User talk:Stickee
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Plain cigarette packaging
[edit]Dear Stickee,
You created a map about tobacco plain packaging in the world. This document [1] (Article 7) indicates that Burkina Faso has also passed a law and a decree to implement plain packaging. Implementation was delayed by the industry, but they eventually issued a ruling to implement it. Here a source mentioning this rule passed on April 7, 2015: [2] (sorry: in French). They say it has been signed, but I don't know if such an "arrêté" (rule) also needs to be ratified or anything similar to be considered as in force. When it is in force, the industry will have one year to conform itself to it, and one may doubt that they will. I leave it to you to decide if you want to modify your map accordingly. I have to admit that I am not familiar enough with this country to say if this legal decision can have any impact in a short term future. Several African countries have passed laws against tobacco adverstising and promotional activities, but generally the industry ignores them and nothing happens.
Best,
Ydecreux (talk) 09:30, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Another source here: [3], page 6. Ydecreux (talk) 10:21, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
- Dear Stickee,
- The plain tobacco packaging law is now fully in force in France: as of today, only plain packs of tobacco products can be sold in France. Unfortunately, I don't know how to modify the map that you created and is used by several articles on plain tobacco packaging. Ydecreux (talk) 10:09, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
- I found a way to update the document. It was not that difficult, sorry for bothering you. Ydecreux (talk) 21:07, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
- Ah thanks Ydecreux. The template the people here at Commons give for the SVG is well designed for easy editing. Stickee (talk) 05:23, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
- I found a way to update the document. It was not that difficult, sorry for bothering you. Ydecreux (talk) 21:07, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
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EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:40, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
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EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:41, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
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MB298 (talk) 04:14, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hi MB298, I've given a reply with info on how to find the license details. Thanks, Stickee (talk) 04:19, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
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Guanaco (talk) 11:12, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
You've just wrapped PNG data (i.e. pixel raster data, no vector data) inside an SVG file. That's not quite the idea.--Flugaal (talk) 09:08, 6 June 2018 (UTC)