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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.

This specific page is the requests page for the Map Workshop. Anyone can make a request for a map to be created or improved. The standard format for making a request is shown below, along with general advice, and should be followed.

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Highlight East timor[edit]

Indonesia in 1993 with east timor
Reference 2

Article(s): New Order

Request: Please Highlight East Timor like New Zealand territories in the second image. Also change the color please.
Graphist opinion(s)

Pinging @Mhatopzz, Can you clarify what you're wanting here? Do you want East Timor highlighted in a solid color (but different from the green used on New Zealand)? Do you want East Timor highlighted with a shaded circle like the New Zealand territories, but a different color? Do you want only East Timor highlighted (removing the color/shading on NZ and the highlighted territories)? Thanks, Tcr25 (talk) 15:51, 7 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Krystal-vs-whitecastle-locations-map.svg[edit]

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Request: Please make Florida purple as it has both White Castle and Krystal.2600:100C:A200:39BC:A586:BA5F:6957:87A
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File:Meemu Atoll.png contains wrong island names[edit]

Map with wrong island names

Article(s): en:Meemu Atoll and in 15 other language versions, plus articles on individual islands in de and ceb language versions [1]

Request: The map is nice, but the names of the islands do not fit the official list. Sometimes a name goes to the wrong island. Rather than making a request for deletion, I hope that somebody can fix this. (This is beyond my abilities, unfortunately.)

The issue came up in a discussion in de.wikipedia. Apparently some map makers are very "creative" when assigning names to the various islands. There is one source, onemap.mv, which is "the authoritative source for the National map of Maldives developed and maintained by the Maldives Land and Survey Authority under it’s mandate of creating the National Chart and maintaining the National land registry."[2] I strongly suggest to use the names shown at https://onemap.mv/. These names are sometimes different from those found at Google maps and sometimes also different from those found at a different government site, atollsofmaldives.gov.mv. Which makes the issue even more confusing. Examples from north to south (I actually find it easier to read and compare the table with maps from the bottom/south to the top/north):

onemap.mv	Meemu_Atoll.png	atollsofmaldives.gov.mv	Google Maps
LD1626	not existent (or combined with next)	not existent	not existent
LD1627	Kekuraalhuvelee	not existent	not existent
Kekuraalhuveli	Gasveli	Gasveli	no Name
Dhekunuboduveli	Dhekunuboduveli	Dhekunuboduveli	no Name
Gasveli	Kudausfushi	Kuda usfushi	Mahufuri
somewhat bigger geographic gap
Kudausfushi	Maausfushi	Maa usfushi	no Name
Maausfushi	Maahuraa	no Name	no Name
Maahuraa	Fenfuraaveli	Maahuraa	Haafushi
Fenfuraaveli	Haafushi	Fenfuraaveli	Fenfuraaveli (only when name is searched for)
Kolhufushi (west of it 3 small islands)	Kolhufushi (no small islands)	Kolhufushi (no small islands)	Kolhufushi
Dhihthun'di	Dhiththundi (note spelling)	Dhihthun'di	no Name

To find the area at onemap.mv, for example search for Kolhufushi. When going north from this region, there are also some deviations with the actual islands, not just the names, of "our" map and the official site. These probably also would need correction. So far I did not dare to check the maps of the other Maldivan attols. User:Helix84 is listed as creator of the png, User:Snowdog created the predecessor jpg. The text there states: Map originally vector'ed by Hassan Waheed, Aabaadhuge of Thinadhoo]] island. Not sure what that means. --Skopien (talk) 16:54, 20 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @Skopien: Hi, do you have seen this recent upload: ?; Does it fit your requirements?; yours, En rouge (talk) 21:40, 26 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear En rouge, sorry for not replying earlier, real life kept me quite busy. The new upload is great, showing none of the problem listed above. I'll make a deletion request on the old file as soon as I get to it and then we can close here. Skopien (talk) 15:39, 31 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Inner-Asian "civilisations"[edit]

An image of Iranian Azerbaijan to help you to locate it.
An image showing how Xinjiang can be divided based on the Chinese administrative subdivisions (even if based on the real geographic mountains, it can be better).
A map helping you to locate the Great Wall going all the way from Shanhai, Hebei to Jiayuguan, Gansu.
A map helping you to locate the rivers I’m talking about in Russia.

Article(s): Various and many, mainly related to politics, anthropology, linguistics, archeology, history and political ideologies

Request

The map I need shows 5 territories in different colors. The map should be a flat world map that people can easily modify, like the ones usually found on Wikipedia. Several copies of the map can be exported, one without the borders of the countries of the world, one with the borders of the countries of the world and one in orthographic projection. If you don't have time, the simple one without the borders of the countries of the world will suffice. Attention, one of the territories represented on the map is itself divided by several borders.

1) "Japan" (bc002d color) :

Includes all the current Japan (main islands, islets, Nansei archipelago, etc.), Senkaku, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Island and the Kamchatka Peninsula.

2) 2) "Korea" (0055ff) :

Includes both Koreas (everything south of the Tumen River) and Jiandao (Gando).

3) "Turkic-Mongolic-Tungusic" :

You should draw the in this order for not getting in trouble.

3.1) "Western Turkic" (0099dd) :

Include Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iranian Azerbaijan (West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan and Ardabil provinces of Iran), Azerbaijan.

3.2) "Mongolia" (0000ff) :

Includes all of Outer Mongolia and all of Inner Mongolia, including territories that seem to have been cut off from it such as the Josutu League or the Southern Chahar region in northern Hebei. Include everything located between the southern border of Inner Mongolia and the Great Wall of China as well. The part of Russia surrounded by Amur river, Outer Mongolia, Yenisei river-Angara river, Baikal lake, Lena river-Aldan river, Stanovoi range and Okhotsk sea is also included as "Mongolia".

3.3) "Manchuria" (ffcc22) :

Everything surrounded by "Mongolia" you drawn at the west, Amur river flowing to Sakhalin in the North, the sea at the east, Korea at the south and then use the Great Wall as a border with China until it reaches the Mongolian territory you drew that also use the Great Wall as a border with China. In China, it mainly covers the Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning as well as some parts of others provinces like Hebei that are located at the North of the Great Wall.

3.4) "Northern, Southern and Eastern Turkic" (0099dd, same than Western Turkic) :

3.4.1) Territory :

Central Asia including Tajikistan, Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan and in Russia : all of the lands located at the East of Tobol-Irtysh-Ob in Siberia that do not belong to "Mongolia", "Manchuria" or "Japan" until the Bering Strait. In China, include everything located in the North of the Tibetan Plateau and the Great Wall that you didn’t gave to "Mongolia" and "Manchuria", mainly it’s northern Gansu and Xinjiang.

3.4.2) Borders :

As you can see, this territory should be divided in 3 : Eastern, Northern and Southern. The border used between the Eastern "Turkic" part and Northern "Turkic" part is the Yenisei river. The border between the Southern "Turkic" and Northern "Turkic" is composed of : • In Turkmenistan, any natural border between the Caspian sea and the Aral sea. • The Aral sea itself crossed by the border in its middle. • The Syr-Daria river. • Any natural link between Syr-Daria river and the Altishahr-Dzungaria border. • In Xinjiang, the natural border between Dzungaria and Altishahr (Tarim Basin). Everything further, such as the "Turkic" part in Gansu located in the North of the Great Wall and finally reaching "Mongolia", belong to "North Turkic".

4) Other (light grey) :

• Turkmen-Uzbek little regions in the North of Afghanistan, Afghanistan.

• Zanjan province, Iran

• Gagauzia, Moldavia

• Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

• Bashkortostan, Russia

• Chuvashia, Russia

• Crimea, Ukraine/Russia

• Daghestan, Russia

• Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

• Karachayevo-Cherkessia, Russia

• Tatarstan, Russia

• Regions of Russia located between Kazakhstan and Bashkortostan-Chuvashia-Tatarstan, Russia.

• The area between the Ural Mountains (historical border between Europe and Asia) and the Tobol-Irtysh-Ob, Russia.

Graphist opinion(s)

Who made this request?
It's extensive and would need you being involved in the work all the way. So please sign this and ping me and I can help you, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:22, 23 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Korean Islands Problems[edit]

Korean War Map

Article(s): Korean War

Request

Issue A: Baengnyeongdo is under South Korean administration.
Issue B: Ulleungdo, larger than Baengnyeongdo, is omitted from the map. See page for details.
--Geographyinitiative (talk) 17:46, 9 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Geographyinitiative I could help you with this but I will need your help along the way as the description page describes more and other specific issues depending on which image (time/frame) in the GIF animation we are talking about.

So please get back to me if you will be here to help me with your knowledge, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:08, 23 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Please set China to grey as it doesn't legally recoginize same-sex unions at all![edit]

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Request: In the graph China is set to blue which is very misleading. The author set it to blue as he/she thought China had legal guardianship law. But this law was made for any two consenting adults. It is not for same-sex couples benefits at all! Actually, the Chinese government is trying to weaken its usage by same-sex couples. Such laws can be found in many other countries. Since it's not made for same-sex relationship protection or recognition purpose, as a Chinese citizen, I strongly suggest that we change China from Limited domestic legal recognition to Same-sex unions not legally recognized. e.g. Almost all the countries have laws allowing a person to nominate his/her heir by will, which can be taken advantaged by same-sex couples. Does this mean that all countries have limited domestic legal recognition? The answer is obviously No unless this country has special laws for inheritance between same-sex couples. If we set China to blue, why don't we do so to many other grey countries which also have similar legal guardianship laws between two consenting adults?

Thank you!

Graphist opinion(s)

It would have been great if you had signed your request. I (and I think many others) don't work on a not signed request. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:52, 27 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Adjacent maps[edit]

Article(s): [[]]

Request: Don't know whether this is the place to ask. I have been looking at maps from old atlases that thoroughly cover an area. Fire insurance atlases, specifically, which provide much information about local economic history. While tracing old canals and such, I noticed that the original paper maps provided an easy way for the reader to turn to the maps of adjacent areas. This doesn't work on Commons, however, because there is no link. Seems to me, a template could make a 3x3 square with links to adjacent maps on the north, northeast, east, southeast, etc so we just have to click to go to the correct one. Is a template the right way to do this, and does such a template or other method exist? Jim.henderson (talk) 23:39, 5 September 2022 (UTC) --Jim.henderson (talk) 23:39, 5 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Liaoning Maps[edit]

first test using data from University of Texas, updated to 2015

Article(s): en:Nanpiao District, en:Huludao

Request: Obvious discrepancy between this maps should be corrected.; Obvious discrepancy between this maps should be corrected: Nanpiao (upper right) is much smaller in the first two maps than in the third map (where it is in pink). The current versions of the first two maps could later be used as historical maps, but the current need on Wikipedia is for a present-day map. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 22:07, 8 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Request taken by Sette-quattro (talk) 07:58, 18 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Geographyinitiative: Before going on, can you please confirm me that this is the current subdivision? https://geodata.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/stanford-xg824mz9880. I see four counties in Huludao: Suizhong, Janchang, Xingcheng and Jinxi. Otherwise would be great if you can provide me a link to an up-to-date shapefile Sette-quattro (talk) 16:09, 18 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for looking into this. I have no shapefile. Baidu Baike's article for 南票区 (Nanpiao District) has a map consistent with the pink area on the third map above. If you type in 南票区 on Google Maps or Baidu Maps, it shows an area broadly consistent with the pink area on the third map. I couldn't figure out how to use the above UTexas map you link, but according to 2021 stats of the PRC government here, Huludao should include Lianshan, Longgang, Nanpiao, Suizhong, and Jianchang Districts as well as Xingcheng County-level city. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 18:59, 18 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Geographyinitiative: I uploaded a first draft using the aforementioned source as a reference, but if i got it well that subdivision is no longer the current one. I'm not able to read/write in chinese but maybe you could help me in finding the data as geojson/shapefile. another solution could be to use the boundaries represented on OpenStreetMap: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=10/41.0581/120.7658. What do you think? Sette-quattro (talk) 14:26, 19 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

4 more departments in Region Tahoua, Rép. du Niger, since 2011[edit]

Made 2006, outdated
Left map cropped, outdated
Tahoua location map
Map showing the Keita department

Artikel: The outdated maps are already used in the articles about the missing departments in German Wikipedia: Bagaroua, Malbaza, Tassara and Tillia
Anfrage: The departments Bagaroua, Malbaza, Tassara and Tillia should be added in the maps. - Source for further information: Two maps from 2017 showing all departmens are available in this government paper of the Rép. du Niger (pp: 10-13). Thank you in advice. --Temdor (talk) 14:55, 10 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Meinung der Bearbeiter

Request taken by M.Bitton (talk) 01:35, 16 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done @Temdor: I have uploaded a location map of Tahoua as well as a department's map. If you're happy with how they look, I will upload the maps of the other departments. M.Bitton (talk) 22:07, 17 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@M.Bitton: , in my opinion one map schould show all departments. But I understand your intention to make the maps multilingual. One question. The border to district Agadez has changed? Haven't realized this. The work is piling up. Thank you for your enthusiasm. Thank you very much. -- Temdor (talk) 19:44, 18 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Temdor: The borders look like they're shown on this map and others like it. M.Bitton (talk) 23:29, 19 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello @M.Bitton: , I tried to research the exact date when the border between region Tahoua and region Agadez had changed. The maps from 2017 show the old border. The first map showing the new border was dated from February 2018. I suppose it changed about turn of the year. Obviously there are several maps in commons waiting to be updated. Thank you very much. -- Temdor (talk) 00:21, 22 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:US and Russian bases and facilities.jpg[edit]

File:US and Russian bases and facilities.jpg

Article(s): Numerous articles across Wikipedia.

Request

In File:US and Russian bases and facilities.jpg:

Azerbaijan needs to be colored in white, because Azerbaijan never hosted a US military base, nor does it host a Russian base.

Georgia needs to be colored in blue (like Belarus, Moldova and Armenia), because Georgia never hosted a US military base. It only has Russian military bases in breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The border of South Sudan, which became independent in 2011, needs to be added. Both South Sudan and Sudan do not host any US or Russian military bases, so their color stays unchanged. --Maphobbyist (talk) 18:40, 20 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Request taken by --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:02, 9 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done @Maphobbyist: You have to check this and if fine mark it resolved, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:19, 9 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Goran tek-en: --Maphobbyist (talk) 20:59, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Maphobbyist Why did you ping me without any message for those two requests?

If you want to close/archive them you have to put out the code I described for you. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:17, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Rail map file requests[edit]

Raster file #1
Raster file #2
Raster file #3
Raster file #4
Raster file #5
Raster file #6
Vector file with invalid code
Vector file missing Silver Line
Create new original vector file
Create new original vector file
Create new original vector file
Create new original vector file

Article(s): Miscellaneous

Request: Hello! Please create vector versions of the raster map files, fix the invalid code in the first vector file, add the Silver line to the second vector file, and create new original vector files for the last four vector files. Thank you! --OrdinaryJosh (talk) 06:42, 28 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Post-imperial organisations map - Gabon, Togo, Vanuatu, The Gambia and the Maldives[edit]

Article(s): Any article this map already appears on.

Request: Alright, could someone please make the following changes to the above map:

1) Gabon and Togo joined the Commonwealth of Nations on 25 June 2022, while also retaining their membership of La Francophonie, hence they should be changed to blue-and-red stripes (like Canada, Cameroon and Rwanda) to refect that.

2) Vanuatu has been a member of both the CON and LF since independence, so it should also have blue-and-red stripes.

3) The Gambia and the Maldives rejoined the Commonwealth in 2018 and 2020 respectively, so they should both be changed from white to red.

Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 16:07, 6 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Gambia has also been back in the Commonwealth for some years but is blank on the map at present. GPinkerton (talk) 16:14, 7 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@GPinkerton: Thanks for pointing that out. I've now updated the request accordingly. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 00:23, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Requesting map for dialects of Azerbaijani[edit]

I would like to request a map that can be used for dialect synonyms of Azerbaijani on English Wiktionary. The data and coordinates come from here: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Module:dialect_synonyms/az And I would like to be able to add more points later.

The map should include the Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenia, eastern Georgia and northwestern Iran. Allahverdi Verdizade (talk) 15:23, 26 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

For inspiration: similar map for Finnish dialects https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Template:fi-dial-map/feature/Kettunen1940_001 Allahverdi Verdizade (talk) 16:34, 26 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have offered to help Allahverdi Verdizade in communicating his request. Here it is rephrased/clarified:

Azerbaijani dialect location map.svg

A map for showing information about Azerbaijani dialects.

Article(s): Will be linked to from entries like en:wikt:itburnu, en:wikt:şəlalə, and en:wikt:nəlbəki. Compare the usage of File:Chinese dialectal variation location map.svg, a copy of which, en:wikt:Template:zh-dial-map/串, is linked to from en:wikt:串 in the synonyms section.

Request

A equirectangular map of Azerbaijan, Armenia, eastern Georgia, and northwestern Iran.

A SVG plate carrée location map (see Template:2008 Standard Location maps and Template:Location map notice) showing the area within the following geographic limits:

N: 42.2° N

S: 36.5° N

E: 50.0° E

W: 43.4° E

Please show country borders in black, land with the color #fefee9, and bodies of water with the color #c6ecff. —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk) 02:34, 4 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nobody? Allahverdi Verdizade (talk) 11:44, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

@Allahverdi Verdizade: I can probably help but please give me GPS coordinates instead, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:12, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Goran tek-en, thank you for offering you assistance! As mentioned above I am helping Allahverdi Verdizade get his request fulfilled. Can you clarify what you mean by "give you GPS coordinates instead"? Do you mean you want the limits of the map in degrees-minutes-seconds form like 42° 12' 0"? Or do you mean you want the the latitude and longitude for the points that define the northwest and southeast extremes of the requested map? Or is there something else you're looking for? Thanks and take care. —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk) 02:17, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@The Editor's Apprentice I have a hard time to translate the geographic limits to something I'm used to.

This link gives you a place (Istanbul) which has the coordinates 41.040862, 28.976360. If you right click on the position mark (or the place you want) you get the coordinates, just click on them and they will copy.

If you could give me the same type of coordinates (e.g. 41.040862, 28.976360) for Top Left and Bottom Right corners it would help me, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:38, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Requesting new versions of two maps with new colours[edit]

Global map of countries by age of which people can vote.
Global map of countries by age of which people attain adulthood

Article(s): en:Age of majority, en:Voting age

Request: Request that a new version of hese maps be created that uses different, distinct colours for each age. Some colours, such as those used for age 20 and 17, and 18 and 16 are too similar to each other and can lead to confusion, especially for those with sight issues. Suggested alternate colours: red, black, blue, yellow, purple, and green. Editor ping upon request - Goran tek-en. Helper201 (talk) 17:44, 26 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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~~Request taken by --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:14, 26 November 2022 (UTC)~~Reply[reply]

~~@Helper201~~

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Those drafts are PNG versions of the original SVG file I'm working in and will upload to commons.

Those drafts are shown for proofreading only.

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~~Age_of_Majority_-_Global-1, I have checked so those colors should work for most people with color deficiency, feedback thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:23, 28 November 2022 (UTC)~~ Reply[reply]

~~@Helper201 I do need your support as above to be able to continue the work on your request, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 11:30, 2 December 2022 (UTC)~~ Reply[reply]

~~@Goran tek-en I think the colours for 16 and 21, as well as 19 and 20 are too similar to each other, being shades of the same colour. Helper201 (talk) 00:46, 6 December 2022 (UTC)~~ Reply[reply]

@Helper201 If you have any color deficiency please tell me so I can try to view it like you do.

In this image-colors picked, you can see which colors I picked for each age (where the black lines are). They are not "shades of the same color". Below there are colors for the three most common color deficiencies, there some colors are different shades but not the ones you are writing about.

~~So I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean, please try to explain in another way, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:20, 6 December 2022 (UTC)~~Reply[reply]

Hi @Goran tek-en, Sorry, I didn't see the offer to help here. I reworked the Voting Age map already using the Okabe–Ito Color Universal Design colorblind-safe palette. I didn't do anything with the Age of Majority map (I hadn't seen that request), but if you use the CUD palette, you should be good for most colorblind users. — Tcr25 (talk) 13:52, 6 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Tcr25: , @Helper201: I did use a 12-color palette for color deficiency for those colors.
As you have updated one of those maps (I couldn't know you were working on it as you hadn't "taken it" here.) I think the best is if you do the other also and please use the codes provided here so others can see who is working on what so we don't do double work, thanks. So hereby I withdraw my "take". --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:00, 6 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry about that @Goran tek-en. I saw the request that was made on the Voting Age file's page, and only found the request here after that update was done. — Tcr25 (talk) 15:46, 6 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Tcr25 No problem, just glad you are working on this, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:26, 6 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Both maps now

Done, so ... Tcr25 (talk) 18:32, 6 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Tcr25 @Goran tek-en I still think the colours for 19 and 20, and 17 and 21 are too similar to each other, being they are simply different shades of the same colour (two shades of blue and two shades of orange). Maybe change one to brown and another to purple, or some other completely different colours. Helper201 (talk) 04:23, 9 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Helper201: , 19 and 20 are shades of blue, 16 and 21 are shades of orange, but they're quite distinct from one another. They also resolve well for most forms of colorblindness (according to simulation tools), although it is clearest for readers with deuteranopia. Adding purple and brown to the mix would likely decrease accessibility by creating more pairs that colorblind users cannot distinguish between. — Tcr25 (talk) 13:26, 9 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Turkey vulture range map[edit]

Current JPG unsourced range map

Article(s): en:Turkey vulture

Request: Hi! Our current range map is an unsourced JPG file that doesn't match with the IUCN's map (especially in Uruguay). An SVG file based on a reliable source would be amazing: BirdLife International. 2018. Cathartes aura. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22697627A131941613. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22697627A131941613.en. Accessed on 14 December 2022. Thanks for any help you can provide. --A455bcd9 (talk) 11:20, 14 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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New topographic map of Chongqing – issues[edit]

Article(s): cs:Čchung-čching (Czech Wiki)

Request: Hello, I'm trying to make a new, detailed, topographic map of Chongqing, a province-level municipality in China, however I'm having issues uploading it: the Upload Wizard states that "This file did not pass file verification." The map was made in QGIS, then I added name labels of the various mountain ranges (in Czech language), and added some finishing touches in Inkscape (scale, elevation legend etc.). I've tried to figure out what's wrong (validation), and there seem to be some issues with whatever I add on top of the bare map (text, labels, etc.), however I don't think I'd know how to fix it. Here's a Catbox link to the .svg map, feel free to download it, change it and, hopefully, correct it! Also - I'm not sure whether the size is appropriate, I'd like the map to be fully readable after a zoom-in, so please feel free to enlarge it if you see fit. Thank you! --Kubeji (talk) 22:30, 28 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]; I'm taking a look at it! Remsense (talk) 22:51, 2 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Map of Dunkin locations worldwide[edit]

Map of Dunkin Donuts locations worldwide
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Article(s): en:Dunkin Donuts

Request: Please change Canada to dark gray as Dunkin Donuts exited Canada in 2018 (note this map does not measure Baskin Robbins which continues to operate in Canada).

https://globalnews.ca/news/4434666/dunkin-donuts-done-in-montreal/ --2600:100C:A210:2BB2:5081:A190:36E:1DB0 19:10, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Psilocybin decriminalization in the United States[edit]

Article(s): en:Psilocybin decriminalization in the United States

Request: Colorado should be updated as it has decriminalized psilocybin across the whole of the state. Licensed "healing centers" for medical use are expected to begin in 2024. For now the whole of Colarado should be dark blue to indicate "Decriminalized" according to the key. When the licensed healing centers are established in 2024 or later it can be changed to purple like Oregon. For now the state just needs updating to decriminalized.

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Helper201 (talk) 03:12, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Request taken by A455bcd9 (talk) 13:21, 6 January 2023 (UTC) DoneReply[reply]

Map of volcanoes in Guatemala[edit]

Map of the volcanoes in Guatemala
Map of Guatemala in Inari Sámi

Article(s): Listo Guatemala tullâvaarijn

Request: I would like only the Guatemalan volcano symbols and labels in the first image to be added to the Inari Sámi map of Guatemala in the second image and saved as a new file so we can use it in an article on the Inari Sámi wikipedia. The volcano labels are missing the diacritics in the gif and the following labels would need to be fixed: Santa María, Atitlán, and Tolimán. I would also appreciate if the symbol and label colors could match the SVG image color scheme better than the bright red of the GIF. Takkâ! :) --Yupik (talk) 09:04, 11 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Norwegian polling graph update and alteration/axis extension[edit]

Norwegian Opinion Polling, 30 Day Moving Average, 2021-2025

Article(s): * en:2025 Norwegian parliamentary election
* en:Opinion polling for the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election

Request: Graph update and axis extension.; Can someone please update this polling graph using the latest polls on the English Wikipedia page above so it is up to date, including the 30-day averages bar charts? Can someone also please extend the Y percentage axis to 40% as the Conservative Party (H) have polled over the current maximum of 30% on the graph and gone above 35% in a poll to 35.6%. Helper201 (talk) 16:24, 17 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Virginia and Colorado historical county maps[edit]

Standardized map of Virginia
Standardized map of Colorado
Example of what I am talking about as shown in the old style

Article(s): [[]]

Request: Hello needing someone who could draw accurately and tweak the new standardized Virginia and Colorado maps to make the county boundaries historically accurate for past election articles. For Virginia needing it to include the Independent city of Bedford within Bedford County. For Colorado, needing Broomfield county removed. Not sure which programs were used to make the original base map but I used inkscape to edit the colors of the county for election articles.; Details of your request go here… --Putitonamap98 (talk) 01:18, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Costco Map[edit]

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Article(s): en:Costco

Request: Please add China to the list. http://www.news.cn/english/2021-12/08/c_1310358751.htm --208.127.190.114 21:12, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Graphist opinion(s): There is no need for this request becauseThis image already exists and it is in the article. Ww2censor (talk) 22:59, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Drawing a historical map[edit]

Article(s): w:Republic of Mahabad, w:Azerbaijan People's Government

Request: Can someone please draw a svg version of this map (from this source: Robert Rossow, Jr., 'The Battle of Azerbaijan, 1946', Middle East Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Winter, 1956), page 33.)? I think it is historically important and has educational usage especially because it differs from File:Republic of mahabad and iranian azerbaijan 1945 1946.png. --HeminKurdistan (talk) 19:29, 29 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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@HeminKurdistan: I can only use that source as information (can't redraw or copy it). You will have to be a bit more precise in wath you want in this map (railroads, movements, or what) and which is the main subject etc, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:50, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Goran tek-en. The main subject is the boundaries of the two self-declared states mentioned above, railroads and movements don't matter. (For example, the fact that the city 'Rezaiyeh' is outside w:Republic of Mahabad, in contrast to the png map linked above, is important). HeminKurdistan (talk) 18:20, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Goran tek-en By the way, thank you for your response and help. HeminKurdistan (talk) 18:21, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Request taken by --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:47, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@HeminKurdistan: I will start working on it but you have to remember that I have zero knowledge of this and I will need your assistance along the way. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:47, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@HeminKurdistan First we have to decide which area the map should cover, Draft area-1, with todays borders.

If this is not correct please describe or draw a rectangle on a map and show me.

--please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:31, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Goran tek-en. You got it right, this is exactly the same area. Borders have not changed since then, the only difference is that Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan were the Soviet Union. HeminKurdistan (talk) 20:36, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@HeminKurdistan Now I want you to check this Draft-2 which is the base map. I will fine tune the names etc later on. Tell me what you want edited/added/removed from this base map. If you want more cities you will have to provide GPS coordinates and names, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:26, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think Julfa and Razi can be removed. Instead, please add the following:

w:Saqqez (36.246389, 46.266389)
w:Sanandaj (35.366667, 46.883333)
w:Divandarreh (35.966667, 46.966667)
w:Bukan (36.521111, 46.208889)
w:Marivan (35.526944, 46.176389)
w:Salmas (38.194722, 44.764722)
w:Piranshahr (36.694444, 45.141667)
Sardasht (36.155278, 45.478889)

Thanks. HeminKurdistan (talk) 16:51, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@HeminKurdistan Please always Ping me as watch is not always on, thanks.

As the two maps are different I do not really know where to draw the two areas. Can you draw on a map and show me or in other way describe for me.

--please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:07, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@User:Goran tek-en I think it is enough to have boundaries are approximately, the important thing is inclusion and exclusion of the cities in the terretories. For example Saqqez, Miandoab, Piranshahr and Sardasht would fall inside the Republic of Mahabad and the cities of Sanandaj, Bukan, Baneh, Marivan etc are outside. HeminKurdistan (talk) 18:34, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@HeminKurdistan still very unsure about areas.

Here is a Draft-3, check everything, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:54, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Translation of maps[edit]

Tectonic structures around the Anatolian Plate
Arabian Plate showing general tectonic and structural features

Article(s): ar:زلزالا تركيا وسوريا 2023, ar:الصفيحة الأناضولية, ar:فالق شرق الأناضول

Request: Translate all English texts into Arabic, to make them more understandable by Arab readers. --Aladdin (talk) 08:08, 7 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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@علاء الدين: I think you forgot the section headline so I added one.
If you request a translation you will have to add the translations here for the graphic worker to copy/paste, thanks.
English - Arabic
Bitmap image maps (like those two) are often quite hard to translate so maybe it would be a good idea to create new svg files instead, which can be translated much easier. Please consider this as an alternative to this request.
It's also polite to ask for help not just to tell people what the should do according to you. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:09, 7 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Goran tek-en: : Unfortunately, I don't have sufficient knowledge and experience in transforming Bitmap images into svg files, in addition the English texts contains some technical terms I'm not sure if I can translate them into Arabic. Concerning the request, I'm not telling any one to do something at least for me, I just wanted to be more focused and direct to the point, I'm sorry if my intention was misrepresented. Aladdin (talk) 06:56, 8 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@علاء الدين I'm not expecting you to know a lot about Bitmap or Svg files, I was you giving you information on which you could reflect and make a decision from, and you can always ask here.

It's always the requester who has to provide the translation (or subject knowledge) in some way, we (graphic workers) do just that, graphic work. There is no way we can have any specific subject knowledge or language capacity for every request here. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:37, 8 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Strange unwated black square[edit]

Brajčino within Resen Municipality (example 1)
Izbišta within Resen Municipality (example 2)

Article(s): mk:Брајчино (example 1), mk:Избишта (example 2)

Request: Investigating a solution to a rendition error; Hello graphists, and hello @Goran tek-en: . There is a strange black square phenomenon occuring in the example files I am showing, and consequently for all files in the category of files derived from the initial one (I forgot which one of them was made first). These are all location maps showing the areas of settlements within the Resen Municipality. I have created maps like these for all municipalities in Macedonia, but these Resen Municipality ones show a black square just above the name of the lake, and I can't remove it with Inkscape, the only program I know how to use (it just doesn't show up there as far as I can see). If there is a solution to this issue, then it can be applied to all the maps in the category that are derived from it (I am willing to do it myself if I am taught how, in order to save you the work). Interestingly, the black square shows only on the image file page and on the thumbnail when used in articles, but not when you fully open the image. I can't make any sense of it. Help would be very much appreciated, as these are very useful maps in pages that are commonly used by our readers on mk.wiki. Many thanks. --B. Jankuloski (talk) 08:31, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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@Bjankuloski06: To my understanding there is a "flowRoot issue, check here Flowed_Text_bug.
If you open File:Брајчино во Општина Ресен.svg in a text editor that piece of code is between lines 11100-11110
<flowRoot xml:space="preserve" id="flowRoot6089" style="fill:black;stroke:none;stroke-opacity:1;stroke-width:1px;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-linecap:butt;fill-opacity:1;font-family:Sans;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:24px;line-height:125%;letter-spacing:0px;word-spacing:0px;text-anchor:middle;text-align:center;-inkscape-font-specification:Sans;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal;writing-mode:lr"><flowRegion id="flowRegion6091"><rect id="rect6093" width="26.59108" height="34.18853" x="1101.6304" y="1962.9479" /></flowRegion><flowPara id="flowPara6095" /></flowRoot>
I have tested the file with that part removed and the black square is gone.
I would also like to point out that in this file all the text is converted to outline (not recommended, much harder to translate) but there is still a lot of text related information in the code. So to me some work should be done with that file (and probably all the others) to correct this.
To be clear, this is my opinion and I'm not a svg-code expert but I work with svg-files. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:31, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for the fix! I would have never thought of that. As for the look, they are not true loator maps in the sense of what is termed as such on Commons. Also, they render rather poorly at the size in the infobox when text isn't set to path; they don't follow the conventions because they weren't meant for international use. It was our own idea for our mk.wiki and we didn't think that there will be a need for them to be translated or be wanted elswhere. We may change the colours to suit the recommendations, but we will need to vote on that and then find a way to automate the process. B. Jankuloski (talk) 22:23, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Bjankuloski06 Also they do not follow the conventions of Locator maps, Conventions/Locator_maps_(blank)

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