others didn't. Well done, this looks like the work is now complete! Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 10:19, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
Michael D. Turnbull I agree with you, but when you in the middle of the work it's hard to view it from "outside".
  • Did you also want the free polyhedras, single image for each-two images, both together on top of each other, both together side ways.
If so then its seven all together, less if you don't want all of the four above. I will need the following for each file;
  • Name of the file
  • Description (/language)
  • Captions/s (/language)
  • Category/ies at commons
to be able to upload it at commons. If you don'y know about Captions read here. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:27, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
OK, Goran tek-en, for now let's just upload the three files I've highlighted. Maybe the "free" polyhedra will be useful to someone but for the moment I'll focus on getting these three into articles in Main Space. Given that your first new file is "NaCl bonds", I think we should go with the following:
  • partly-same-1 becomes
filename= NaCl octahedra in crystal
|description =
English: The crystal structure of sodium chloride, NaCl, a typical ionic compound, emphasising the octahedral environment of one sodium cation, Na+, illustrated as a __ purple sphere and one chloride anion, Cl, illustrated as a __ green sphere. The yellow stipples represent the electrostatic force in each ionic bond.
caption = The octahedral environment of sodium and chloride ions within a salt crystal
Categories= Crystal structure of sodium chloride; Octahedral symmetry
  • free-same-light-1 becomes
filename= NaCl octahedra and part of crystal
|description =
English: The crystal structure of sodium chloride, NaCl, a typical ionic compound, emphasising the octahedral environment of one sodium cation, Na+, illustrated as a __ purple sphere and one chloride anion, Cl, illustrated as a __ green sphere. The yellow stipples represent the electrostatic force in each ionic bond: some atoms in the crystal lattice are not shown, so as to highlight the two specific octahedra.
caption = The octahedral environment of sodium and chloride ions within part of a salt crystal
Categories= Crystal structure of sodium chloride; Octahedral symmetry
  • divided-same-light-1 becomes
filename= NaCl octahedra
|description =
English: The crystal structure of sodium chloride, NaCl, a typical ionic compound, emphasising the octahedral environment of one sodium cation, Na+, illustrated as a __ purple sphere and one chloride anion, Cl, illustrated as a __ green sphere. The yellow stipples represent the electrostatic force in each ionic bond. The crystal lattice formed by multiple such octahedra is shown to the left.
caption = The octahedral environment of sodium and chloride ions and a salt crystal built from these units
Categories= Crystal structure of sodium chloride; Octahedral symmetry
I can always tweak the captions and descriptions once you have uploaded them but I'm no good at foreign languages :-( Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 16:34, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Now you can find them here file:NaCl octahedra in crystal.svg, file:NaCl octahedra and part of crystal.svg, file:NaCl octahedra.svg. ✓ Done

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surge_tank

Glrx Thanks for helping out here. I have copied the last part from Commons:Graphic_Lab/Illustration_workshop/Archive/2021#schematic_sketch_surge_tank_=_Wasserschloss to here.

Here are now twelve illustrations of a full cycle. I have added arrows to show which way the valve is moving. I have also added some informativ text but you have to say if you want it, also when I do the animation it will be time depending so you can read them if we keep them. The numbering now is not related to your sketches any longer.
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::::::: Depicting the full cycle is a great idea.
::::::: Also good: the arrows to show which way the valve is moving.
::::::: I have also added some informativ text but you have to say if you want it. I like it.
::::::: The numbering now is not related to your sketches any longer. That is fine.
::::::: Answer to Glrx ideas:
::::::: 4 Valve open flow. Flow in tunnel is slow compared to penstock (pipe feeding turbine). I'd use short arrows in tunnel. One possibility, but Goran_tek's pale and dark arrows are also ok.
::::::: 5 Valve shut. (Real world shuts valve gradually.) The gradually closing valve is a good idea. And it's nice depicted in 2-3-4.png 
::::::: I have a few remarks about 1-11.png but will write tomorrow.
He wanted illustrations and an animation is possible.
  1. So what I would like to know is if the twelve different illustrations are good or something should be edited.
  2. If they are good the should be uploaded and then I need this info for each file;
  • Name of the file
  • Description (/language)
  • Captions/s (/language)
  • Category/ies at commons
  1. Finally the animation should be created and checked. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:12, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
Glrx You agreed to help out on this, could you please do so, look above, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:33, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en:
Free free to ignore these comments.
1. The darker wisps in the reservoir suggest water movement. I'd remove them. The flow at the tunnel entrance will be as fast as the tunnel, but the flow drops off rapidly. The area at the entrance is πr2. One tunnel diameter (D = 2r) away, the area contributing to the flow is one-half of a sphere of radius D. That area is ½×4πD2 = 8×πr2. So the flow velocity at 1 tunnel diameter away from the mouth is 1/8 the tunnel velocity. The arrows in the tunnel should be the same length because the flow velocity in the tunnel is uniform. The penstock looks to be ½ the tunnel diameter, so its flow is 4 times as fast as the tunnel velocity. Its arrows would be 4 times longer. You've drawn the turbine as a side-shot waterwheel: efficient turbines try to remove almost all the stream velocity. The exhaust comes out the bottom rather than the opposite side. See Hydroelectric Power: How it Works at USGS. The water should be dumping into the lower body of water rather than stopping in mid air.
2. When the valve closes, the flow in the left side of the tunnel will not change quickly, so its arrows should stay the same length. The tunnel flow after the surge tank will be smaller due to the valve, so its arrow length should be slightly shorter. The difference in flow is directed into the surge tank. So the arrow going into the surge tank should be small (diameters are the same, so the length of the left side arrows = length of surge entrance arrow + length of right side arrow. That's conservation of mass. The diameter of the surge tank is about twice that of the surge entrance, so the length of the arrows inside the tank should be about ¼ the length of the entrance arrow.
3. Cavitation needs to start after the valve. When the water flowing through the valve is less than the water flowing down the penstock, then a vacuum is formed after the valve. You show that cavitation, but the contrast between the gray and the light blue is small.
4. Flow in surge tank is ¼ the right-to-left flow in the tunnel.
5. "Valve closed" is good but should be first line. Add "surge tank is above reservoir level". Third line "so tunnel flow reversed".
6. Use shorter arrows in body of surge tank. Its flow is still ¼ of reverse tunnel flow.
7. Reverse line order. First line is "valve closed". Second line "surge tank at same same level as reservoir". Third line "no flow".
8. Causality: put the line about the valve opening above the line about gradually increasing the flow.
9. Reverse lines. "Valve gradually opens". "Surge tank supplies water quickly". "Water in tunnel starts to move".
10. Line 1: "valve open". Line 2: "tunnel supplies water for turbine and to refill surge tank".
11. At this point, the net flow into the surge tank = net flow out of the surge tank. There should not be any arrows in the surge tank.
12. Same comments as 11.
Glrx (talk) 17:09, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Glrx Thanks for your input and knowledge, I will check and use it. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:16, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

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Вікі любить пам'ятки 2021 в Україні / Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in Ukraine

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З 1 по 30 вересня вже традиційно пройде українська частина міжнародного фотоконкурсу «Вікі любить пам'ятки»! В Україні цей конкурс пройде вже вдесяте. На конкурс можна подавати власні фото пам'яток історико-культурної спадщини України — і змагатися за призи. Більше можна прочитати за посиланням.

Радимо ознайомитися із детальними правилами, а також із відповідями на часті питання. Як і того року — у номінації «За найбільшу кількість сфотографованих пам’яток» можна отримати 21 бал за фотографії об'єктів, якщо світлин цієї пам'ятки раніше не було завантажено.

Нагадаємо, що всі фотографії автоматично беруть участь у номінації «За найбільшу кількість сфотографованих пам’яток»; однак для того, щоб фото позмагалося у номінації «Найкраще фото», потрібно підтвердити це при завантаженні.

Цього року вперше будуть окремо виділені фото з повітря (дронами, квадрокоптерами тощо) — у спеціальній номінації «Аерофото». Для того, щоб робота потрапила на спецномінацію потрібно вибрати її у Завантажувачі.

Також вперше проводиться спеціальна номінація «Пам'ятки Подесення», знову пройдуть спецномінації «Відео», «Єврейська спадщина», «Млини», «Пам'ятки національно-визвольної боротьби» та «Via Regia Ukraine». Для участі світлин у цих спецномінаціях не потрібно обирати нічого у Завантажувачі — світлини зараховуватимуться автоматично з відповідних списків.

Усі номінації та спецномінації конкурсу описані тут.

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Важливо! Цього року відбулася адміністративно-територіальна реформа. Однак, ми проводимо конкурс ще за попереднім адміністративно-територіальним устроєм. Ми почали роботу над створенням списків з новим поділом, але вона ще не є завершена. Ви можете користуватися тими новими списками, що вже є, якщо потрібно відшукати пам'ятку за новим поділом (деякі ОДА вже почали присилати у такому форматі), але пам'ятайте, що нові списки ще не є повними.

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Flag of RVNMF during Diem's era

I made two images for the flag of RVNMF in Ngo Dinh Diem's era (cf. File:Flag of the RVNMF (1955–1965).svg), as I saw some sources shown that the flag kept similarity to that of the Vietnamese National Army. It would be nice if you can made further improvement based on better sources. Regards. -- Great Brightstar (talk) 17:28, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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  • First I think it's wrong to put the attribution in my name. You have made those derivative works based on a file I created (which you stated) but I haven't created those two so please put the attribution in your name.
  • I don't understand which parts you think I should improve and what sources you are thinking of, please explain more, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:53, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
OK. All sources I have seen were already listed in their file description pages. Including two images archived at the Internet Arvhive, and a YouTube video from Diem's era, all of them shown that the flag of the RVNMF was still keep the yellow field with three red stripes as that of the Vietnamese National Army in his presidency. However I can read some of French contents but I can't read Vietnamese text, and I can't promise I made right reproduction for the inspections and wreath laurels. So I just hope anyone could give a hand. If you could help to improve, I will send you barnstar. Regards. -- Great Brightstar (talk) 17:00, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Donald Trung Could you check (please read above) the sources of this file Flag of the RVNMF (1955–1965) by Great Brightstar if what he has done is correct and/or if you know of better sources. You do have knowledge of this if I'm not wrong. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:17, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
I will research it (more) later, I don't think that the current version is incorrect at all based on the resources available to me. I just think that the Great Brightstar wants to have the most factually correct version and saw that you made "the other flag" so (s)he just asked you. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:55, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Request: small tweak in a timeline

@Goran tek-en: At File:Timeline of the History of the main autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches, E. Orthodox point of view (2021).svg, could you move the "1990" of the UAOC (red line) so that it is at the same place on the x axis as the "1990" above it? Like this. Veverve Veverve (talk) 20:29, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Veverve The thing is that as I see it it's centered. The center of the grey five corner lines up with the line below which is the point where 1990 starts. This is how I have drawn every where, if we change here I will have to change every where and that is a lot of work which (to me) doesn't bring any improvement. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:24, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Is it not possible to move only this date, and not the others? If you think it will be too asymmetrical, then nevermind. Veverve (talk) 15:03, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
Veverve It's possible but I don't like it. I'm that type of person that likes that the timelines we have made should all have the same construction, rules etc. But in reality you always comes to a point like this. Have you got comments on it or does it feels wrong to you? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:11, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: It simply felt wrong to me. I know our aesthetic feelings sometimes clash, but I feel all in all we - especially you - made a good job on the requests I made. Nevermind, then. The timeline is already very good the way it is!
Oh, by the way I have some requests at the Graphic lab, one of which is not under DR, so if you want to give a hand feel free ;). Veverve (talk) 15:22, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
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  • This is a variation I'm fine with, does it help you?
  • I don't understand what you mean by "not under DR", please explain.
  • Please put the links for your requests here and I will check. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:56, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en:
  • No, but as I said it is not a problem to keep the timeline the way it is, do not worry.
  • Some images I asked to be changed in the Graphic Lab are under deletion request (DR). While they should normally be kept, I understand a graphic designer would not want to work in images which could possibly be deleted soon.
  • Here is the request I made in the lab which does not concern images under (DR): Commons:Graphic_Lab/Illustration_workshop#SVG_version_of_Nuvola_images. Veverve (talk) 16:10, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
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  • I have seen that one and are those images not copyrighted in some way when used in a "program", that's why I haven't accepted it.
  • What I can see on other images there is a named designer so it's strange to me.
  • If you want to use them that small (your two links) why do you want a svg version?
  • What is Nuvola images really. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:08, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
  • The images are under GNU 2.1+, so they are not copyrighted.
  • The GNU license does not prevent people from adding the author's name.
  • I feel it is always better to have SVG rather than bitmap images.
  • w:Nuvola states: "Nuvola is a free software icon set under the GNU LGPL 2.1 license, created by David Vignoni."

Veverve (talk) 17:28, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Veverve Sorry to be a bit persistent on this. That license is for software to my understanding and I really don't feel comfortable recreating them like that and it's a bit of work just to have them as svg if... I can never be true to the original so I'm sorry but I will leave this open for someone else. I hope that's fine with you. ✓ Done --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:28, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

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Вікі любить пам'ятки 2021 в Україні триває до 30 вересня / Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in Ukraine is on till September 30

Автор фото Aeou, інфографіка AnastasiaPetrova (WMUA), CC BY-SA 4.0
Переможці спеціальної номінації «Відео» 2020. Автори роликів: Ігор Мартинів, Кирило Венцеславський; Музика: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 2 by Kevin MacLeod. Монтаж: Atoly. Ліцензія CC BY-SA 4.0

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Нагадуємо, що до 30 вересня включно можна вантажити світлини та відео культурної спадщини України до національного етапу міжнародного фотоконкурсу «Вікі любить пам'ятки»!

Зараз Україна посідає 3-є місце за кількістю завантажених світлин, поступаючись Російській Федерації та Німеччині. За першу половину місяця було завантажено світлини пам'яток із усіх регіонів України, але частина із них є дуже погано представлена. Севастополь зараз представлений тільки однією пам'яткою і одним фото, Крим — 12 пам'яток і 51 фото. Детальніше — у таблиці:

Проміжна статистика
Регіон К-ть пам'яток К-ть фото
Севастополь 1 1
АР Крим 12 51
Закарпаття 26 96
Миколаївщина 29 81
Рівненщина 36 186
Херсонщина 36 83
Житомирщина 55 324
Донеччина 57 153
Тернопільщина 62 234
Буковина 75 220
Луганщина 82 90
Львівщина 82 351
Кіровоградщина 88 181
Волинь 98 270
Одещина 115 383
Сумщина 129 414
Дніпропетровщина 139 278
Київ 159 248
Хмельниччина 166 538
Полтавщина 171 594
Харківщина 175 625
Київщина 181 651
Черкащина 186 455
Прикарпаття 240 305
Вінничина 242 775
Запоріжжя 253 317
Чернігівщина 305 519

Зі списками пам'яток можна ознайомитися тут. Усі номінації та спецномінації конкурсу описані тут.

Цього року у конкурсі є вісім спеціальних номінацій:

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Spelling mistake in File:Time zones of the world-UTC.svg

Great work with the time zone map! I love the colors. There is one spelling mistake though: It should be "Arctic Ocean", not "Artic Ocean". --Morn (talk) 10:23, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

@Morn: ✓ Done Thanks, corrected. The colors are picked to work for many people with some kind of color deficiency. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 11:21, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Thanks for the update! I am not color blind, but I still appreciate bold-yet-tasteful color combinations in mapping and graphs. Other time zone maps are either garish and ugly or too subtle and hard to read. Your colors are a much better middle ground. --Morn (talk) 14:11, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

File:Timeline of the main schisms from the Serbian Orthodox Church (second quarter of the 19th century to 2021).svg edit request

Hello! Sorry to bother you again with one of those timelines. At File:Timeline of the main schisms from the Serbian Orthodox Church (second quarter of the 19th century to 2021).svg, could you simply remove the whole line which starts in 2018? The result should look like this. Veverve (talk) 23:51, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

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Changes request for the Greek Old Calendarist timeline

Hello. I have made some research on the subject of the timeline, so I request some minor tweaks. Here is what it should look like.

  • below "1936": add "or" and "1937". If you know a better way to add the 1937 date, feel free to do so.
  • in the legend: remove the "Autocephalous True Orthodox church" and the orange line
  • the 1936 "Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece" line: put the beginning in yellow and the rest of the line in the blue used by the Autocephalous Old Calendarist church.

Veverve (talk) 14:38, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@Veverve Please remind me in three weeks, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 10:24, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Could you pleas link to that timeline, I have made a "few" requests here so it would help me and saving time for me, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:12, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
@Veverve I got some time over draft changes. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:47, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: The last two lines should look like this. Veverve (talk) 19:46, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

@Veverve Sorry, didn't see that, draft-2 --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:07, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: It is good. You can upload it at File:Timeline of the main Old Calendarists and True Orthodox Greek Eastern Orthodox Churches (2021).svg. Veverve (talk) 20:12, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
@Veverve ✓ Done --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 11:31, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

In appreciation

The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of your creation of File:Map of the route of Edward III's chevauchée of 1346.svg. This currently features in six featured articles in the English Wikipedia and in seven other wikipedias. A startlingly useful piece of work. It is appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:11, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Map of the route of Edward III's chevauchée of 1346

Newm30, Gog the Mild I have now updated this map with; some templates of my own, Object location, Caption, Wikidata (search wikidata) and also Structured data, please check it.
Within the map I added a location map, if you don't want it just tell me.
This should look better as thumbnails especially the fonts and then the information overall is updated to what I do now and your sources.
I have no idea if this will affect the thumbnail were you are using it in wikipedia, please check. If something is strange there (it should not) please tell me as it's good for me to know. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:26, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

I think that under "Description" you should add Battle of Crecy.
I am not seeing an in-map location map.
Otherwise, it looks good. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:33, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Newm30, Gog the Mild Thanks, you have to either force an update, purge the cache or just click on the image and the right version is shown. It's an preview update thing, takes some time sometimes. I added the battle but it seems strange just like that, could you please change it so it is more understandable, File:Map of the route of Edward III's chevauchée of 1346.svg. ✓ Done --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:16, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Four files

Gog the Mild do you know if Newm30 still active since he hasn't responded to things? I have now updated four files that was requested by Newm30 but it seems as you were involved also. So if you have the time could you please just check them.
Should you be added to them or any like in the first one?

Goran tek-en, Newm30 hasn't posted since 31 August. They tend to have lengthy breaks, but this is unusually long. The second, yes, I liaised regarding the sourcing for this. The third similarly, except that the sourcing doesn't seem to have been added; would you like me to insert it? The fourth I wasn't involved with. (I have made a minor change to a page number.) Re the PDF, I think the easiest thing would be for me to replace it with essentially the same map from Sumption, an impeccable source and a dead tree source. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:37, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Gog the Mild Thanks, can you please add what you know and your self where it fits. Yes replace the map, thanks.

1796 Italian campaign maps

Hi @Qbli2mHd:
In 2019 I worked on your request 1796 Italian campaign maps but then I lost contact with you so it was never finished.
Both you and I invested a lot of time and energy in that and I would really like it to be completed. I think it's almost finished and to me it holds a lot of information and can be very useful.

Is there any way we can do so?

If you don't want to, could you recommend some one else who you think would be interested in competing them. I would really appreciate it, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:45, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
✓ Done in other place. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:54, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

an amuse bouche?

Hi! You made SVG of constellations for me last year and invited me to ask about other projects and here I am with a small project (comparatively). Perhaps you might be interested?

It is 8 fleurons for a book I am working on. They appear with the title of each chapter. The pixelmaps I made look fine when scaled down, but I was just thinking that they would look more than fine if they were svg. Also, I had thought I would have my own inkscape running by now, but it is not on this borrowed computer.

Here are the files (I am somewhat embarrassed to show them) Category:Through a Glass Lightly (1897, Greg)/Fleurons. The book is about wine. English wine, actually (port, sherry, etc). Published in 1897. The author compiled essays he had written for a British magazine and caused the book to be published; making it as nice as he could for a memorial to his father. He hired an artist to draw the title page (and maybe these fleurons also) a published but as yet not widely known artist, Arthur Rackham. Gold lettering on a yellow silk cover. All very nice (except for the choice of yellow and gold, but that is my opinion).

I have just started the book (the cover is my design, based on a description and looks not very much like the original) it is at s:en:Through a Glass Lightly. Where the book can be seen page by page (and the progress I am making is here: s:en:Index:Through a Glass Lightly (1897, Greg).djvu. From that last link, each of the pages with a fleuron has been created and can be found marked yellow in between grays.

I just thought they would look lovely as SVG, and no feelings will be hurt if you decline the project.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 22:39, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Extended content
Hi
Sure I want to work with you on this, I'm honored you came back to me and trust me on this, I do hope I can fulfill your expectations.
As always I do have some questions;
  1. You say "you are working on a book", is that a digital version of the original book which will be kept at wikisource, it's not a book you will print and sell?
  2. When I check for "fleurons" generally I can see that there is a lot of both free and none free versions out there and most of them are line drawings (black-white) but also other versions. This is what we have at commons in that category Category:Fleurons. As we will do them from scratch we can do what ever you want/need. Line drawings, gray scale, colored, shaded, not shaded, almost like a photo, they can be soft in the edges or sharp like most SVG files are etc. Think about that and let me know.
  3. Do you want to as truthful as possible to the original or we should take advantage of today's techniques etc. That is what we did with the constellations. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:44, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Yay! and thank-you for accepting!
  1. The book will be kept at wikisource and is already starting to appear there: s:en:Through a Glass Lightly. No printing and/or selling plans by me; it is just part of the Category:Arthur Rackham collection here, which I have been gathering.
  2. As there is a good chance that Mr. Rackham made these, I think it would be best to render them in SVG as true to their original as possible. An example of an acorn fleuron, my jpg side-by-side with the scan can be seen at s:en:Page:Through_a_Glass_Lightly_(1897,_Greg).djvu/41, the other 7 are much the same. The appearance of the jpg is sharper edges, due to the scaling, and that looks so much nicer than the unscaled original at File:Through a Glass Lightly-043.jpg. The softness and the blotchy of the restoration (my jpeg) is one of the reasons I am here asking for your sharp beautiful SVG. So, sharp and steady, like the original printed version appeared.
  3. It is the recreation of the work of a well known artist, so, as truthful to the original as possible.
About the constellations, I was thinking about making a gallery of them and running them through VI here. Do you have an opinion of this?
Thanks again! It is good to chat with you about this and know that my fuzzy jpgs will soon have a sharp, good version!--RaboKarbakian (talk) 16:09, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
RaboKarbakian For the VI promotion, I'm all for it, thanks. I'm slowly working my way thru my work here for FP, QI and VI, User:Goran_tek-en/fp-qi-vi-gallery so far. I do find it hard as many of the users that review there are not used to SVG files. Mostly of the nominations are bitmap images and it's really two completely different things. I promoted this Illustration emperor penguin swimming in water for QI but no one even reviewed it so it was denied. I have had discussions in all three places about stuff that really is not a part of the requirements and especially not for SVG files, but what can I do.
  • Do you have a rough idea of what size they will be used in, pixel size. What I understand (very little knowledge, please educate me) a book like this in wikisource is a pure digital existence so size is not really an issue lika a printed book e.a in A4. Can you give me the physical size of the scanned original pages, then I can probably figure it out.
  • This is important as you always should try to create an illustration as close as possible to the size it will be used in. For SVG files it's not an issue of resolution but relationship between lines, spaces, thickness of lines etc. If you scale a SVG file up or down by several hundred % it will look so different. It's the same with text, a heading in e.a. 20 px or 160 px has to be created for each size, the default spaces between letters wont work in larger sizes, it look s really bad.
  • Can you give me links of the scanned pages for the 8 pages with the fleurons.
  • Then I will do one and we will decide on how it should look, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:04, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
File:Through a Glass Lightly-043.jpg is named 043 but in the djvu s:en:Page:Through_a_Glass_Lightly_(1897,_Greg).djvu/41 it's 41 or 27 on your new page. I'm sorry but this confuses me, I know, I'm just that type of person. I would like to have some similarity between jpg and djvu so I can connect them in my material, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:03, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
RaboKarbakian When I download a dvju page (41) and check it in my bitmapp program I can see jpg artifacts. I don't know who or how the scans were made but (for the future) if you want the best results from those scans you should check some things.
  • Somewhere in the preferences there will be a setting of the quality of the jpg that is saved from the scan program. That should be set to 100% or highest quality possible. I would guess it's 90% or below right now. It's not always it's in %, could be some other type of value. But the best would be if you can set the scan program to save the images as png, then you would have no lost of information.
  • Now while writing this I think that maybe you save it as djvu directly. At I right click and choose "Save image as" and that gives me a jpg. So maybe this is the time the jpg is created and then I don't know where the image quality, or type, is determent. Not so easy as I don't know about wikisource. Anyway just me thinking out loud. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:23, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: I tried to answer all of your questions here:
Physical book: The first place that I learned of this book was in a bibliography s:en:Page:Arthur Rackham, a bibliography.pdf/28 the second to last item on that page. It says that the physical book is 3 1/2 by 5 3/8 (I assume inches) and I think that this is the cover.
The scan: The proof readers version of the scan is usually made of already processed images. At the site where I got this from, a set of less processed images can also be obtained, and I usually grab those for the image work. Those images are uncropped and include scanner parts, etc. I always try to make a title page which is the same proportions as the book. File:Through a Glass Lightly-0011.png is such a page. It is 2025 x 3300 pixels. At 600 ppi (pixels per inch) my title page is a little bigger than the size of the book in the description (3300/600 = 5.5) So, if that little acorn were to be scaled to match the book: 126px/600ppi * 98ppi (typical screen resolution) = 21px. I think I divided by three though and the acorns are 41px wide and it looks good on the page: .
Image sizes: I divided by 3 so the widths I used were from 29px to 51px. Quite small.
The file numbers: En.Wikisource has a "scan lab" and if there are problems, you can mention the file there and they will fix the problem and perhaps do other things like drop pages that are just the scanner or anything that is not the book. That is how the numbering gets changed.
Original images: I have the unaltered jp2 and I can get some originals for you which will be unaltered except for the cropping and converting to png for upload here. You are quite right, the djvu pages are not the best for image work, jpegs are also not optimal. Those "originals" should be here with an hour.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 19:53, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Category:Through a Glass Lightly (1897, Greg)/Fleurons now has simple crops of the original files. They have the same file names, just ending in png instead of jpg.
I also uploaded an example full page scan in both a png version of the raw original and a jpg version of the processed jp2 which was used to make the djvu file. These are examples of what I tried to describe in words, the visual will probably do better for explaining.
RaboKarbakian Thanks for all that info, it helped. I will use the now uploaded png's and work from them as they are as close to the original artwork which we never can use. There has been some "deterioration" from the original artwork to those scans but that is reality.
I can only see 6 png's, is it not supposed to be 8?
For me today's resolutions of screens are 96 PPI which is what later versions of Inkscape use, before it was 90.
Will be back with draft soon. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:09, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Oops about the missing files, and sorry. The one, I had "flipped" the existing similar version. The other simply did not make it into the category. Everyone is there now. Very sorry for the inconvenience!--RaboKarbakian (talk) 15:13, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

RaboKarbakian the drafts I show you are all PNG versions of the original SVG files I'm working in and will upload to commons.
I now want us to decide how the should look. This is the top part of the sherry fleuron, look at the differnt variations and give me feedback, thanks. The width a give here is the illustration itself, not the image size. I have put white back just to show how it will look in the book, the transparent back pattern is really disturbing often.
I tried to imagine the original and the edges of it. To my understanding the original would have been drawn with ink on paper so I guess the edges would have been sharper than the printed version.

Then we can go with a "softer" color. I just give you one size here at this stage.

We can of course use any color you like. To me a grey or soft color (like in the constellations) looks so much nicer and more pleasant to view. This is a today version of that old book and if they could (technically, financially) I think they would have used colors. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:47, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: In truth, the 100% black version is what I try to achieve when I do my restoration attempts. You are right about the original being ink on paper and sometimes in the printing process there is too much ink and it crosses the edge or not enough ink and it gets too thin in the center. And then the aging of the book (this one is 114 years old!) the ink bleeds into the page before it or even gets stuck and is pulled off from the page it should be on. And I have questions about how colors change over time (some paper contains acid which affects things like ink). This book doesn't have those problems, but all books have the too soft edges, I think.
I have no idea what this author would have chosen with todays options. He did choose gold letters on yellow silk for the cover, which is kind of a strange combination as gold is shades of greenish and brownish yellow so on yellow, it can be a challenge to read due to lack of contrast. Gold was typically used with strong color like black or dark blue or red. Even green is contrasty enough to be read easily. So, why this choice? Something personal is my guess. The title page has red letters mixed with black letters. I have seen (on title pages and end papers) gold, red, bright green and maybe a dark mauve lettering from this era of printing. If you are interested, I can pull up some examples of this.
On printers and sharp edges: the evolution was such that they started with wood (woodcuts). Then they started to use copper (copperplate), the difference was much finer lines for sure. Then they started using photographic techniques, which are quite different from this. When WWI started, the Brits were at the top of their game with copperplate engravings and limestone lithography and it is a real pleasure to restore images from this era and damn the war that cause it to cease.
I really like the 100% black version!--RaboKarbakian (talk) 17:23, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Here are two sets of drafts. A is more detailed and B is softer in the lines. My opinion is that B is probably closer to the "original" and more pleasant to look at.
Illustration size sherry, roughly;
  • 100% 130*130px
  • 50% 65*65px
  • 29% 29*29px
A
B
- Which do you like best, A or B?
- Can you with those drafts try which size you will probably use in the book. If you give that to me I can work in a size around that. The illustrations are different in relationship but I will be around the correct size. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:26, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
RaboKarbakian I'm using a new tool when replying in posts like this and I wonder if you got a ping about my edit starting with "Here are two sets of drafts."
@Goran tek-en: About the ping, I did not get a ping today. I saw activity here via my watchlist.
I like B set the best, as you predicted. And probably they will be displayed nearest to the 29% size.
I often wonder where pings go when I don't get them!--RaboKarbakian (talk) 22:52, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian Thanks, it's this new reply tool which is very convenient to use in places like this but I don't understand it completely yet. But now I know I actively have to ping, thanks.
So now I now enough and will be back when I have drafts for them all. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 11:39, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian Maybe a big peace of "internet" is just missed pings, emails sent to none existing addresses, sms, phone calls, etc, and what happens to an email which has not been read, does it all occupies "space" forever or what. It's all very interesting questions. They say energy can't be destroyed so I guess it's all out there forever. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 11:46, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: and User:Goran tek-en Sorry to interrupt you, but I have an observation and a couple of questions regarding pings. My observation is that I receive a notification of some sort when my user name is mentioned on any page that is not my talk page. [[User:RaboKarbakian]] <--like that. My questions are 1) Are you using "beta" and 2) do you look at diffs?--RaboKarbakian (talk) 17:20, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian To my understanding you get a ping, email telling you someone mentioned you somewhere, as soon as someone use {{ping|Goran tek-en}}, [[User:Goran tek-en]] or similar code snips and templates, there seems to be a lot of different code snips that do about the same thing. In this posting I'm not using the beta reply tool although it's available here for me to use. Sometimes I need to copy some code piece and it feels easier to do it the "old" way. But maybe it just has to do with that I haven't really got used to always use the beta reply tool. When I use the beta reply tool and within it ping you the code it creates looks like @[[User:RaboKarbakian|RaboKarbakian]]. So for 1) I'm using the tool but not all the time. 2) I'm not sure I understand which diffs you mean. If you mean the available link in the email telling you some mentioned you, yeas I do as sometimes it's so much easier to actually see what is new or changed.
With this beta reply tool I get a background color showing me what is new, changed, that is also the case when I post something using the reply tool. That coloring goes away after a few seconds but you will see the new changed stuff easily. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:02, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: by "beta" I meant the beta version of the wiki, there is a link for it between the preferences and watchlist on my wikipages. What caused me to ask that was this: Revision #607052918 which was the only thing that I saw yesterday in my morning. And, I get email if I am not logged in, which is nice, but I get the email from just the mention of my name. I am not sure what "ping" does additionally. I have been not using it at source lately, as an experiment. So, it really took a lot for me to bother you, that diff is perplexing to me.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 18:18, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
Ok, communication is so so hard. I often say to people: if you use more that to letters people can and will misunderstand you and that's way we have wars (among other reasons).
So again, my understanding: The Beta link (Beta features) is just a place where new features turn up so people can try them before they actually is implemented to every one. This is were I have checked/activated "Discussion tools" which is the reply tool I have been referring to.
The link left of Beta, Preferences/Notifications is the place were you set up how you want to be notified when someone "Mention" you, this is what I call "ping". I don't actually think "ping" is being used specifically as a thing here, it's more of a common way of saying, I notify you.
The "diff" is something totally new to me, newer seen it before. I just got an email that Glrx left me a message (thanks for that) and in that email there is a link "View changes", On that page the heading say "Difference between revisions of..", this is what I assumed you meant by "diffs". Read what Glrx is writing. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:59, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian and Goran tek-en: IIRC, a messase with a ping or a link to a user only triggers a notification if the message is also signed during the same commit. Adding a ping in one commit and then adding a signature in a subsequent commit does not cause a notification. Both of you should get a notification for this signed message. Glrx (talk) 18:43, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

@RaboKarbakian I'm not really happy with those drafts as it's so hard to transfer a grey scale print into a all black 100% one. Everything gets so much harder and it's difficult to deceide what is black or not. The drafts image height is 50 px and the illustration height is 48 px and the width varies.

Goran tek-en First, your reproductions of the originals is very commendable! That being said, I wonder if the flaws can be fixed. Like where the ink did not go (and it should have). Like in cellars: one of the lobes of the leaf had a soft smeared edge, but it is missing in your version. Could the rest be like that? Where the holes in the ink (that are not supposed to be there) are filled in? Cellars is great! As is Sherry and Claret. Port is really close to what I had in mind, just that one blemish....--RaboKarbakian (talk) 17:15, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian Sorry but I don't understand.
  • Like in cellars: one of the lobes of the leaf had a soft smeared edge, but it is missing in your version. Which part is missing, I can't draw smeared edges with just black.
  • Could the rest be like that? Like what?
  • Where the holes in the ink (that are not supposed to be there) are filled in? Of course I can fill them in but how do you know which should or should not be there?
  • You have to tell me in detail by each illustration. If needed can you download, mark on the images and show me. This is if words are not enough. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:41, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en That is an album that contains 6 images. Was having an issue pasting individuals. --RaboKarbakian (talk) 18:36, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian That link doesn't work, test in an Incognito window before you post it. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:03, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Category:Through a Glass Lightly (1897, Greg)/discussion this link will work. Deeply sorry about the other.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 20:04, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian So what do you mean, you want me to add that thing sticking up on cellars left leave on the top? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 21:06, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en No, I really like your version of Cellars. I circled where you had fixed it perfectly.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 21:11, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

@RaboKarbakian I'm sorry but the information on your last posts are confusing me, I think we have to back down a bit.
For each of the eight drafts below can you please provide information like in my example here:
---example

  • example 200%
    • ✓ Done or  Not done. If  Not done, write what needs to be changed.

---drafts

The SVG format really emphasizes the flaws in the ink, that is what I was hoping to avoid by having them re-rendered to SVG. Keep the freehand appearance, but add a touch of perfection and evenness to them. The done ones are so beautiful! Thanks for your patience with me.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 14:37, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian I don't totally agree on what you mean should be removed but this is your requested and you know what you want.
Goran tek-en It is weird that we don't agree! I appreciate that you will sway my way anyhow. All of the "softer" versions are fine; lovely even!--RaboKarbakian (talk) 00:16, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian I don't think it's weird, we are two humans with different knowledge's and experience's so how could agree. IMHO this is why we have wars and all of that stuff.
  • I will need the following information for each file. They would all have about the same information but name, description etc will vary to my understanding.
    • Name of the file
    • Description (/language)
    • Captions/s (/language)
    • Category/ies at commons
    • Structured data/Items portrayed in this file, the Q#, to be able to upload it at commons, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:11, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
  • File names: I think it is good to name it the same as the others, ignoring the warnings from the uploader; they are the same image in different formats:
  • Description: This fleuron proceeds a chapter title in the book Through a Glass Lightly
  • Caption: This fleuron proceeds a chapter title in the book Through a Glass Lightly (I have captions turned off in my preferences, as I have been concentrating on structured data.)
  • Category: [[Category:Through a Glass Lightly (1897, Greg)]] [[Category:Through a Glass Lightly (1897, Greg)/Fleurons]] [[Category:Through a Glass Lightly (1897, Greg)]] [[Category:Through a Glass Lightly (1897, Greg)/Fleurons]] [[Category:Fleurons in SVG]]
  • Structured data: This is presented in the form of Property:Item/Answer
    • Depicts: P180:Q2033580
    • Copyright status: P6216:Q19652
    • Publication date: P577:1897
    • Published in: P1433:Q109502163
  • Template, this is a sophisticated version of {{Information}} called {{Book}}, your information should fit into the Book template the same as in Information. I can fix the page number; it is helpful but not necessary to include the "|Image page = "

{{Book
| Description = {{en|This fleuron proceeds a chapter title in the book ''Through a Glass Lightly''}}
| Source = [[:File:Through a Glass Lightly (1897, Greg).djvu]]
| Image page = 15
| Permission = {{PD-scan|PD-old}}
| Wikidata = Q109502163
}}

    • By using the book template, the information is pulled from Wikidata and the expectations of the structured data change. Not so important for these images, but for photographs, graphs, artworks whose "inception date" is different than "publication date" is one difference from the expectations of a photograph.
Goran tek-en I have been looking forward to this!--RaboKarbakian (talk) 14:47, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian
My suggestions are based on that I see the SVG illustrations as stand alone illustrations, not a part of the book you are creating but will be used in it, derived from the scanned images from the original book and your jpg images.
They are interpretations of those sources, they can never be a truthful SVG illustration of the sources, aiming to be an "exact copy".
  • Names: Would it be acceptable by you if a SVG is added. To me this is a clear declaration/information for which file format the media has as the ending (.svg) is not always visible.
    • Through a Glass Lightly-043_SVG.svg
  • Description: Could not "Through a Glass Lightly" be a link to the original book.
    • SVG interpretations of the fleurons that proceeds the chapter title in the book Through a Glass Lightly, pages 1, 15, 27, 41, 55, 83, 107, 121.
  • Caption:
    • SVG interpretations of the fleurons that proceeds the chapter title in the book "Through a Glass Lightly (1897, Greg)", pages 1, 15, 27, 41, 55, 83, 107, 121
  • Category: Those are fine with me because they both connect them to the original book and to illustrations, can we add this:
    • [[Category:Black and white illustrations]]
  • Structured data:
    • Why did you propose Q19652, I very seldom use that license, my normal license is CC BY-SA 4.0 which is what I used for the constellations (I will correct the Structured data on them as it's partially incorrect and missing information). I intend to use this license CC BY-SA 4.0 here also.
  • Template:
    • IMHO the template {{Book}} is supposed to be used for "for scanned book pages". This is when it's supposed to be used: "This template is used to format basic information about books and should be used in place of {{Information}} for scanned book pages, whether the file contains a single page (e.g. JPG) or the entire book (e.g. a multi-page DjVu or PDF).". Those SVG files are just that, SVG files and not any scanned part of a book. They will be used in a book by you, but maybe in other places as well so it would be misleading to use that template and lock them into a book.
I hope you understand me and how I think. Give me your thoughts. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:18, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en Everything that you said is fine. The name, description, etc. The license: you use on your work what you prefer, the license I gave was a standard license for any book published before 1926. About the book template, which I would really like for you to use: the main reason to use it is for the bots, mostly. The bots need a way to differentiate books from other media that occurs here. The template also pulls in information about the book from wikidata, all of the things that are important for books and their images. That it also will open the thumbnail of the scan to the page the image is from is just great! Linking the description to the book is a great idea! s:en:Through a Glass Lightly
More on the book template. I used to agree with you about its use, but using it on the images from (or for) a book was the solution to a problem: inception date vs publication date. Books leave inception date open in the case the image itself was dated. Like a photograph of an event or a graph of the weather or some of the book artists whose work is still being reused (for the first time it was published which is legally a point of interest). The graph might be from February 1905 but the book was published in 1922, for instance. Tennial's Alice in Wonderland, although we have not started to trace it, they were first published mid-1800s and are still being used, so publication date and inception date. Since that negotiation, I love using it for the images when they came from or are for a book and have forgotten ever having a problem with it.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 00:21, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
I re-read what you wrote. I highly recommend 1)using the book template and 2)adding an "inception date" in the structured data to your work (the date that you publish). It is a derivative, but to show what it is a derivative of is not a bad thing, unless it is a bad thing. I have seen "derivative" works removed from the internet due to being derivatives of non-pd things. It is not only "okay" to associate this with the book, it is a very good thing, really.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 00:28, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian But did you read what the book template is intended for. I do think it's wrong to use that template like that although it might solve some linking issues for you. It's not intended to be used like that.
Of course I will put in inception date, I just did not comment on it. What goes on out on the internet is out of my control.
A derivative, like those, can't be removed from commons as it's clearly stated what sources that are used.
  • Let's do like this, I uploaded one of the eight and then we can see what it looks like and what to change so you can get as much info from there as you hope for. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:29, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Goran tek-en I am very sorry that you do not believe me when I say that the use of the book template is the result of negotiations with a commons bot author. Please read: User_talk:Schlurcher/Archive_3#Inception_date_vs_publication_date It is not my "feeling" about the situation that caused me to ask that the book template be used. Also, I do not see anything from this project in your uploads.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 12:53, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

@RaboKarbakian Of course I believe you with those negotiations for your desired data linking purpose, but that can't override the purpose of the template:"This template is used to format basic information about books and should be used in place of {{Information}} for scanned book pages, whether the file contains a single page (e.g. JPG) or the entire book (e.g. a multi-page DjVu or PDF)."
  • So for a scanned page YES, for an illustration derived from that scann NO.
1)
  • When using the book template, like here Chamapgne 200% I understand that you achieve some data linking etc, but you loos all the important and necessary information for the illustration/image/media.:
    • you can't see who is the creator
    • there are not "Other versions" which is more important to show
    • or any other vital information needed for a media.
    • If this was addressed to a administrator I think this media would be deleted due to lack of source etc..
This is so so wrong, can't you see that, it's not a book it's an illustration.
2)
If I' m wrong about this below, I'm sorry, and just ignore the delete part.
  • If you have upoaded Chamapgne 200% taken from my drafts you will have to delete it and others uploaded in this manner and created by me, right now.
    • I don't know if this is so, but as they have the same name as I used I think so.
    • Until I have uploaded any of my work; drafts, PNG, SVG or what ever they are solely mine and I own every right on them. Once I have donated and uploaded them to commons I renounces my rights and transfer them to commons to be used according to the license I give them.
I'm really sorry that we don't understand each other, I really enjoy working with you and wants to continue to do so.
I think the "problem" is our different points of origin, you the book, I the graphic illustrations.
But until we have meet an understanding I will not proceed with the work.
Looking forward to you posting here, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:33, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en Well, my origin is commons, for sure, and not wikipedia or any other wikimedia project, commons for sure. Wiki since 2003. Commons since 2007. Source since 2018 (maybe 2017). Wikisource has given purpose for the images I upload to the commons. It actually feels a little "cruel" that you would question my status as a commoner.
No information is lost, none whatsover. See File:Midsummer-Nights Dream-Rackham-201.jpg. The lack of information in my instructions is due to the fact that I already put the information at wikidata.
Put your name and information as "Source". Or, you can use your own name as "Author", "Editor" or "Illustrator" and that will block other the other information from wikidata. I like the idea of you being the "Source" of the image for this book though. (Illustrator might be more accurate.) "Other versions" is there and enabled, you just have to use it. Also, "Other fields" works in the Book template the same way that it does in the Information template.
Truly, the Book template is just a smart expansion of the Information template. All of the Information template parts are there, Book just adds more information about the book which it can pull from wikidata. The "Book" template uses the "Art" module yet "books are not art". Please do not let the template/module names determine your feelings, let the functionality of the template determine your actions, the same way I am not letting my feelings determine my actions about if you are being cruel or not. Images using the book template stand alone, (like my image above) and are also part of a whole, which the book template makes easier to get to and understand for people who might be viewing the image.
Use of the template is helpful for the bots and the people who write them also. And it states clearly on the template that it can be used on a single page. Give it a try and maybe your feelings will come around.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 14:18, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian I never intended or meant to "question your status as a commoner", really not. I can't really remember writing that and if you understood something like that I'm sorry, it was never my intention, you have my fullest respect.
  • Yes it's a good template but not for illustrations and graphic work. I don't go by the name I go by what it's supposed to be used for. I quoted it several times here.
  • You didn't answer to 2), please do, I'm waiting for that. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:29, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Goran tek-en About 2). I have no problem requesting their deletion. I drew on them also, yet, I did download them from your own personal web space and therefore, perhaps I should have never uploaded them here. At the same time, sourcerers have been complaining about meetings relating to wikimedia things being held at non-free web sites. This is what I had in mind when I uploaded them and catted them as "/discussion"; I really did not consider that they were your personal property and that was truly wrong of me. Do you have feelings about decisions for wikimedia things being held at non-free websites?
You asked before we started "You say "you are working on a book", is that a digital version of the original book which will be kept at wikisource, it's not a book you will print and sell?" And I answered that the book would be at wikisource. I think I was clear that the images were to be for this book. And you understood that the images were to be for a wikisource book, enough to ask that question. Books at wikisource are real books. We have been looking into ways to make them available to libraries. Having scanned-backed books (provable to be the actual text), free to download is a lovely idea. Keeping the images together via electronic means (here it is via templates) might be part of that process. It would have been good to know that you do not want to work on images for books before we started.
I am unclear about the instructions in 2). I am going to mark the templates with {{Speedy}} (because I was wrong to mark on them and upload them to commons), leave my apology here and re-make this request at the regular place. I am sorry I was thinking about non-free internet meetings being wrong!
If you decide that you really meant that you would like to contribute images to wikisource books, let me know.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 15:10, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian You misunderstood me again, it's so hard with information and English is not my native language.
  • I WANT to work with illustrations and other graphic stuff which is uploaded to commons and then intended for wikisource, totally. I WANT to work with you on your projects here at wikimedia.
  • The images (you wrote template above, mistake?) you downloaded from my personal space as being "drafts" has to be deleted, sorry. They were never intended to go here, just drafts for you to "proof read". I will make my self more clear on that in the future.
    • I don't know of any other practical way to show my drafts for a requester, uploading deleting at commons seems as an awkward way. At the stage when they are shown they belong to me, not wikimedia. If you don't feel comfortable with this we will have to work out another way, emails or so.
When that sorted we can continue if you still accept me as a graphic worker to help you.
  • Check my sandbox, this is what I intend to write in the information template. Can you please check if it's fine with you or if we can find other ways to link to the wikisource book.
    • There are two wikisource boxes to the right (don't know why the are right centered, maybe we can fix it). Any way they have two different links on then, do you want both of them, just one or do you have a better link.
    • Then I will add the Structured data as discussed.
I really do hope we can move on now. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:35, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Those images were deleted already, as was the category /discussion.
I really really dislike the little boxes used for wikisource. Also, a book is not an Institution, by your own logic, I wonder that it is there!!
I did not edit yours, I pasted yours and edited it here: User:RaboKarbakian/Through the Glass Lightly you are free to make changes to my version, except for the "{{Book".--RaboKarbakian (talk) 15:53, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian
  • Sorry I don't understand this at all "Also, a book is not an Institution, by your own logic, I wonder that it is there!!" Is it irony or what?
  • It's a nice template (book) but it's still for a book or a page of a book, not a single stand alone illustration that can be used anywhere, it should not/ can not be locked to that book.
  • For each of my illustrations I will use the information template.
  • If you then create your book template on other material or in other places that's not something I can have any saying on.
  • So can I start uploading the illustrations? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:03, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Institution is not a book, I was being as ironic as you were. An institution is a society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose. The book in which these images are to be a part of is a "Book". We will not be able to use your template for the same reasons that you cannot use the book template. That your images are to be a part of that book makes them more "Book" than the book being "Institution". The information template will never be integrated with wikidata because it is a template template of sorts. It is integrated into so many other templates that doing anything to it will be devasting.
We can wait until there is a template like "Institution" that is more for "Books" which these images were destined to be for or I can take this to the Illustration workshop to see if someone there would like to contribute images to a "Book". And your images can go to the "Institution" of your choice. As I am done with my part of the book, I am leaning towards the second option. I am going to be offline for a while, sorting scans. Thanks for your time spent in this.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 16:35, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian I haven't been ironic on purpose that's for sure.
I will upload them as what I have said and then you can use them if you want to or nor.
I'm really sad that we couldn't come to an agreement on this, it hurts me.
If you ever feel like asking for my help I'm willing to do my best.
✓ Done --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:46, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
I too am sorry! They are beautiful. I am sad that you do not believe me about the template. I would never not believe that your svg were somehow wrong, that is your expertise. That you don't believe I have an expertise that is greater than your feelings is very sad to me. I do not know what hurts you, I have not offended your talent nor have I questioned your knowledge of your subject. As all of my projects are "Books" and not "Institutions" this is probably the last. But you know best.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 23:28, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian We are both sorry for this.
I never disbelieved your expertise when it comes to books on wikisoure.
You have absolutely not done anything wrong towards me and I have never intended anything wrong towards you.
The text that say when the template is intended to be used is what I base my point of view on.
We both like to work together and we "expand" our work in coalition, so this is a proposal for us to be able to continue.
*You use whatever templates and other information on the material you create e.g. books and I use whatever templates and other information on the material I create e.g. graphic material.
In this way we don't need to convince the other and just accept that we think differently in that subject.
  • Is this acceptable for you? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 10:33, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

The Book template is my politics. It is an evolution in the relationship between the Commons and Wikisource. At source, it might be that I am "dismissed" as a Commoner and here, you are reading the template notes to me in a dismissive way because I am from Wikisource and don't understand the commons ways. For me, I was having problems with one of the wikidata bots here and the Book template was the solution which is what made it my politics. In the political arena, I think that honestly (the kind of honest where you don't invent other reasons so that you get your way) you don't want to change your template. I am not going to include your work with mine because of any invented reasons. If you were serious about not using the template due to the templates purpose 1) you would not have used the "Institution" template wrongly and 2) you could have asked had one of the authors of the book template confirm. But you didn't. Had you simply stated that you really need to use your own template from the beginning or even at the start of this template chat, the discussion would be over and the images would be used or not used, we will never know.

From me, honestly, I have too much "invention of 'for the greater good reasons'" reasons which are actually for selfish purposes (like being enamoured with your own template) in my life for me spend any more time with this one. The only thing wrong with selfish purposes, in general, is that they get hidden into policy. That is what you are doing and I cannot abide that.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 14:36, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

@RaboKarbakian You don't want to meet in the middle between our points of views and that is sad to me.
And you not accepting what the written purpose of that template is makes all of this very strange to me.
How politics came in to this is another riddle for me.
  • I now give up on this, it takes to much of my energy and well being, but it hurts me that it had come to this. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:45, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

@RaboKarbakian
Please, read this without any of our previous discussions in your mind.
I do think we complement each other and by so producing better material for wikimedia together.

  • Information
    • It's documentation states: "This template is used to provide formatting to the basic information for files (description, source, author, etc.), and it is automatically inserted by the upload tools.". This is the template I use.
    • The excluded usage of this template is stated: "and Book if the image is a part of a complete set of page scans of a book (or in the case of DjVu and PDF, one file may comprise all the pages)."
    • Good_file_descriptions describes which template to use for what.
  • Book
    • It's documentation states: "This template is used to format basic information about books and should be used in place of Information for scanned book pages, whether the file contains a single page (e.g. JPG) or the entire book (e.g. a multi-page DjVu or PDF)."
  • If you just read the above apart from all our discussions, which template, which template do you mean should be used for free standing illustrations uploaded to commons?
--please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:43, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
One last time. See this: User_talk:Schlurcher/Archive_3#Inception_date_vs_publication_date This is a step in the process where the commons is being wikidatified. The bots need to know the difference between images and images from a book. That is all I am going to say about this, and it is something that I have said again and again. If you do not agree with the outcome of those negotiations and can find anywhere here in which there has been a problem with the way the book template is being used by me after this chat with the bot, do let me know. Other than that, if you will not use the book template, then you should be happy with your decision and leave things as they are.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 22:37, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
@RaboKarbakian
I'm all for development and new stuff.
  • I will go by what is said in the in consensus accepted documentation regarding which templates to be used on a uploaded media.
  • The discussion you are linking to is between two users (what I can see) and as such is not a in consensus accepted documentation.

I see the illustrations as stand alone illustrations, you see them as a part of the original book. They can't be locked to specific book but they can be used in a book. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 10:36, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Translations of your works

Ingen orsak... Kartan är bra ! ThomasPusch (talk) 19:06, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

@ThomasPusch How many languages do you know, but Swedish is not in your Babel info. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:11, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
I'm not fluent in Swedish, but attended a course when I was 17... Esperanto-speakers tend to collect languages... ThomasPusch (talk) 19:21, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Request: Western Front Map

@Goran tek-en: Hyello! I saw your work on an Eastern Front Map recently, and although it is from over 5 years ago, I was wondering if you could make one for the West. Specifically, a basemap similar to: File:MapOfWWIEasternFrontArea.svg I'd prefer it is was one of these maps, but it's your choice! File:Western front 1915-16.jpg & File:Stabilization of Western Front WWI.PNG (I'm a bit new to Wikipedia and all so sorry if I did something wrong.)

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Hi @TheStrandedDemon: One of the most important things is to sign your postings so it's visible who wrote/edited what. This is done by adding ~~~~ at the end of your posting. You have to be logged in and then those four tildes turns into user name with links and timestamp.
  • I can help you with that map but I need your help during this process as a requester and the one with all the knowledge, I just do the graphic work.
    • Do you want this new West map to have the same appearance as File:MapOfWWIEasternFrontArea.svg or something else, a map can look so different.
    • You have the knowledge so you tell me which map to use as a base map and then we can add/remove as you wish. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 11:50, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en Sorry for not adding a signature!
I would like for the map to have the same general appearance, coloring and labeling as File:MapOfWWIEasternFrontArea.svg .
The basemap I would like is File:Stabilization of Western Front WWI.PNG . An addition I'd love to the map is fortresses, maybe a small icon over the "bubbles" indicating cities.
A reference map for fortresses you could use is: File:Bartholomew's war map of Central Europe 1914 (5008447).jpg .
TheStrandedDemon (talk) 13:23, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon:
  • It's also common to add : for each posting so it's easier to see where a new start and end. So for your posting I added one so its two :: and for my posting it's then three :::
  • Don't use bold as it's considering shouting, italic, lists or underline is better.
  • I will start with this and will be back with a draft. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:59, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
Got it! @Goran tek-en: TheStrandedDemon (talk) 14:13, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon Is this map Nemška pomladna ofenziva 1918 covering the correct area or do you want more in any direction? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:55, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Could you also add the entirety of Alcase-Lorraine? On the map you linked, only Alcase is shown.
Just to reiterate, I'd like for the map to be formatted in the same fashion of File:MapOfWWIEasternFrontArea.svg
As you can see in the above, there are no visual armies, flags, etc. present. Just a basemap is what I'm looking for. TheStrandedDemon (talk) 16:11, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon This is just for the correct area. Is this area correct? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:10, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Yup, that works amazingly! TheStrandedDemon (talk) 18:21, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon There is a lot of rivers and cities in the source map Stabilization of Western Front WWI, do you want them all or can I start with less and then you tell me which more or less you want? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:27, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: I'd prefer if you added them all. TheStrandedDemon (talk) 18:02, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon OK, for many of the rivers I will need your help to get the names. I add what I can find and number the rest so you can provide the names. As the names should be visible the map might get "messy" but will adjust when we have it all. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:13, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Actually, if you believe a certain river & it's labeling obstructs the map, it is completely up to you to remove it. If it seems as if something is un-necessary, then do not add it. TheStrandedDemon (talk) 19:06, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon Now you are asking me to decide what is important for your map, You have the knowledge about the subject I do the graphic part so that is impossible for me. I can tell you that there are so many rivers and cities with names that it will be hard to make them all legible when the map is viewed in 100%. I will add as much as I can then you have to decide what to keep or not. I still need the rivers name. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:50, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

@TheStrandedDemon


Those drafts are PNG versions of the original SVG file I'm working in and will upload to commons.
Those drafts are shown for proofreading only.


  • Those drafts are to show you how completely packed the map will be if all cities with names are included. Here are only the names I found of the rivers, not all. Here is not yet any countryinformation or anything else. So to me this is an impossible situation.
  • You really have to decide which cities with names (don't think about their spelling at this time) to keep, that are most important for your map.
  • So give me a list of which you want to keep and we continue from there.
    • It's always a balance between how big to make a map in pixels to fit all you want but at the same time have a map that you can overview and read.
  • names-1_100%
  • names-1_200% --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:23, 12 December 2021 (UTC)


@Goran tek-en: So sorry if I missed something, I wasn't home for the weekend.
I have two proposals.
1) Instead, enlarge the map and make the city labeling smaller, this way the map can resemble File:Western front 1915-16.jpg.
or
2) Handpick the cities & rivers. This seems to be what you're asking for:
For the rivers which I see as necessary to keep, they are the:
Meuse, Moselle, Rhine, Somme, Marne, Aisne, Escaut, Scheide, Seine and Oisne. For other rivers, I think it would make sense to add them but not label them.
In terms of cities, you should keep the ones mentioned on this map: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/20/94/e5/2094e5dc0c302d783a543b10188f9b32.jpg
Besides from ones there, the cities I'd like to keep are:
Bastogne, Maastricht, Chateroi, Longwy, Diekriech, Givet,
An additional request which I forgot, could you add railway networks after you've finalized cities? Two good example maps are https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/1E6NeMkkCnYI_hsFzVNlym527g0J5ckU7-boZp5IA9TbfdSf2zAhlZR4_a7sBHbuUXk9-iGP5g1fJJ1ZMB-6hpU and https://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A74480 .
TheStrandedDemon (talk) 13:58, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: After a little bit of looking, File:Fond de carte 1914.svg looks like a good map for you to base your own on. The only difference would be (possibly the coloring), railway networks, further fortifications and translations int to English. TheStrandedDemon (talk) 16:26, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon That is really to late for me to change the base map. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:30, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: No matter, it was just a suggestion. I'm sure whatever you make will look good. TheStrandedDemon (talk) 16:36, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon Thanks for the info, I really needed that.

This draft is a PNG version of the original SVG file I'm working in and will upload to commons.
This draft is shown for proofreading only.

  • You really have to check everything, spelling, positions, content etc as I have taken information from several maps and it's always difficult to combine several maps as the are different in projection and proportions.
  • Draft-1 100%, feedback thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:50, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: The map looks absolutely amazing! There is only 1 thing I'd like added to it, and it's French railways. The map I provided (for "high speed" double tracked railways) didn't include French ones.
I'd like if you added the bolded railways on this map: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/BAcbdUUz85WrVM3Xq6NVBK_anNjj-dJzOGhdB-0apfDRIrLy7qqyOTwzRdI6wksMoCSjevxmgC0L_be2JY1dC3A
Besides from that, the map is perfect. TheStrandedDemon (talk) 19:06, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon I don't think you can have checked everything so fast, please check because changing later means more work for me. The google link you sent before didn't work for me but this seems to do so. Will check later but please check everything on the map. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:12, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: Corrections:
"Chateroi", Correction: Charleroi
"Brussel", Correction: Brussels
"Gent", Correction: Ghent
"Nieport", Correction: Nieuwpoort
"St. Omer", Correction: St. Omar
"Saarebrucken", Correction: Saarbrücken
"Abberville", Correction: Abbeville
"Perorne", Correction: Péronne
There also also fortresses at Longwy & Mézières.
Those are the ones I could spot. TheStrandedDemon (talk) 19:23, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
The image is https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/BAcbdUUz85WrVM3Xq6NVBK_anNjj-dJzOGhdB-0apfDRIrLy7qqyOTwzRdI6wksMoCSjevxmgC0L_be2JY1dC3A .
If you cannot view the image, this website: http://members.kos.net/sdgagnon/milb.html has it.
TheStrandedDemon (talk) 19:25, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon The last link you provided is not working and I need a link to that source, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:22, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en: The second website I linked didn't work? http://members.kos.net/sdgagnon/milb.html contains the image if you scroll a bit.
@TheStrandedDemon The members.kos.not links gives me "404 Not Found The requested URL /sdgagnon/milb.html was not found on this server", so try the links because they don't work for me. I need the sources not any personal storage of yours. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:17, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en I got another source. File:Bartholomew's war map of Central Europe 1914 (5008447).jpg contains the double-tracked bolded railways on it. Those are the ones that I think are necessary to be added. TheStrandedDemon (talk) 16:30, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon For the railroads in the southern part I added as I think was correct, so check. Check everything again as I had to change stuff.
The map has a lot of information especially in some parts so to me it's hard to view it. I don't know how important the railroads are to you but I have made one draft here where they are toned down, to me that version is better.
@Goran tek-en I don't see any glaring issues with the railway placement, they entirely resemble the source material.
I believe the one with the toned down railways is superior. To me the map looks amazing, my only nitpick is that the borders seem to blend in with the railways. If it's too late for that to be changed, it's fine. TheStrandedDemon (talk) 17:23, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon We try to use "standard" lines for borders, railroad etc so there is a similarity between different maps created at commons, I will see if I can change something.
If you think the legends are in the way they can be moved to a short side outside of the map. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:38, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon Draft-3 borders more pronounced. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:44, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en Looks good! TheStrandedDemon (talk) 18:27, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon If you are happy with this I will need the following;
  • Name of the file
  • Description (/language)
  • Captions/s (/language)
  • Category/ies at commons
  • Structured data/Items portrayed in this file, the Q#, to be able to upload it at commons, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:31, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en
  • MapOfWWIWesternFrontArea
  • English: Map of the Franco-German Frontier including Belgium
  • Depiction of the Franco-Belgian-German borders in 1914.
  • Borders of France-Germany , Battle of the Frontiers , Western Front (World War I) , Theatres of World War I
  • World War I , French Third Republic , German Empire , Belgium , Luxembourg
TheStrandedDemon (talk) 18:47, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

TheStrandedDemon Now you can find it here file:MapOfWWIWesternFrontArea.svg.

  • Please check all the information, also links for wikipedia, wikidata and structured data.
  • ✓ Done --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:54, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
@Goran tek-en It looks great! One last question: What do you use to map? TheStrandedDemon (talk) 14:56, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
@TheStrandedDemon I use Inkscape so I do my work manually, not from datasets. Therefore I'm depending on free sources that I can work from and draw a new map with the content I (rather the requester) needs. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:38, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

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