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Turkish nodes edit

The author of these images is -me- and I used -Inkscape- and I was inspired by several various figures and descriptions of these nodes. If you really want to know, I was inspired by this picture : http://www.decofinder.com/decofinder/_daz/_TAPIS_TAPISSERIE/Noeud_ghordies_noeud_senneh_langton_fichiers/noeuds_fichiers/noeud_senneh.jpg This is not even close to what I did... So saying "dake is not the author" is disrespectful. Dake 00:07, 14 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Tip: Categorizing images edit

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There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. It has been found that you've added in the image's description only a Template that's not a license and although it provides useful information about the image, it's not a valid license. Could you please resolve this problem, adding the license in the image linked above? You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file. This page may give you more hints on which license to choose. Thank you.

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Talkpage edit

You have new respond on my talk page. All best! --WhiteWriter speaks 21:08, 19 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Your maps in svg edit

Greetings, Thank you for the maps you are making, can you please provide the vector version of those maps in .svg format, it would be very useful to create other maps.--41.130.90.31 21:59, 2 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hey 41.130.90.31, I did not know about an option to create a vector version via GIMP, but I will check whether I can provide it or not. In case you already should know how to create it from a GIMP project file (.xcf), feel free to inform me here on my talk page. So long,--Anglo-Araneophilus (talk) 17:10, 3 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I don't find a way to vectorize the raster graphics produced by GIMP to SVG. Maybe it was a mistake to use GIMP instead of Inkscape. Thank you for your comment. I should learn to use vector graphic editor applications instead of creating bitmaps. Greetings,--Anglo-Araneophilus (talk) 17:57, 3 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
I don't know whether this is interesting for you: I'm offering to provide versions for further languages (see here), but translations of the single elements shown on the map would have to be done before. Greetings, --Anglo-Araneophilus (talk) 21:44, 3 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
Greetings, I've did a few translations to that page, also inkscape has an option called "trace bitmap" in the path menu, I guess it would be quit easy to use if you have the raster image in layers !--Uwe a (talk) 02:25, 22 February 2014 (UTC)Reply
Hello Uwe a, thank you very much for the translations you provided and also thank you for the information about "trace bitmap" in inkscape. I'll try to get familiar with inkscape soon, I just can't promise beeing successfull with it. But as I said, I'll try. The options of inkscape sound promising indeed. --,Anglo-Araneophilus (talk) 17:58, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

Your account will be renamed edit

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Renamed edit

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The photo of airstrike in Sana'a edit

hi, thanks for using my photos. You are right. I was take the photos in 21-4, but the destruction was happened in 20-4-2015. I hope you understand me --Mr. Ibrahem (talk) 13:27, 29 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

hi and thanks back! Yes, I got it and have read some more about it in media sources yet. I'd like to get some more information, about the Al-Anfal school for instance (when did the evacuation happen, before or after the air strike of April 20?). But according to your fotos everything is clear now. Thanks for uploading them! Greetings from Germany, take care! I wish your people all the best. --Anglo-Araneophilus~commonswiki (talk) 10:07, 30 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

ːhi, I have upload some photo of today Air strike in Sana'a --Mr. Ibrahem (talk) 16:22, 11 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

 

Hi, I'm happy you are well. I'm less happy to see this image but it is very valuable, that you have documented this, even with coordinates. I'm a rare guest in WP commons, and even though rarely logged in at en:WP as well I saw your image there and used the panorama version for the German article. Thanks for giving me notice here. Best wishes for you and yours. --Anglo-Araneophilus~commonswiki (talk) 19:48, 11 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

File:Figen Yuksekdag VOA.jpg edit

 
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Hello Anglo-Araneophilus~commonswiki, the following content you uploaded violates one or more of our policies and therefore has been or will soon be deleted:

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Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:Protesters with poster of ousted President Morsi in Maadi-Cairo 20-Sep-2013.jpg edit

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Copyright status: File:Tes tamgha on the southern side below.png edit

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