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Contents 1 NowCommons: File:Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing Naval Jack.svg 2 One of your images appearing on DYK 3 your map of the Illinois earthquake 4 Denver Stapleton Airport 5 File:World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.svg

[edit] NowCommons: File:Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing Naval Jack.svg

File:Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing Naval Jack.svg is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:File:Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing (Naval Jack).svg. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case: [[File:Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing (Naval Jack).svg]]. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 18:37, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] One of your images appearing on DYK

Hi Monomic,

Just to let you know that one of your images, File:1968 Illinois earthquake.svg is going to appear on DYK in a few hours time, as I used it in my new article on Isoseismal map, thanks. Mikenorton (talk) 18:46, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] your map of the Illinois earthquake

Nice map.

There is an error. You show the international boundary as being the northern shoreline of the Great Lakes. It is not. The international boundary runs through the MIDDLE of those lakes.

Not meant to be mean.

Nick

Nick Beeson (talk) 06:23, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Indeed, you are correct. Apologies for the mistake. I've removed the international border lines until I can find a suitable source to replace them - WikiCommons doesn't seem to be turning anything up that has these boundaries accurately. Thanks for letting me know about this problem. Cheers! Mononomic (talk) 04:05, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, nice map. Can you tell me your process for creating that from the source GIFs that you cite? Thanks. --Kbh3^rdtalk 18:17, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Surely; it's really not too complicated.

I basically found a US map and cropped it to the same size as the original GIF, then using the latitude/longitude and state capitols to get my bearings, trace around the same area. The end result is not exact, but I try to get it pretty close - probably 75% of the time I spent on this illustration is fidgeting with the curves to get them closer to the original file.

It also helps to have the original GIF at 50% above what I'm working on, so I can stay faithful to the original image. Then I color and shade until it looks pretty. I wish I had a more traditional or easy-to-explain method, but that's about all I do! Mononomic (talk) 04:25, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I figured you were doing it "the hard way", but I had to ask. If that background map you found was the exact same shape as the original, i.e., the same projection, it should be possible to trace over the shape directly rather than eyeballing it and drawing freehand. It seems practically impossible to find out what projection is used most of the time. I've made a few SVG maps directly from GIS data, but there are lots of articles wanting maps for which there is no data, just a bitmap. I've tried the automated bitmap-to-SVG converter in Inkscape with varying degrees of success. Even when it looks okay, though, the file is usually oversized, and the shapes it generates are not really suitable for subsequent editing. Thanks. --Kbh3^rdtalk 05:29, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Denver Stapleton Airport

I notice that you recently put on a tag that suggests there are copyright problems. Could you point to what you have in mind? One or more of the photos? Or, just some of the text? Your answer might help the corrections (if any are needed) to happen a lot faster. Thanks EditorASC (talk) 20:54, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Sure. Stapleton International Airport has a link under "Decommissioning" that links here. You'll notice that the paragraph before the link is copied and pasted directly from the linked site (not quoted, although it is referenced) and that the linked site says "© 2002, © 2009 by Paul Freeman. Revised 5/1/09." So that's definitely violating copyright. Pictures are OK, though, and so is the rest of the text. All that needs to happen is to re-write that text so it doesn't violate copyright, and then cite properly (there shouldn't be two links after the paragraph). Let me know if you need help. Mononomic (talk) 21:06, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, I did a rough re-write of that paragraph and tweaked the link a bit too. About all I have time for now. You might want to do some more tweaking, especially since I am no expert on the best way to write the html in those links---still learning...

Glad to know there weren't any problems with my three photos in that article. EditorASC (talk) 22:21, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.svg

Thank you! It looks great! Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 03:48, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

No problem! Glad to be of assistance. Mononomic (talk) 04:09, 4 January 2010 (UTC)