User talk:Alkari

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File:Civil flag of Egypt.svg

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Tip: Categorizing images

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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:

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[[Category:Category name]]

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When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").

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

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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)

File:Civil flag of Egypt.svg

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File:Flag of Republika Srpska with arms.svg

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File:Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (update).svg

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File:Roundel of Haiti Air Force 1964–1986.svg

Just removing the image metadata is really not much of a "cleanup"[sic], and it's dubious whether it's worthwhile to upload a new image version just to do that alone... I've encountered semi-pointless "cleanup" behavior from you before at File:Fine Gael historical flag.svg. -- AnonMoos (talk) 06:10, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

You make a fair point; I'll try to refrain from that sort of minor edit in the future. (Am I correct that you don't object to the removal of redundant metadata when other changes are being made simultaneously?) Alkari (?), 11 August 2012, 05:38 UTC

File:Flag of Russia (update).svg

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File:Canarian flag.svg

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File:Flag of Slovenia.svg

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Eleassar ^(t/p) 13:29, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Frage

• Here you uploaded a version after a "code cleanup". I tried to reuse the file in an other wiki projekt (MW-version: 1.18.5) and experienced, that the file was not displayed. My experience level in vector graphics (especially in code-things) is only small. I usually use Inkscape, seldom AI. (learning by try & error). If you don´t mind I´d like you to explain to me shortly why that happens and how to avoid (whith the smallest possible filesize). Thanks in advance for your effort --HarryCane (talk) 21:43, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

I've looked at this and am not really sure what might be wrong. The actual SVG file at your wiki seems fine (in Firefox, at any rate); what's not appearing is the MediaWiki-generated thumbnail, which makes me suspect a problem with the MediaWiki configuration rather than the particular file. (Thumbnails for other SVG files appear properly, though, so I may be wrong here.) My "code cleanup" consisted of deleting about 2 kB of unnecessary SVG code inserted by Inkscape; I can't imagine why that should have caused problems, but you might try uploading the pre-cleanup version of the file and see what happens. Sorry I haven't been able to be more helpful – let me know if there's anything further I can do. Alkari (?), 26 November 2012, 01:07 UTC

• Ok, I guess, I found out where the problem is. The filename contains "Umlaute" (german), what means letters like ä, ö, ü. Here a renaming did solve it. It seems, that the used MW-version can't handle these things while the actual MW-Version at Wikimedia Commons do. I just wanted to let you know. Thank you for you effort. --HarryCane (talk) 19:15, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
• How do you get these SVGs so small, if I may ask. Do you use any software, and if yes: witch one? Happy New Year to you! --HarryCane (talk) 01:34, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

The same to you (somewhat belatedly, I fear); my apologies for the delay in responding. The savings in file size mostly come from manually removing superfluous code such as Inkscape and other programs tend to add to SVGs. I'm using Notepad++, but any plain text editor will do. File:Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg is not a bad example; you can view the source code of the pre- and post-cleanup versions for an illustration of this sort of thing. (If you like, I can certainly go into more detail on the cleanup process and the specific code that's safe to remove; let me know if you'd find it useful.) Alkari (?), 7 January 2013, 23:38 UTC

Oh it seems, I wasn't here for a while. But I'm not in a hurry. Indeed, I'd like to learn more about the code-things. I often think, that there is much uninteresting bullshit written in the files that blows up the filesize unnecessary. But if I erase some lines of code, it mostly causes the destruction of the picture. What would you for instance change on this file? I can remove (') and (sodipodi:docname="Lerchenberg.svg") but what else is "safe to remove" as you say? And what is absoloutely needed?--HarryCane (talk) 09:31, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

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182.178.55.82 23:15, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

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.     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:07, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

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178.140.101.245 05:15, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

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Avenue (talk) 00:55, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

BSicon licensing

Hello, could you please comment at Talk:BSicon#Icon attributions? Your view, as a prolific SVG contributor, would be appreciated! YLSS (talk) 07:22, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much for drawing my attention to this! I've left a reply at the talk page. Alkari (?), 9 October 2013, 03:24 UTC

File:Mali Empire Flag.svg

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Antemister (talk) 12:40, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

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LGA _talk^edits 20:11, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

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Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:26, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

File:Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg

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2A01:E34:ED0B:C630:88F8:7A38:884:FB33 19:53, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Question about duplicate images

Hello, I noticed your work on the File:Cercanias_Logo.svg which appears to be duplicated by File:Cercanias.svg. It looks like both images are used on several different pages and each has their own development history. As I'm still learning about the various wiki sites and all the editing guidelines I thought it best not to take any action without checking here first. Is there any cleanup or maintenance needed? N8wilson (talk) 20:23, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Autopatrol given

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File:Flag of the Confederation of the Rhine.svg

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Nick Mitchell 98 (talk) 07:33, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Flags

-) Actually I wanted to create a category for White and red flags but didn't know why I created it for Black and red flags. That happens when one stays too long on Wikipedia and doesn't take a rest :-) -- SERGIO ^{(aka the Blackcat)} 08:24, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

File:South Africa - Do Not Enter.svg

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Fry1989 ^eh? 05:42, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Royal Standard of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.svg

Yes, the cross is from the Greek flag. However St George is one of the patron saint of Greece, so it was my assumption that it was a St. George's cross. I could be wrong though. Fry1989 ^eh? 17:17, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Hm, interesting. I certainly acknowledge that this is not my area of expertise. For what it's worth, w:Coat of arms of Greece doesn't mention anything about St. George; FOTW mentions the war flag with the image of St. George atop the cross, but again nothing about the cross itself being St. George's. Alkari (?), 2 October 2016, 19:29 UTC

I will leave the Greek flags out of the category. My assumption is most likely wrong. Fry1989 ^eh? 22:26, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

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85.54.245.102 12:33, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

File:Flag of the Romani people.svg

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78.102.58.36 13:27, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

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Yours sincerely, ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 11:11, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

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• File:UK traffic sign 642.svg

Yours sincerely, ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 11:21, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

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Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:BSicon hSTRl.svg

And also:

• File:BSicon hSTRr.svg

Yours sincerely, Jc86035 (talk) 11:32, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

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Xeror (talk) 20:08, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

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JuTa 01:31, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

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Fry1989 ^eh? 19:27, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

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And also:

• File:Flag of the Grandduchy of Wurzburg.svg
• File:Flag of the Repubblic of Alba (vertical stripes).svg
• File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936–1955).svg
• File:Flag of the UNIA.svg
• File:Flag of Kortrijk.svg

Yours sincerely,   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 05:00, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

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Fry1989 ^eh? 17:02, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

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Pinkbeast (talk) 14:47, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

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— Huntster (t @ c) 03:59, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

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Fry1989 ^eh? 18:34, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

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Túrelio (talk) 19:38, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

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Castillo blanco (talk) 12:09, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

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Important message for file movers

A community discussion has been closed where the consensus was to grant all file movers the suppressredirect user right. This will allow file movers to not leave behind a redirect when moving files and instead automatically have the original file name deleted. Policy never requires you to suppress the redirect, suppression of redirects is entirely optional.

Possible acceptable uses of this ability:

• To move recently uploaded files with an obvious error in the file name where that error would not be a reasonable redirect. For example: moving "Sheep in a tree.jpg" to "Squirrel in a tree.jpg" when the image does in fact depict a squirrel.
• To perform file name swaps.
• When the original file name contains vandalism. (File renaming criterion #5)

Please note, this ability should be used only in certain circumstances and only if you are absolutely sure that it is not going to break the display of the file on any project. Redirects should never be suppressed if the file is in use on any project. When in doubt, leave a redirect. If you forget to suppress the redirect in case of file name vandalism or you are not fully certain if the original file name is actually vandalism, leave a redirect and tag the redirect for speedy deletion per G2.

The malicious or reckless breaking of file links via the suppressredirect user right is considered an abuse of the file mover right and is grounds for immediate revocation of that right. This message serves as both a notice that you have this right and as an official warning. Questions regarding this right should be directed to administrators. --Majora (talk) 21:35, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

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Achim (talk) 17:38, 25 December 2019 (UTC)