User talk:Eilidhmax

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Parliament diagram tool

Hi Uaine,

I see you've started testing the new OAuth interface for the parliament diagram tool.

How is it working for you? Is it more convenient than the old way? What needs to be fixed?

Thanks, --Slashme (talk) 23:23, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

@Slashme: It's working well for me so far - the only thing I'd request is that it fills the "Author" field on upload with the uploader's username.

Oh and just generally, not specifically about the new upload feature, and I know this will probably take a while to do since neither the WM or arch style layouts have been made with it in mind, but adding the ability to make hybrid partial hemicycle/WM layouts (ie Dáil Éireann, Australian House of Representatives etc) would be great. UaineSean (talk) 00:21, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback! Can you link to a picture showing the kind of layout you're after? --Slashme (talk) 08:09, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

@Slashme: Something like this: File:House of Representatives of Australia Layout.svg

Ah, OK. That is an attractive diagram, but there are two reasons that I probably won't implement it:

• it's a bit difficult to make it properly generic: in most cases you'd want the "left wing" parties to be on one side, the "right wing" on the other side, and the rest around the arch, but there's quite a bit of artistry needed to make that layout work really well. In the example you give, for example, the blue spots reach into the arch section, as do the red ones, but to a lesser extent. That probably mirrors the layout of the hall.
• during the discussion about what the best layout would be for "Westminster-style" diagrams, the users who were working on the project felt that we needed to demarcate "left", "right" and "cross-bench" regions, and one or more "speaker" spots, giving a sufficiently generic layout that seems to cover most cases, even though it won't match any given legislature's seating plan. We came up with the layout that's currently there (without OAuth direct upload - watch this space ;-] ) and I think it's probably best to keep that one.

By the way, I've added a note to myself to add the uploader's name as author. Will be easy to do, but I will probably not have time this evening. --Slashme (talk) 21:42, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Update: I've added this functionality to the code. It's a bit of a hack, but it should work for most cases. Please try it out when you next have a diagram to make, and let me know! --Slashme (talk) 22:51, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

@Slashme: I tried it out here: File:West Dunbartonshire Council, 2012.svg but it didn't seem to work. UaineSean (talk) 23:58, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you :-/ I'll open a bug and take a look over the weekend. --Slashme (talk) 06:10, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Isle of Man

Hi Uaine,

To help me debug the issue, could you please try re-doing File:Isle of Man House of Keys Current Composition.svg, and then click on the link that says "Your file was uploaded, but still has the previous info text. To overwrite it, click here"? I'd like to see what page text appears then.

Thanks! --Slashme (talk) 06:20, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

@Slashme: Done! All looks fine now. UaineSean (talk) 06:25, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

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