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This workshop is part of the Graphics Lab, a project aimed at picture retouching 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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Flag of Nevada used 1915 to 1929

  • Flag of Nevada (1915-1929) (PNG)
    Flag of Nevada (1915-1929) (PNG)
  • Flag of Nevada (1915-1929) (JPG)
    Flag of Nevada (1915-1929) (JPG)
  • Flag of Nevada (1915-1929) (SVG)
    Flag of Nevada (1915-1929) (SVG)

Article(s): various

Request
This flag was used from 1915 to 1929 in Nevada. Thank you for if you could remake this file as an SVG file. --Tcfc2349 (talk) 04:28, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
There are two flags in Wikimedia Commons: PNG and JPG. Please refer to the two flag pictures appropriately when you remake. --Tcfc2349 (talk) 04:31, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
And the seal in the middle of flag can use the seal file of the state of Nevada. --Tcfc2349 (talk) 05:55, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

slight error, made by a 3rd party, to "paint in" the resulting winning party of a local-election results-map (Hyndburn 2016) ...

  • Election map from 2016 with error
    Election map from 2016 with error
  • Election map from 2018 with wrong colour (PNG)
    Election map from 2018 with wrong colour (PNG)
  • Election map from 2012
    Election map from 2012
  • Election map from 2019 (PNG)
    Election map from 2019 (PNG)

Article(s): w:2016 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Request

In the 2016 Hyndburn Borough Council election, ONLY two ward-seats were won by Conservatives / the two neighbouring Barnfield & Baxenden wards (bottom-RIGHT corner of map) , the erroneous [St Oswalds ward, bottom LEFT corner - looks like "Florida"] was won by Labour and should be paint-filled in as RED, not as BLUE.

I am currently working on a draft-copy of the next 2020-Hyndburn Borough Council-elections results page, which references the previous 4yr old results. Over the past decade, I've relied upon other 3rd-party contributors to "edit/tweak" the results-maps, as I myself an NOT any kind of a "paintshop-expert".

. EG, in 2014 "they" picked a much darked BLUE than previously/subsequently used ... and 'again' in 2018, another 'darker blue' was used ...

pls refer to - w:2012 Hyndburn Borough Council election w:2014 Hyndburn Borough Council election w:2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election w:2019 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Warrenlm (talk) 13:43, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)
I have modified the 2016 map. Please referesh and check if that map is correct now. – b_jonas 15:37, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Map of Sabah

  • Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
    Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
  • The divisions
    The divisions

Article(s): en:Sabah

Request
Make a map for Sabah as a whole. The one existing (pic 1) is only for Kota Kinabalu. --Tofeiku (talk) 04:12, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)


Vectorize road shields

  • Poinciana Parkway shield PNG
    Poinciana Parkway shield PNG
  • Osceola County Expressway Authority logo PNG
    Osceola County Expressway Authority logo PNG
  • Osceola Parkway shield PNG
    Osceola Parkway shield PNG

Articles: en:Poinciana Parkway and en:Osceola Parkway

Request
Hello, please vectorize these road shields. Thanks! TextClick (talk) 00:56, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)


Please help with Unsafe CSS removal

Hi , As EugeneZelenko was suggesting I created a logo on SVG but when I try to upload it on commons it says that there are unsafe CSS in the style element of uploaded SVG file. Is there anyone who can please help me to fix this issue ? Many thanks--Neverstopthat (talk) 15:38, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Neverstopthat I don't know which issues it complains about but at this link you can test a svg file before uploading. For your file it complains about "Font type Open Sans Condensed is not available in Wikimedia software.". Not all fonts work here and there is a link for you to check which fonts that work. At this place you can also check your file. Very often it's very good to save it as "optimized svg", then check it at those places and see what is wrong, if any. If it passes this last check place you can also put out "Valid W3C code" on the file, it's good to do so. --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:42, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Neverstopthat: The current file has CSS with a @font-face rule that loads a font from a url(data:...). Such a URL is probably unsafe because fonts are programs. The URL could also be unsafe because an arbitrary font may not have a free license. The SVG file should not define a font; it should just use available/generic fonts. Glrx (talk) 20:07, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Covid-19-curves-graphic-social-v3.gif in Malay

  • The gif
    The gif

Article(s):

Request
Please translate this to Malay (ms).
  • Flatten the curve=Ratakan lengkung
  • y-axis=Bilangan kes, x-axis=Masa sejak kes pertama
  • Healthcare system capacity=Muatan sistem penjagaan kesihatan, Full=Penuh
  • The 3 points=Basuh tangan. Jangan sentuh muka. Duduk di rumah apabila sakit.
  • Dialogue=:Apa-apa sajalah, ini seperti selesema atau demam. Usah cemas namun berwaspadalah.
  • Adapted from=Diolah dari, And the CDC=Dan CDC --Tofeiku (talk) 13:25, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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"International versions" are devoid of text, for use by non-English Wikipedias. —RCraig09 (talk) 20:52, 10 April 2020 (UTC)]] and 21 April 2020[reply]

  • 21:01, 6 April 2020 — "Flatten the curve" international version (no text)
    21:01, 6 April 2020 — "Flatten the curve" international version (no text)
  • 03:19, 11 April 2020 — Flatten the curve AND raise the line GIF international version
    03:19, 11 April 2020 — Flatten the curve AND raise the line GIF international version
  • 04:17, 10 April 2020 — Pandemic resurgence - effect of inadequate mitigation - International version
    04:17, 10 April 2020 — Pandemic resurgence - effect of inadequate mitigation - International version


Commander’s Award for Public Service

Article(s): en:Public Service Commendation Medal

Request
This image was uploaded in a raster graphics format. However, it contains information that could be stored more efficiently and/or accurately in the SVG format, as a vector graphic. If possible, could someone please upload an SVG version of this image. Thanks a lot! --2600:1700:ADB0:5ED0:993A:6F1:BDD5:AA9 04:25, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oops...just realized that this is on the English Wikipedia and not Commons!--2600:1700:ADB0:5ED0:68FE:50FB:53DC:9E1E 13:32, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)


ČT3

Article(s):

Request
Please delete background of the file. Thank you! --Patriccck (talk) 14:23, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)


Replacing cartoonish social distancing graphics with better ones

Article(s): en:Social distancing, en:Coronavirus disease 2019, en:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

Request
This request was also made a the en.wp Graphics Lab: [1]. —RCraig09 (talk) 20:31, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
We request a remake of these graphics to adopt a more suitably encyclopedic aesthetic. See w:Talk:Social distancing#Cartoonishness of graphics for context. Given the prominence of these articles, any redesigns you create are likely to be seen by tens of millions of readers in the coming weeks. --Sdkb (talk) 21:42, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Who is this "we" being referred to? Many of I think these images are fine. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:36, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The "we" is the consensus editors at w:Talk:Social distancing#Cartoonishness of graphics. —RCraig09 (talk) 20:43, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
20200403 Flatten the curve animated GIF.gif — April 3
20200406 Flatten the curve animated GIF - International version.gif "International version", devoid of text, for use by non-English Wikipedias.
20200409 Pandemic resurgence - effect of inadequate mitigation.gif
20200410 Pandemic resurgence - effect of inadequate mitigation - International version.gif
20200410 Flatten the curve, raise the line - pandemic (English).gif
20200410 Flatten the curve, raise the line - pandemic - international version.gif

Vectorize design

Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Usernameunique (talk) 04:02, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Benty Grange hanging bowl escutcheon design
    Benty Grange hanging bowl escutcheon design
  • Benty Grange hanging bowl escutcheon design red
    Benty Grange hanging bowl escutcheon design red

Article(s): en:Benty Grange hanging bowl

Request
Would somebody please create a vectorized image, in color, similar to fig. 42 on p. 119? The colors are simple: yellow with silver borders. I can email a higher-resolution diagram in color to whoever takes this request. Thanks, --Usernameunique (talk) 17:36, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)

✓ Done You mentioned yellow in your description but fig 42 is purple like the design I've added, thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlinmack (talk • contribs) 17:07, 1 April 2020‎ (UTC)[reply]

That looks great, thanks Carlinmack! Would you mind also creating a version in yellow? I think the reason the linked version looks purple is a scanning issue; in person it looks black and white, while the yellow version is contained on a plate (which is outside the Google Books preview). I can email you a copy of the color version if you send me your email address. --Usernameunique (talk) 18:56, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Usernameunique how does this look, happy to take any other requests Carlinmack (talk) 00:14, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again, Carlinmack. The yellow version is perfect. I'm sorry I wasn't more clear regarding the red design; could you please leave the silver parts as silver, and change the background to red? I'll send you a jpeg momentarily with what I have in mind. --Usernameunique (talk) 00:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Carlinmack, just following up regarding the yellow/red version. Also, it's a minor nit, but would you mind reducing the margins on the files? The extra space would be helpful at en:Benty Grange hanging bowl, where the illustrations are currently bumping each other down. Thanks, --Usernameunique (talk) 20:38, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Usernameunique Hi sorry for the late reply, there's the new version with decreased margins like you asked — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlinmack (talk • contribs) 20:14, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Fantastic, thanks Carlinmack! Last adjustment request: Could you please also reduce the margins on the yellow-on-yellow version? --Usernameunique (talk) 19:37, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Usernameunique :) Carlinmack (talk) 03:58, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect. Carlinmack, thanks again for your excellent work on this. --Usernameunique (talk) 04:02, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The effectiveness of social distancing

Article(s): en:Social distancing

Request
Please reproduce these graphs in a manner suitable for Wikimedia
There are various graphs on the National Geographic article about the effects of social distancing during the pandemic. I request that someone use the data to reproduce similar graphs for inclusion in Wikipedia projects. --~ R.T.G 15:57, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
The indicated original source for those graphs is doi:10.1001/jama.298.6.644, which contains a few graphs and a table with limited data. I was unable to find the source data at the resolution used to make those graphs. I was able to find graphs in the supplement. Reproducing them appears to require extracting the raw data from the graphs, which is less than ideal. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 16:29, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mislabelled axes on svg

Article(s): b:Geometry for Elementary School/Rectangular coordinate system

Request
Can someone upload a new version of this file with the x & y axes correctly labelled i.e. x is the horizontal axis and y is the vertical axis Nthep (talk) 18:06, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
@Nthep: ✓ Done --Mrmw (talk) 12:26, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

UK Government Coat of Arms

en:File:Coat of Arms of the British Government.jpg

Article(s): Various

Request
Please can this version of the coat of arms of the UK Government be converted into a SVG file please. (2A02:C7F:5622:2000:5011:FEB7:7720:1995 14:51, 7 April 2020 (UTC))[reply]
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Text OK in original SVG, but not one rendered into PNG by Wikimedia Commons

  • Description of first image
    Description of first image

Article(s): en:Golden Gate Cloning

Request
Hello,

I've been making several illustrations and uploading them to Wikimedia Commons, and to preserve resolution, I want to upload them as vector images. I had originally been using the PDF format, but I see that these images are downsampled for display on pages. I then tried using SVG, but when the images get rendered by Wikimedia Commons into PNGs for display, I've often found that text isn't rendered properly. I'm attaching one image as an example, but this has happened with many images. You'll see that the text is fine in the original SVG, but not in the rendered PNG. I intentionally switched to Wikipedia-compatible fonts (liberation, deja vu), but this did not solve the issue. Do you have any suggestions for how to fix this going forward? Rob Hurt (talk) 18:15, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)
Hi, Rob. As an SVG newbie I discovered the same problem. The problem is the way Wikipedia renders fonts, and as far as I can tell there is no easy "solution" in the true sense of the word. A request to solve the problem technically has been submitted, but it's an old problem so salvation is not at hand. You can "work around" the problem, however: see the purple section of this link “”[2]. Good luck to you, sir! —RCraig09 (talk) 23:50, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Converting text to paths solved the issue this time. Rob Hurt (talk) 22:57, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The fonts in the image are too small. Although MediaWiki does have problems rendering small fonts, that does not seem to be the problem. When MW renders fonts below about 15px, the letter spacing becomes erratic. That's not the problem for the given file. The fonts are just too small for the height of the image.
The image is 3000px high, but the fonts are (on quick inspection) in the range of 28 to 56px; that is 0.9% to 1.9%. Although those fonts are readable when printed out on a letter-size page, the images on WP are usually displayed much smaller. If the displayed image height is a 2 inches (51 mm), then the 56px font will be 0.037333333333333 inches (0.95 mm) tall. One would not expect such a font to be easily readable.
Make the font sizes much larger.
Glrx (talk) 22:01, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the suggestion. Interestingly, it's actually the larger fonts in the image that I'm having problems with--the smaller ones are fine. I converted the fonts to curves, which worked in this case. Rob Hurt (talk) 22:57, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Rob Hurt I just want to give you some reflections regarding size. I downloaded your file but when I opened it in Inkscape and looked at the page size the unit (px, mm, ...) is not set correctly. When I draw a box to check the size it's about 8000 px (pixels) high. That is not good (to my understanding) to draw something that big if it's intended to be used as an illustration within wikimedia. "Most" screen resolutions are about 1080 px high or slightly more. This is what I assume that the viewer of my graphic work probably will have. Then there is always frames and stuff both at top and bottom so the actually view area is even less. So in my graphic work I try to use that height and then I think about the size of text. I will never know at which size an illustration/map will be viewed at. So if I can't get a specific size from the requester I try to stick to max 1000 px in height and then I make it work in 100%. Then I can view in Inkscape or whatever program one uses that the illustration/map is legible at 100% regarding text, illustrations, lines etc. So for the illustration you link to it's very hard to know how it will be viewed when the page size is not set correctly. I write all of this just as my experience and I mean all well with it. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:06, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

PNG to SVG

  • Coco logo in PNG version
    Coco logo in PNG version

Article(s): es:Coco (película)

Request
Hi. I just need to convert the PNG logo in a SVG file, if possible. Thanks in advance. --5truenos (talk) 01:37, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)

The quality, size and resolution of the PNG image is sufficient for any use imaginable here. Therefore it would be a waste of time to vectorize it beside the fact that the complexity of the many dents and holes makes the task extremely time consuming. Stay with the PNG whose quality is far beyond of thousands of traced and vectorized files here. - MaxxL - talk 16:49, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Public Service Commendation Medal

  • Ribbon for the Public Service Commendation Medal of the United States Army
    Ribbon for the Public Service Commendation Medal of the United States Army
  • SVG Version of Ribbon for the Public Service Commendation Medal of the United States Army
    SVG Version of Ribbon for the Public Service Commendation Medal of the United States Army

Article(s): en:Public_Service_Commendation_Medal

Request
Could someone please create an SVG version of this ribbon? --Boven (talk) 02:46, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
@Boven: ✓ Done MacMoreno (talk) 16:28, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Drawing of child front and back

Source Article(s): Hebrew Pain scale

Request
I need a line drawing of one color clothed child front and back like the source I`ve attached. I need a similar drawing of the child only (I`ll add the Hebrew squares). Have been searching commons for hours but all I have found is those two pictures in the top.
Graphist opinion(s)
Is the source image free media? I've traced it but now realise that it's from the ~1970s (?) and probably can't be traced due to copyright reasons. If you can find the licence I'll upload my traced SVG Carlinmack (talk) 16:49, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
As I wrote, it is`nt. I need a line draw similar to the right picture of a young kid. I need a black fading gradient on left shoulder or another pain area. Tal (רונאלדיניו המלך, talk) 22:54, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Arms of Lord Mayor Russell

Request

An image of Lord Mayor Russell's coat of arms for his term of office (2019–21) which impales his corporate arms with those of his family, viz:

  • City of London arms
    City of London arms
  • Russell arms
    Russell arms

Please advise - many thanks.

Yours, 194.50.30.10 00:28, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hope for Wildlife

  • Hope for Wildlife
    Hope for Wildlife

Article(s): en:Hope for Wildlife

Request
Please create a new image with the "TV" and vertical bar cropped out (preferably centered)
The current logo is the logo of the website for the TV show, the TV show logo itself is missing the "TV" portion.
--65.94.170.207 13:57, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)


This appears as though it can be resolved through the history split request at Commons:History_merging_and_splitting/Requests#File:Hope_for_Wildlife_TV.png_→_File:Hope_for_Wildlife_streaming_network.png_and_File:Hope_for_Wildlife_foundation.png -- 65.94.170.207 14:37, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done This was reprocessed as a split to File:Hope for Wildlife streaming network.png and File:Hope for Wildlife foundation.png -- 65.94.170.207 13:43, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hope for Wildlife TV series
    Hope for Wildlife TV series
  • Hope for Wildlife streaming site
    Hope for Wildlife streaming site
  • Hope for Wildlife foundation and center
    Hope for Wildlife foundation and center
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. 65.94.170.207 13:43, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Brighter colour of photographs

  • Michel Felisi 2018 - 1.PNG
    Michel Felisi 2018 - 1.PNG
  • Michel Felisi 2018 - 2.PNG
    Michel Felisi 2018 - 2.PNG
  • Michel Felisi 2018 - 3.PNG
    Michel Felisi 2018 - 3.PNG

Article(s): nl:Michel Felisi

Request
These photographs are quite dark. Is it possible to brighten them up so one can see the person on the photo better?
Ymnes (talk) 15:17, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
@Ymnes: ✓ Done MacMoreno (talk) 15:59, 12 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]
@MacMoreno: Very nice, thank you very much! Ymnes (talk) 16:00, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Image corruption detected in File:... created by JPEGcrop application

[[File:Han-talers.jpg]]:
Drawings of two coins

Article(s): [[]]

Request
To enable categorizing and using these two coin drawings independently, I wanted to split the original image and drop the embedded captions, but recalled I could not use Commons:CropTool as this would replace the original image by the (one and only one) cropped version.
Instead, as per Help:Removing_watermarks I used the lossless JPEGcrop application, twice. The resulting two JPG files looked OK in IrfanView, so I uploaded them to File:2-3_Thaler_1721_Georg_Ludwig.jpg and File:2-3_Thaler_1754_Georg_II.jpg, respectively.
However, both attempts were flagged with error messages e.g.: "‪Image corruption detected in File:2-3 Thaler 1721...‬ Hello HReuter, it appears that the version of File:2-3 Thaler 1721 Georg Ludwig.jpg which you uploaded 2020-04-10T12:25:38Z is broken... " and the uploads could not be viewed -- no idea why.
As a workaround, I did similar crops using an old version of Photoshop I had and could now upload the resulting single images without any problem, but lossy (at least in principle) and with larger filesizes.
While I could leave it this way, I am still interested to learn what went wrong, or how to do better, even more so since a similar situation may arise anytime.
Thanks in advance, HReuter (talk) 16:09, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
@HReuter: You can upload to a new file using toolforge:croptool, it's an option that appears after previewing the crop. In many cases, it will in fact be the default option. I can confirm that firefox refuses to open the image, but ImageMagick (the software that Wikimedia uses to make thumbnails) and jpegtran (the software that CropTool and Jpegcrop use) are entirely fine with it. There are three typical types of corruption that I see: Missing end marker (some of the image data got left behind), two images in one file, and improper encoding. This file appears to have all the data, doesn't have anything tacked on to the end as far as I can see, and has the correct w:JFIF encoding. @TheSandDoctor: do you have any ideas? --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 17:33, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vectorization of coat of arms of Kadaň

  • Coat of arms of Kadaň PNG
    Coat of arms of Kadaň PNG
  • Coat of arms of Kadaň SVG
    Coat of arms of Kadaň SVG

Article(s): e.g. cs:Kadaň

Request
Hello, coat of arms (of my town) is not anywhere in good resolution. I think best will be vectorization. I hope someone can help me. Thanks, --janbery (talk) 15:15, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
The resolution of this PNG image is excellent. I do not see any application here that requires a higher resolution. To vectorize this COA would end up in a loss of detail quality and authenticity. Enjoy the quality of this image which is far better than the majority of COA files available here. - MaxxL - talk 16:56, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Jan. Since the image has only 436 × 500 pixels, I'd like to try to improve it using Inkscape (new hobby!). MaxxL is correct that there would be a loss of "authenticity" but I know I can make the details clearer. User:Janbery: please tell me if you want me to proceed, because it will take a serious amount of time. —RCraig09 (talk) 06:04, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@RCraig09: Hello, thanks a lot for help. I can do basic things in Inkscape, but this is way harder. If you have time, I will be very pleased. Take your time, it's not urgent. I don't know, if I can do anything for you, but if you have any idea, I will be happy to help. One more time, thank you. Best regards, --janbery (talk) 08:50, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Jan. I will try in Inkscape, and report back here within a few days. —RCraig09 (talk) 14:41, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
User:Janbery, the SVG is now uploaded to File:Coat of arms of Kadaň.svg. I hope it is acceptable! —RCraig09 (talk) 18:25, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It's great! Thank you so much. Taky care, --janbery (talk) 18:39, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry, but I have to intervene. Citing Voltaire, "The Better is the enemy of the Good"

  • @RCraig09: - Good job. But as you have experienced it now how difficult and time-consuming the task is. As so many details are insufficient (e.g. Bohemian lion has no yellow claws, lines and borders are mixed and its thickness in wrong order, etc) this is not an acceptable and suitable vectorisation. - MaxxL - talk 07:13, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg
— User:Janbery: @MaxxL: Definitely, the lion was the most difficult and time-consuming portion! Earlier, I could not find a clear image of the Kadaň lion. However, now, you mention the "Bohemian lion" and today I found the image at right (for the entire Czech Republic). The Czech Republic lion is much clearer. Can the Czech Republic lion be substituted into the Kadaň coat of arms? (I apologize for not understanding these things.) —RCraig09 (talk) 16:41, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I have replaced the lion with that from File:Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg to form Version 2 of the Kadaň coat of arms. If this change is not acceptable, it can be reverted to Version 1. —RCraig09 (talk) 02:43, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Janbery: - The rule is stated in the VVA template flag: "This is a vector version of this file. It should be used in place of this raster image when not inferior.". It is obvious that the JPG version is superior in detail and authenticity. Having explained the shortcoming of this SVG the replacements have to be reverted. - MaxxL - talk 07:13, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unexpected error message in uploading SVG diagram

Power-system protection

Request

Hi, I have been referred here to ask this question. If this is still not the right place please let me know.

I have created a new drawing using Draw.io. Here is a link to the drawing I have made: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eYe2KxfoSikfo3jDIttvpl99SJ1lqE1f I have exported a copy of this drawing in .svg format, but when I try to upload this into Wikimedia Commons I get this error message:

Time-graded co-ordination.svg This SVG file contains an illegal namespace "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml".

I have now conducted a few tests. A version of the diagram without text labels uploaded successfully. See: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Time-graded_co-ordination.svg When I then added text labels - either inside a polygon, or as a separate text box, and tried to upload a new version, I got the same error message. Frustrating.

I had a look at Inkscape as a different tool, but it seems excessively complicated and difficult to use. Plus it doesn't seem to have the nice libraries of pre-defined objects and symbols that I want to use.

Can you suggest anything please ? I have spent a bit of time creating this drawing, and I want to use it in the Wikipedia article on Power-system protection, so I need to overcome this problem. Continuing to uses Draw.io is my preference but I must add text labels I hope you can help. Marshelec (talk) 03:47, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Request taken by Mrmw (talk) 08:12, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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