[Clipart] Attention to a specific folder or two

[chovynz]

I just thought Id put this out here. This site seems a good authority on
flags.
http://www.vexilla-mundi.com

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:01 AM, chovynz <chovynz at gmail.com> wrote:

> After sleeping on it, I recommend we just put what we have up and sort them
> out sometime afterwards (probably one by one :D). What might be useful is
> just a note site-wide that all the flags will need checking for accuracy,
> maybe on a wiki to-do?. I personally don't really want to do masses of
> research at the moment. It would make for things accurate and correct when
> finally uploaded, but It'll take a long time to find out what is the closest
> version to "official". It'll also take some fiddling in Inkscape.
>
> I'm all for just uploading them as quickly as possible at this current
> time. People will say something if they spot an incorrect version as they
> use the library anyway.
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:04 AM, John Olsen <johnny_automatic at mac.com>wrote:
>
>> good questions
>> The flags predate me and I must admit I never even considered them being
>> wrong.
>>
>> real e-mail links on a website is just an invitation for spam bots, so I
>> would think you aren't doing the person a favor by placing them in the
>> fields.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On Apr 6, 2009, at 2:27 AM, Joanna Pszenicyn wrote:
>>
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> I have a few more questions:
>>
>> *  What to do with flags that look different than these on Wikimedia
>> Commons? Generally, I have more trust in Commons version, simply because
>> they have more users who can spot and correct any mistakes. Do we intent to
>> have only one flag per country (not counting historic and war/navy flags)?
>> In this case, what version should we choose?
>>
>> Here are some examples that show differences:
>> flag of Armenia http://openclipart.org/media/files/Anonymous/12233(colors)
>> flag of Uruguay <http://openclipart.org/media/files/Anonymous/7260>
>> <http://goog_1239001924655>
>> http://openclipart.org/media/files/Anonymous/7260(shape<http://openclipart.org/media/files/Anonymous/7260%28shape>of the sun)
>>  <http://openclipart.org/media/files/Anonymous/7260>
>> *  On Anonymous account, when users put their e-mail address in their user
>> name (or description, or write it on the image itself), should we write it
>> in "Featured Artists" field? Mention in the description?
>>
>> Should I change them from "Jakob [chaosinfaith at hotmail.com]" to "Jakob
>> [chaosinfaith <at> hotmail <dot> com]"? Or is it better not to use e-mail
>> addresses at all?
>>
>> Some days ago, Chovynz wrote:
>>> > --------
>>> >
>>> > As for "Codifiedivining" - thanks for pointing that one out. I'm in
>>> > agreement with Jon. (I haven't seen the clipart specifically, but I
>>> say),
>>> > "we don't need all those stars," since most vector programs have easy
>>> > settings to make stars themselves anyway. I know Inkscape can. In this
>>> case
>>> > I suggest we have 1-10, 24, 32, 64 point stars, and that's it. That
>>> would
>>> > mean...13 stars to upload. My opinion says anything beyond a 64 point
>>> star
>>> > is getting ridiculous.
>>> >
>>> > Thoughts?
>>> >
>>>
>>
>> Did you mean: 5-10? I don't know how 2, 3, or 4-pointed star could be
>> useful.
>> I would also add 12-pointed ;)
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Papapishu
>>
>>
>>
>> "Make a blank valuable by putting it in an exquisite frame."
>>
>>
>>  Oblique Strategies by Brian Eno/Peter Schmidt
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chovynz
>



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Cheers
Chovynz
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