User talk:Completefailure

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Sophie ^(Talk) 14:32, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:Clear track circuit.PNG[edit]

Thanks for taking File:Clear track circuit.PNG, can you also vectorize File:Occupied track circuit.PNG. It is the exact same image, but is shows how a train completes the circuit. Cheers! --Svgalbertian (talk) 01:45, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing --Completefailure (talk) 03:07, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, done. Though both files are quite an (unoptimized large) mess, still.--Completefailure (talk) 14:44, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that both .svg files are missing a connection from the red lamp that was present in the original .png versions.–Signalhead ^< T > 15:48, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed it, thank you --Completefailure (talk) 16:01, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.–Signalhead ^< T > 16:04, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:NHLHockeyRink.gif[edit]

While working on the rink, you might want to check if it is dimensionally correct. You can find the offical diagrams here: http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26458 Thanks agian!--Svgalbertian (talk) 19:23, 31 May 2010 (UTC) Yes, I noticed that and have redrawn it according to the specs... --Completefailure (talk) 20:35, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again, just to let you know I tweeked the image a bit. The biggest change is used the Pantone colours for the offical rule book. Keep up the good work! --Svgalbertian (talk) 23:13, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, didn't notice that they even specified colours --Completefailure (talk) 23:17, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Account Creator Logo[edit]

I've left a comment at WP:GL/ILL. Thanks for your work! Connormah (talk | contribs) 22:31, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit cartogram ?[edit]

Dear C., I really liked your NPVIC cartogram. However, I did not understand how to edit it. I downloaded the svg file, and tried to open it with notepad, but I understood nothing of the program code therein. How do I do that? I am not a computer idiot, but neither am I a wizard. Could you tell me please. Wahlin (talk) 18:39, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thank you. Yes, the code looks even more ugly in Notepad, you might want to use a more powerful text-editor such as Wordpad, which does at add linebreaks at the start of tags.

The code starts with various (partially unnecessary) definitions, the important code starts here:

    <g
       id="passed"
       style="fill:#90ff90;fill-opacity:1; ... ">
      <g
         id="MD">
        <rect
           id="rect5778"
           width="25"
           height="25"
           x="748.75"
           y="602.73718" />
        ...
      </g>
    </g>

The groups (at the top) are "passed", "pending-introduced" and "not-introduced". At the start of the style-argument is the fill-colour, which defines the fill for all surfaces in the group (so for all the states in that group), in the standard RGB Hex triplet, so it's changed easily. In the states' groups (each given its two letter code as id) there's the <rect> (the squares from the cartogram) and at least one <path>, which is its surface in the map and can be quite long.

So, moving around states with the search function should be quite easy: search for id="ID" to find the state you need, mark the group (there should be no sub-groups in the states' groups, so marking it up unto the next </g> should be safe), cut it out, search for the status you want it put in, and paste it after the start of the status' group. Adding a new status is quite easy, too, with copy&paste.

After the first groups, in which the states are defined, comes the borders (which are quite a mess, I'll clean that up when I get to it), border-colour and width also defined at the start for the whole group; after that the text (which is also a bit of a mess).

One last thing: svg is drawn from top to bottom, so the order states-borders-text ensures that the borders are drawn over the states' surfaces and the text above that - so that should be kept.

Hope that wasn't too much (or too little) detail, and actually helps, Completefailure (talk) 22:43, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that did help. I managed to pass the NPVIC in Texas on my own! Thank you for your kind help and good explanation. Wahlin (talk) 23:55, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, glad it helped. I had a feeling it would pass in Texas one day Completefailure (talk) 00:22, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NPVIC: legislative sessions[edit]

I saw that you commented out some states in the NPVIC table. Please note that this may have been too soon! For many states, there are two-year sessions, so in 2012 bills might continue where they finished in 2011 (instead of starting again from scratch). Unfortunately I am not sure which states do this. KarlFrei (talk) 08:34, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, I've changed the legislative session to 2011-12 for those states where the 2011 session has already ended, and carryover of bills into 2012 is possible. A good overview of the 2011 sessions can be found here. Completefailure (talk) 21:13, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks a lot! KarlFrei (talk) 09:38, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome Completefailure (talk) 00:25, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading the cartogram for dummies[edit]

Dear C, I try to once in a while to update the cartogram. For example Texas should be grey now. However, I don't know how to upload the updated cartogram file properly (I succeded once a while ago, but I don't remember the method). Where do you log in and upload?Wahlin (talk) 18:38, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the late reply: you need to go to the description page on commons (log in globally, [1]), at the bottom of the file history there's a link "Upload a new version of this file" Completefailure (talk) 11:43, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Wahlin (talk) 00:48, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cartogram improvements[edit]

I've attempted a re-arrangement of the cartogram that I think better preserves shapes and spacial relationships than what we're using now. I've never edited vector graphics before, so I leave that part to you, when you get a chance:

Thanks, » Swpb^{τ • ¢} 15:20, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've uploaded an updated version of the cartogram svg, which I edited in Inkscape. » Swpb^{τ • ¢} 04:33, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, nice work! Completefailure (talk) 15:56, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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