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Assessment icon colors?

I noticed you created the C-class symbol here. Do you think you can change the colors of the C-class symbol and the start-class symbol to match their appropriate colors on the assessment scale? The C-class color is #ffe775 and the start-class color is #ffaa66, for reference. I would change the icons myself, but I'm clueless when it comes to .SVG files.

Thank you, Xnux (talk) 02:53, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Of course I can change them. I'll do that as soon as possible.

It's not that hard to learn the basics of SVG-editing but using it at an advanced level is a different matter. Sir Iain (talk) 12:50, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

We've changed the colours as the orange-yellow C-Class colour was only temporary. C-Class now uses the yellow B-Class colour (#ffff66), and B-Class now uses a yellow-green colour (#c8fb7b). Would it please be possible to make the changes? --.:Alex:. (talk) 12:20, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

• Just as a note, the C-class image has already been reverted. -Xnux (talk) 21:46, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, please change the color for the B-class icon because it is currently the same as the GA-class icon and so the two can be confused with each other quite easily. Gary King (talk) 20:58, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

• Never mind, the -class icon's been changed too. Xnux (talk) 13:26, 26 June 2008 (UTC) :D

• Sorry for the delayed response, I wasn't exactly sure what to change and into which colours. It's a nice kind of green now. Sir Iain (talk) 14:55, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Saksen na het Verdrag van Naumburg.svg

Hi there, I just deleted Image:Saksen na het Verdrag van Naumburg.svg, as requested. Please go ahead and upload the correct version of this file now. — Richie 17:38, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the Speedy Deletion. I've uploaded the Map a a PNG file now, wich was, considering the redendering problems, a better solution. Sir Iain (talk) 19:01, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

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Wapen Adolf van Egmond

Ik vond al dat het raar was. De bron waarvan de Fransen dit haalden, Héraldique Europeénne, heeft zo te zien ook meerdere bedenkelijke wapens. Het helmteken heb ik voorlopig weggelaten omdat ik niet goed kon zien wat het specifiek is. Nu, door het eens terug te bekijken, gok ik op het wapen (maar met of zonder barensteel kan ik niet zien, omring door (pauwe?)veren. Ik zal eens proberen er wat van te maken, en dan die mantel weg te halen.

Over de keizerskroon, ik ben de 'Unfinished' vergeten weg te halen. Allez, in feite kunnen er nog een hele boel details worden toegevoegd, maar ik denk dat het nu zeker bruikbaar is. Adelbrecht (talk) 20:27, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Ga je gang. Ik had wat problemen met het perspectief, dus daar ligt de onafheid ook wel aan. Adelbrecht (talk) 20:41, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

File:Adolf van Egmont (1438-1477).svg
Ik denk dat het dit zou moeten zijn. Adelbrecht (talk) 21:02, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Graafschap Zuthpen

Moved to: nl:Overleg gebruiker:Sir Iain.

File:Locator Electoral Rhenish Circle.svg

Hallo Sir Iain, shouldn't the Upper Palatinate be included in the Electoral Rhenish Circle around 1550? Greetings --Furfur (talk) 10:59, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Hello Furfur,

Yes it should. It completely forgot to update all deriative files after updating the English circle map. I will start on that later today. Thanks! Sir Iain (talk) 13:32, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Proposal to optimize reading maps of Saxon duchies

Hello! I just saw your work as 2 maps :

• "Saxony (Division of Leipzig) - NL.png"
• "Saxony after the Treaty of Naumburg - NL.png"

The first one proposes to read the red areas as Ernestine part of saxony, and the orange one as the Albertine part. But the second map proposes an inversion of colors for the domains from Ernest and Albert ... I propose to affect the red to the Ernest Saxony (like the swords on the Arms from Ernest), and - perhaps no orange... too close of the light yellow of the backside of the map - light green (like the crown on the Arms from Albert). In any case, congratulations for your work!--Jipécé34 (talk) 20:49, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the complement. I chose red the represent Electoral Saxony at both times, though that might be a bit confusing. Unfortunatly, I've lost my base map (SVG) and changing the PNG versions now is a lot of work without my base map. I'm planning a new SVG map of Saxony, but that might take a while. Sir Iain (talk) 21:11, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Albert II

Thanks for the info. I'll see it.--Heralder (talk) 23:47, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Real author no evidences

Ok, I'll ignore him, thank you--Heralder (talk) 18:59, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Tapestry

Looks splendid, good and clear lines, and the limits of the medium make it easier to copy the main points of relief! Thank you! Lemmens, Tom (talk) 12:30, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Locator map

Dear Sir Iain, I noticed that you have created and uploaded many high quality locator maps here. The category Category:Locator maps of territories of the Holy Roman Empire (1618) contains the File:Locator Bohemia within the Holy Roman Emire (1618).svg, so I wanted to ask if you could take some time to make a similar maps for the other territories of "Lands of the Bohemian Crown": "Moravia", "Silesia" and a map for the Crown Lands combined. Thanks for your great maps and thanks again if you decide to add those I mentioned. Have a nice day! Der Golem (talk) 06:20, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Of course! I probably already have these ready mad, just didn't upload them. Thank you for your kind words! Sir Iain (talk) 10:51, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

They've been uploaded and added to the Locator map category. Silesia remains a homogeneous block, as it turns out my source wasn't entirely correct. I'll do some research and will try to add all different duchies there. That means correcting all maps...again. Sir Iain (talk) 12:30, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Ooh thank you very much for the uploads! Your work on these quality maps is very appreciated! :D --Der Golem (talk) 04:28, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Typo in your HRE Map (German)

Hello, Sir Iain,

Your German language map of the Holy Roman Empire (1618) (Map of the Holy Roman Empire (1618) - DE.svg) seems to contain a typo. The Netherlands are called Vereinigte Niederlandeden, unless my vector renderer does something completely wrong. It should be "Vereinigte Niederlande". Please see: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republik_der_Sieben_Vereinigten_Provinzen

At the sources section of the description you wrote "Braunsweich-Lüneburg" instead of "Braunschweig-Lüneburg". Perhaps that error was copied from the original source. The error is not present on the map.

In addition, I would like to point out that the old German names of Nancy and Besançon are Nanzig and Bisanz. I have no idea whether it is appropriate to use them on this map; as you used a German language source to create the map I'd suggest to keep the names as they were used there.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this stuff. And thank you very much for your efforts and contributions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Equality 7-2522 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 07 November 2015 (UTC)

It's not, thanks for noticing these errors. The original map used Nancy and Besançon, probably because there weren't substantial numbers of Germans living in these cities, unlike the cities in Poland and Hungary. I'll correct these errors. Sir Iain (talk) 15:56, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

coats of arms

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Map of the Holy Roman Empire (1618) - DE.svg

Hello Sir Iain,
thank you very much for creating and uploading this high quality map. Your work is really very much appreciated. I especially liked it that you paid so much attention to the details and did not simply approximate the border lines.

I have two questions:
1. I find some color shadings difficult to distinguish: e.g., I have difficulties to distinguish the ducal parts (herzoglicher Anteil) and the royal parts (königlicher Anteil) and those parts that were condominions in Schleswig-Holstein. In fact, I only realized that you created a striped pattern for the latter when I edited the file and had a closer look at it. I would find it helpful if there would be a stronger color difference.
2. Similar for the Habsburg possessions: I have difficulties to distinguish the Austrian line from the Spanish line. When I enlage the image I notice the difference at the border line (Sundgau – Freigrafschaft Burgund/Franche Comté) but not at first sight in low magnification (thumbnail), which would be helpful because these are large territories (similar to the Wittelsbach or Hohenzollern possessions).
3. I personally find the colors of the surrounding countries (Poland, Ottoman Empire, France) relatively dark and strong (as an example I tried out a version with 50% or even 25% transparency and would have preferred these colors). But this is of course a matter of taste.

Greetings

--Furfur ^{⁂ Diskussion} 08:46, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Hallo Furfur,

Thank for your kind words and constructive criticism! I agree that it can be hard to distinguish some colours. Some monitors make this even worse. Colouring is a difficult task, especially in the HRE, because of the many enclaves and exclaves. A few basic rules (such as colouring all ecclesiastical territories purple) can make it very difficult.

I'll try your suggestion when I next update this map, as I wanted to increase readability by removing borders where they interfere with text placement. (See File:Map of Anhalt (1259).svg for an example).

Greetings, Sir Iain (talk) 17:01, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Hallo Sir Iain,

Thank you for you reply. If you still intend to modify and improve the map, I have some minor suggestions:
1. in the bishopric of Augsburg the name "Augsburg" is underlined – I assume that this is not intended?
2. in the Duchy of Bar, the name Bar-le-Duc lacks one hyphen,
3. the town Lomsha in Poland is mostly spelled 'Lomscha' in German,
4. in East Prussia I would suggest to move Tilsit a little bit North, such that it borders the river Memel,
5. Neu-Brandenburg in Mecklenburg is usually (at least nowadays) written as one word 'Neubrandenburg',
6. in Österreich ob der Enns (Oberösterreich) the town name should be 'Steyr' (at least in modern spelling).
Thank you again for providing this extraordinary map! I hope that you can preserve your interest in the HRR ...
Greetings --Furfur ^{⁂ Diskussion} 22:09, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Little Auk

Hi Sir Iain, I would like to use Little Auk resting on the rocks (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Auk_resting_on_the_rocks.jpg) in a logo that may end up on some shirts, mugs, and other things of that nature. The CC BY-SA 4.0 allows for this usage but attributions on a shirt can be tricky, especially considering that I would like to use an on-demand printer such as Threadless or Zazzle. These printers do not provide the ability to modify the t-shirt tags on which I could put the attribution. Would it be OK to provide the attribution on the website and other digital media and use it without attribution on the shirt/mug/physical products? Also, would you like attribution as 'Sir Iain', or something else, along with a link to a website of yours? I can be reached at brent@fprimex.com. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 73.152.63.128 (talk) 15:26, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

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• File:Flag of Hungary (1301-1382, rectangular).svg
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File:Emily Dickinson, Marnixstraat 382, Amsterdam.jpg

Ik zag nog even te knutselen met de Hotel Mokum foto's: als ik je foto nr. 3 goed zie is dit het pand links van Hotel Marnix, maar dan klopt het adres dat in de titel staat niet? Of is/was het zwarte gedeelte ook onderdeel van nr. 382 en dus van Hotel Mokum? Ciell (talk) 16:49, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Verbazend dat ik bij de foto's van het RCE geen afbeeldingen van het pand kan vinden: hun fotografen hadden juist ook voor dit soort panden oog, ook als het misschien (nog) geen monumentenstatus had. Anyway, we blijken al wel 2, of 3 met die hier in de titel, foto's te hebben van voor de kraak. Ciell (talk) 17:03, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Hoi Ciell,

Het huisnummer had ik van de twitterpagina van hotel Marnix gehaald. :)

Het lijkt erop dat het zwarte pand links van het hotel Leidsekade 72 is. Het zwarte pand heeft geen ingang en dus ook geen adres aan de de Marnixstraat. Voormalig hotel Marnix was maar één pand, maar toch echt op nummer 382. Emily Dickinson, Marnixstraat 382 is dus eigenlijk een foto van de zijmuur van Leidsekade 72, genomen vanaf de Marnixstraat.

Groet, Sir Iain (talk) 20:17, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Dank, aangepast! Van dit pand hebben we geen foto, in de cat Category:Leidsekade, Amsterdam staat t/m 70 van het RCE, en daarna gaan ze verder bij 74... Raar. Ciell (talk) 20:26, 4 December 2021 (UTC)