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This workshop is part of the Graphics Lab, a project aimed to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. More information about the lab can be found on its main page and requests pages (Illustrations ; Photographs ; Maps ; Video and Sound). To ask questions or make a suggestions, see the talk page of the graphic lab page.

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• Category:Images for cleanup
• meta:Philip Greenspun illustration project/Requests
• Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop (higher traffic, requests may be fulfilled quicker at the Wikipedia lab)

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Coat of arms of Guinea

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  SVG (trace)

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  PNG

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  PNG 2

Request: Unfortunately, while the SVG is a very good trace, it still has issues. Could someone please redo it into a good SVG? Fry1989 ^eh? 21:51, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): What are the issues? Be more specific.  :P I can see a few stray bits of colour, but I'm not sure if that's what you mean. NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 12:37, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Well for example, all the yellow is one big chunk, when it should be separate parts, the shield, the banner, the bird and olive branch. The part with the three colours of the flag should be independent, when it's actually all yellow with the red and green on top. Lastly, there should be transparency where the coat of arms ends. Fry1989 ^eh? 20:05, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

The SVG is a pretty good reflection of the image it was vectorized from. Anyway I mostly fixed transparency (the easy part). AnonMoos (talk) 10:40, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes, but there is still alot of crap and layers in there that shouldn't be, but come with the territory of a direct trace. I tried to clean up what I can, but the file would still benefit from being made the way it was supposed to, with all the pieces and elements separate. Fry1989 ^eh? 21:46, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Now separated bird and shield (as well as the yellow flag partition just formally). The path objects are now given meaningful ids so you can easily identify them. It seems to be slowly approaching the goal. --Flekstro (talk) 15:19, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

What remains to be fixed here? NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 14:07, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I have made the bird opaque, as requested. Anything else? The SVG is by no means perfect to use, but it seems to be accurate at least. NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 15:38, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

There is already an SVG... Will follow some days later here.--Antemister (talk) 16:29, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I redesigned the whole COA (based on "PNG 2") File:Coat of arms of Guinea-new.svg. --Avenhar (talk) 14:41, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia logo in cheatsheets

PDFs

• File:Cheatsheet-ar.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-de.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-en.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-es.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-es-ar.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-eu.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-fr.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-it.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-nl.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-pl.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-pt.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-ru.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-sv.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-zh.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-3-it.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-3-ja.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-3-nl.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-3-pl.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-3-pt.pdf
• File:Cheatsheet-3-sv.pdf

SVGs

• File:Cheatsheet-fr.svg
• File:Cheatsheet-pt pt.svg
• File:Cheatsheet-en.svg

PNGs

• File:Cheatsheet-de.png
• File:Cheatsheet-en.png
• File:Image-Cheatsheet-zh-hant.png

Request: The wikipedia logo within all these cheatsheets render the term वि in the extreme left of the wikiglobe incorrectly. Specifically, the ि should appear before व with the dotted circle being replaced by the latter. The correct rendering can be seen at File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.svg. Odder was kind enough to help me over IRC and try to fix File:Cheatsheet-en.svg, and it's png thumbnail renders correctly. But W3C validation (I'm not sure I did it right) seems to suggest that there may be errors which cause the svg to render incorrectly. (It seems to render incorrectly for me across three browsers and inkscape).

Also, the original reason which led me to find this error was the need to translate the cheatsheet into hi. I only know enough svg to translate text in it. I can't fix (or change) the logo. Would someone please upload a version of the en cheatsheet replacing the logo with the hi logo with a correct rendering? I'd then be able to translate the text and upload a new version. Thanks a lot.--Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 01:49, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Note:File:Cheatsheet-en.svg seems to be rendering correctly (despite the validation errors). Also, most of the cheatsheets are probably using the old logos. Updating them to use the new svg globe should probably fix the problem.--Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 10:36, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

URL http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http:%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fe%2Fe3%2FCheatsheet-en.svg&ss=1 reveals no validation errors... AnonMoos (talk) 13:20, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
My observations are that in the SVG cheatsheets all the text is outlined so is no longer text editable. The other thing is that I couldn't get them to render properly in Illustrator. The globe in the cheatsheet wouldn't render at all even though the globe in the standalone V2 globe rendered perfectly. The PDFs (at least the English one anyway) seem to have been put together in InDesign so the text is editable in Illustrator, but whoever created it used a raster image for the globe.

All in all though I believe the problem is that the main bulk of the cheatsheet has been put together in Inkscape then the globe has been pasted into it. It's at this point I think things have gone wrong and Inkscape has created a non-conforming SVG (no doubt thanks to the Sodipodi code inside it. Considering all the problems I believe that the cheatsheet needs to be either created from scratch in Inkscape by someone who knows what they are doing, or in Illustrator 15.1 which creates much more standard code (and 50% of the size of the Inkscape code too). --Fred the Oyster (talk) 09:21, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't think that whether a file opens in Adobe Illustrator is the arbiter of SVG correctness, and Adobe Illustrator can have its own problems of placing huge amounts of garbage in SVG files. However, try the latest version of File:Cheatsheet-en.svg. If there's a major problem with the file, it's that each separate letter is put into its own <tspan>...</tspan> element. By the way, the small Wikimedia logo at bottom left is an embedded raster image... AnonMoos (talk) 13:52, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Versions of Illustrator prior to the current v15.1 did put an unnecessary amount of code in the SVG, especially if the file was tagged to remain editable in AI, but even so there's still nowhere near the amount of bloat that Inkscape creates. In any case, I wasn't using AI as the final arbiter of whether the file was coded correctly, I used the W3C validator. Having said that though, if an SVG can't be opened in AI, then there's going to be every likelihood that something is wrong with the file.

The fact remains though that these files would be better being re-done from scratch regardless of what software is being used. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 17:06, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but that's simply not the case. It's true that Inkscape can carry along a bunch of useless definitions of gradients and such from previous file versions if not purged, but Adobe Illustrator often overwhelms a tiny amount of code with a huge amount of useless garbage, as I've seen repeatedly over the last 5 years or more, from 2006 to 2012. I'm far from an enthusiastic defender of Inkscape (which has its own annoyances, such as "flowtext" nonsense), and I don't actually use Inkscape to edit SVG files (only to test and convert them), but when it comes to garbageflooding internal to an SVG file, Inkscape yields the crown to Adobe... AnonMoos (talk) 22:03, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

We shall have to agree to disagree then. Along with the fact that there isn't a single one SVG file created by Inkscape that I haven't been able to reduce in size up to 75% by the simple expedient of using Illustrator. I simply make sure that I don't tick the box requesting that I keep the file in Illustrator editable format, I keep the precision to 1 point and "use fewer tspan elements". I suppose it all comes down to how one uses the program, and after 20 years I feel I have a reasonably good idea on how to do that. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 08:25, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

If you can get Illustrator to emit lean and clean code, then that's great for you personally, but there's strong accumulated evidence that many others are not able to use the program as successfully... AnonMoos (talk) 03:19, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

For example, a case in point: File:MultinationalForce-IraqDUI.svg. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 11:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

File:Goldbach-1000000.svg

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  A graph showing the number of ways an even number can be written as the sum of two primes (4 <= n <= 1000000)

Request: Probably because of the huge file size, this file does not render a thumbnail. Can someone rescale it or try regenerating the thumbnail? --Sreejith K (talk) 12:26, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): I suggest that this is an inappropriate image for SVG. When there are several megabytes of elements, and none of them are language-specific, why not just take a screen shot of it at maximum resolution and use a PNG version? This should compress very well as a PNG, so you can use a very large screen and won't lose much fine detail. CLDunlap (talk) 20:10, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

If this image cannot be compressed to a size that is useful, lets do was you suggested. Can you please upload a PNG file with lesser than 12 MP resolution? --Sreejith K (talk) 10:41, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Coat of Arms of Riga

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  'dodgy' svg version

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  COA of Riga

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  Flag of Daugavpils

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  COA of Daugavpils  File:Coat of arms of Daugavpils.svg — McSush

Request: These should be redrawn as SVG. This has SVG already, but to my mind it is too bad. --Edgars2007 (talk) 08:01, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Please explain what you mean by "too bad"? --Fred the Oyster (talk) 18:44, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

OK, not too bad but the colour isn't correct (the below side and lions), also the lions are "interesting" in SVG version. --Edgars2007 (talk) 12:27, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Is this fixed now, or are there still issues? NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 14:29, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Graph needed from a spreadsheet

 Not done

Request: I have a Excel spreadsheet of air pollution data in China that I want to have turned into a graph. I think the R programming language is quite a nice way of doing it? I can email the data or should I dump it somewhere on the web? -- Alan Liefting (talk) 00:19, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):What type of graph? You can use the data in excel to create an excel graph which can be copied as an image and uploaded here. You can use SVGmaker to export the graph to SVG. Then you'll have to remove the watermarks that SVG maker puts(pretty easy in a text editor/inkscape). Best if you can upload the excel file somewhere.--Gauravjuvekar (talk) 10:24, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Illustrator's graphing function can do exactly that, and relatively easily too. What sort of graph would be required? --Fred the Oyster (talk) 14:23, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Even simpler would be to open the excel file with Libre Office and export the chart as SVG.--Gauravjuvekar (talk) 10:12, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

And horrible code it produces too. Not to mention the limited formatting and customisation too. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 11:18, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Actually I just did some experimentation with LibreOffice (it's been a while since I've used it) and the results and the procedure are truly horrible. First off you have to create the graph, then you have to click inside the chart and do a Ctrl-A (if it lets you that is), then you have to copy and past the result into either Libre Draw or Inkscape. At which point you discover that (depending on which chart type you chose) what you have copied and pasted is actually a bitmap that has to be traced if you don't want the SVG to be an envelope containing a single raster graphic. So basically, not the simple solution you suggested. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 11:43, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

I would have hoped that Commons would have some sort of commonly used graphing methods in place by now. I suppose most stuff comes in as images rather than the raw data that I am presenting. Alan Liefting (talk) 01:31, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Alas no, other than maybe encapsulated in a PDF (which is sort of frowned upon). If you let me know what sort of graph/chart you want and where I can download the spreadsheet from (email me the details if you don't want to make them public) and I will happily do what's required. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 21:04, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Alan Liefting -- there are several graphing or quasi-graphing methods, but they're on the Wikipedias (where they're useful for presenting data in articles), not on Commons. See en:Help:EasyTimeline_syntax, en:Wikipedia:Graphs_and_charts, etc. -- AnonMoos (talk) 18:54, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Vectorise Copenhagen Coat of Arms

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  Description of image

Request: Please can you redraw the above image and vectorise/save as an svg image. A previous attempt was made at File:Greater coat of arms of Copenhagen.svg. but that had multiple issues (the positions need to be rather exact). If you could save over the second file that would be easier.
This other outline may help as a guide: [1]. Thanks. --000peter (talk) 22:58, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Not accurate in SVG to implement, respectively maybe not without pay. It would be a complete unofficial redesign. -- πϵρήλιο ℗ 08:17, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Extreme weather damage

(no gallery yet)

Request: Please create a free graph by combining [2] and [3] (from [4].) Thank you. --75.166.192.187 23:28, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

National Archives logos/seals

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   Not done – w:Electronic Records Archives

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   Done (partially) – w:Information Security Oversight Office

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   Done –w:Controlled Unclassified Information Office

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   Done – (Click through, thumbnail isn't displaying correctly for me)

• Electronic Records Archives logo.svg
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  SVG version
  similar image in black and white

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  SVG version

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  SVG version

Request:

A few more logos for National Archives and Records Administration offices/agencies with articles which could use vectorizing.. Dominic (talk) 01:17, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

You'll be lucky to get the Information Security Oversight Office logo done in the 'chrome' finish as it's either going to be a pixel based filter effect, or a very time consuming gradient effect. Neither of which lend themselves well to SVG files. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 09:26, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Gradients actually tend to work better in vector graphics than raster, but even if someone were to go to the trouble with that image, it still wouldn't render properly until librsvg is replaced with something that works. -— Isarra ༆ 22:39, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

This request is really old, but I have managed to find the vector versions of two of them: File:Office of Government Information Services logo.svg, and File:Controlled Unclassified Information Office logo.svg. --Wylve (talk) 18:16, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Added B/W vectorized ISOO seal (File:Information_Security_Oversight_Office_Seal_bw.svg). Noticed that ISOO uses a seal based on the Department of State in their Briefing matrials, so based b/w ISOO seal off of the Dep't of state seal in use on WP (File:Department_of_state.svg). Ruxda (talk) 21:00, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Just for clarity: Two done, one partially, one not done. --Patrick87 (talk) 01:23, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Flag of the Bahamas (1953-1964).svg

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  PNG flag

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  SVG flag with bitmap corrupted CoA

Request: Make vectorized CoA based on PNG version of flag. Malarz pl (talk) 21:24, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 14:38, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

For those crown experts here, is it possible to create SVGs for the earlier flags with slightly different crowns, as shown in de:Flagge der Bahamas. I'am sure that those corwon do already exist as SVGs.--Antemister (talk) 19:52, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

If you can locate the crowns, I'm happy to do the swaps. NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 21:07, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

I believe it is File:Tudor Crown (Heraldry).svg for the 1904-1923 and 1923-1953 period, and File:Crown of Saint Edward (Heraldry).svg for the 1869-1904 and 1953-1964 period.

Make Brazilian Portuguese version of image

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  Original image in English

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  image in Portuguaise

Please make a Brazilian Portuguese version, using these terms:

• exits-> Saídas
• toilet->Banheiro
• recovered-> Recuperado
• unrecovered-> Não recuperado
• galley-> Copa
• Storage - Armazém

For the image description, please use the following:

• PT: "Gráfico dos corpos recuperados do voo 447 da Air France durante as buscas em 2009 (Português)"
• EN: "Seating chart Air France Flight 447 indicating bodies recovered in the 2009 searches (Portuguese)"
• FR: "Plan des sièges du vol Air France 447 avec indication des corps retrouvés pendant les recherches de 2009 (Portugais)"
• DE: "Sitzplan, aus dem der Sitz der Passagiere hervorgeht, deren Leichen 2009 gefunden wurden. (Portugiesisch)"

Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 23:08, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

I just find-and-replaced these texts and uploaded the Portuguaise version. As the text objects where apparently center-aligned, they are currently not really perfectly-positioned. That is an issue to be corrected globally (including the English version) in order to facilitate creation of further derivative works if anyone thinks it's important.--Yuwash (talk) 18:38, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 11:03, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Fix key in image

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  File to change "kombüse" to "kombüse/Stauraum"

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  File to change "Stauram to "Stauraum"

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  What Airfrance447diag-de.png should look like

The key in File:Airfrance447diag-de.png says "kombüse" when it should say "kombüse/stauram" like File:Af447diag-de.svg does. This is because this is a translation of an English-language diagram that says "Galley/storage" - kombüse = galley, stauram = storage Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 21:11, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Actually it should be "Stauraum" in both images. --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 19:33, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. I made a note of this WhisperToMe (talk) 05:04, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

OpenJDK Logo

Request: Please make a SVG version of OpenJDK Logo or OpenJDK Logo on English Wikipedia and upload it on commons as {{PD-textlogo}}. Thanks :) −ebraminio^talk 11:53, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Stale

en:File:OpenJDK logo.png is claimed to be under copyright, and it's used on en.wiki by Fair Use. Fair Use is not accepted on Commons, so it wouldn't be safe to convert it to SVG (although it would be easy) and/or transferring it to Commons. If you think that it should be in Public Domain, please start a discussion in the appropriate place and report the result here. --Ricordisamoa (talk) 10:23, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Actually, the logo is copyright ineligible. The license tag at enwiki is incorrect, as the logo does not meet the threshold of originality. Even though the image is appropriate on Commons, I can't find a vector version of the logo online. --Wylve (talk) 11:19, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

The logo is now correctly licensed as {{pd-textlogo}}, however I still wasn't able to find a vector version of the logo anywhere. I also tried to find the exact font used in the logo to recreate it from scratch but didn't succeed. It seems to be some variant of Glasgow font, but the version I got didn't match the original in all deatails. -- Patrick87 (talk) 02:20, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 logo 256.png

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  Logo of Mozila Firefox (version 3.5 and above)

Request: Convert this image to SVG. I cannot find any SVG version of this logo online, and it is a bit difficult to draw so I cannot convert it myself. The old logo (Firefox 3.0 and earlier) has an SVG version but that is copyrighted (the new logo, shown here, is freely licensed) --Jfd34 (talk) 06:32, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):Mozilla offers a 2169*2081px png version at [5]--Gauravjuvekar (talk) 19:03, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Even at that size, if you embed it in an SVG file the size of the SVG size will become very large. Converting the logo to SVG will allow it to be scaled infinitely, while keeping the file size relatively small. Jfd34 (talk) 09:59, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

The Category descriptions points to Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Firefox.svg as Mozilla does not allow high-resolution version of their trademarked logos. Matt (talk) 14:26, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

You're wrong. Your remark was true on past Firefox versions but not with the current logos that are given 3 open licences (MPL, GPL and LGPL), thus permitting publication, reuse and production and publication of derived works (provided that one of the 3 licences are kept, with the required attribution). In other words, the vectorization request os perfectly valid (and the Mozilla Foundation will be also credited on them, having full rights to reuse these SVG versions if it wishes...). The 3 open licences are covering the copytight, the author's right, but not directly the trademark right (but as long as we are told to keep the attribution and say this is atrademark, it is safe to publish the logo or any derived logo that preserves the same trademark right). verdy_p (talk) 16:06, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Well. There a vector version of logo on Mozilla site - in Adobe Illustrator CS4 EPS format. But it is can't be simple exported to svg - many of filters not implemented yet in RSVG(render used on wikipedia). It's need a big editing, to make similar logo without that filters. But altering is not permitted! Just using a png file, and providing link to to vector(for print's) - best way in my opinion.

The EPS-Version doesn't contain unsupported filters but a whole lot of raster graphics to create the gradients (and "prevent" incompatibilities)... It's not possible to convert it to SVG without the original vector file. -- Patrick87 (talk) 02:12, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Err.. What? Do you even downloaded and opened the EPS file in Illustrator? There NO ANY RASTER GRAPHICS! It's 100% vector file - just simple curves with gradient fills, gausian blur, and color blending modes.

No, I used Inkscape. Those must be proprietary extensions by Adobe then that do not follow the SVG standard. Are you able to export a valid plain SVG without any Adobe extensions and not containing rasterized effects? -- Patrick87 (talk) 19:31, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

It is not the purpose of this lab to attempt to mimic trademarked logos like this. Any errors or inaccuracies would be a misrepresentation, so we shouldn't even attempt it. It's clear that they haven't released an SVG version, so if no-one can convert the EPS there's nothing we can reasonably do. NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 15:55, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Karakalpakstani coat of arms

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Request: Vectorize.. --112.210.52.85 11:24, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): That's easy: Take File:Coat of Arms of Uzbekistan.svg, modify the flags and replace the text in the banner by "Қарақалпақстан".--Antemister (talk) 20:49, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

It's not quite so simple. The sunburst behind the bird is of a different color and has a radial gradient, although the gradient may be an illusion due to the low resolution. The two lower banners have a solid red stripe in them, not a white stripe with red borders. The mountains in the background are different. All in all, the PNG prototype is too small to be of use. This conversion should only be attempted if a better raster prototype can be located, at least four times larger than the present sample. — Quicksilver^@ 08:45, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

 Done I have done a preliminary hand trace for the different elements. If a larger version is found, then the detail can be added, but as it is I think this is a fair representation. Please let me know if I've made any glaring errors. NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 14:00, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

This looks very nice! Only thing I'd change are the sunrays (they appear too thick), you could decrease their width or use a gradient to achieve a similar effect like in the original. The orange parts of the banners on the left and right are a little to wide, too. -- Patrick87 (talk) 14:35, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Better? NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 14:36, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, much better now. The most obvious difference remaining compared to the PNG version is the darker tone of the green – was this intended? Otherwise it's a fair representation of the source now. -- Patrick87 (talk) 16:25, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

The darker green was inherited from the CoA of Uzbekistan; I'm not sure which is correct. NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 17:13, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

File:Political System of the United States.svg and File:Politisches System der Vereinigten Staaten.svg

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  English version

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  German version

Request: It would be nice if someone could review these graphics and may improve them or do some bugfix (I'm using Adobe Illustrator and so the text is a bit displaced). Thanks and greetings — Allrounder (talk) 01:06, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

I didn't see any great problems, but I moved a few captions slightly, and changed the wording of the bottom white box to "18 years and older". The discrepancies between what you see in Illustrator and how the images render on Commons are due to the fact that the "ArialMT" font is not installed on Wikimedia servers (which substitute a different font with different metrics). If you could install a font which is on the Wikimedia servers onto your own system, and specify it in the SVG file, then theoretically you could see the same thing in Illustrator as here... AnonMoos (talk) 03:17, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Also, the diagram seems to be modified from one near the beginning of the second volume of the Penguin Atlas of World History by Kinder and Hilgemann, but I'm not sure all the changes are improvements. There's no indications of the Supreme Court's ability to rule laws and executive actions unconstitutional, and the senate's main authority over the armed forces is funding. The senate has the ability to confirm presidential appointees and supreme court justices, but no direct power to give orders to the cabinet or Supreme Court. The president does not have a "suspensive" veto over legislation, but a veto overridable by a 2/3 vote of both houses. "Executive Office" is the name of a building, but not really of a layer of government. "§" seems to mean legislative authority, but is not explained. Etc. AnonMoos (talk) 05:49, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't know a Penguin Atlas of World History - what's that? I made this one by myself. Allthough I'm quite sure that the graphics should be correct. However, I made a request at w:Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Politics/American_politics.

• There's no indications of the Supreme Court's ability to rule laws and executive actions unconstitutional -> I could improve that by connecting the Supreme court and the red arrow.
• The senate has [...] no direct power to give orders to the cabinet or Supreme Court -> Right. But where's the allusion on that in the graphic?
• The president does not have a "suspensive" veto over legislation, but a veto overridable by a 2/3 vote of both houses -> A "suspensive veto" means exactly that: "a suspensive veto is the ability of an executive to return a bill to the legislature without the bill becoming law. The veto is suspensive because the Congress can override the veto, given a large enough majority. The opposite of a suspensive veto is an absolute veto, a power the President does not have." [6]
• "Executive Office" is the name of a building -> No, see w:Executive Office of the President of the United States
• "§" seems to mean legislative authority -> Right. I think that's prettyself-explanatory ;-)

Greetings — Allrounder (talk) 00:01, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

The "Penguin Atlas of World History" is a translation of something which was apparently called the "DTV (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) Atlas zur Weltgeschichte" in 1966 (have no idea whether it may have been republished since). I've noticed that a number of political diagrams originating from German Wikipedia seemed to be based on diagrams in that book...

—The blue arrow from the Senate to the Cabinet and to the Armed Forces is oversimplified, since it looks exactly like the blue arrow from the president to the Cabinet and to the Armed Forces, yet the authority of the Senate and the authority of the president are quite different...

—The president's veto power would not usually be called "suspensive" by native English speakers; a veto is final (with no time limit) unless the Congress acts against it within a specified time. "Suspensive" would tend to imply the power to suspend the operation of laws for a certain time, or in the face of emergency.

—The Executive Office of the President is his personal staff (plus outside advisers and certain extra-departmental "czars"), but few outside Washington know or care much about it, and it isn't part of the constitution. The president controls the executive government of the United States, not just the Executive Office.

—I really don't know that § would be very "self-explanatory" to those who haven't perused the Penguin Atlas of World History... -- AnonMoos (talk) 04:27, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

OK, I don't know the Atlas zur Weltgeschichte...

• Yea, of course the powers are slightly different, but this graphic does not intend to describe every detail of the political system, but give a overview about it. But of course you're right that the arrows could be too similar - what would you change to make them more understand- and differentiable?
• Hmm, I'm not a native speaker (like you may have noticed ;-), but I think that this expression is known in English political science, too though (see eg the link). And the presidential veto is not final, but does suspend the operation of laws for a certain time...
• The w:Executive Office of the President of the United States even has it own WP-article; of course the President controls all of the executive, but the graphic leaves no doubt about this though..
• Yes, § is IMHO really self-explanatory (or with what could you confuse it?)

Greetings — Allrounder (talk) 18:07, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

I uploaded a new version (before - after). Better? — Allrounder (talk) 16:32, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

OK, now I think the content problems should be solved (if not, please comment). But there's still a formal problem with the text in both pictures (it's still displaced, allthough I used Liberation Sans...). Would be nice if sby could solve this and do a bit bug fix, so we can use the graphics in the articles =). Greetings — Allrounder (talk) 15:18, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

• The blue arrow from the state legislatures to the state courts should be removed. There are many ways of selecting state courts, depending on the state, and I don't think they can be shown on a simplistic diagram like this one. They include direct partisan election, Federal-style appointment and confirmation, Missouri plan-selection of candidates by a judicial nomination convention and a gubernatorial selection of one of them (the Missouri plan also includes "yes-or-no" retention elections). – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 03:46, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Of course there are many ways of selecting state courts but all of them have sth to do with the state legislature. But u can remove the arrow if you want to.. — Allrounder (talk) 13:12, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

No, that was kind of my point. 2 of the 3 common ways have nothing to do with the state legislature at all. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 23:54, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

...and removed. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 00:02, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Yandex

ResolvedPatrick87 (talk) 01:28, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

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http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Yandex_ua.png

http://yandex.st/morda-logo/i/l-logo-by.png

http://yandex.st/morda-logo/i/l-logo-kz.png

Request: Vectorize the Yandex logos in other languages... --112.210.125.202 04:45, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Request taken by Snaevar (talk)

 Done Please check whether I inserted the right letters. The files are: File:Yandex-tt.svg File:Yandex ua.svg, File:Yandex-kz.svg and File:Yandex-by.svg.--Snaevar (talk) 23:32, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Request for assistance

Request: File:The_Cutter's_Practical_Guide_1898_Edition_Part_1.djvu has a number of 'pattern' plates, It would seem reasonable for these to be in an appropriate vector format, hence I am requesting the assistance of the graphics lab in converting them, in a consistent style.

Assistance in getting the Fashion plates and other illustration in this work converted would also be appreciated. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 23:47, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Sounds fun :). I'll prepare the first of these pattern plates and give it to you to comment. Other illustrations in this work are in my opinion too complex to be coverted to SVG.  Request taken by Jembezmamy (talk) 10:41, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

I've drawn the first pattern. There is one little rendering error ("The" in a title isn't italic), which I'll fix in a future. Now I have a new idea: wouldn't it be practical to make this SVG interactive, so everyone could just type in their measurements and print their own pattern in 1:1 scale? I can write an open source JavaScript code that makes it possible. I think it would be nice. I will make sewing much easier for amateurs. I'll consult this also with my friend, who is a fashion designer, to find out whether it is worth the effort. --Jembezmamy (talk) 12:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

The Shirt System

The Shirt System

Yes, adapting this so it can be used to generate custom patterns would be PRECISELY what as Wikimedia project should do :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:57, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Gaza Ceasefire

Request: Could someone who is a better SVG wizard than me please use the data (but not the design) from http://shiptogaza.se/sites/default/files/newsImages/602227_539080766122345_148531382_n_0.jpg to create new graph(s)? // Liftarn (talk) 20:12, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): What type of graphs do you want exactly? NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 14:38, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Five bar charts and one pie chart. The first bar chart needs to be stacked. // Liftarn (talk)

Five bar charts? Of what?? Also, if you provide a link to the page on Wikipedia, we can create charts that way, which would probably be better in this case. NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 18:52, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Baghouse-type air-pollution cleaners (used on smokestacks for power plants / factories)

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  Mechanical-Shaker baghouse

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  Reverse-Air baghouse

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  Reverse-Jet baghouse

Request: The .JPG files currently in the baghouse article are from the OSHA website, and are too small to read the annotations. I contacted OSHA enquiring after the original image, they referred me to the library at the Mine Health and Safety Academy where I received a .PDF scan of the publication (the source of the above .PNG's). Now that they're legible, we can make nice .SVG's out of them. --Hobart (talk) 19:53, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Rhodesia & Nyasaland

Request: Recent work by User:Fenn-O-maniC makes it possible to recreate some flags of Rhodesia & Nyasaland.

• Modify the shield of File:Coat of Arms of Nyasaland.svg according [7][8][9] and add it into File:Flag of Nyasaland.svg
• Recreate File:Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg using File:Coat of arms of the Central African Federation.svg
• Use the lion of File:Coat of Arms of Malawi.svg to modify File:Coat of Arms of the Republic of Malawi.svg
• Replace the eagle and the fish in File:Flag of Northern Rhodesia-1939.svg by the one from File:Coat of arms of the Central African Federation.svg

--Antemister (talk) 20:25, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): The third on your list appears to have the same file linked twice. Which file did you actually want editing? NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 14:49, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

3) Corrected it, replace the lion in the greater arms by the one from the lesser one, which quality is better.--Antemister (talk) 15:04, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't think we should modify Sodacan's arms in this way. Unlike the other requests here, that was created as one coherent piece of artwork, not just a composite of existing elements. If you can show a source where the lion in the first image is more accurate, then I will consider making the change.

Also, regarding the first one, did you just want the shield's shape to be altered, or is there some other thing that needs to be changed as well? NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 15:48, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I personally would suggest not altering the lion in Sodacan's File:Coat of Arms of the Republic of Malawi.svg. It's style is in the same feel as the rest of the image. Fry1989 ^eh? 15:50, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Concerning the first one, it's only the shape of the field which should be modified according to the sources, the image itself is excellent artwork. Concering Sodacan's heraldry, I'll ask himself what to do, as it seems for me that he took this lion from another image.--Antemister (talk) 17:42, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I've altered the shield as you requested. In lieu of a reply from Sodacan, this request is now resolved. NikNaks _{talk - gallery - wikipedia} 12:14, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Coat of arms of Malaysia (1963-1965).jpg

• requested file
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• similar images
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  Coat of arms of the Fe...
  

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  Coat of arms of the Fe...
  

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  Coat of arms of the Fe...
  

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  Arms of Malaysia.svg
  

Article(s): Coat of arms of Malaysia, List of coats of arms used in Singapore and others.

Request:

Can someone please vectorize this? Thanks. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 18:52, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

There are some similar coat of arms already in SVG format that could need some improvement, too. I also found a coat of arms of Malaya that is very similar to the one in the requested file (see second gallery). -- Patrick87 (talk) 12:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Just wanted to point out that "Coat of arms of Malaysia (1963-1965).jpg" is not identical to those other coats of arms, in case this hasn't been noticed. The coat of arms was altered after Singapore left the Federation of Malaysia in 1965. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 14:56, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

Irish road signs

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  This sign has a transparent center. It should be white.  Done

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  The 50 is in the wrong font. The "0" curves out in the middle when it should be straight.  Done

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  Photo of sign to compare.  Done

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  Number in the wrong font again.  Done

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  This svg sign looks different to the other svg signs.  Done

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  Other svg signs look like this.  Done

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Article(s): en:Road signs in Ireland

Request:

I can't figure out what font the speed limit signs are supposed to be in. I thought it might have been Motorway, but the number "3" looks completely different [10][11] I was also wondering if those signs were fixed if the other speed limit signs could be made also:

• 120 km/h
• 100 km/h
• 80 km/h
• 60 km/h
• 30 km/h Thanks -- 86.40.38.133 16:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Done How do those look? I didn't upload over the 50 sign cos it's under a viral license and I prefer PD –⁠moogsi (talk) 08:04, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

They look perfect. I didn't realize just how wrong the 50 sign actually was. 86.41.185.241 19:45, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Busted old CoA needs replacing

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  Amazonas CoA

Article(s): a few pages

Request:

There a few interpretations of this CoA available online, I'm wondering if anyone can knock together something to replace this before it's deleted (it's never had a license and the claim of 'own work' is a bit iffy). It doesn't have to be vectorized or even any good. Is there anywhere that vexillology freaks hang out that I can make requests like this? –⁠moogsi (blah) 18:28, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

In this case, you probably want to get in touch with the people over at Commons:WikiProject_Heraldry. Dewclouds (talk) 00:56, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Please turn into SVG

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  example

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  Ede

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  Harderwijk

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  Ermelo

Article(s): Template:Municipal identification number Netherlands to protective sign

Request:

Could these shields be turned into SVG's? Thanks in advance -- Vera (talk) 16:12, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

1M Logo

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  1M Logo (Russian)

Request:

Please, vectorize this logo (with and without the inscription "Википедия. Свободная энциклопедия"). -- Dmitry Rozhkov (talk) 10:42, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

BPL.png

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Request:

Convert this image to SVG. (look here then convert in SVG) -- Aftab1995 (talk) 14:21, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

The PNG seems to be a version rendered from an existing vector source (you actually see the anti-aliasing artifacts). Could you try to find it? It's never really reasonable to vectorize logos by hand. --Patrick87 (talk) 14:38, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

This is the main picture (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/8/88/BPL-LOGO.jpg). i Convert it into png.--Aftab1995 (talk) 14:47, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Coat of arms (Wappen) / Espinosa de los Monteros (Burgos) / German Wikipedia

The image of the coat of arms of Espinosa de los Monteros (Burgos) is too small

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  JPG

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  SVG

Article(s): Espinosa de los Monteros (Burgos) (German Wikipedia)

Request:

The image is too small. There would be a nicer one on Google-Images: 'Espinosa de los Monteros escudo' - I think it's free... -- ArnoldBetten (talk) 15:07, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

There's vector data available at http://escudosybanderas.burgos.es/espinosa-de-los-monteros. Sadly we can't use that because of copyright. --Patrick87 (talk) 15:54, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done: --Maxxl2 - talk 17:58, 22 May 2013 (UTC)