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Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by Mononomic.. I'll begin with the first one (Thermosiphon water heating system). —Mono·nomic22:32, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, not really. Most of the images are self-adapted to demonstrate other specifics. If you look closely to the other images, you'll see that they contain some specifics that aren't present in the other images.
Graphist opinion(s):Although I've swapped the eagle over for some reason the strokes/feathers are not displaying. They are in Illustrator and they are present in the SVG but I have no idea why they aren't displaying. Me and flags just don't seem to get on! --Fred the Oyster (talk) 13:34, 6 April 2010 (UTC) Request taken by Fred the Oyster. Done[reply]
Request: The EERE_Illust_large_image needs to be imbedded into the HAWT turbine components image; the image I draw would thus be the larger whole, and the EERE image would function as a magnification of the head of the turbine (as it contains more info). The image I made would provide more info as it mentions the nacelle, rotor blades, rotor hub and transformer08:57, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): This is going to be a fiddly bugger so will take quite a while. I'm too busy to spend all my time on, so will only be able to bits at a time when I have a few minutes. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 13:36, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s):Is all the text strictly necessary as that could be written both in the image's description and in the article that uses the illustration ? --Fred the Oyster (talk) 11:23, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No I guess it can also be written in the description. I normally write the text at the image so as to be sure the text is kept. However, if you simply refer to my image via a link the text is also certain to be kept, so this image can have the text added in the description.
Thanks Fred, there are some small incorrections dough --> first of all there is an arrow missing at cold storage (1st image). Next, I would change the aquifer color to something in between blue and brown (ground). Aquifer layers are just a layer with water + ground, so having the layer shown as water is not accurate, and it may be not completely clear to distinguish the difference between the "cold storage" and the aquifer. I hope you can upload a new version with the updates.
There you go. I have no idea why the arrow disappeared, it was there in the original Illustrator file. all sorted now though, and I used a gradient for the aquifer layer. It goes from the brown I used for the soil to the blue I used for the water. I hope that's okay for you? --Fred the Oyster (talk) 14:16, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It seems like the di- and tri- configurations are more rare, and that syndactyl, pamprodactyl and zygodactyl should perhaps be included. I also think the length of the segments is a bit confusing, and it doesn't make sense to me that the number of segments should correspond to the digit number.... but look at me trying to improve on a simple conversion :) -Andrew c[talk]14:21, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers for looking into it though, I appreciate it! I agree that the number of segments is confusing but also second your idea that it would be useful to include those 3 other types. Fallschirmjäger ✉15:15, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm concerned about the copyright status, so I'm contacting Dion van Oirschot on Facebook for his POV. Maybe he can supply originals that can be reworked somewhat. --Slashme (talk) 08:50, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Sharpen and vectorize, please? This is from a B&W scan. The actual seal is maroon, like file:Shimer College Logo.PNG. Can the color be changed, as well? Thanks. Nasty Housecat (talk) 04:20, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s):
This image is too poor in quality to figure out what all the detail are supposed to be depicting. We need to find a better source. I was unable to find the seal anywhere on their official website. Are you sure it is still used? I was able to locate various PDFs that had the Shimer logo in vector format which could be extracted and saved as an SVG... but that isn't exactly what you were asking. -Andrew c[talk]19:42, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not convinced this seal is still used anymore, if it cannot be found in any official literature or on the website. Maybe it is just historic, and perhaps not necessary for the article? -Andrew c[talk]20:49, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Nor was I, so I asked them again, and they finally scrounged up a TIFF version without the motto, but it should work. Thanks for looking into it. --Nasty Housecat (talk) 22:27, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I propose that this should be made into two separate images, as they are significantly different one from the other, to show historical progression. I propose the name File:Imam al-Mahdi Scouts 2010.png for the new one. --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 03:11, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Fry1989, the two Imperial Standards are actually complete different. The one on the left is the standard of the Russian Tsar whereas the one on the left is of the Russian Emperor. Note that Tsar & Emperor were separate titles in Russia and were not the same. Mackay 86 (talk) 21:56, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Actually Tsar was synonymous with Emperor in Russian, so you are incorrect on that, as while the Tsardom and Russian Empire were two seperate entities, they both shared the title of Tsar. I am aware that they are different designs, however the one I added, is from what I have seen more accurate to the one used by Tsar Nicholas II. Preferably, BOTH should be made into SVG format, as they were both used at one time.Fry1989 (talk) 19:30, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What i meant to say was that the title "Tsar" or "Czar" is the Slavic form of the Roman title of Caesar whereas the title of Emperor is derived from the Roman title of "Imperator" so technically they are different. Moreover, in Russian Tsar is spelled "Царь" and Emperor is spelled "Император". Therefore, they are not completely synonymous. In addition, Peter I changed the title from Tsar to Imperator (Emperor) in 1721 with the proclamation of the Russian Empire. Nevertheless, the title of Tsar remained in common usage until 1917. Mackay 86 (talk) 20:53, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s):
I did search their website for PDF sources but that yielded nothing! That means this logo will have to redrawn...but that wont be easy, since it involves a lot of gradients and any attempt to vectorize this logo will attract criticism since it is a non-free image. There have been past incidents where graphists were criticized because of this issue! --JovianEye (talk) 02:42, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It's rare for me to make this comment, but I don't think it would be worthwhile to make this an SVG: There's no chance to improve the logo in the future by modifying the file, because it's a logo. The text can't remain text, because we don't have the fonts for it, so the searchability advantage isn't there. An SVG wouldn't be conceptually simpler (for example with a line drawing) because it's full of gradients and light effects. The current picture does the job very well, so leave it alone. --Slashme (talk) 12:35, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Request: This should be a straightforward image to vectorize, which is right now a bit of an eyesore in a quite visible article. I'd do this myself, but I'm busy with other image-related work at the moment. Perhaps someone else is willing? —Quibik (talk) 21:06, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s):
I'd vectorize this, but the licensing is a bit unclear – do you claim to be the copyright owner? Are you thus the original author of the unofficial logo? —Quibik (talk) 22:06, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, I got an e-mail from the image's author, who is a Wikipedian but wants to remain anonymous, for reasons of identity in South Africa. Not sure I get it but I will abide by it. So I changed the licensing to the best one I knew. Unless there's a better one... --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 04:04, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Even if you don't have to software to open them, your computer can still download and upload the files. In any case, glad I was able to help. --Cybercobra(talk)03:01, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It's better if the text isn't included in the picture. That way the images can be used on other languaged wikipedias as well. The text can always be included from the caption instead. /Lokal_Profil15:24, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, change the monogamy picture to a picture without text, this way it's more coherent to the other pictures. As for the text itself, this needs to be inputted to the image description; add a "english"-line, so that translation in other languages too can occur. Also, in the image description of the polygamy and group marriage, it's best to mention that the arrows between the symbols only connect 1 of both, so 1 male symbol and 1 female symbol, ... not both the male/female + male+female; this is not totally clear, atleast not when looking at 1 image separately, ie on a article. Already added images to articles.
Updated the Monogamy image. The image description on commons contains the info and now includes a symbol combination clarification. /Lokal_Profil00:10, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Mediation Cabal ad
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Fred the Oyster is now indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet of a banned user; can someone else finish this request please? It needn't look exactly the same as the first draft - just the basic elements need to be there. Thanks. Rd232talk09:26, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, good point. I think the main text could be "The Mediation Cabal is a bunch of volunteers providing unofficial, informal mediation for disputes on Wikipedia. Why not help out?", and the shortcut WP:MEDCAB could be displayed somewhere as well, near the Cabal Approved logo. That would be enough, but an animated version where the text is initially
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs..."
- Rudyard Kipling, If-
and then fades into the text above would be cute. Rd232talk19:21, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
OK, that's a good start, but some tweaking please. 1. Take away the "Cabal Approved" stamp and have it appear on the right-hand side, above a "WP:MEDCAB" shortcut notice. Or leave out the shortcut if space is an issue, but at any rate have the stamp on the right hand side, not looking like it's in any way part of the logo. Or even drop the stamp altogether, especially if space is an issue, which it probably is. 2. Keep the fancy font just for the quote part of the text; make everything else (including the Kiping/If bit) an easy-to-read sans serif font. Then it should be good to go. Thanks! Rd232talk20:44, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Instead of sliding the cabal stamp into the graphic, why not just stamp it (as would presumably be expected). Sliding the MEDCAB logo across the graphic is also unnecessary (and a bit tedious in my opinion). Why not just leave the MEDCAB logo on the left side, slide down the MEDCAB title, and then stamp the cabal approved stamp on the right side? That would make more sense to me at least. Kaldari (talk) 15:15, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds good to me. I could live with the current version but your suggestion would be better. If you or someone else does this, please drop me a line. Rd232talk17:09, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have changed the colour to the website version of RGB value 237,28,36. It is only marginally different from the first vector version! The colour of red in the PNG version is incorrect. --JovianEye (talk) 16:51, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Even on my very bright and contrasty laptop, I can make out the moon quite clearly. That said, we may want to consider vision impairment issues, and make sure there is enough contrast when it comes to accessibility issues. I haven't work with accessibility stuff in a couple years, but I remember web based programs that could convert images into various color-blindness and other impairments, and assess the quality of the image. Anyone know what I'm talking about? -Andrew c[talk]22:44, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've changed the colours a bit and also made the numbers a bit bigger and put them right on the asteroids.
I experimented with my contrast settings and found the moon profile to become visible when I turned it down. It is very rare for me to encounter this issue, however, and it seemed unreasonable that a picture should only be viewable within certain screen setting parameters, so I decided to bring it up. It looks much better now, although I'm not sure about that shade of orange... 217.209.21.141 (talk) 13:19, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There really isn't much blank space: the gallery box above is misleading (click once on the picture to see the real boundary). If you really want a very tight crop, I can do that, but is that necessary? --Slashme (talk) 12:39, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On my computer, and I've refreshed a couple of times, it is floating in blank-space gravy, so it appears much smaller than the original. Maybe something in the coding? --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 12:49, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Changed computers and waited several hours, still doing it. Because of the shape of the shield and the wingspan, I think giving it a tight crop won't be detrimental. Thanks and sorry. --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 15:42, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You purge the cache by pressing "edit" on the image page then changing the last part of the url from "action=edit" to "action=purge". This should force the mediawiki software to create a new thumbnail. /94.193.242.248 (talk) 00:52, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have added the related AlQuds flag, I've been meaning to ask for an SVG of it for a long time now, if whoever takes this on could also do it, that'd be great, thanks :) Fry1989 (talk) 20:57, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Would someone be willing to whip up a coffin so that it can be placed on the recent death template? I have found an svg image, but it is bland and has a cross on it, thus not making it neutral. This image should also be put in as well. I guess whoever does this can go ahead and create two images if they want, one with and without the clock. Feel free to be creative. Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:09, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Article(s):Russian Orbital Segment, International Space Station, Zvezda (ISS module), Zarya, Pirs docking compartment, Rassvet (ISS module), Poisk (ISS module), and various international equivalents thereof. Request: I was wondering, please, if it would be possible to vectorise this diagram, making it clearer, easier for other language Wikipedias to translate (currently 15), and to remove the part of the diagram showing the US Orbital Segment (the three grey, unlabelled modules), possibly by replacing it with an arrow --> and label along the lines of 'to USOS'. A clear background (i.e. a blank one) would also be very helpful. SVGing the image will also make it much simpler for us to replace Pirs with Nauka when the latter is launched. Many thanks in advance, Colds7ream (talk) 09:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s):
That image is of too poor resolution to convert to SVG. Consider finding a higher resolution image...a google search returned several useful images in pdfs such as these:
Good catch there - page 9 of the third item has a great diagram which is unfortunately at the wrong angle. Could something be done with that, by any chance? Colds7ream (talk) 17:17, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks for removing the background; that's much better! The USOS should be removed simply because the diagram is supposed to be of just the ROS. The USOS doesn;t show all of the components of the USOS, having the three there merely to provide context for the ROS's location, which I feel could be better served with the arrow. Could the image in its current form be resaved as a PNG, by any chance? I don't really know much about format changing... Colds7ream (talk) 09:58, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The various ((chess diagram)) tiles are named "File:Chess_(FOO)(piece color if applicable, either l or d)(tile colour, either l, d, or t)". The PNG files end with "44.png", while the SVG end with "45.svg".
I'd like to repeat what MSGJ at Template talk:Chess_diagram already suggested: rather than making 2 (or possibly more) versions of the same piece with different background colors, we should make the images transparent and add the BG color inside the tables instead. I guess that should make the template slightly less complex as well – the background is always the same anyway. —Quibik (talk) 13:40, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Quite a few already exist, e.g. . I'm not sure which ones are missing. Do we actually need the upside-down versions? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:01, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The various ((chess diagram svg)) tiles are named "File:Chess_(FOO)(piece color if applicable, either l, d, r, g, y )". The SVG files always end with "g45.svg".
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The request here is to fill the columns that have elements in it. AKA if any of "Foolg45.svg", "Foodg45.svg", "Foorg45.svg", "Foogg45.svg" "Fooyg45.svg" exist, they should all exist. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books}03:19, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Request: All images: to remove all backgrounds outside the circles.
(About PSI) The actual image seems to be a white/black newspaper caption. To restore real logo's colours, can the background of the party logo be whitened, and the rest of the logo become red?
(About MSI) The actual image represents the party logo after the merger with the Monarchist party in 1972. Can anybody create a second image representing the original logo? The original logo is the same, but without the motto "DESTRA NAZIONALE" (National right). By the way, the border of the circle, both in the pre-1972 and in the post-1972 logo, should become a more defined black border.
(About PSDI) The logo which actually appears in wikipedia is the logo of a small group which refounded the party in Southern Italy in 2005, without any electoral success. The real logo of the genuine historical PSDI (1947-1994) was quite different, without the acronim "PSDI" and, mainly, with the motto "SOCIALISM" (socialism) instead of "SOCIALDEMOCRAZIA" (social-democracy). The real logo can be found in Italian minister of interior's website here. Can anybody create the real logo of historical PSDI? Thanks for all. 87.5.146.243 (talk) 11:56, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the same red of the replaced logo (the link was B&W because it is taken from ancient ballot papers, which in Italy became colored only after 1990). Thanks for all your help.--82.48.89.157 (talk) 11:53, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]