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    The Graphics Lab is a project to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. Requests for image improvements can be added to the workshop pages: Illustrations, Photographs and Maps. For questions or suggestions one can use the talk pages: Talk:Graphics Lab, Talk:Illustrations, Talk:Photographs and Talk:Maps.
    This specific page is the requests page for the illustration workshop. Anyone can make a request for an illustration to be improved or created for a Wikipedia article. Clicking the "New Request" button will bring you to a standard template for submitting requests, as well as general advice that should be followed.

    Advice to requesters

    All requests:

    • Please make sure your request is "legitimate" by copyright. If the image(s) are in the public domain or freely licensed, you are fine. If the image(s) are "Fair use", there are only certain things we can do with them without falling afoul of Wikipedia's fair-use policies.
      • If you are requesting assistance with a copyright or fair-use image, don't display it on this page; place {{GLNF|Example.png|caption|align=left}} to create a link to it. Do not add the File: extension. Our fair-use policy does not allow displaying fair-use images out of their articles on ANY account.
    • Please check back regularly to see if progress has been made or if any additional questions need to be answered before the request can be completed.
    • If a request is done to your satisfaction, please mark it with {{resolved}}.

    SVG requests:

    • Make sure your request can actually BE vectorized. Note that vector drawings are not suitable for certain applications. We generally use SVG format for icons, logos, drawings, maps, flags, and such. Certain things, photographs especially, are totally impossible to vectorize.
    • Per our non-free content policy, vectorization of copyrighted images is not permitted. If a vectorized non-free image is desired, seek out such an image from the copyright holder.
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    World Scout Emblem

    Article(s): World Scout Emblem, multiple others

    Request: Trim away extra white/colored space, thank you. I know it says don't ask for a bunch at once, but since it is the same basic process for each, I thought I would ask... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 13:14, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion:

    Will do some of them. I'm more focused on the SVGs and PNGs, so anyone else may take over the JPG rasters. ZooFari 06:08, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you so much! Um, with the Plast one, removing all the blue reduces visibility. Perhaps a thin blue border? Thank you! Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 06:48, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
     Fixed. Is that okay? ZooFari 15:43, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Those are all the PNGs I could do. Anyone ese may take the rest. ZooFari 22:48, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Finished thank you so much for these!

    Parasite Lifecycles

    Stale
     – DyceBot (talk) 07:05, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Article(s): Dracunculiasis, Wuchereria bancrofti, Pinworm, Hookworm

    Request: Needs turned into a SVG... — raeky (talk | edits) 04:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Unstale — raeky (talk | edits) 06:25, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):


    Flag of Denton County

    Stale
     – DyceBot (talk) 07:02, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]



    Article(s): Denton County, Denton, Texas

    Request: Convert to SVG MahangaTalk 18:46, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):

    Why?-Andrew c [talk] 01:48, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not sure. I'm no graphics person. I was told at WP:FAC to request it here. MahangaTalk 03:51, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I see. Generally, since Wikipedia is the "free" encyclopedia, and because non-free content can only be used in very limited areas, not a lot of effort is put into improving non-free content (especially if the task is time consuming or difficult, which some SVG conversions can be). Often, it is better to simply try to find a better official image. This is for two reasons, first, it makes sure that the organization in question is being 100% represented the way they want to (often with SVG conversions, we can't be 100% identical, and we don't want to use a color, or font, or shape that the image creator never intended). The second reason is it is a lot easier on us (less work, obviously ;). That said, you may still find a graphist willing to fulfill this request. Personally, I wouldn't fail a FAC based solely on the quality/availability of non-free content (and it seems like the individual who made the remark has stricken the oppose). Hope this explains why I asked why. Handling non-free content, IMO, should have a good rational attached to it. -Andrew c [talk] 16:36, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I was the one who made the request. Considering we are talking about an FA here, I think we should have high-quality images as well as text and research. Also, Wikipedia's image policy suggests that logos be converted to SVG. Awadewit (talk) 15:40, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I do agree with the request made. The image is of a poor quality, and I think we would benefit from a vector version. Connormah (talk) 22:41, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    But there isn't enough information present to make an SVG. What are those dots in the white circular bands? Stars? Maybe so, but are they pointing up, or down, or are they individually radially arranged? What about the even smaller dots surrounding the big central star? What are those? How many different color stars are on the flag? We cannot accurately recreate this flag because we don't have enough information to go on. Does anyone have any other pictures of this flag to help us out, or a written description or anything? Given the detail of this photo, any SVG made from it would be guesswork at best. Sorry. We can't work magic, or in this case, resolve detail out of blurry dots. (BTW, I agree completely that the image is in poor quality, and we could benefit from a vector version. But perhaps we should be seeking out official sources for this image, or at least higher quality images to start). -Andrew c [talk] 01:35, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Exactly. I don't think anyone would want to go through the headache process of re-drawing the whole image from the current given source. Connormah (talk) 22:46, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Add color to the drawing

    • Black and white drawing of Newcomb's snail
      Black and white drawing of Newcomb's snail

    Article(s): Newcomb's snail. (The article is also nominated to Template talk:Did you know right now.)

    Request: Add colors to the drawing. How the real colors of this snail looks like can be seen on the photo in the leading image at

    Snek01 (talk) 15:29, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion: Done. SPLETTE :] How's my driving? 01:18, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm impressed! ZooFari 01:31, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks!! But it was easier than it may look... SPLETTE :] How's my driving? 01:43, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmm, would that be copying the texture from the linked image to the drawing? Even so, your work is great :) ZooFari 01:48, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    yep, exactly :-) It fit almost perfectly. Just needed a little tweaking... Thanks again! SPLETTE :] How's my driving? 01:58, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Oh, I am sorry to say that, but if you accidentally used the texture of copyrighted image, then your derived work it is not free now. I am afraid it will need to be done again and correctly. --Snek01 (talk) 10:23, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't think it is a copyvio problem (then again, I am not an expert on the subject). I did use the texture from the pdf as a basis but have a close look at the two pics. Could you tell I did? All the scratches are gone. Some parts I had to recolor completely because they didn't match (like the 'bump' on the right). So, it wasn't just copy and paste. I used the texture as a start and then drew on top of it. I think if you would recolor it from scratch you would arrive pretty much at the same result (only that it'd take much longer). But well, you guys decide... SPLETTE :] How's my driving? 15:45, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I am also not sure. We will see. --Snek01 (talk) 15:51, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi. I'll ask at WP:MCQ. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:53, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Have done. Question is here. I've asked for feedback on this page. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:57, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! (I didn't even know such thing as MCQ exists) SPLETTE :] How's my driving? 23:09, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Just for the record, a little bit of conversation has been taking place there. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:29, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, I wasn't following that thread SPLETTE :] How's my driving? 23:27, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Removing stale, someone else going to fix this without using a copyrighted image? — raeky (talk | edits) 18:06, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]


    Stale
     – DyceBot (talk) 07:05, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Article(s): Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation

    Request: Convert to a vector graphic. –blurpeace (talk) 03:06, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):

    • Why? Non-free content really isn't the focus or mission of Wikipedia, and it's almost always better to use content sourced from an official source, as opposed to sloppy, reconstructed traces. We normally need a good rationale for non-free work. -Andrew c [talk] 16:36, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]



    José Martí Pioneer Organization

    Stale
     – DyceBot (talk) 07:03, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Article(s): José Martí Pioneer Organization

    Request: clean up, trim away most of red background... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 19:20, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion:

    Oresund tunnel

    • Grainy JPG
      Grainy JPG
    • SVG 1
      SVG 1
    • SVG 2 (no text yet)
      SVG 2 (no text yet)
    • SVG 0(made before vectorisation request was made here)
      SVG 0(made before vectorisation request was made here)

    Article(s): Oresund Bridge

    Request: This could be a relatively easy vectorization which could add a decent amount of value to the article with minimal work. gren グレン 18:30, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s): Image's request under progression Request taken by Lokal_Profil.

    Sorry, started vectorizing without request taking notice. --Justass (talk) 04:06, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    NP. I've upped my version as well, haven't added text yet though. A warning about the jpg is that the Microsoft icons are probably non free, so don't base car, bus, train on them. /Lokal_Profil 13:04, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Found an image which precedes both of ours (and the request here) thus teaching all of us the worth of looking before asking/looking before doing/categorising and linking to vector versions from the original =) /Lokal_Profil 13:07, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    eee, very sorry. I did take a look around (I had thought). I think the water top in SVG2 is a great idea since it makes it look like an underwayter tunnel and not just a sky. I also like the measurements! Thank you. gren グレン 15:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    No worries. I think all four involved parties (me included) missed something. The preexisting image wasn't correctly categorised meaning I only found it by mistake. So measurements from SVG 1, water from SVG 2? Think wehicles from SVG 2 as well to avoid the Microsof icons issue./Lokal_Profil 19:07, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]


    Water rising at topsoil

    • Hand drawn image
      Hand drawn image

    Article(s): Tillage

    Request: This image needs to be totally reworked: remake in color with graphics program. Note:saturated zone:entirely blue; striped zone: striped or dotted blue (only partially wet)—User:KVDP 11:12, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):

    Camp Fire Cooking Illustrations

    Article(s): Double boiler, Outdoor cooking, Earth oven

    Request: Hand drawn diagrams definitely should be made into a SVG. — raeky (talk | edits) 18:05, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s): Image's request under progression Request taken by Beao. --Beao 19:58, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    International Space Station Communication Systems

    • Diagram of the ISS communication systems.
      Diagram of the ISS communication systems.

    Article(s): International Space Station

    Request: Would someone please be kind enough to SVG this diagram, and make it a bit clearer (label-wise) in the process? Thanks in advance, Colds7ream (talk) 12:39, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):



    Gray 570

    • Gray's Plate 570
      Gray's Plate 570

    Article(s): Superior petrosal sinus, and 11 others

    Request: This Gray's image is important for the articles that it is contained in. However it doesn't appear very clear, for example the Inferior petrosal sinus can hardly be distinguished. And the text is difficult to read. Is there anything that you can do? Thank you very much in advance!! Captain n00dle\Talk 11:41, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):

    Signature of Nicolaus Copernicus

    • autotrace
      autotrace

    Article(s): Nicolaus Copernicus

    Request: Convert to a decent SVG version, not autotraced. Connormah (talk) 04:04, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):

    Never mind,. it looks good. It's just that some autotraces round too many corners..etc. Connormah (talk) 17:31, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Isn't that what we want? It's scratchy and some smoothing would benefit. ZooFari 20:41, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I must admit I'm at a loss to understand why anyone would want to replace a perfectly good 4 kB PNG with a 28 kB SVG (which gets delivered as a 13 kB PNG to the client at that size anyway). --RexxS (talk) 02:22, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    SVGify please

    Article(s): Hong Kong Special Duties Unit

    Request: Please merge the two files listed above to a single SVG file please... - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ guestbook ♦ contribs 16:12, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):

    Cluster of differentiation

    • Image with labels in German
      Image with labels in German

    Article(s): Cluster of differentiation on english wikipedia. Also used in other languages: see this link

    Request: Translation would probably make this picture a lot more useful (and possibly easier to translate into other languages as well).

    Original Translation
    CD34 etc. CD34, they remain the same
    (CD is short for Cluster of differentiation)
    Stammerzelle Stem cell
    Granulozyten Granulocyte
    Monozyten Monocyte
    T-lymphozyten T-lymphocyte
    T-lymphozyten B-lymphocyte
    Thrombozyten Thrombocyte
    Helfer-T-lymphozyten Helper T-lymphocyte
    Suppressor-T-lymphozyten Suppressor T-lymphocyte
    aktivierte T-lymphozyten Activated T-lymphocyte

    I'm wondering if an image map like this one: Template:Metabolic pathways would be a good idea. If no one here has the time/effort I will be happy to do this if you let me know :-)

    If possible, .svg would probably be preferable to .jpg too.

    Thank you very much in advance! Best regards, Captain n00dle\Talk 19:22, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):

    Autotraced SVG

    Article(s): NBA

    Request: Can someone re-trace this logo properly from this image? Thank you. Connormah (talk) 05:34, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):

    What would be the original image? ZooFari 06:33, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Sports icons

    Article(s): sport stub templates

    Request: Can someone take a crack at vectorizing these? Connormah (talk) 06:37, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion(s):

    Learn To Fly

    Article(s): Learn To Fly

    Request: Trim down to just cover... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 09:36, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion:

    Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

    Article(s): Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

    Request: straighten and trim... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 10:29, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Graphist opinion:

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