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Contents 1 2007 Archive 2 Matt Carell 3 Antarctica cooling controversy figures 4 Michoud Fault 5 WOSM map 5.1 You're going to hate me... 6 Great stuff! 7 Arctic shrinkage 8 Proofreading 9 Amazing Recent Activity of the GLab !? 10 How many others? 11 Internationaliszation of the Graphic lab's recommandation 12 Thanks! 13 re: the family tree 14 Re: London_Midland_Rail_Network 15 Fair use rationale for Image:Tv the muppet show bein green.png 16 Q 17 Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. 18 Maps 19 Rememebr? 20 A question on an old, good image 21 Great work! 22 Maps 23 Listed for deletion 24 Orphaned non-free media (Image:DoverAthleticLogo.svg) 25 Orphaned non-free media (Image:1999liberia copy.png) 26 Orphaned non-free media (Image:1999maldivesgg.png) 27 Orphaned non-free media (Image:1999maldivesgg6&7.png) 28 Orphaned non-free media (Image:DoverAthleticLogo.svg) 29 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Image-1999senegalgg.png) 30 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Namibiagg2003 b.png) 31 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Namibiagg2003.png) 32 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Namibiagg2003d.png) 33 34 working on an idea 35 SVG images 36 Unspecified source for Image:Rate_of_change_in_Ice_Sheet_Height.jpg 37 Coat of Arms of Indonesia Grave Mistakes 38 Image copyright problem with Image:German pavilion 1937-1 color adjust.png 39 Image copyright problem with Image:Cross Enlarged.png 40 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Arctic Sea Ice area thickness and volume trends.png 41 Image Problem 42 Politicization of science‎ 43 Image:Kansas State Seal.jpg listed for deletion

[edit] 2007 Archive

[edit] Matt Carell

Thanks for letting me know! Bjelleklang - talk Bug Me 09:33, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Antarctica cooling controversy figures

I think that based on the feedback received on the talk page, there is consensus, and we have waited enough, so feel free to edit and insert the two Antarctica temp figures showing the two trends, if there are not copyright issues of course. Thanks for your contributions on this polemical article. Mariordo 14:28, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Michoud Fault

Sagredo;

I didn't know much about this fault but it seems to be a classic example of a "growth fault". I've added some content and references to the michoud fault article but think some explanatory figures are needed. This is the weak part of my wikipedia efforts, I can add my own figures easily but other licensing baffles me. Can you get a couple of figures added:

Fig. 7 from http://epw.senate.gov/109th/Gagliano_testimony.pdf

and

Figure 1 from Geology; April 2006; v. 34; no. 4; p. 281-284; DOI: 10.1130/G22264.1

Modern-day tectonic subsidence in coastal Louisiana - Roy K. Dokka

Gagliano's figure 7 explains nicely the significance of the large area map in Dokka's Fig. 1

Let me know if these are feasible for you

~~Zyzzy2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zyzzy2 (talk • contribs) 15:06, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WOSM map

Thanks for uploading the WOSM Eurasia map and making it PD. I moved to commons so all mediawiki projects can use it, do not put "Image" in the actual name of the file. It's name on Commons is Image:WOSM-Eurasian Region.svg. — Rlevse • Talk • 17:52, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I had just asked him to rename it, I did not mean to get you in trouble. You do really nice work, by the way! Merry Christmas! Chris (クリス) (talk) 21:38, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Brother, I think I finally understand your concerns earlier, please let me know if I am off. I think you read it that I wanted you to stretch or move the existing image to make the shapes different. That is not at all what I meant, and I am sorry for being unclear. All I meant was, this particular map needed to be changed from one of the whole world, which was bulky and unnecessary, to one of the Pacific, which would pick up all needed countries but not have all the extraneous stuff.

I didn't get all of the png to svg stuff you meant, but I think you're doing a great job and I always appreciate your work on my behalf. Chris (クリス) (talk) 06:49, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] You're going to hate me...

I have been getting some feedback that the depth or intensity of the red does not match the others, and so I put them side-by-side to see, and they may be right, because of the numerous island chains and so on

for the European Region	for the Asia-Pacific Region	for the Eurasia Region	for the Arab Region
gold for the InterAmerican Region	for the Africa Region

Would you do me a weird favor and run a test image of the boy and girl Asias with the deeper pink from Bosnia? Thanks and sorry, Chris (クリス) (talk) 02:33, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

And Iran needs included on the girl one, don't know how I missed that. Chris (クリス) (talk) 02:40, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I missed that. I think you'll want go farther than Bosnia. But if you do want the boys in Bosnian pink, let me know. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 21:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

User:LadyofHats Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 21:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Great stuff!

Hello, just a note that I absolutely love this image! Of course it's inspired by simillar work I produced for the Greater Manchester WikiProject, but I feel most pleased and encouraged that this style of work has caught on! Great stuff indeed! Keep it up, -- Jza84 · (talk) 23:33, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I still like it, so there's no blame here! Thanks for the clarification though, and thanks (none-the-less) for getting it working! -- Jza84 · (talk) 00:01, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Arctic shrinkage

Sagredo, thanks for your image work, etc. on Arctic shrinkage! Cheers Rosiestephenson (talk) 21:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proofreading

Just sat down to try your request, and it's killing my eyes. How do you get either image big enough to read? I'm still a youngish man, but... Chris (クリス) (talk) 02:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Holy crap! Had seen that, thought that was my eyes playing with me! LOL! I am glad you have a similar sense of humor. Wait to see if the requester notices, or...? Chris (クリス) (talk) 06:00, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Amazing Recent Activity of the GLab !?

Hello, I posted the question there, do you know the answer ? I'm interested to get it. (Please answer on the linked page) Yug 10:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How many others?

How many others what? Cryptic much? ;) Chris (クリス) (talk) 04:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah, sorry for missing it, I fell on the ice yesterday, I'm all hopped up on Tylenol 8 with Crack©, sorry. Chris (クリス) (talk) 04:43, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah, no, I meant that the image is used in multiple articles. Only thing I know I broke was two take-home bowls of saimin. Wasteful. :( Chris (クリス) (talk) 04:50, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Do you do requests for non-free images that the GL can't accept? Chris (クリス) (talk) 03:04, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

In fact I have been there, I am the only contributor at User_talk:Sagredo/graphics. Thanks for your help, I'll do this however you need to. Chris (クリス) (talk) 16:36, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your help! You rock, and thanks! Chris (クリス) (talk) 18:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Check your e-mail. :) Would it be better if I made my requests via e-mail? Thanks for all the help you've given me, you're great! Chris (クリス) (talk) 18:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Recheck. :) Chris (クリス) (talk) 20:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Internationaliszation of the Graphic lab's recommandation

Hello, I hadn't forget German, but I think the French GLab is the current leader, and so, we have to look for English<->French and French<->German talks ... for the moment, because the main current issue is to keep every one is the same line, to avoid waste of time on each side.

I'm on my side planing to request a BIG change to "Gods" (mediawiki's programmers) which, if understand and accepted, will allow Commons to become an Online SVG editor O_O , always in the aim to avoid huge lost of time, especially in translations, editions, maintenance and updates of SVG images.

Futur will say... Yug 19:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Great job. Gopher backer (talk) 05:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that the image you uploaded to the Commons had been tagged for deletion because it didn't have a license tag (even though you did have something in permissions). I went ahead and added that, hope that was okay. Gopher backer (talk) 05:42, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re: the family tree

Mike Christie (talk · contribs) spotted a couple spelling errors, could you look at Talk:eadbald of Kent and make the corrections? Circeus (talk) 17:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: London_Midland_Rail_Network

No problem. I'm always happy to help . Andrew (My talk) 00:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Tv the muppet show bein green.png

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[edit] Q

Hey, do you have a source for the fact that state of fear conveyed a false sense of factuality by using foot notes? I recall reading it somewhere but not sure where. I think it would be good to place it right next to the statement in the article. A new user made some changes under "blatant POV." I reverted her since she was not right, but I think a source would add much more authority to the statement and save us vain discussion. Thanks much, Brusegadi (talk) 04:00, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Dont worry. I know how to handle the wackos. I am just pressed for time and I thought that you would be able to find the refs faster than me. I used to watch that article but it got slow for a while, but now it is getting some attention so back in my watchlist it is. Thanks for everything good sir! Brusegadi (talk) 08:24, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Tell me about it. The best part is the condescending tone! Its sad that many of our good editors are planning to leave (SA) and soon the madman will be running the asylum... Brusegadi (talk) 03:25, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

SA?

Yeah. Although getting to hand out a pounding to C. Violet did feed good, didn't it! I'm pretty happy about that article. When I first saw it, it contained only one paragraph with all the references. If we can keep the Truth in there, that'll be great, it's the wacko's bible.

A friend with a Ph.D. in Chemistry comments about ratios of the students in the U. S. colleges studing serious sciences and maths. Many or most are from outside the country. Because our school systems have become so poor, and the motivation to study difficult subjects just isn't there. Having 60% of the country's population believe that the world is less than 10,000 years old doesn't make for a good base on which to teach science. The creationists have sabotaged the teaching of science, people don't learn it here, and it's no wonder they believe Crichton. It's a good thing that so many college students come from outside the country to study science and math, and good that many want to stay. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 04:31, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I have noticed that too. At least the religious influence is somehow more tangible and can be tackled slowly (pastaferians!) The public education system in the US has some other problems that are even hard to identify. Public high schools dont really teach, they are designed to indoctrinate and keep the kids in check while the parents are away. Babysitting services. People talk about the US paying twice as much as Switzerland for the same level of healthcare, I wonder what the numbers are for inferior levels of education... Brusegadi (talk) 00:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I have no idea what the monetary figures are. The religious thing is bad, because when you undermine one part of the educational system you undermine it all. I think the U. S. (for profit) healthcare system is a particularly bad way to do it. The U. S. carries the rest of the world in the pharmaceutical industry by providing most of the profit for to do research. Which is fine for poor countries, but not for Europe, and most of the industrialized world. It does make one wonder about the future. Although, when you add in the problems that will come from aging populations and declining populations in many industrialized countries, the U. S. doesn't look so bad. I still fear global warming most of all. I live in western Montana. The heat was brutal last summer, then conditions were ripe for fires. Idaho had more fires that Montana, but we're downwind and got all the smoke. The real nasty thing is it's not more fires. The trend since 1960 is actually to lower numbers, but bigger fires. More violent, harder to stop, starting earlier in the spring, and ending later in the fall. The trend is on the order of a factor of 4 increase in acres burned in 20 years. I wonder if we won't see an ice free summer on the Arctic Sea in 5-6 years scare the world into action. But the one thing about which the denialists are right - it will be expensive. At least for the U. S. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 00:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

SA=User:ScienceApologist. I recall reading somewhere that the pharmaceutical companies also use price discrimination. Europe pays less than the US for pretty much the same deals. I'll see you at the climate pages, Brusegadi (talk) 02:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.

Give a man a debate class and Wikipedia guidelines... and he becomes a huge douche. Or that's just me. Thank you for asking for clarification. :) What's the thing on Crichton above? Chris (クリス) (talk) 05:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

See State of Fear and the last couple of sections on the talk page.

BTW Escondites has his first map about 2/3 done  : ) We should get to count all 42 for the English Graphics Lab as he gets 'em done. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 06:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

By the way, I wasn't calling you that, I hope you picked up on that. Chris (クリス) (talk) 06:16, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

Well, I'm quite busy this day, but I'll show you the result when it's ready, OK? --escondites 17:35, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rememebr?

I wonder if they got it from us (when we had the wrong version) or NASA... Brusegadi (talk) 18:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Had to check the dates. The blog was written in March, well before we got rid of the image. It contains text that was on the same page at NASA as the image so that's probably where they got it. As soon as we got it out of the articles, I made a new version with text across it "do not use this image" bold, all caps color outline, etc. and it has since been deleted. A new version of it with a corrected scale is still on NASA's website, but it's kind of obsure (NASA ain't proud of that one)

I don't think it will come back to haunt us, and we could simply replace it with the new (red) one, as it is an update. The old one will probably circulate on the internet until the rising oceans short out the last computer.

I haven't followed GW as closely, the graphics lab has been more fun (mostly) You could always request an image to illustrate any point you want to make, and, of course, I'd come look to see what it was all about.  ; ) (Actually not such a bad idea, as some leeway in the realm of (no original research) is allowed in making images.) Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 19:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A question on an old, good image

For the Coastguard ensign you created, looking at it closely, I found something strange: At the top, there's this slanted gray line, and the 2nd to the last red bar has a strange slanting top to it. Is this just MW's SVG renderer? 68.39.174.238 (talk) 16:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm ashamed to admit that this is a bit of sloppiness on my part. I have since corrected it. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, and should you find anything else of similar nature in any of my images please let me know. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 18:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Great work!

Love the Image:Image-Super Duper Tuesday 2008.svg map you created! Kudos to you, sir! --Kralizec! (talk) 18:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

Check out http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas , this may help in future! Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 00:08, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Listed for deletion

• Image:Afr edit.jpg other image chosen
• Image:Allen ludden 3.png other image chosen
• Image:1999Bolivia.png still requires minor touchup before add to article, see comment on list
• Image:1999Cameroon.png still requires minor touchup before add to article, see comment on list
• Image:Ivorycoastggeu.png still requires minor touchup before add to article, see comment on list
• Image:Tv the muppet show bein green.png other image chosen

Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 02:45, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Saw 'em, see comments. Also, shall I trim the done ones off the list for readability, or wait until the whole lot is done? Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 02:57, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, trim 'em. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 05:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:DoverAthleticLogo.svg)

Chris, thanks for catching this. I thought that tag would protect it, but maybe not. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 20:18, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

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68.39.174.238 (talk) 16:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Aha, I see I've won the coveted Wheel of Confusion (with butterchurns) award! Thank-you very much! Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 22:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] working on an idea

I do want you to be credited for your work, right now I am trying to put together a list of all the Scout images you've done for us, I don't want to miss any. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 21:46, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Don't sweat it, I will get back at them. I just needed a bit of a break, and the graphics lab had gotten so far behind. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 23:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Not worried about that, just don't want to miss any you've done. You should get credit, somehow. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 02:34, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scouting/Recognitions#Thanks to contributors who are not members of WikiProject Scouting, but help us look good Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 02:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SVG images

Hi there. I was wondering if you could give me a hand. I've created an SVG version of the Zimbabwe bird and knicked the shield of Rhodesia from one of the flags. I'm trying to create a clearer SVG version of the COA of Rhodesia based on your version but I don't know how to colour the shapes in on Inkscape. Still new to it all.... Thanks. Mangwanani (talk) 19:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Mangwanani. I'm always happy if I can help. The svg I made of the COA of Rhodesia is a Inkscape trace of Image:Rhodesiancoatofarms.png, which is from Vector Images.com. The VI images all have several problems, small size, inaccuracies, and some WP idiot has decreed that we do not have the right to use them. (I think that's incorrect if one reads VI's image pages, but WP's policy is now to delete them all.

Back to the Rhodesian COA - the only decent things I've gotten from Inkscape's tracer was tracing one color at a time, and then it was often debatable if the resulting svg was an improvement over the original image. The Rhodesian COA was done all colors at once, and that seems to give incorrect shades. The nature of the tracings is such that all of a color in the original image becomes one "path", and one cannot change the color of part of a "path".

If an Inkscape "path" is more than one separate object, is possible to break the path apart with the toolbar-- Path>>Break Apart.

But that svg is such a poor image my suggestion is to draw a new svg from this image from here. It's as close as you are likely to get to an "official" image, and you can just see the lines well enough to draw it accurately. If you want, I'll put it in my queue.

Regarding the Vector Images.com images. It's possible that the "errors" in the images, for example the wings of the eagle in the Indonesian COA are different in a way that would allow them to be copyrighted. They couldn't copyright the whole eagle, but just the wings. Redrawing those wings as an svg would not remove that copyright. I think that the most that would happen is that we would be asked to take them down, and that's probably unlikely. Probably more likely is that someone from that country would see the errors and want them changed. As happened with this COA.

As a general rule, i think we should always search for government images of seals and COA's. I've had some luck putting the word "embassy" in the google search; this often turns up an image from one of the desired country's embassies.

Hope this helps. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 21:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Sagredo. This helps. I have a vector version of the Zimbabwe Bird and the shield, as I said, so that saves at least 2 jobs concerning that. I have tried all sorts of traces that look fine but the colours are basically non existant. This is where I was stuck but I shall keep having a play and hopefully we should be able to get something together. I was looking at one of my old Rhodesian dollars and that seems to have a fairly clear COA on it and that may come in useful... However, thanks for your help ^^. Mangwanani (talk) 21:02, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Rate_of_change_in_Ice_Sheet_Height.jpg

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[edit] Coat of Arms of Indonesia Grave Mistakes

Sagredo; I really admired your interest on my country's Coat of Arms, Garuda Pancasila. However you have made several GRAVE mistakes. I really appreciate if you do your research a little bit more before you messing around with other nation's official identity.

1. National motto is Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, not Bhinneka Tunggal INKA

2. The number of garuda's feathers is carefully crafted to symbolize our nations independence day: Wing each 17, Tail: 8, Upper tail: 19, Neck: 45, 17 August 1945. Not just random number of feathers.

3. The cotton on the shield is white and green, not gold.

4. The horizontal bar across the shiled is symbolize equator, the line is not present in your work

5. Although your image is clean and neat, its plainly ugly (pardon my frankness).

Soo I've upload the correct version of Garuda Pancasila based on official Indonesian Government Image of Garuda

Please revert back all the link of your pict that you have made to all Indonesian related articles that bears garuda to the latest correct version.

Thanks,

Gunkarta —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gunkarta (talk • contribs) 16:41, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

In response to your highly critical remarks Gunkarta, this item was on the Graphic Lab page and at the time a HELL of a lot of work went into researching this coat of arms. As with anything, no one person is perfect and a few errors are made from time to time. These just needed to be pointed out politely rather than the frankly insulting manner you have done so above. Sagredo and other editors put a lot of hard work into this image and you try making Vector Graphics - I know because I've tried. It is exceedingly difficult. In future it would be better if you phrased your requests in a polite manner and not hurl insults to people who have spent a lot of time trying to improve Wikipedia. Mangwanani (talk) 17:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:German pavilion 1937-1 color adjust.png

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Cross Enlarged.png

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[edit] Image Problem

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[edit] Politicization of science‎

Hi there, remember me from the Antarctica cooling controversy article. I noticed you have contributed to politicization of science article, and considering your experience, when you have time could you drop by to the Talk page to see my proposal for a NPOV leading paragraph and contribute to that discussion. Thanks. Mariordo (talk) 02:36, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

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