User talk:Alkari

Welcome to the Commons, Alkari!

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Butseriouslyfolks 04:05, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

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Hello, Alkari!

Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.

Here's how:

1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:

2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.

[[Category:Category name]]

For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:

[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]

[[Category:Comets]]

This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".

When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations"). Pro-tip: The CommonSense tool can help you find the best category for your image.

Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.

CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

• Image:Flag of Hong Kong (replacement).svg was uncategorized on 18 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Flag of Argentina (replacement).svg was uncategorized on 18 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

SVG correction

Hello,

You've recently corrected a SVG file, Flag of Chile.svg, the 21^th august. Since then, it appears that the white rectangle is rendered black instead of white. Kyro suspected that it could be due to a bug from libsvg when rendering the SVG as a PNG thumbnail. I thought it was important to let you know about the motives for Kro's revert. Best regards, Tachymètre (talk) 18:18, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

My apologies for the problem. I had a similar issue with File:Flag of Samoa.svg; I think this may be caused by using presentation attributes on the root element, so I'll avoid that in the future. Thanks for bringing this to my attention! Alkari (talk) 20:53, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

File:Drapeau france ancien regime.svg

Is the flag really just a white rectangle? _→AzaToth 22:55, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

I think so – that's all that was in the file, apart from 30 kB of Adobe Illustrator junk which I removed. I know plain white flags were sometimes used in pre-Revolutionary France, but if you have a source that says it should be otherwise, I'll happily change it. Alkari (talk)

Copyright status: File:Flag of Tanzania.svg

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Thanks for uploading File:Flag of Tanzania.svg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear. If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the OTRS system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. (You can get a list of all your uploaded files using the Gallery tool.) Thank you.

Rodejong (talk) 14:30, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Flag of Germany (1946-1949).svg

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Thanks for uploading File:Flag of Germany (1946-1949).svg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear. If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the OTRS system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. (You can get a list of all your uploaded files using the Gallery tool.) Thank you.

Rodejong (talk) 10:48, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

The file is tagged {{PD-shape}} (simple geometry ineligible for copyright) – is that not sufficient licensing? Alkari (?), 25 December 2011, 21:48 UTC

SVG disgarbaging

Hi Alkari, you do a lot of fine overworking old editor-generated graphics. It is IMHO not necessary to tag that in the file description; but when you have to correct something there, e.g. removing or changing a tag like {{Inkscape}} to {{Inkscape-hand}}, you may also insert the {{HandSVG}}, or better {{SimplSVG}} (nor params needed) which tags the file as manually reduced and categorize appropriately. -- sarang사랑 17:39, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words – I'm glad to know my work has been of some help. I must admit I haven't been too careful about removing {{Inkscape}} tags, amending author information etc. when editing SVGs, but I appreciate your pointing it out; I'll try to pay more attention to that in the future. Alkari (?), 16 February 2012, 22:52 UTC

As a matter of fact, each reduction increases the Wikimedia databases because everything and every version is kept, forever. It may just reduce a little bit the server load when the graphic is rendered. The advantage of using sense when reducing old SVG and drawing new SVG is to show others that it will be possible to avoid editors like Inkscape &Co for the really simple graphics. This educational task to spread knowledge is supported by offering many examples, as e.g. in SVG simplified flags.

It is not at all bad if you don't tag your work; but when you do please care for the correct sorting order there, never categorize manually but always by using {{SimplSVG}} with parameters

• 1=previous editor (or empty)
• 2=previous size
• 3=current size
• 4=subcategory: "f" for flags

From the two size values the reduction value is calculated for sorting the file into the category. For your file 1931 Flag of India.svg this would be {{SimplSVG|Sodipodi|11645|3868|f}}, with a reduction of 33.21%.

There are other subcategories for other graphics, you may find the corresponding letters in {{HandSVG}} (where it is parameter 2). You may ask me for any further question about this topic. -- sarang사랑 07:55, 17 February 2012 (UTC)