User talk:The Pittsburgher

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Finnusertop (talk) 22:29, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, (t) Josve05a (c) 22:53, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

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EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:37, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Kantokuen maps

I see you have created some fine maps for the Kantokuen article. I wonder if it might be a good idea to use different colours for each nations offensives, instead of red for both. It gives immediate clarity. If you do make a change, I suggest avoiding blue as it can be mistaken for water features. A shade of green may be useful. [edit] I appreciate red can be associated with both Russia and Japan - perhaps the link with Russia in users minds will usually be stronger. [User:Hohum|Hohum]] (talk) 14:00, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Hohum, outstanding job with the colors and I fully support your ideas. I would go along with using either green (as you already seem to have done) or some other color like orange or yellow to represent Japan, while the Soviets can keep their communist red. Blue would probably be a poor choice for the Japanese; as you noted it could either be mistaken for water or give the emphatically false impression that the IJA were the good guys!

Sincerely, The Pittsburgher (talk) 14:14, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Yellow shows up badly against a white background. Hohum (talk) 14:54, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Agreed about yellow; I tried to change the infobox map to green in Paint, but it ended up looking like Christmas because the red borderline of the text and shapes stayed and I couldn't change them all at once owing to the varying shades of pixels. What did you use to recolor the fortified region and Hachi Go maps?

The Pittsburgher (talk) 14:57, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

GIMP Hohum (talk) 17:20, 13 August 2017 (UTC)