Commons talk:Coats of Arms

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[edit] Geocoding for CoAs?

I would like to suggest geocoding of CoAs as a good practice. Examples can be found in image:CoA Meckesheim.svg and image:COA_Ketsch.svg. This enables someone to see the CoA in google maps while browsing around. Actually a nice idea I think. For the samples I used the city center or the location of the town-hall if known. What are your oppinions? -- Dr. Schorsch (talk)

I think geocoding should be used for photographs to indicate the location where they were taken, but it should most certainly not be used for coats of arms. Except when you were actually photographing a coa made of stone at a building or something similar. --Rosenzweig δ 18:53, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Logischer und einfacher wäre es, Google dazu zu bewegen, die Wappen in den bereits vorhandenen Wikipedia-Labels mit anzuzeigen. --Slomox (talk) 21:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Missleading

The current text about derivatives is somewhat misleading. Yes a new interpretation of the blason is not a derivative of an existing interpretation of it. BUT when making the new interpretation it must be made ONLY using the blason, if you use the existing interpretation as inspiration (or intentionally make your version look as similar to the old one as possible) then you are once again creating a derivative work. The current formulation of the text makes it sound as though derivative works are impossible which is not the case. /Lokal_Profil 02:16, 18 October 2009 (UTC)