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Error in the Norwegian locator maps

Dear NordNordWest, thank you for your excellent series of locator maps of Norway! I am writing to you to inform about what I believe is a minor error. You see, the former municipality of Rømskog no longer belongs to Østfold, but was merged with Aurskog‐Høland in 2020, and thus belongs to Akershus today. See this link for reference. Yours sincerely, VulpesVulpes42 (talk) 12:08, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello! You are right. I have to correct the maps. Regards, NNW 12:13, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Corrected. NNW 15:11, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

File:Sichere Herkunftsstaaten Deutschland.svg

Can you update that file: Countries Georgia and Moldova are "Sichere Herkunftsstaaten" in Germany since December 2023.

• Recht.bund.de: Gesetz zur Bestimmung Georgiens und der Republik Moldau als sichere Herkunftsstaaten

--92.76.99.97 17:28, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

It's updated now. NNW 20:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Request for creation of Wolayita Zone map

Hi dear, could you create Wolayita Zone map including woredas and city administrations within it. Thank you. Kehaa (talk) 11:38, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

That's impossible without any sources. NNW 20:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Ok, This can help you as a source. Thank you. Kehaa (talk) 13:16, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Even this map would be better but it seems to be quiet generalized. NNW 11:57, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Excuse me NNW, look this source together with previously I posted. The former one is updated and consists of 16 districts but it is not very clearly drawn. The current is very clear but it consists of 12 districts. If both are seen together, they may give some clue for sketching map. Thank you! Kehaa (talk) 18:39, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

The problem: en:Wolayita Zone#Administrative divisions says that there are 16 areas but no map I can find shows that much. NNW 18:25, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Request for topographic maps of Chinese provinces

I have noticed that you've made location maps for every Chinese provinces, but of which some do not have maps with terrain. Could you please make topographic location maps for every provinces? 祝安 Kone718 (talk) 21:21, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Now there are following maps with terrain available:

• China Chongqing rel location map.svg
• China Fujian rel location map.svg
• China Guangdong rel location map.svg
• China Hainan rel location map.svg
• China Hebei rel location map.svg
• China Hubei rel location map.svg
• China Jiangsu rel location map.svg
• China Shandong rel location map.svg
• China Shanxi rel location map.svg
• China Yunnan rel location map.svg

And I previously made following maps:

• China Gansu rel location map.svg
• China Qinghai rel location map.svg
• China Sichuan rel location map.svg
• China Tibet rel location map.svg

For all other provinces I didn't make administrative location maps so I haven't made terrain versions for them. NNW 19:02, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Request for update

Hello NNW, could you update this map with current addition of new administrative regions and flags therein. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malaalaa (talk • contribs) 13:32, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello! I preferred all flags having the same width: Ethiopian regions map with flags.png. NNW 19:33, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Request for update

Dear NordNordWest. The parliament of Azerbaijan has voted to reestablish the Aghdara Region (Azeri spelling: Ağdərə, previously known as the Mardakert District), which was abolished in 1992 [1] and was located within these borders (sorry, there is no full pre-1992 map for reference), stretching over three neighbouring districts. Would it please be possible to update the following maps?

• Azerbaijan's location map (by districts);
• Azerbaijan's location map (by economic zones), with Aghdara now part of the Karabakh economic zone.

If you have time, it would also be very useful to have a location map with the Aghdara District highlighted. Thank you! Parishan (talk) 03:25, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Azerbaijan adm location map.svg is updated now. Azerbaijan location map.svg is a bit strange: the last uploader changed both size and topic of that map. That's not my deal. NNW 21:10, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Many thanks! Any chances of changing these accordingly?

Kalbajar District in Azerbaijan.svg

Tartar District in Azerbaijan.svg

Aghdam District in Azerbaijan.svg

And perhaps creating an "Aghdara District in Azerbaijan.svg" map? I would appreciate it very much.

Parishan (talk) 22:05, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

I'll do it but not today. :o) NNW 22:08, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Parishan (talk) 23:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

A file for Aghdara is available now, some district maps (after asking the original uploader for permission) are updated. NNW 18:21, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you again for your great work, NordNordWest! Parishan (talk) 15:06, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Croatia

Hello NNW, I would like to say thank you very much for your big effort and contribution related to Croatian maps. Really appreciated. In pl.wiki this has enriched thousands of articles. I've created map modules and templates accordingly. Seeing how busy you are, I wouldn't dare to ask you for more, but if you decide to come back to this region one day, neighbouring Bosnia have 3 main entities (Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina divided into 10 cantons, Republika Srpska and Brcko District), so within next months/years it shouldn't be that involving as Croatia was. Greetings, Mathieu Mars (talk) 20:28, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

I definitely have to look for other requests before I start a new series of such maps. :o) NNW 07:17, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Azerbaijani map update

Hello @NordNordWest! I would like to thank you for working on and updating the administrative map of Azerbaijan.

There's an official update to the map. Actually, the law was adopted on December 27, but almost nobody noticed that. The day Aghdara district established, some exclaves in Karabakh were removed and merged to the surrounding districts.

Here's the link to the law. I would be very glad to help if needed. Cheers, Toghrul R (talk) 14:48, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

There is no map for these changes? NNW 17:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

@NordNordWest do you mean visualisation? Unfortunately, no. But I can provide the details. Most of the exclaves were removed.

Article 2.

Malıbəyli, Aşağı Quşçular and Yuxarı Quşçular were transferred to the surrounding Xocalı district. So they no longer are subordinated to Şuşa district. For instance in this detailed map and this file, villages away from mainland Şuşa are removed based on the law.

Article 3 & 4.

Yuxarı Veysəlli and Divanalılar (the exclaves of Füzuli) were removed and the area was merged to Xocalı district. The villages can be seen from this file. Ağbaşlı was removed too, but it was too small and was not on the maps you made

Article 5 & 6.

Yuxarı Məzrə (the exclave of Cəbrayıl) was removed and the area was merged to Xocalı district. Can be seen here

Article 7 & 8.

Alıcan (at the rightmost of Laçın district and under Şuşa district) was removed and the area was merged to Xocalı district. Can be seen here

Article 10.

The area of Xocavənd within Qubadlı was removed and merged to Qubadlı. Can be seen here Toghrul R (talk) 08:31, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

PS: As it will affect many maps, I'll provide more details regarding the changes after checking them again Toghrul R (talk) 08:37, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

I'll update soon. NNW 17:57, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Done. NNW 17:34, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Request for map of "Hamburg S-Bahn"

Dear @NordNordWest!

Would it be possible to visualize the above-ground and underground sections of the route differently, like on the map of the “Hamburger Hochbahn” (see Topografischer Netzplan U-Bahn Hamburg - Hamburger Hochbahn – Wikipedia)?

Best regards! Ham-grisu (talk) 14:06, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello! Underground sections in Topografischer Netzplan S-Bahn Hamburg 2023.png are lighter now. NNW 17:56, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks again for your effort. The map you have created has been used in a publication (online available under BDBOS - Aktuelles - Was lange währt, wird endlich gut (bund.de). There is also a printed version - by interest please provide a snail mail address for sending a copy. Best regards Ham-grisu (talk) 12:50, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, the link is sufficient. Btw, the license of that map requires the naming of the author and the license itself. NNW 12:07, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Question about how you work

Dear NordNordWest.

I'm glad to watch your works. Your works have become an excellent example of location maps in Wikimedia for a last couple of decades. Even though I don't know SVG very well, further I have been thinking what can I do for community while I am learning Adobe Illustrator. If I have a mind to help others who work in Wikimedia, I think it would be better to ask for advice rather than drawing without benchmark.

1. First, I'd like to ask if your question about how you work is okay. If not, you can skip the question below.
2. What should I refer to? For Wikipedia, look at what has been written by others, and for the programming code, look at the code that has been written by others. It is how to learn. Then, what about SVG? What reference did you start with?
3. In the future, can I update your work?
4. Lastly, what was the driving force behind your steady activities?

Sorry for my clumsy English, and I hope you peaceful.

Best Regards. --호로조 (talk) 07:24, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello! It depends on the scale which data I use for a location map. Sometimes it is OpenStreetMap, sometimes it is VMAP data etc. VMAP is quite old data but for coastlines and rivers it is usually good enough. In some areas it is necessary to update the data. I don't use applications in which I have to program anything, it's a vector graphics editor, sometimes in combination with a GIS. I have learned in the last years that there are many users who are able to handle geographic data but lacking cartographic knowledge (as an example: see what happened to the amount of waterbodies in Ecuador location map.svg.) In other cases the size in pixels or the shown area were changed so all templates in the WPs were incorrect and the uploader didn't have thought about it. So I don't encourage anybody to update my location maps, especially as long as I do not know what he/she is able to do and knows about cartography. The rest is quite easy: it's a nice hobby. NNW 18:03, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you thank 72.175.44.132 04:16, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Karelo-Finnish SSR map

Hi, for the Karelo-Finnish SSR map you edited, can you readjust the border between Lithuania and Byelorussia? Lithuania received the Vilnius region from the USSR in 1939 and by the end of 1940 its eastern border was adjusted to what it is today with Byelorussia. Aimmella12 (talk) 19:57, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello! You will have to link the file. I don't know what you are talking about. NNW 20:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Soviet Union - Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940).svg Aimmella12 (talk) 06:14, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Frankfurt U-Bahn Map Versions

Dear NordNordWest,

I'm trying to build a deck of cards to learn Frankfurt's U-Bahn Netz using Anki or a similar spaced-repetition-app.

Do you have versions of your U-Bahn map of Frankfurt without the stations names or even with just the inidividual U-Bahn lines so that I could layer and mix and match them? If possible, I could contact you another way and give you more details on what I'm trying to do and what I need.

Thanks a lot in advance and thank you for all the great maps you have already made, Hleutloff (talk) 14:23, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

cdf

Hallo NNW,

kannst Du mir File:Friedrich, Caspar David - Sitzender Mann - Kupferstichkabinett.jpg auf File:Friedrich, Caspar David - Sitzender Mann - Kupferstichkabinett Berlin.jpg verschieben, ich habe da Mist gebaut. Vielen Dank. Oursana (talk) 16:48, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Moin! Da kann ich leider nicht helfen, das kann nur ein Admin. Viele Grüße, NNW 17:00, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Ja danke, ich dachte das wärst Du, Grüße und danke für die schnelle Antwort--Oursana (talk) 17:15, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

"adm location maps" and "Category:Location maps (series N)"

Hello NNW

I have a question, what are the "adm location maps" map series referring to? "adm" means "administrative"? (on my maps it does mean that)

And what is "Category:Location maps (series N)" for?

Thank you Milenioscuro (talk) 14:34, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello! You are right, "adm" is for administrative (and "rel" for relief). Series N started after long discussions about de jure and de facto boundaries in location maps. I wanted to have de facto (with all its problems but less than the other way, I think) and I thought that the dark blue waterbody lines were to dark as lots of WP projects show names in location maps which are a bit difficult to read. So I made this blue lighter in administrative maps, decided that it has to be de facto (exception: during wars) and created a new map series: series N (for "new"). That's all. NNW 14:43, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Dank ... und eine Bitte zur Karte „Niederrheinischer Höhenzug“

Danke für die vorzügliche, anschauliche Karte des Niederrheinischen Höhenzuges im Artikel Niederrheinischer Höhenzug. Dazu habe ich eine kleine Bitte, nämlich die Beschriftung „Balbecker Höhenrücken“ zu „Balberger Höhenrücken“ zu berichtigen, siehe die Benennung im Abschnitt Verlauf und Abschnitte des genannten Wikipedia-Artikels. Mit Dank im Vorhinein M Huhn (talk) 08:56, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Danke für den Hinweis, ist jetzt korrigiert. Viele Grüße, NNW 16:09, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Location map of British Columbia and Alberta in Canada

Hello, I was wondering if you would be willing and able to create a map similar to File:Canada_British_Columbia_(no_subdivisions)_location_map.svg featuring both British Columbia and the neighbouring province of Alberta? My intention is to use it to show the locations of ice hockey teams in the British Columbia Hockey League, similar to the one shown in the article for the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Despite its name, the en:British Columbia Hockey League has teams in both provinces. Buffalkill (talk) 18:46, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello! No problem: Canada Alberta-British Columbia location map.svg. NNW 18:43, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Buffalkill (talk) 21:50, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Error in File:Norway Buskerud rel location map.svg

Hello,

I would like to inform you that the islands in the Oslofjord in File:Norway Buskerud rel location map.svg are missing their terrain. Worldlydev (talk) 20:32, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello and thanks for telling me! It's corrected now. NNW 21:53, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Kenya districts and county maps

Hello. I've been trying my hand in creating svg maps of Kenya divisions without avail. Could you help me create:

SVG files of Districts of Kenya in;

• 1962 (they were 40 plus Nairobi),
• 1968 (Thika District eliminated, Central Nyanza split into Kisumu and Siaya
  • 1989 (Kisii District split into Kisii and Nyamira
  • 1990 (Vihiga created after a split from Kakamega, South Nyanza split into Migori and Homa Bay)
• 1992 (Meru split into Meru and Tharaka-Nithi, Kericho split into Kericho and Bomet, Makueni from Machakos)

The most important are 1962, 1968 and 1992. In 1962, Kenya's map did not include the Ilemi Triangle, 1968, half of it.

By 1992, there were 46 districts plus Nairobi Area, which have identical boundaries with the counties of Kenya like this

Most importantly the maps containing info about specific present-daycounties seem to be giving an error see for example Kiambu County. Some counties need to be zoomed for easier navigation by readers.

I would have asked for more but I don't want to burden you with too much work. You can decline of you feel it's too much work.

Personally, I've been learning to learn to create good maps like you but I don't seem to get it right.

For any clarification please contact me.

Thank you in advance! Tylusine (talk) 15:54, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello! First of all I have corrected all district maps. The servers seem to be quite busy right now so it will take some time until we can see all files correctly again.

I will respond to the other questions the following days. NNW 18:58, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

I highlighted some of the smaller counties. NNW 21:09, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the work you did. At least you have correctes the error the maps you were bringing. Please do the map of the Districts Of Kenya which ever time you find fit. Cheers! Tylusine (talk) 17:36, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Update request

Hello, NordNordWest

Can you update the maps File:High Speed Rail Turkey.PNG, File:Rail transport map of Turkey.png, File:Rail transport map of Turkey-m.png, File:YHT Service (2021).png, File:YHT Turkey 1741x733.png, File:Networks of Major High Speed Rail Operators in Europe.gif?

The Ankara-Sivas high speed rail line was opened on 26 April 2023. (The average speed for high speed rails in Turkey is 250 km/h.)

Here is a source: https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/ankara-sivas-high-speed-line-inaugurated/

Yours sincerely, Oirattas (talk) 06:03, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Some of them are updated now. I have to think about how to update the rest. NNW 21:32, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, NordNordWest.

Can you color in File:Rail transport map of Turkey.png, File:Rail transport map of Turkey-m.png and File:Rail transport map of Turkey in Turkish.png, the high speed railway line between Ankara and Sivas in red, and the same line in File:TCDD.svg and its duplicate File:Tcdd network.png (also the Istanbul–Eskisehir section) in dark blue? The en:Ankara–Sivas high-speed railway opened on April 26, 2023.

None of these maps have been updated, and they are used in Wikipedia articles.

Source: https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/ankara-sivas-high-speed-line-inaugurated/

Yours sincerely, Oirattas (talk) 17:14, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Kurze Rückfrage wegen ggf. erforderlicher Kategorienamensänderung

Hallo NNW, ich bin seit einigen Monaten mit der systematischen Überarbeitung der Städte und Gemeinden im Wartburgkreis (Thüringen) befasst und habe eine Rückfrage:

Die Locator maps gibt es seit Ewigkeiten und Du bist bei jeder Gebietsreform mit entsprechenden Aktualisierungen beschäftigt gewesen. Die Karten liegen als Datei in den Kategorien der jeweils zugehörigen Gemeinde und in einem Sammelordner aktuell ist der mit "Locator maps of municipalities in the Wartburgkreis" benannt und stammt aus der Frühzeit von Wikipedia - hier 2007 erstellt von (Ben.) Rauenstein. Zur Vereinheitlichung der Ordnerbezeichnungen des Landkreises - hier "Wartburgkreis" wäre eine Umbenennung in "Locator maps of municipalities in Wartburgkreis" notwendig. Zudem hat es immer noch Kategorien von fusionierten Gemeinden, die auch noch Daten enthalten - aus gutem Grund sollte man solche ehemaligen Gemeinden nicht ausmerzen - denn die damals gültigen Dateien haben ja auf den zugehörigen Wikipedia Artikeln noch ihre Existenzbrechtigung. Bei uns Gemeinde Moorgrund - gehört jetzt zu Bad Salzungen und Lerchenberg - zu Eisenach.

Deutschlandweit wird bei etwa 2/3 der Kategorienamen von Landkreisen in den Bundesländern auf das "the" verzichtet, in RLP, Saarland, Bayern, gibt es sowohl als auch.

Ich würde zum Wartburgkreis gerne für die 30 Gemeinden die aktuellerer Version ohne "the" händisch umschreiben, irgendwann wird da jemand einen BOT basteln. Ich will zeitnah das ganze Thema der Karten in der Kategorie Geography of Wartburgkreis vereinheitlichen und dazu wären die Locator maps auch ein Baustein. Was meinst Du?

EACC80 (talk) 07:02, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Moin! Mit Kategorien beschäftige ich mich üblicherweise nicht. Wenn du hier was umbenennen willst und das begründen kannst, kannst du das meinetwegen gerne machen. Mit HotCat lassen sich die Inhalte auch schnell verschieben. Du brauchst also eigentlich keinen Bot. Viele Grüße, NNW 08:10, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Danke für die schnelle Antwort und den Hinweis - wollte auch nur vermeiden, das am Ende was verschlimmbessert wurde. by the way: beim Themenkreis Symbole der Landkreise (Wappen Siegel und Flaggen) bleibt das "the" noch in Gebrauch - Beste Grüße zurück EACC80 (talk) 08:17, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

title of countries

Hey,

thanks again for your work on File:Countries_served_by_Wizz_Air_from_the_UAE.svg. I noticed that in your file several titles of countries were removed. So when holding the cursor e.g. on Saudi Arabia or the UAE, the name of the country does not appear anymore.

Is that easy to fix or does it require to re-add the titles for the countries manually in Inkscape? WikiPate (talk) 10:33, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Warum jetzt auf Englisch? Die Datei hatte eine für mich erstmal unnötig komplizierte innere Struktur, die ich vereinfacht habe. Dass der Kram nötig war, um die Ländernamen anzuzeigen, war nirgends dokumentiert. Ich habe die Datei auf den alten Stand zurückgesetzt. NNW 17:11, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

ok kein Problem. Ich habe die Titel hinzugefügt. WikiPate (talk) 17:57, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Location map of the Balkans

Hello, I hope you are doing well! I was wondering if you would be willing and able to create a location map of the Balkans. Thank you in advance for your time and effort. -- DragonFederal (talk) 06:13, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello! There is already en:Module:Location map/data/Balkans. NNW 10:18, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. What about a map like this-one: en:Module:Location map/data/Europe Central. Would it be possible to add there. --DragonFederal (talk) 11:46, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

October 2024: Update of File FDP Landtage

Can you update that file ? FDP is no longer part in Landtag of Bavaria (Bayern) and Thuringia (Thüringen). thumb|right|FDP Landtage --88.70.223.190 14:19, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Bavaria (Bayern) has a new government since October 2023. --88.70.223.190 21:40, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

With the same parties as before. NNW 21:45, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

October 2024: Update of File:Grüne Landtage.svg

Can you update that file ? Greens is no longer part in Landtag of Brandenburg and Thuringia (Thüringen) . thumb|right|Gründe Landtage --88.70.223.190 14:19, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

There is box at the file descriptions:

ACHTUNG!!! Es ist gemeinhin Konsens, dass die einzelnen Bundesländer nach einer Landtagswahl erst dann neu eingefärbt werden, wenn die konstituierende Sitzung des neuen Landtags stattgefunden hat, da in den meisten Bundesländern noch das alte Parlament im Amt bleibt, bis mit der konstituierenden Sitzung das neu gewählte Parlament seine Arbeit aufnimmt.

The inaugural meetings are still to come so it would be too early to update these maps. NNW 14:32, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Green party is not in government of Hesse since January 2024. --88.70.223.190 21:37, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Hesse is updated now. NNW 21:45, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Correction request

Hello, NordNordWest.

Can you color Lebanon in both File:Rail density map.svg and File:Rail density map.png and also Greenland in the PNG map in gray?

Due to the Lebanese Civil War between 1975-1990, rail transport in Lebanon, not only ceased to exist, the vast majority of the railway network (railway tracks, railway stations and trains) was destroyed, and has never been restored.

Greenland operated short industrial railways between the 1950s and 1970s, but no longer has railways since then.

Yours sincerely, Oirattas (talk) 20:21, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Republic of China

Actually I didn't change anything. I just tagged the maps to remember to update them, after a user's request.-- Carnby (talk) 17:36, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Landesregierungen

Hallo NNW, in den nächsten Tagen wird die neue Vorarlberger ÖVP-FPÖ-Landesregierung gewählt werden, weshalb deine Karte der Landesregierungen aktualisiert werden müsste. Beste Grüße, Chondrocladia (talk) 21:12, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Siehe

• de:Landesregierung Wallner IV (seit 6. November 2024)
• https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3279827/
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landesregierungen_in_%C3%96sterreich_06-2023.png

M2k~dewiki (talk) 16:26, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Besten Dank für die Hinweise! Eine neue, aktuelle Datei ist hochgeladen und eingebunden. Viele Grüße, NNW 16:55, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Vielen Dank! M2k~dewiki (talk) 17:00, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Gold & Silver 2600:8800:3190:6200:19CD:73DE:1A6D:B969 18:46, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

File:Saimaakanal.svg

You may have a look on my new version of Saimaa Canal (map).svg. The file size is 1.4 MB instead of 2.2 MB and contains translating SVG switch elements.--WikiForMen (talk) 14:44, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

File:European Russia location map (2014–2022, Crimea disputed).svg

File:European Russia location map (2014–2022, Crimea disputed).svg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has 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 it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. 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!

Ecrusized (talk) 21:42, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Russia locator map

Hello NNW, let me start by thanking you for all your hard work here on Wiki Commons, I really appreciate it. I'd like to ask about how to change the default locator map on Wiki commons of European Russia, with the version without Crimea. Currently, the template Locator Russia+ automatically shows the European Russia map that shows Crimea as disputed. This might have made sense prior to 2022, as it was the only Russian annexed territory in Ukraine, but it is quite misleading at present day. Because Russia not only annexed more lands but also annexed lands it does not control. So showing Crimea as disputed seems to be highly misleading. Thank you. Ecrusized (talk) 10:13, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello! It's a complicated topic and I can explain only my private point of view. Crimea has been annexed in 2014. At this point always no one described it as the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War, just a conflict that led to very few consequences. Until today most publications I know describe 2022 as the beginning of the war. I do not want to show annexations during wartime (neither international nor civil war), that's senseless. By this there is a difference between the annexation of Crimea and the later annexations of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. NNW 10:31, 20 November 2024 (UTC)